Jennifer Russell, PhD 

Jennifer is a post-doctoral fellow and microbial genomicist/ aspiring bioinformatician working under Dr. Andrew Cameron. She received her Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Regina in 2020 under supervision of Dr. Christopher Yost where she researched microbial community dynamics within managed ecosystems using various genomics-based approaches. During her fellowship, Jennifer will be focusing on the development of new detection and diagnostic tools for the identification of important cattle pathogens within Saskatchewan using DNA probe capture technology.