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Mindi Summers
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Latest papers
A Call for Bio-Inspired Technologies: Promises and Challenges for Ecosystem Service Replacement.
Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
Are Ecosystem Services Replaceable by Technology Yet? Bio-Inspired Technologies for Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities.
Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
Paleo-diatom composition from Santa Barbara Basin deep-sea sediments: a comparison of 18S-V9 and diat-rbcL metabarcoding vs shotgun metagenomics.
ISME communications · 2021
Latest funding
- $125,000
The manufactured ecosystem
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
- $141,635
Canadian Consortium of Science Equity Scholars
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
- $56,892
Canadian Consortium of Science Equity Scholars
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
4 publications.
A Call for Bio-Inspired Technologies: Promises and Challenges for Ecosystem Service Replacement.
Wanieck K, Smith MA, Porter E, Zhang J, Dowhaniuk D, Jones A, Gillis D, Lipton M, Myrie MH, Bazely D, Eggermont M, Summers M, Smylitopoulos C, Cárdenas CIR, Wolf E, Karpouzou P, Zampaki N, Clitheroe H, Davies A, Castillo AH, Helms M, Benessaiah K, Jacobs S
Are Ecosystem Services Replaceable by Technology Yet? Bio-Inspired Technologies for Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities.
Jacobs S, Zhang J, Wolf E, Porter E, Bohn SJ, Sparks AM, Eggermont M, Summers M, Rivera Cárdenas CI, Clitheroe H, Gillis D, Smith MA, Benessaiah K, Jones A, Davies A, Helms M, Bazely D, Lipton M, Dowhaniuk D, van Vierssen Trip N, Zampaki N, Karpouzou P, Wanieck K
Paleo-diatom composition from Santa Barbara Basin deep-sea sediments: a comparison of 18S-V9 and diat-rbcL metabarcoding vs shotgun metagenomics.
Armbrecht L, Eisenhofer R, Utge J, Sibert EC, Rocha F, Ward R, Pierella Karlusich JJ, Tirichine L, Norris R, Summers M, Bowler C
Rethinking Graduate Education in Parasitology: A Case Study
Derek Mark McKay, Mindi M. Summers, André G. Buret, Teresa Emmett, John S. Gilleard
The manufactured ecosystem
Principal investigators: Jacobs, Shoshanah
Keywords: Climate Change Adaptation; Ecosystem Services; Science and Technology; Visual Art as Education ; Science Fiction Literature as prophecy ; Human Behaviour Change
Canadian Consortium of Science Equity Scholars
Principal investigators: Stewart, Jaclyn J.
Keywords: science equity; science education; critical race theory; QuantCrit; QualCrit; inclusive teaching; mixed-methods; classroom climate; sense of belonging
Canadian Consortium of Science Equity Scholars
Principal investigators: Stewart, Jaclyn J.
Keywords: science equity; science education; critical race theory; QuantCrit; QualCrit; inclusive teaching; mixed-methods; classroom climate; sense of belonging
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- Daniel GILLIS ️(He/Him) and Daniel Gillis: 97 shared papers
- Derek McKay and Andre Buret: 13 shared papers
- Derek McKay and John Gilleard: 4 shared papers
- Adam Davies and Daniel GILLIS ️(He/Him): 2 shared papers
- Adam Davies and M. Smith: 2 shared papers
- Adam Davies and Mark Lipton: 2 shared papers
- Adam Davies and Karina Benessaiah: 2 shared papers
- Adam Davies and Daniel Gillis: 2 shared papers
- Adam Davies and Dawn Bazely: 2 shared papers
- Adam Davies and Mindi Summers: 2 shared papers
- Daniel GILLIS ️(He/Him) and M. Smith: 2 shared papers
- Daniel GILLIS ️(He/Him) and Mark Lipton: 2 shared papers
- Daniel GILLIS ️(He/Him) and Karina Benessaiah: 2 shared papers
- Daniel GILLIS ️(He/Him) and Dawn Bazely: 2 shared papers
- Daniel GILLIS ️(He/Him) and Mindi Summers: 2 shared papers
- M. Smith and Mark Lipton: 2 shared papers
- M. Smith and Karina Benessaiah: 2 shared papers
- M. Smith and Daniel Gillis: 2 shared papers
- M. Smith and Dawn Bazely: 2 shared papers
- M. Smith and Mindi Summers: 2 shared papers
- Mark Lipton and Mindi Summers: 2 shared papers
- Karina Benessaiah and Mindi Summers: 2 shared papers
- Daniel Gillis and Mindi Summers: 2 shared papers
- Dawn Bazely and Mindi Summers: 2 shared papers
- Derek McKay and Mindi Summers: 1 shared paper
- Adam Davies and Christina Smylitopoulos: 1 shared paper
- Daniel GILLIS ️(He/Him) and Christina Smylitopoulos: 1 shared paper
- M. Smith and Christina Smylitopoulos: 1 shared paper
- John Gilleard and Andre Buret: 1 shared paper
- John Gilleard and Mindi Summers: 1 shared paper
- Andre Buret and Mindi Summers: 1 shared paper
- Christina Smylitopoulos and Mindi Summers: 1 shared paper
- School of Computer Science
- Department of Biological Sciences
- Interdisciplinary Studies
- Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics
- Department of Integrative Biology
- School of Theatre, English, and Creative Writing
- Cumming School of Medicine
- Other
Co-authors at University of Calgary, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Shoshanah Jacobs
Department of Integrative Biology
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Andria Jones
Department of Population Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Daniel Gillis
School of Computer Science
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Dawn Bazely
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Mark Lipton
School of Theatre, English, and Creative Writing
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Adam Davies
Interdisciplinary Studies
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Daniel GILLIS ️(He/Him)
School of Computer Science
2 shared papers, latest 2025
M. Smith
Department of Integrative Biology
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Karina Benessaiah
Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Andre Buret
Cumming School of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2019
John Gilleard
Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Derek McKay
Department of Physiology & Pharmacology
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Christina Smylitopoulos
School of Fine Art and Music
1 shared papers, latest 2025
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