A wetland scientist in his natural habitat. Brian Branfireun in the Lago Zapotlán wetlands, Jalisco, Mexico. [photo:Jenn Broadbridge] Biology Faculty
A wide range of research activities are pursued by our approximately 45 full-time faculty and approximately 180 graduate students, supported by 35 administrative and technical staff.
Biology Department Faculty listed by area of interest:
* = Emeritus Faculty (see also Emeritus page)
Dr. Brian Branfireun ..................... Ecohydrology, biogeochemistry and wetland ecosystem science
Dr. Paul Cavers *........................... Ecology of Weeds and Seeds
Dr. Irena Creed.............................. Catchment Research Facility
Dr. Brock Fenton ........................... Behaviour and Ecology of Bats
Dr. Roger Green * ......................... Environmental Studies
Dr. Paul Handford * ...................... Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecology of Songbirds
Dr. Hugh Henry .............................. Plant ecology, Biogeochemistry and Global Change Biology
Dr. Miles Keenleyside * ................ The Evolution of Reproductive Behaviour in Fishes
Dr. Nusha Keyghobadi ................... Molecular Ecology and Landscape Genetics
Dr. Marc-André Lachance ............. Yeast Ecology and Evolution
Dr. Zoë Lindo .................................
Community ecology, Soil ecology
Dr. Beth MacDougall-Shackleton .. Behavioural Ecology and Population Genetics of Songbirds
Dr. Jack Millar ................................ Evolution of Mammalian Life-history Strategies
Dr. Jeremy McNeil ......................... Behavioural and Chemical Ecology of Insects
Dr. Amanda Moehring .................... Genetics of behaviour and species formation
Dr. Yolanda Morbey ....................... Evolutionary ecology of life history timing; Great Lakes fisheries
Dr. Bryan Neff ................................ Molecular and Behavioural Ecology
Dr. László Orlóci * ......................... Evolutionary and Dynamic Ecology
Dr. Ben Rubin ................................. Forest Ecology and Landscape Pathology
Dr. Gordon Southam ...................... Bacteria-metal Interactions in the Natural Environment
Dr. Graeme Taylor ......................... Evolution, Ecology and the Biomechanics of Animal Design
Dr. Graham Thompson ................... Behavioural Genetics and Sociobiology
Dr. Greg Thorn ............................... Fungal Ecology and Systematics
Dr. Charles Trick ............................ Aquatic Sciences and Microbial Ecology
Dr. Liana Zanette ........................... Population, Conservation, and Behavioural Ecology
Dr. Burr Atkinson* ....................... Regulation of gene expression
Dr. Robert Cumming .....................
Redox Proteomics and Cell Biology
Dr. Sashko Damjanovski .............. Extracellular Matrix Remodelling
Dr. Robert Dean ............................ Biology Laboratory Education
Dr. Richard Gardiner .................... Fungal Cell and Molecular Biology
Dr. Miodrag Grbic ......................... Developmental Bio., Evolution of Developmental Mechanisms
Dr. Vojislava Grbic ....................... Arabidopsis Developmental Genetics
Dr. Kathleen Hill ........................... Mutation Analysis, Genome Organisation
and Integrity
Dr. Jim Karagiannis ...................... Molecular Biology and Genetics of Cell Division
Dr. Greg Kelly ............................... Cell Signaling in Vertebrate Embryos
Dr. Susanne Kohalmi .................... Gene Families and Regulation
Dr. Priti Krishna ............................ Protein Folding / Hormone Regulation/ Functional Genomics
Dr. Don McMillan * ....................... Comparative vertebrate histology
Dr. Brenda Murphy .......................
Clinical Human Cytogenetics & Molecular Genetics
Dr. Anthony Percival-Smith ......... Molecular Mechanisms of Morphogenesis
Dr. Ronald Podesta .......................
Signalling Mechanisms of Human Blood Flukes & Trypanosomes
Dr. Shiva Singh .............................
Molecular Genetics of Complex Diseases and Phenotypes
Dr. Alexander Timoshenko ...........
Science Teaching, Cell Biology, Glycobiology
Dr. J.P. Wiebe * ............................ Hormonal Regulatory Mechanisms
Dr. Mark Bernards ........................ Plant Secondary Metabolism
Dr. Stanley Caveney *................... Membrane Transport of Neurotransmitters in Insects
Dr. Christopher Guglielmo ............ Animal Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology
Dr. William Hopkins *.................... Plant physiology and photobiology
Dr. Norman Hüner .........................
Photosynthesis and Energy Sensing
Dr. Sheila Macfie ...........................
Mechanisms of Metal Tolerance
Dr. Denis Maxwell ......................... Mitochondria; Cell Death; Stress Signalling
Dr. Louise Milligan .........................
Physiology and Biochemistry of Fish
Dr. Michael Owen* ........................
Biology of Marine Invertebrates
Dr. Brent Sinclair .......................... Insects at Low Temperatures
Dr. Jim Staples ..............................
Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry
Dr. Winghong Tam * ..................... Vertebrate Reproducitve Endocrinology
Dr. Danielle Way ........................... Global change biology, plant physiology and ecology
Dr. Robert van Huystee * ............. Role of Glycans in
Proteomics
* = Emeritus Faculty (see also Emeritus page)
