Faculty Positions
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Undergraduate Student Positions
NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA)
If you would like to gain research work experience that complements your studies in an academic setting, USRAs can provide you with financial support through your host institution.
More Information:
Please see your Department pages for more information about undergraduate research opportunities:
Graduate Student Positions
Stay tuned for our listing of Graduate Research postings.
Researchers and Research Interests
Applied Mathematics
Name Topic/Area |
Level | Summary & Further Information |
Lyle Muller Computational Neuroscience |
PhD Postdoctoral |
Projects will focus on new computer vision algorithms for neural data, network models, and computation with spatiotemporal dynamics in neural systems. Muller Lab - https://www.mullerlab.ca/positions.html |
Lindi Wahl Mathematical Biology |
PhD Postdoctoral |
Contact lwahl@uwo.ca for more information. |
Biology
Name | Level | Summary & Further Information |
Alexander Timoshenko |
MSc |
Cell biology of galectins. Open to domestic students only. |
Ryan Austin | MSc PhD |
Genome editing to manipulate metabolic pathways in Arabidopsis Thailand. Systems biology of water stressed Medicago truncatula through assay and bioinformatic analysis of open chromatin, metabolites, and protein expression. Open to domestic students only. |
Abdelali Hannoufa | MSc PhD |
Discovery and characterization of genes responsible for regulating important crop traits; e.g. yield, quality, and stress response. Open to domestic students only. |
Greg Thorn |
MSc |
Projects in mushroom systematics and ecology for honors thesis, research volunteers, and visiting graduate students. Open to domestic and international students. |
Sangeeta Dhaubhadel |
MSc |
Regulation of isoflavonoid biosynthesis in soybean. Open to domestic and international students. |
Liana Zanette |
PhD Postdoctoral |
The ecology and landscape of fear in wildlife. Open to domestic and international students. |
Amanda Moehring |
MSc |
The genetic and neural basis of female mate preference behaviours (open to domestic students only). The genetic and cellular basis of male sterility (open to domestic and international students). |
Brent Sinclair |
PhD |
Molecular physiology of insect freeze tolerance. Open to domestic students only. |
Chemistry
Name | Level | Summary & Further Information |
Elizabeth Gillies |
MSc |
Please feel free to contact Beth (email) if you are interested in joining the group. Admissions to the graduate program in Chemistry or Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at Western are handled by the Admission’s Committee. |
Joe Gilroy | MSc PhD Postdoctoral (self-funded) |
Contact Dr. Gilroy to discuss project availability. |
Mikko Karttunen | MSc PhD |
Contact Dr. Karttunen to discuss project availability. |
Lars Onermann |
MSc |
Please feel free to contact Lars (email) if you are interested in joining the group. Admissions to the graduate program in Chemistry or Biochemistry at Western are handled by the Admission’s Committee. |
Ken Luyt |
MSc |
Please feel free to contact Dr. Luyt (email) if you are interested in joining the group. Admissions to the graduate program in Chemistry at Western is handled by the Admission’s Committee. |
Brian Pagenkopf |
MSc |
Synthetic Organic Chemistry: Methods, Catalysis, Natural Products, and Functional Materials. Please feel free to contact Dr. Pagenkopf (email) if you are interested in joining the group. Admissions to the graduate program in Chemistry at Western is handled by the Admission’s Committee. |
Arghya Paul |
MSc |
Biomimetic Nanotransporters; Advanced biomaterials for stem cell-based cardiac repair; Medical implants with immune-modulation properties |
Paul Ragogna |
MSc |
Contact Dr. Ragogna (email) with your CV as a .pdf if you are interested in joining the group. Admissions to the graduate program in Chemistry at Western is handled by the Admission’s Committee. |
Yang Song |
MSc |
Contact Dr. Song (email) to discuss project availability. Admissions to the graduate program in experimental physical chemistry and chemical physics at Western are handled by the Admission’s Committee. |
Viktor Staroverov |
MSc |
Contact Dr. Staroverov to discuss specific questions about working in his group. Admissions to the graduate program in experimental physical chemistry and chemical physics at Western are handled by the Admission’s Committee. |
Martin Stillman |
MSc |
Analysis of spectroscopic data to obtain structural or electronic configuration information for large molecules of bioinorganic interest:
Contact Dr. Stillman for project details. Admissions to the graduate program in Bioinorganic Chemistry at Western are handled by the Admission’s Committee. |
James Wisner |
MSc |
The design, synthesis, and characterization of new molecules that associate with each other in specific ways using multiple weak, non-covalent interactions |
Clara Wren |
MSc |
Radiation-induced chemistry processes and their impact on the corrosion rates of industrial alloys. Contact Dr. Wren for project details. Admissions to the graduate program in Radiation-induced Chemistry Processes at Western are handled by the Admission’s Committee. |
Postdoctoral Positions
For more information see Research Western.