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.