Faculty


David Coltman

Professor and Chair

Coltman Contact Information
Office: BGS 2025E
Research Office: BGS 2064
Lab: BGS 2054
Phone: (519) 661-2111 x 80035
Lab Phone: (519) 661-2111 x 85530
Fax: (519) 661-3813
Email: dcoltman@uwo.ca
Chair: biochair@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Conservation Genetics and Ecological Genomics in Wildlife

Research Website

https://dcoltmanlab.com/



Juno Coltman

Executive Assistant to the Chair (advanced training)

Juno Coltman Contact Information
Office: BGS 2025E
Research Office: BGS 2064
Lab?: Nope, Golden Retriever – Great Pyrenees mix
Phone: (519) 661-2111 x 80035
Lab Phone: (519) 661-2111 x 85530
Fax: (519) 661-3813
Email care of: dcoltman@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Mood stabiliization

Research Website

Under construction.



Michelle Belton

Assistant Professor

Belton Contact Information
Office: NCB 301C
Email: mharris7@uwo.ca
Research Areas

 



Mark Bernards

Professor

Bernards Contact Information
Office: NCB 402
Phone: (519) 661-2111 x 86477
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: bernards@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Plant Secondary Metabolism

Research Website

www.uwo.ca/biology/faculty/bernards/



Brian Branfireun

Professor
Canada Research Chair in Environment and Sustainability
Cross-appointed with Earth Sciences and Geography

Branfireun Contact Information
Office: Collip 111
Lab: Biotron 5
Fax: (519) 661-3813
Email: bbranfir@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Ecohydrology, biogeochemistry and wetland ecosystem science

Research Website

http://publish.uwo.ca/~bbranfir/Site/Home.html



Robert Buchkowski

Assistant Professor

Buchkowski Contact Information
Office: BGS 2074
Lab: To come
Phone: (519) 661-2111 x 88969
Fax: (519) 661-3813
Email: rbuchkow@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Global change biology, ecosystem modelling, ecological stoichiometry, soil ecology, conservation biology

Research Website

https://nmuwo.wordpress.com/



Robert Cumming

Associate Professor

Cumming Contact Information
Office: BGS 3078
Lab: BGS 3061
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x 81578
Phone (Lab): (519) 661-2111 x 81579
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: rcummin5@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Brain Metabolism and Aging

Research Website

http://www.thecumminglab.com/



Sashko Damjanovski

Associate Professor

Damjanovski Contact Information
Office: BGS 3053b
Lab: BGS 3053
Phone: (519) 661-2111 x 84704
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: sdamjano@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Developmental Biology - Extracellular Matrix Remodelling science

Research Website

www.uwo.ca/biology/faculty/damjanovski/



Thomas DeFalco

Assistant Professor

DeFalco Contact Information
Office: NCB 404
Lab: NCB 465
Phone: (519) 661-2111 x 81475
Phone (Lab): (519) 661-2111 x 80296
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: tdefalc@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Plant molecular biology and cell signalling

Research Website

defalcolab.ca



Miodrag Grbic

Associate Professor

GrbicM Contact Information
Office: WSC 342
Lab: BGS 3053
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x 86776
Phone (Lab): (519) 661-2111 x 86794
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: mgrbic@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Arthropod genomics, Evolution of developmental mechanisms, Biotechnology

Research Website

Pending



Vojislava Grbic

Professor

GrbicV Contact Information
Office: WSC 341
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x 86898
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: vgrbic@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Arabidopsis Developmental Genetics/ Genomics of plant-pest interaction/ Biotechnology

Research Website

Pending



Christopher Guglielmo

Professor

Guglielmo Contact Information
Office: Collip 110
Lab: BGS 3012
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x 81204
Phone (Lab): (519) 661-2111 x 86772
Phone (AFAR): (519) 661-2111 x 84648
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: cguglie2@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Animal ecological and evolutionary physiology



Tim Hain

Assistant Professor, Biology Academic Counsellor

Hain Contact Information
Office: NCB 301F
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x 86793
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: thain@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Behavioural Ecology and Biodiversity

Research Website

To come



Hugh Henry

Professor; Director, Environmental Sciences Western Field Station

Henry Contact Information
Office: BGS 3021
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x 81548
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: hhenry4@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Terrestrial plant ecology

