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Meet The Prof

Learn about our science professors and the exciting research they’re working on, a great way to explore their work and find research opportunities!

Dr. Dan Mennill

Biological Sciences

Animal communication, mating systems, and migration, particularly in birds, whales, and frogs

Dr. Kifah Gharzeddin

Biological Sciences

Crop breeding, climate resilience, legume improvement, biotic and abiotic stress, genomics-assisted breeding

Dr. John Albanese

Biological Sciences

Forensics, bioarchaeology, skeletal analysis, sex and stature estimation, repatriation, human rights

Dr. Simon Rondeau-Gagné

Biochemistry

Organic electronics, semiconducting materials, flexible sensors, bioelectronics, nanotechnology, sustainable materials

Dr. Scott Harroun

Biochemistry

Biosensors, nanotechnology, biomarkers, plasmonics, diagnostics

Dr. Hannah ter Hofstede

Biological Sciences

Animal communication, predator-prey interactions, sensory evolution, bat echolocation, insect bioacoustics

Dr. Trevor Pitcher

Biological Sciences

Evolutionary biology, reproductive ecology, conservation biology, species reintroduction, fish ecology

Dr. Dora Cavallo-Medved

Biomedical Sciences

Cancer biology, biomedical education
experiential learning, student-faculty partnerships

Dr. Andrew Hubberstey

Biomedical Sciences

cell biology, cytoskeleton,
cell signaling, cancer

Dr. Martin Crozier

Biomedical Sciences

Translational health science,
molecular biology, biomedical education

Dr. Lisa Porter

Biomedical Sciences

Cancer biology, stem cells, regenerative biology,

Dr. Philip Karpowicz

Biomedical Sciences

Stem cells, gastroenterology, circadian rhythms,
inflammatory bowel disease, colorectal cancer

Dr. Dennis Higgs

Biological Sciences

Sensory ecology, fish development, environmental detection, behavior, survival strategies

Dr. Stéphanie Doucet

Biological Sciences

Visual signals, animal communication, color change, signal evolution, iridescence

Dr. John Trant

Biochemistry

Bioorganic chemistry, biomaterials, medicinal chemistry, synthetic organic chemistry, immunology, and materials science

Dr. Siyaram Pandey

Biochemistry


Aging, neurodegeneration, Alzheimer’s, apoptosis, cancer

Dr. James Green

Organic Chemistry

Metal-mediated synthesis, catalysis, γ-carbonyl cations, cycloheptynes, cobalt complexes, natural products

Dr. Christina Semeniuk

Biological Sciences

Predictive ecology, human impacts, wildlife behavior, physiology, population resilience.

Dr. Oliver Love

Biological Sciences

Evolution, physiology, behavior, conservation, and fitness

Dr. Huiming Zhang

Biomedical Sciences

Neurophysiology, neuroanatomy,
neuropharmacology, hearing

Dr. Michael Crawford

Biomedical Sciences

Developmental genetics, lens,
cardiac, bioethics, genetic privacy

Dr. Munir Rahim

Biomedical Sciences

Innate immunity, tumour immunology,
viral immune responses, natural killer cells, immune receptors

Dr. Andrew Swan

Biomedical Sciences

Cell division, meiosis, Drosophila genetics,
oncogenes and tumour suppressors

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