Faculty of Science

Daniel Coombs, PhD

Daniel Coombs, PhD

Professor

Modelling infectious disease, modeling opioid addiction, immunology, applied mathematics,

Dr. Mary O’Connor, PhD

Dr. Mary O’Connor, PhD

Professor

Climate change, ocean, seafood, seagrass, eelgrass, invertebrate, ecology, environment, biological diversity, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases

Mark Halpern, PhD

Mark Halpern, PhD

Professor

Cosmology, cosmic background radiation, history of star formation, measuring the geometry and contents of the universe, satellites, balloon-borne telescopes, the physics of music, solar system, space science

Ludovic Van Waerbeke

Ludovic Van Waerbeke

Associate Professor

Astrophysics, cosmology, dark matter, dark energy, universe, gravitational lensing, galaxy, galaxies, structure formation, solar system, space science

Cristina Conati

Cristina Conati

Associate Professor

Artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, affective computing, personalized interfaces, intelligent user interfaces, intelligent interface agents, virtual agent, user-adapted interaction, computer-assisted education, educational computer games, computers in education, user-adaptive interaction, machine learning

Dr. Lior Silberman

Dr. Lior Silberman

Associate Professor

Number theory, geometry

Mark Johnson, PhD

Mark Johnson, PhD

Associate Professor

Watershed, hydrology, carbon cycling, biogeochemistry, ecohydrology, sustainable development

Harry Brumer, PhD

Harry Brumer, PhD

Professor

Enzymes, olysaccharides, carbohydrates, biomass, biomaterials, cellulose, plant cell walls, microbiota

Andrew Warfield

Andrew Warfield

Assistant Professor

Canada Research Chair in Computer Systems and Security

Cloud computing, virtualization, information storage, computer security, information privacy, information technology

Maria (Maite) Maldonado, PhD

Maria (Maite) Maldonado, PhD

Professor

Canada Research Chair II (Phytoplankton Trace Metal Physiology)

Phytoplankton, toxic algal blooms, iron fertilization, copper, trace elements, marine primary productivity, biological oceanography, microscopic algae, ocean science

Michael Gordon, PhD

Assistant Professor

Drosophila, feeding, taste, neural circuits, behavior, neuroscience, smell, olfaction, genetics

Daniel Mosquin

Research Manager

botany, plant names, plants in the news, golden spruce

Evgeny Pakhomov, PhD

Evgeny Pakhomov, PhD

Professor, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries

Director, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries

Professor, Dept. of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences

Biological oceanography, polar ecology, coastal ecosystems, pelagic food webs, ocean science

Susan Allen, PhD

Professor

Ocean currents, ocean tides, Strait of Georgia oceanography, ocean science

Steve G. Withers, PhD

Steve G. Withers, PhD

Professor

Carbohydrate chemistry and biochemistry, enzymes, enzyme inhibitors

Kris Sigurdson, PhD

Associate Professor, Theoretical Physics and Cosmology

The universe, cosmology, dark matter, dark energy, particle physics, astrophysics, cosmic microwave background, cosmic 21-cm fluctuations, radio astronomy, CHIME, solar system, space science

Ingrid Stairs

Professor

Pulsars, gravity, general relativity, radio astronomy, radio pulsars, pulsar searches and long-term timing, solar system, space science

Brett Gilley, MSc.

Brett Gilley, MSc.

Associate Professor of Teaching

Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Landslides, Tsunami, Hurricanes, Typhoons, Disasters, Education, Science Education, Two-stage exams, Exams, Geology, Rocks, Minerals,

Douglas Justice

Douglas Justice

Associate Director

botany, taxonomy, dendrology, trees, garden plants, cherry trees, maple trees, rhododendrons,

Sara Harris, PhD

Sara Harris, PhD

Professor of Teaching

Science Education, Climate Change Education,