Dr. Stephen McNeil, PhD
Associate Professor
chemistry education, science education, teaching and learning, active learning strategies, curriculum development, student success,
Dr. Vassilis Kontogiorgos
Associate Professor in Food Chemistry
Food Chemistry, Plant proteins, Gels
Dr. Jane Hill, PhD
Associate Professor
applications and limits of breath analysis and blood transcriptional profiling to understand respiratory infections and other diseases
Christian Kastrup, PhD
Assistant Professor
Hemorrhage, coagulation, biomaterials, nanomedicine, platelets, blood, combat casualty care, clots, bleeding
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,
Artem Cherkasov, PhD
Associate Professor
Drug design, bioinformatics, molecular modeling, proteomics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, antibiotics
Lee A. Groat
Professor
Geology, mineralogy, minerals, crystallography, gems, pegmatite, rare elements, rare earth elements, carbonatites
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
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
Dr. Jean-Thomas Cornelis
Assistant Professor in Soil Science
soil science, soil chemistry, terrestrial biogeochemistry, soil and climate, soil and food quality, biochar, soil carbon,
Prof. Alannah Hallas
Assistant Professor
Quantum materials, condensed matter physics, solid state chemistry, materials, crystal growth, neutron scattering, magnetism, crystallography, high entropy materials, high-pressure crystal growth,
Vikramaditya Yadav
Associate Professor
Biocatalysis, Bioremediation, Bioprocess engineering, Drug delivery, Infectious disease pathogenesis & drug discovery, Green chemistry, Medical biotechnology, Metabolic engineering, Synthetic biology, Cannabinoids, Tissue engineering,
Emily Cranston
Associate Professor
President’s Excellence Chair in Forest Bioproducts
Bio-based materials, cleantech, value-added products from the forest, nanocellulose, circular bioeconomy, plastic replacements, polymers, plastics, bio-products, nanotechnology, microscopy, green chemistry and engineering, sustainability, nano biocomposites, cellulose
Dr. Juan José Alava, PhD
Research Associate & Principal Investigator
marine eco-toxicology, ocean conservation and pollution, environmental toxicology and chemistry, food web bioaccumulation modeling of pollutants (Bioaccumulation Science), ocean pollution by plastics/microplastics, sea turtles and marine mammals’ eco-toxicology, marine ecology, conservation biology, tropical biodiversity, and ecology, fishery science and management, climate change science, the impact of climate change and acidification in marine organisms and fisheries, climate change adaptation strategies in fisheries, population dynamics and conservation of marine mammals, biology and conservation of marine mammals, seabirds and sea turtles, field ornithology, aquatic microbiology, eco-toxicological risk assessment, environmental impact assessments and environmental policy, public health, tropical parasitology, and environmental/conservation medicine,
Dr. Rickey Y. Yada, PhD
Dean and Professor
Food systems, food waste, food policy, agricultural policy, food protein chemistry, enzymes (aspartic proteases), carbohydrate biochemistry, food nanotechnology,
Timothy Brook
Professor
Republic of China Chair, Dept. of History and Institute of Asian Research
Chinese history, global history, war crimes
Jamie Peck, PhD
Canada Research Chair in Urban and Regional Political Economy
Professor of Geography
Creative cities, urban policy, labour market and welfare programs, temporary employment, outsourcing