CESRF Executive
- Dr. Mike Dixon, Director & EMC Chair
- Dr. Bernie Grodzinski, Co-Director, Plant Physiology Lead
- Dr. Thomas Graham
- Dr. Praveen Saxena
- Dr. Paul Sibley
- Dr. Youbin Zheng
- Theresa Rondeau Vuk, Program Manager
Graduate Students
| Ajwal Dsouza (MSc) | OMAFRA Teir 1 UG Partnership | We The Roots, Resource Recovery and Inedible Biomass Management in High-Intensity Urban Vertical Farming Applications. |
| Heather Henry (MSc) | OMAFRA Alliance Special Initiatives, Characterization of Nuisance Stray Light, and Evaluation of Abatement Strategies on Crop Productivity in Year-round Greenhouse Production. |
| Vanna Lee (MSc) | |
| Serge Levesque (PhD) | Regenerative in situ Electrochemical Treatment Systems for Greenhouse and High-Intensity Urban Agriculture. |
| Shannon Mustard (PhD) | |
| Jacqueline Nguyen (MSc) | |
| Christopher Patterson (MSc) | Canadian Space Agency, Investigating Canada’s role in space science missions for the Canadian Space Agency’s Advanced Life Support program. |
| Jordan-Marie Silver (MSc) | Jordan is an M.Sc. student in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of Guelph. Her research, conducted at the Controlled Environment Systems Research Facility (CESRF), focuses on exploring the potential biostimulant effects of a novel algae-based biopolymer. In Phase 3 of the Canadian Space Agency’s “Deep Space Food Challenge,” Jordan took the lead in developing the mushroom growth chamber, an important component of CESRF’s “Canada GOOSE” food production system. Outside of academia, Jordan finds joy in activities like hiking, gardening, and crochet. |
| Mathew Wake (MSc) |
Staff/Technicians/Research Associates/Post Docs
- Molly Farquhar
- Jamie Lawson
- Dr. Demos Leonardos
- David Llewellyn
- Dr. Michael Stasiak
- Henry Visneskie
- Ping Zhang