Kutz Research Group Staff
James Wang
James Jian Wang is the lab manager for the Kutz Research Group. He joined the Kutz Lab group with 26 years of lab experience and feels very happy to work with the wonderful people in the Kutz Research Group.
Angela Schneider
Angela is originally from Saskatchewan but was raised in Calgary. She obtained a BSc in Cellular, Molecular, Microbial Biology from the University of Calgary and a MSc in Veterinary Immunology from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan. Her research focus was on allergy and asthma and the dose dependency of sensitization towards an allergic phenotype. Angela joined the Kutz Research Group in October, 2014 as a laboratory technician.
Jesse Invik
Jesse Invik is the Kutz lab data manager and the webdesigner for this website, the Kutz Research Group, as well as the knowledge translation project website Caribou Anatomy. Jesse worked in the Kutz Lab for years and performed quantification and identification of parasites, large animal handling, web design and database management. Jesse has gone on to complete a Masters in the Department of Ecosystem and Public Health in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and currently still works in the department for Dr. Sylvia Checkley. His current research interests are anti-microbial resistance in food pathogens and bacterial contamination in Alberta groundwater. He can be reached for comments/concerns about this website at jinvik@ucalgary.ca.
Patricia Curry
Pat is a veterinarian with keen interest in animal-human connections and their impacts on health. Pat graduated with a PhD supervised by Dr. Susan Kutz. Her project centered on filter-paper blood sampling for detecting pathogen exposure in barrenground caribou, and implementing this method in hunter or community-based disease surveillance strategies. Pat’s fieldwork took her to some stunning parts of the Canadian North (Southampton Island, Baffin Island, the Sahtu Settlement Region of Northwest Territories and more) where she met and learned from some incredible people. She is most definitely an Arctic-ophile, and re-joined the Kutz Research Group in 2023 as Research Lead and Knowledge Translation Specialist. When not near the tundra or the woods, Pat keeps her canine friend Grizz close by her side for some semblance of sanity.
Maryam Amiri
Maryam is working as a lab assistant.
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