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Dr. Sapna Sharma

Dr. Sapna Sharma

Associate Professor
Department of Biology
York University

Phone: (416) 736-2100
Email: sharma11@yorku.ca
Website: Sharma Lab

Dr. Sharma’s research examines the impacts of multiple environmental stressors on lakes. In particular, she leads international multidisciplinary teams to understand how climate change affects lake ice cover, water temperatures, water quality, and fish communities.

With the help of graduate students funded by the GEN-FISH program, Dr. Sharma will be able to characterize fish community composition between historical and contemporary time periods for 500 lakes and rivers in Canada. With this research, her lab will be able to compare conventional fish sampling methods with novel eDNA methods.

With increasing threats to the aquatic environment, it is essential that we also evolve our technologies to identify issues and potential solutions quickly.

Lester Anoquot & Greg NadjiwonChiefs, Chippewas of Saugeen First Nation

[S]tands out as one of the most exciting and integrated proposals I have read for some time.

Ontario GenomicsReview Panel

One of the first Academic proposals I have seen in a while that could provide really clear benefits for the management of fish in BC

A. ClarkeFreshwater Fisheries Society of BC
This work was funded by the Government of Canada through Genome Canada and the Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI-184).