Donald Brooks, PhD
Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Professor, Chemistry
Microgravity research (space station, etc), diagnostic testing device, Centre for Blood Research, biomaterials
Shoukat Dedhar
Professor
Molecular biology, molecular biology as it relates to disease, developing new therapeutics for cancer, how brain cells (neurons) make connections, therapeutics for cancer, molecular genetics and cancer, medical research, cancer, inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular diseases
Michael Fryzuk, PhD
Professor & Head
Energy, fuel cells, hydrogeny economy, nitrogen fixation
Julian Davies, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Microbiology, antibiotic resistance, antibiotics, microbial genomics
Chris Orvig
Professor
Medicinal inorganic chemistry, coordination chemistry of biological and medical relevance, coordination chemistry of the early transition metals, the lanthanides, and the actinides, main group bioinorganic chemistry (particularly group 13), role of metal ions in Alzheimer’s Disease and other neurological dysfunctions, metal complexes as nuclear medicine imaging and therapeutic agents, and as antitumour agents, technetium and rhenium chemistry, radiopharmaceutical chemistry, vanadium compounds as anti-diabetic agents, lanthanide coordination and bioinorganic chemistry
David M. Perrin
Professor
Bioorganic chemistry, combinatorial chemistry, enzyme mimics, antisense therapies
Michael Wolf
Professor
Materials chemistry, polymer light-emitting devices, chemical sensors, conductive polymers
Dominique Weis, PhD
Professor
Canada Research Chair (Geochemistry of the Earth’s Mantle)
Isotopic geochemistry, mass spectrometry, environmental geochemistry, mantle plumes, large igneous provinces, volcanoes, sea research, Kerguelen, Hawaii
Michael Murphy
Professor
Crystallography, iron metabolism, protein structure
Mark MacLachlan
Professor
Canada Research Chair
chemistry, biomaterials, cellulose nanocrystals, inorganic chemistry, materials chemistry, porous materials
Lee A. Groat
Professor
Geology, mineralogy, minerals, crystallography, gems, pegmatite, rare elements, rare earth elements, carbonatites
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
Artem Cherkasov, PhD
Associate Professor
Drug design, bioinformatics, molecular modeling, proteomics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, antibiotics
Prof. Christopher Overall, BDS, BSc (Hons), MDS, PhD, FCAHS, FRSC
Professor
Canada Research Chair on Protease Proteomics and Systems Biology
Proteomics, human proteome project, protease, degradomics, viral protease, SARS-CoV-2 protease activity and drug targets, COVID-19 3CLpro (3CLMain protease), antiviral drugs, interferon, spike, immunodeficiency, molecular corrector drugs, macrophages,
Marco Ciufolini, PhD
Professor & Canada Research Chair
Organic chemistry, heterocyclic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, organic synthesis, synthetic methodology, natural products
Christian Kastrup, PhD
Assistant Professor
Hemorrhage, coagulation, biomaterials, nanomedicine, platelets, blood, combat casualty care, clots, bleeding
Dr. Jaclyn Stewart
Associate Professor of Teaching
educational psychology, chemistry education, learning strategies, science education, higher education, educational technology, learning assessment, curriculum, university transition, student success, science communication,
Dr. Laurel Schafer
Professor
Catalysis, chemical synthesis, heterocycles, titanium, zirconium, yttrium, tantalum, hydroamination, hydroaminoalkyltion, biodegradable polymers, sustainable synthesis, Green Chemistry
Harry Brumer, PhD
Professor
Enzymes, olysaccharides, carbohydrates, biomass, biomaterials, cellulose, plant cell walls, microbiota
Steve G. Withers, PhD
Professor
Carbohydrate chemistry and biochemistry, enzymes, enzyme inhibitors