Research Website

www.uwo.ca/biology/faculty/henry/



Kathleen Hill

Associate Professor and Associate Chair (Research); Cross-appointed to Computer Science and Ophthalmology; Associate Scientist at the Lawson Health Research Institute

Hill Contact Information
Office: WSC 333
Lab: WSC 329
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x 81337
Phone (Lab): (519) 661-2111 x 86774
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: khill22@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Genome organization and integrity



Daniel Jeffery

Assistant Professor

Jeffery Contact Information
Office: NCB 301 B
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: djeffer4@uwo.ca
Areas of Interest

Genetics



Jim Karagiannis

Associate Professor

Karagiannis Contact Information
Office: BGS 3080
Lab: BGS 3084
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x 80975
Phone (Lab): (519) 661-2111 x 86478
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: jkaragia@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Eukaryotic Cell Division



Greg Kelly

Professor

Kelly Contact Information
Office: WSC 359
Phone (Office): (519) 661-3121
Lab: WSC 355
Phone (Lab): (519) 661-2111 x 86478
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: gkelly@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Cell Signaling in Vertebrate Embryos

Research Website

http://thekellylab.weebly.com  (Please access via WiFi)



Nusha Keyghobadi

Professor

Keyghobadi Contact Information
Office: BGS 2076
Lab: BGS 2062
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x 80471
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: nkeyghob@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Molecular ecology, landscape genetics and conservation genetics

Research Website

www.uwo.ca/biology/faculty/keyghobadi/



Susanne Kohalmi

Associate Professor

Kohalmi Contact Information
Office: WSC 319
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x 86485
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: skohalmi@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Gene Families and Regulation

Research Website

www.uwo.ca/biology/faculty/kohalmi/



Zoë Lindo

Professor

Lindo Contact Information
Office: BGS 3064
Lab: Biotron 20B 
Phone (Lab): (519) 661-2111 x 86842
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: zlindo@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Community ecology, Soil ecology

Research Website

publish.uwo.ca/~zlindo/



Natasha MacBean

Assistant Professor

McBean Contact Information
Office: SSC 2412
Lab: SSC 2404
Phone: (519) 661-2111 x85008
Fax: (519) 661-3813
Email: nmacbean@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Biogeochemistry, Global Change Biology, Terrestrial Ecosystem Science, Vegetation Dynamics, Climate Change, Earth System Modeling

Research Website

macbeanlab.com



Beth MacDougall-Shackleton

Professor

MacDougall-Shackleton Contact Information
Office: Collip 103/103A
Lab: BGS 3059
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x 81206
Phone (Lab): (519) 661-2111 x 81534
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: emacdoug@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Ecoimmunology and behavioural ecology of migratory birds

Research Website

www.uwo.ca/biology/faculty/macdougallshackleton/



Sheila Macfie

Associate Professor

Macfie Contact Information
Office: BGS 2051
Lab: BGS 2061
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x 86487
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: smacfie@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Mechanisms of Metal Tolerance

Research Website

www.uwo.ca/biology/faculty/macfie/



Denis Maxwell

Associate Professor

Maxwell Contact Information
Office: NCB 406
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: dmaxwell@uwo.ca


Paul Mensink

Assistant Professor

Mensink Contact Information
Office: NCB 443
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x87563
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: paul.mensink@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Marine Ecology and Educational Technology



Natasha Mhatre

Assistant Professor
Canada Research Chair in Invertebrate Neurobiology

Mhatre Contact Information
Office: BGS 3023
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x84505
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: nmhatre@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Communicating with sound and vibration

Research Website

www.natashamhatre.net



Amanda Moehring

Professor

Moehring Contact Information
Office: WSC 307
Lab: WSC 313
Phone: (519) 661-2111 x85597
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: amoehrin@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Genetics of behaviour and species formation

Research Website

www.uwo.ca/biology/faculty/moehring/



Yolanda Morbey

Professor

Morbey Contact Information
Office: Collip 209/209A
Lab: BGS 2055/2048
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x80116
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: ymorbey@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Behavioural Ecology; Seasonal and life history timing

