Applied Quantitative Genetics Lab
Welcome
The Sauve Lab is based in the Faculty of Science (Forensic Science) at Ontario Tech University. Broadly, we use quantitative genetics and population genetics to better understand population responses to changing environments and to solve applied problems. We get excited about the use of pedigrees, studbooks, genomics, and genealogical records, and we are beginning to explore how these tools and frameworks can extend to forensics.
Research themes
Ecology and Conservation
We study zoological collections and wildlife populations to better understand contemporary responses to environmental change.
Genetics
We use sequencing and relatedness to understand the environmental and genetic contributions to phenotypic variation.
Forensics
We are interested in understanding how genetics and statistical tools from evolutionary ecology might be applied in forensic contexts.
Lab at a glance
35 Pedigrees Analyzed
3 Team Members
16 Publications
2026 Founded
Interested in joining the lab?
We welcome motivated students and postdocs interested in evolutionary genetics, conservation, and quantitative biology.
The Sauve Lab acknowledges the lands and people of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation. The lands we are situated on are covered under the Williams Treaties and the traditional territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation, including Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi. These lands remain home to a number of Indigenous nations and people. We acknowledge this land out of respect for the Indigenous nations who have cared for Turtle Island, also called North America, from before the arrival of settler peoples until this day. Most importantly, we remember the history of these lands has been tainted by poor treatment and a lack of friendship with the First Nations who call them home. This history is something we are all affected by as we are all treaty people in Canada. We all have a shared history to reflect on, and each of us is affected by this history in different ways. Our past defines our present, but if we move forward as friends and allies, then it does not have to define our future.
