research interests of our faculty and adjunct professors

cell/microbiology/physiology

• khaper, neelam - redox regulation and cardiomyopathy.
• kurissery, sree - bacterial attachment on surfaces and bio-corrosion.
• law, dave - plant biochemistry; molecular biology; biotechnology.
• lees, simon - biomedical sciences involving aging, cancer cells, stem cells, and musculoskeletal diseases.
• leung, kam - environmental microbiology. biotechnology.
• malek, lada - plant protein degrading enzymes; biology of alpine plants.
• matheson, carney - forensic, medical, archaeological, palaeontological and molecular biology.
• murray, christopher - polymer physics; biophysics; materials science; wastewater and storm water treatment; turfgrass science.
• omeljaniuk, robert - physiology and cellular biology of brain pituitary complex in fishes.
• qin, wensheng - biotechnology for industrial enzymes and bioproducts. algae biotechnology and bioenergy.
• schraft, heidi - molecular food microbiology.
• suntres, zacharias - role of oxidants and antioxidants in health and disease. drug delivery systems.
• tocheri, matthew - evolutionary history and functional morphology of the human and great ape family, the hominidae. osteology.
• ulanova, marina - host-pathogen interactions. innate immune responses to pathogenic bacteria. clinical immunology. immunoepidemiology of infections caused by encapsulated bacteria. immunodeficiency states. vaccinology. immune response to immunization.
• varney, tamara - bioarchaeology (osteology, palaeopathology, palaeodietary reconstruction/stable isotope analysis), historic cemetery archaeology, forensic anthropology.
• zehbe, ingeborg - virus-related cancer with a focus on human papillomavirus (hpv).  anishinaabek cervical cancer screening study (accss).

conservation/ecology/evolution

• algar, adam - from local interactions to global distributions, we strive to understand how (and if) climate shapes the origins and future of biodiversity.
• carney, joseph - parasites of freshwater fishes; host parasite biogeography and evolution; conservation of freshwater mussels; phylogenetic systematics.
• hecnar, stephen - population, community and landscape ecology; conservation biology; biogeography.
• hughes, janice - avian systematics; evolution; ecology.
• kanavillil, nanda - microorganisms and their effect on fresh-water and salt-water.
• lee, peter - wetlands ecology, wild rice, mining reclamation, botany.
• mackereth, robert - influence of landscape disturbance on stream aquatic communities.
• mallik, azim - plant ecology, disturbed habitats.
• morris, douglas - evolutionary ecology, habitat selection, species coexistence, and conservation of biodiversity.
• o'connor, constance - understanding how ecosystem changes (e.g., climate, land-use, fisheries) impact freshwater fish; physiological and behavioural ecology. wildlife conservation society canada (wcs).
• rempel, robert - landscape, spatial, and riparian ecology.
• rennie, michael - food webs, aquatic ecology, bioenergetics, mercury, great lakes, experimental lakes area, biotelemetry, hydroacoustics, and quantitative fisheries biology.