Research Website

www.uwo.ca/biology/faculty/morbey/



Bryan Neff

Professor

Neff Contact Information
Office: BGS 3056
Lab: BGS 0064
Phone (Office): (519) 850-2532
Phone (Lab): (519) 661-2111 x 88408
Phone (Aquarium): (519) 661-2111 x x 82876
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: bneff@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Molecular and Behavioural Ecology

Research Website

publish.uwo.ca/~bneff/



Joshua Pemberton

Assistant Professor

Pemberton Contact Information
Office: BGS 3030
Lab: BGS 3029
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x 83131
Phone (Lab): (519) 661-2111 x 86773
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: joshua.pemberton@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Eukaryotic Cell Biology – Organelle Dynamics, Membrane Trafficking, and Lipid Metabolism

Research Website

Under Construction



Anthony Percival-Smith

Associate Professor & Associate Chair (Graduate)

Percival-Smith Contact Information
Office: WSC 305
Phone (Office): (519) 661-4015
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: aperciva@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Molecular mechanisms of morphogenesis

Research Website

www.uwo.ca/biology/faculty/percivalsmith/



Jennifer Peter

Lecturer

Peter Contact Information
Office: NCB 442
Email: jwaugh2@uwo.ca
 


Michael Pyne

Assistant Professor

Michael Pyne Contact Information
Office: BGS 2080
Lab: BGS 2082
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x85802
Phone (Lab): (519) 661-2111 x86928
Email: mpyne3@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, natural products



Ben Rubin

Assistant Professor, Departmental Statistical Consultant

Rubin Contact Information
Office:BGS 3072
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x 87475
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: brubin2@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Forest ecology, landscape pathology, forest health monitoring, statistical analysis



Niki Sharan

Assistant Professor, Coordinator of First Year Biology

Sharan Contact Information
Office:NCB 301G
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x 86502
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: nsharan@uwo.ca
Research Area

Undergraduate education



Anne Simon

Associate Professor

Simon Contact Information
Office: BGS 3022
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: asimon28@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Genetics of Social Behavior

Research Website

simonlab.wixsite.com/simonlab



David Smith

Professor

Smith Contact Information
Office: BGS 3028
Lab: BGS 3027
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x 86482
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: dsmit242@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Genome evolution and genetic diversity of microbial eukaryotes

Research Website

www.arrogantgenome.com/



Jim Staples

Professor

Staples Contact Information
Office: BGS 3020
Lab: BGS 3010
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x 84057
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: jfstaple@uwo.ca
Graduate Chair: bgec@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry

Research Website

www.uwo.ca/biology/faculty/staples/



Vera Tai

Assistant Professor

Tai Contact Information
Office: BGS 2028
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x 86209
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: vtai4@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Microbial Ecology and Bioinformatics

Research Website

publish.uwo.ca/~vtai4/



Graeme Taylor

Assistant Professor

Taylor Contact Information
Office: BGS 2066
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x 81467
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: gtaylor8@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Evolution, Ecology and the Biomechanics of Animal Design



Raymond Thomas

Professor and Western Research Chair
Scientific Director: Biotron Experimental Climate Change Centre

Thomas Contact Information
Office: MSA 3203
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x 81040
Lab: NCB 427
Lab phone: (519) 661-2111 x 86470
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: rthoma2@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Lipid metabolism and food systems

Research Website

www.rthomaslipidgroup.com



Greg Thorn

Associate Professor and Associate Chair (Undergraduate)

Thorn Contact Information
Office: BGS 3047
Lab: BGS 3057
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x 88647
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: rgthorn@uwo.ca
Undergraduate Chair: biougcha@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Fungal Ecology and Systematics

Research Website

publish.uwo.ca/~rgthorn/



Alexander Timoshenko

Associate Professor, Cross Appointment with Oncology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

Timoshenko Contact Information
Office: BGS 3032
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x 88900
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: atimoshe@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Cell Biology and Glycobiology

Research Website

www.uwo.ca/biology/faculty/timoshenko/



Liana Zanette

Professor & Faculty Scholar

Zanette Contact Information
Office: Collip 207
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x 88317
Phone (Lab): (519) 661-2111 x 88316
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: lzanette@uwo.ca
Research Areas

Wildlife Population, Conservation, and Behavioural Ecology

Research Website

publish.uwo.ca/~lzanette/