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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.

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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.

http://publish.uwo.ca/~lwahl/

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 PhD	Projects in mushroom systematics and ecology for honors thesis, research volunteers, and visiting graduate students. Open to domestic and international students.
Sangeeta Dhaubhadel	MSc PhD	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 PhD	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 Postdoctoral	Molecular physiology of insect freeze tolerance. Open to domestic students only.

Chemistry

Name	Level	Summary & Further Information
Elizabeth Gillies	MSc PhD	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 PhD	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 PhD	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 PhD	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 PhD	Biomimetic Nanotransporters; Advanced biomaterials for stem cell-based cardiac repair; Medical implants with immune-modulation properties
Paul Ragogna	MSc PhD	Synthesizing strange molecules featuring the group 15 and 16 elements Utilizing E-H bonds in the creation of novel photopolymer networks Synthesis and self assembly of metal containing polymers Surface modification utilizing phosphonium salt chemistry 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 PhD	Experimental physical chemistry Chemical physics using spectroscopy and synchrotron radiation Chemistry and materials science under extreme conditions 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 PhD	Develop theoretical methods and computer programs for studying the electronic structure, physical properties, and chemical reactions of molecules and solids. Density-functional methods and their relation to wavefunction techniques 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 PhD	Analysis of spectroscopic data to obtain structural or electronic configuration information for large molecules of bioinorganic interest: Metal-induced folding in metallothioneins Zinc and cadmium binding in single steps: the onset of clustering in the metallothioneins binding domains Arsenic binding to metallothioneins and the exposure of cysteins 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 PhD	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 PhD Postdoctoral	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.