Faculty of Science

Brian Leander, PhD

Brian Leander, PhD

Professor

Marine biology, invertebrate zoology, evolutionary biology, protistology, phylogenetics, zoology,

William J. Welch

William J. Welch

Professor

Design of experiments, experiments with computer models, data mining, drug discovery, quality improvement,

Pierre Kennepohl, PhD

Associate Professor

Spectroscopy, electronic structure, paramagnetic resonance, X-ray absorption, X-ray emission, sulfur radicals in biology, enzymatic catalysis, transition metal catalysis

Robert Bridson, PhD

Adjunct Professor

Computer graphics, computer animation, scientific computing, numerical analysis

Paul Hickson

Paul Hickson

Professor

Astrophysics, cosmology, galaxies, telescopes, clusters, instrumentation, adaptive optics, solar system, space science

Milind Kandlikar, PhD

Professor

Climate change, air pollution, extended producer responsibility, human development, agricultural biotechnology, information technology in developing countries, sustainable development, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases

David Lowe

David Lowe

Professor

Computer vision, machine vision, household robots, image processing

Sarah P. Otto

Sarah P. Otto

Professor

Evolution, mathematical modeling, population genetics, genomic evolution, evolution of sex, yeast experimental evolution

Jeremy Heyl, AB (Princeton), MSc (Cambridge), PhD (UCSC)

Jeremy Heyl, AB (Princeton), MSc (Cambridge), PhD (UCSC)

Professor

Neutron stars, high-energy astrophysics, black holes, x-ray astronomy, theoretical astrophysics, stars, quantum field theory, white dwarfs, solar system, space science

Kelly Russell, PhD

Kelly Russell, PhD

Professor

Volcanology, magma-properties, silicate-melts, natural-hazards, geochemistry

Bill Milsom, PhD

Bill Milsom, PhD

Professor and Head

Respiratory physiology, comparative physiology, control of breathing, gas exchange, chemoreception, hypoxia, hypothermia, exercise, diving, altitude

Michael Friedlander

Michael Friedlander

Associate Professor

Numerical optimization, numerical linear algebra, scientific computing

Steven Wolfman, PhD

Steven Wolfman, PhD

Senior Instructor

Computer science education, active learning, kinesthetic learning activities, pen-based computing

Joanna McGrenere, PhD

Joanna McGrenere, PhD

Professor; Associate Head, Graduate Affairs

Human-computer interaction, user interface design, computer science

Erik Eberhardt, PEng

Professor and Director, Geological Engineering

Landslides, rockslides, tunnelling, mining, rock mechanics, geotechnical engineering

James W. Kronstad

Professor

Fungi, pathogens, genomics, molecular genetics

Colin J. Brauner

Associate Professor

Gas exchange, ion regulation and acid-base balance in fish, biological diversity

Wayne Maddison, PhD

Wayne Maddison, PhD

Professor

Canada Research Chair in Biodiversity

Arachnology, spiders, biodiversity, biological diversity

Dr. Steven Hallam, PhD

Dr. Steven Hallam, PhD

Professor

Microbial ecology, biological engineering, bioinformatics, entrepreneurship, genomics, single-cell genomics, metabolic pathway inference, metagenomics, environmental genomics, automation systems, synthetic biology, machine learning, information aesthetics, science communication, scholarship of education leadership, functional screening, biocatalyst discovery, bioeconomy, bioenergy, microplastics, anaerobic digestion, cyanobacteria, metabolic interaction networks, symbiosis, climate change, oxygen minimum zones, oceanography, sustainability,

David Poole

David Poole

Professor

Artificial intelligence, machine learning, decision making, logic, probability, expert systems, neural networks, Bayesian networks, probabilistic programming, logic programming