sinlab director
Dr. BRIAN HAYDEN
Brian has been with SINLAB since 2014. His research addresses the trophic ecology underpinning aquatic and terrestrial food webs across the globe.
Postdoctoral Queens University, Belfast & the University of Helsinki (Finland)
PhD University College Dublin, Ireland
Science manager
Dr. BOBBY NAKAMOTO
Bobby splits his time as a postdoctoral fellow in Brian Hayden's Atomic Ecology Lab at the University of New Brunswick and as Science Manager for the Stable Isotopes in Nature Laboratory. This is a guy who has probably read hundreds of peer-reviewed research articles but still can’t read the room. Stable isotopes represent a great investigative tool, i.e. a hammer, so Bobby spends a lot of time turning questions into proverbial nails.
PhD Evolution, Ecology, & Organismal Biology; UC Riverside
BSc Environmental Sciences; UC Merced
technical manager
MICHAEL URBAN, PhD
Mike is a paleoecologist with specializations in isotope geochemistry, and palynology and microscopy.
PhD Ecology University of Illinois
MSc Botany University of Wyoming
BSc Ecology; Geology, Philosophy of Science University of Pittsburgh
laboratory technician
JONATHAN RUSH, MSc
Having conducted ecological research from the tropical reefs of the Caribbean, to most recently in the Bay of Fundy, Jonathan brings practical laboratory experience and previous isotope knowledge to every client’s project to come through the SINLAB.
MSc University of New Brunswick SJ
BSc McGill University
founding director of the sinlab
Dr. RICK CUNJAK
Dr Rick Cunjak, the founding Director of the SINLAB, stepped down from his role in the summer of 2018. Please join us in wishing Rick all the best in his retirement.