Faculty
David Coltman
Professor and Chair

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
Conservation Genetics and Ecological Genomics in Wildlife
Research WebsiteJuno Coltman
Executive Assistant to the Chair (advanced training)

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
Mood stabiliization
Research WebsiteUnder construction.
Michelle Belton
Assistant Professor
Mark Bernards
Professor

Office: NCB 402
Phone: (519) 661-2111 x 86477
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: bernards@uwo.ca
Plant Secondary Metabolism
Research WebsiteBrian Branfireun
Professor
Canada Research Chair in Environment and Sustainability
Cross-appointed with Earth Sciences and Geography
Ecohydrology, biogeochemistry and wetland ecosystem science
Research WebsiteRobert Buchkowski
Assistant Professor

Office: BGS 2074
Lab: To come
Phone: (519) 661-2111 x 88969
Fax: (519) 661-3813
Email: rbuchkow@uwo.ca
Global change biology, ecosystem modelling, ecological stoichiometry, soil ecology, conservation biology
Research WebsiteRobert Cumming
Associate Professor

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
Brain Metabolism and Aging
Research WebsiteSashko Damjanovski
Associate Professor

Office: BGS 3053b
Lab: BGS 3053
Phone: (519) 661-2111 x 84704
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: sdamjano@uwo.ca
Developmental Biology - Extracellular Matrix Remodelling science
Research WebsiteThomas DeFalco
Assistant Professor

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
Plant molecular biology and cell signalling
Research WebsiteMiodrag Grbic
Associate Professor

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
Arthropod genomics, Evolution of developmental mechanisms, Biotechnology
Research WebsitePending
Vojislava Grbic
Professor

Office: WSC 341
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x 86898
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: vgrbic@uwo.ca
Arabidopsis Developmental Genetics/ Genomics of plant-pest interaction/ Biotechnology
Research WebsitePending
Christopher Guglielmo
Professor

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
Animal ecological and evolutionary physiology
Tim Hain
Assistant Professor, Biology Academic Counsellor

Office: NCB 301F
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x 86793
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: thain@uwo.ca
Behavioural Ecology and Biodiversity
Research WebsiteTo come
Hugh Henry
Professor; Director, Environmental Sciences Western Field Station

Office: BGS 3021
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x 81548
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: hhenry4@uwo.ca
Terrestrial plant ecology
Research WebsiteKathleen Hill
Associate Professor and Associate Chair (Research); Cross-appointed to Computer Science and Ophthalmology; Associate Scientist at the Lawson Health Research Institute

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
Genome organization and integrity
Daniel Jeffery
Assistant Professor
Genetics
Jim Karagiannis
Associate Professor

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
Eukaryotic Cell Division
Greg Kelly
Professor

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
Cell Signaling in Vertebrate Embryos
Research Websitehttp://thekellylab.weebly.com (Please access via WiFi)
Nusha Keyghobadi
Professor

Office: BGS 2076
Lab: BGS 2062
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x 80471
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: nkeyghob@uwo.ca
Molecular ecology, landscape genetics and conservation genetics
Research WebsiteSusanne Kohalmi
Associate Professor

Office: WSC 319
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x 86485
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: skohalmi@uwo.ca
Gene Families and Regulation
Research WebsiteZoë Lindo
Professor

Office: BGS 3064
Lab: Biotron 20B
Phone (Lab): (519) 661-2111 x 86842
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: zlindo@uwo.ca
Community ecology, Soil ecology
Research WebsiteNatasha MacBean
Assistant Professor

Office: SSC 2412
Lab: SSC 2404
Phone: (519) 661-2111 x85008
Fax: (519) 661-3813
Email: nmacbean@uwo.ca
Biogeochemistry, Global Change Biology, Terrestrial Ecosystem Science, Vegetation Dynamics, Climate Change, Earth System Modeling
Research WebsiteBeth MacDougall-Shackleton
Professor

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
Ecoimmunology and behavioural ecology of migratory birds
Research WebsiteSheila Macfie
Associate Professor

Office: BGS 2051
Lab: BGS 2061
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x 86487
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: smacfie@uwo.ca
Mechanisms of Metal Tolerance
Research WebsiteDenis Maxwell
Associate Professor
Paul Mensink
Assistant Professor

Office: NCB 443
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x87563
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: paul.mensink@uwo.ca
Marine Ecology and Educational Technology
Natasha Mhatre
Assistant Professor
Canada Research Chair in Invertebrate Neurobiology

Office: BGS 3023
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x84505
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: nmhatre@uwo.ca
Communicating with sound and vibration
Research WebsiteAmanda Moehring
Professor

Office: WSC 307
Lab: WSC 313
Phone: (519) 661-2111 x85597
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: amoehrin@uwo.ca
Genetics of behaviour and species formation
Research WebsiteYolanda Morbey
Professor

Office: Collip 209/209A
Lab: BGS 2055/2048
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x80116
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: ymorbey@uwo.ca
Behavioural Ecology; Seasonal and life history timing
Research WebsiteBryan Neff
Professor

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
Molecular and Behavioural Ecology
Research WebsiteJoshua Pemberton
Assistant Professor

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
Eukaryotic Cell Biology – Organelle Dynamics, Membrane Trafficking, and Lipid Metabolism
Research WebsiteUnder Construction
Anthony Percival-Smith
Associate Professor & Associate Chair (Graduate)

Office: WSC 305
Phone (Office): (519) 661-4015
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: aperciva@uwo.ca
Molecular mechanisms of morphogenesis
Research WebsiteJennifer Peter
Lecturer
Michael Pyne
Assistant Professor

Office: BGS 2080
Lab: BGS 2082
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x85802
Phone (Lab): (519) 661-2111 x86928
Email: mpyne3@uwo.ca
Synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, natural products
Ben Rubin
Assistant Professor, Departmental Statistical Consultant

Office:BGS 3072
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x 87475
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: brubin2@uwo.ca
Forest ecology, landscape pathology, forest health monitoring, statistical analysis
Niki Sharan
Assistant Professor, Coordinator of First Year Biology

Office:NCB 301G
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x 86502
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: nsharan@uwo.ca
Undergraduate education
Anne Simon
Associate Professor
Genetics of Social Behavior
Research WebsiteDavid Smith
Professor

Office: BGS 3028
Lab: BGS 3027
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x 86482
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: dsmit242@uwo.ca
Genome evolution and genetic diversity of microbial eukaryotes
Research WebsiteJim Staples
Professor

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
Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry
Research WebsiteVera Tai
Assistant Professor

Office: BGS 2028
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x 86209
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: vtai4@uwo.ca
Microbial Ecology and Bioinformatics
Research WebsiteGraeme Taylor
Assistant Professor

Office: BGS 2066
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x 81467
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: gtaylor8@uwo.ca
Evolution, Ecology and the Biomechanics of Animal Design
Raymond Thomas
Professor and Western Research Chair
Scientific Director: Biotron Experimental Climate Change Centre

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
Lipid metabolism and food systems
Research WebsiteGreg Thorn
Associate Professor and Associate Chair (Undergraduate)

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
Fungal Ecology and Systematics
Research WebsiteAlexander Timoshenko
Associate Professor, Cross Appointment with Oncology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

Office: BGS 3032
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 x 88900
Fax: (519) 661-3935
Email: atimoshe@uwo.ca
Cell Biology and Glycobiology
Research WebsiteLiana Zanette
Professor & Faculty Scholar

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
Wildlife Population, Conservation, and Behavioural Ecology
Research Website