HIGHLY QUALIFIED PERSONNEL (HQP)
FOCI's cohort of Highly Qualified Personnel includes students, postdoctoral researchers, research assistants and a variety of other individuals in research and engagement roles who are contributing to the objectives of the program.
Marie Louise Aastrup
Postdoctoral Fellow (WP7)
Memorial University
2022-23 (Position Complete)
Moses Adjei
Postdoctoral Fellow (WP5)
Grenfell Campus, Memorial University
2023-24 (Position Complete)
Emily Anderson
Curator of Engagement (PULP/IWP4)
Grenfell Campus, Memorial University
2021-22 (Position Complete)
Paige Bodnar
Co-op Student (WP1)
Memorial University
2024 (Position Complete)
Joshua Brown
Master's Student (WP2)
Memorial University
Current
Mirella de Oliveira Leis
Knowledge Mobilization (Core); Research Assistant (WP9)
Memorial University
2021 (Position Complete)
Maryam Foroutan
Master's Student (WP9)
Memorial University
Current
Ismael Golmohammadi
Postdoctoral Fellow (WP7)
Memorial University
Current
Kaitlyn Hawkins
Research Assistant (WP4)
Memorial University
2020 (Position Complete)
Sandra Hewitt-Parsons
Research Assistant (IWP4)
Memorial University
Current
Md Saiful Islam
Doctoral Candidate (WP1)
Memorial University
Current
Rachel Kelly
Postdoctoral Fellow (IWP1)
Grenfell Campus, Memorial University
2020-21 (Position Complete)
Christine Knott
Postdoctoral Fellow (WP9)
Memorial University
2020-22 (Position Complete)
Evan Lane
Master's Student (WP3)
Memorial University
Current
Brennan Lowery
Postdoctoral Fellow (WP7)
Memorial University
2020-21 (Position Complete)
Cindy Marven
Community of Practice Engagement Coordinator (IWP2)
Memorial University
Current
Rachel McLay
Research Assistant (WP6)
Dalhousie University
Current
Robert Ndum
Research Assistant (WP8)
Memorial University
Current
Obasanjo Joseph Oyedele
Research Assistant (IWP3)
Memorial University
Current
Pedram Pouragasari
Doctoral Student (WP7)
Memorial University
2020-21
Emily Reid-Musson
Postdoctoral Fellow (WP2)
Memorial University
2022 (Position Complete)
Contessa Small
Research Assistant (WP8)
Memorial University
Current
Bruna Souza de Brito
Research Assistant (WP7)
Memorial University
2020-22 (Position Complete)
Yixi Yang
Research Assistant (WP6)
Memorial University
2021-23 (Position Complete)
Yousra Abdelhady
Master's Student (WP1)
Memorial University
Current
Pratyusha Akunuri
Research Assistant (IWP1)
Memorial University
2022-23 (Position Complete)
Priscilla Antwi
Master's Student (WP5)
Grenfell Campus, Memorial University
Current
Jennifer Nicole Brenton
Doctoral Candidate (WP7)
Memorial University
Alumni
Jennifer Charles
Research Assistant (WP7)
Memorial University
2022 (Position Complete)
Muhammad Sabah Ud Din Ersum
Master's Student (WP1)
Memorial University
Alumni
Julia Fracassi
Master's Student (IWP1)
Grenfell Campus, Memorial University
Alumni
Nelson Graham
Research Assistant (WP9)
Memorial University
2023-24 (Position Complete)
Finbar Hefferon
Research Assistant (IWP3)
Memorial University
2020-21 (Position Complete)
Aya Khaled Ibrahim
Co-op Student (WP3)
Memorial University
2020 (Position Complete)
Pierrette Janes-Bourque
Master's Student (WP2)
Memorial University
Current
Gillian Kerr
Postdoctoral Fellow (WP6)
Dalhousie University
2020-21 (Position Complete)
Umme Kulsum
Postdoctoral Fellow (IWP1)
Grenfell Campus, Memorial University
Current
Sara Langer-Smith
Research Assistant (WP7)
Grenfell Campus, Memorial University
2020-22 (Position Complete)
Alexandria Major
Research Assistant (WP1)
Memorial University
Current
Alexis McGill
Doctoral Candidate (IWP1)
Memorial University
Alumni
Mohammad Zarrin Mehr
Master's Student (WP3)
Memorial University, Marine Institute
Alumni
Sinnika Okkola
Research Assistant (WP9)
Memorial University
2021-22 (Position Complete)
Erin Pearson
Master's Student (WP2)
Memorial University
Alumni
Ajith Raj
Doctoral Candidate (IWP1)
Memorial University, Grenfell Campus
Current
Giovanni Rognoni
Visiting Doctoral Student (WP1)
University of Trieste/Memorial University
2022 - 23 (Position Complete)
Sydney Snow
CCNL/FOCI Research Intern (WP2)
Memorial University
2022 (Position Complete)
Matthew Stackhouse
Research Assistant (WP6)
Dalhousie University/Western University
2022-23 (Position Complete)
Gwyneth Cin Yung Yueng
Research Assistant (WP6)
Dalhousie University/Western University
2022-23 (Position Complete)
Matthew Addison
Master's Student (WP5)
Memorial University
Alumni
Mohannad AlRefai
Co-op Student (WP3)
Memorial University
2024 (Position Complete)
Shahrokh Bairami-Khankandi
Master's Student (WP1)
Dalhousie University
Alumni
Diana Burbano
Postdoctoral Fellow (IWP1)
Memorial University, Grenfell Campus
Current
Emre Cilkaya
Doctoral Student (WP1)
Memorial University
2021-24
Charlotte Florian
Project Technician (WP4)
Memorial University
2021 (Position Complete)
Laura Funke
Research Assistant (WP6)
Memorial University
Current
Bryhanna Greenough
Research Assistant (WP9)
Memorial University
2021 (Position Complete)
Khaled Helal
Doctoral Candidate (WP1)
Memorial University
Current
Fatima Hassan Hodroj
Master's Student (WP1)
Memorial University
Current
Yang Ji
Master's Student (WP3)
Memorial University
Current
Sharon King-Campbell
Research Assistant (IWP4)
Memorial University
2021-23 (Position Complete)
Sanaz Labbaf
Research Assistant (WP9)
Memorial University
2024 (Position Complete)
Nancy Leung
Research Assistant (WP7)
Memorial University
2024 (Position Complete)
Morgan Manuel
Research Assistant (WP4)
Memorial University
2022 (Position Complete)
Sarah McGuire
Master's Student (WP1)
Memorial University
Current
Judyannet Muchiri
Research Assistant (WP9)
Memorial University
2024 (Position Complete)
Natasha Olekshy
Research Assistant (Core/IWP1)
Memorial University, Grenfell Campus
2020-22 (Position Complete)
Ian Petty
Research Assistant (WP2)
Memorial University
2024 (Position Complete)
Ophelia Ravencroft
Research Assistant (WP9)
Memorial University
2024 (Position Complete)
Ario Seto
Postdoctoral Fellow (WP7)
Memorial University
2020-24 (Position Complete)
Brenna Sobanski
Research Assistant (WP6)
Dalhousie University
2020-21 (Position Complete)
Om Prakash Yadav
Master's Student (WP1)
Memorial University
Alumni