People

PI

Gregory L. Owens

Greg is an Assistant Professor of department of Biology at the University of Victoria. He completed his MSc in Biology at the University of Victoria studying opsin gene expression in the four-eyed fish Anableps anableps. He then did a PhD in Botany at the University of British Columbia using genomics to study hybridization in sunflowers. Greg recieved the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship to work on structural variation in sunflowers at the University of California, Berkeley.

Postdoctoral Researchers

Jordan Bemmels

Jordan is interested in population genomics, conservation genetics, and biogeography. In the Owens Lab, he is studying population genetic structure and patterns of environmental adaptation in two British Columbia kelp species, to establish baseline knowledge that will aid conservation and restoration of declining kelp forests. His past work has largely focused on understanding geographic range shifts and evolutionary adaptation in response to climatic and geological change, in systems such as kiwi birds, flycatchers, and temperate and tropical plants.

Graduate Students

Martin Liu

Martin is an MSc student studying population genomics of a rare endemic Lupine species.

Undergraduate Students




Former lab members

  1. Andrew Carney - Directed studies (2025)
  2. Justin Merondun - Visiting PhD student (2023-2024)
  3. Kinga Kotulska - Directed studies (2024)
  4. Martin Liu - Directed studies (2023)
  5. Nathan Sykes - MSc student (2022-2024)
  6. Koa Planedin - Honours student (2023-2024)
  7. Jeremy Binet - Directed studies (2024)
  8. Silas Porter Crenna - Directed studies (2023)
  9. Cam Bass - Undergrad research associate (2023-2024)
  10. Kaede Hirabayashi - MSc student (2021-2023) - Research associate at UBC
  11. Adam Gheis - Honours student (2022-2023)
  12. Alex Pinch - Undergrad research associate (2022-2023)
  13. Sara Wuitchick - Postdoctoral researcher (2022) - Assistant Professor at Mount Royal University
  14. Ethan Dhaliwal - Directed studies (2021) - Medical student at UBC
  15. Dixita Basumatary - Directed studies (2021)
  16. Koa Planedin - Co-op Research student (2021)