Department of Botany
The Botany Department is one of the largest and strongest Botany Departments in North America, offering a wide range of research and educational programs. Specializations range from the organismal to the molecular level.
Graduate Degree Programs
Research Supervisors
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Suttle, Curtis | Biological Oceanography; Environmental Virology; Marine Environment; Marine Microbiology; Microbial Diversity; Phage; Viral Discovery; Viruses; Biological Oceanography, Environmental Virology, Marine Environment, Marine Microbiology, Microbial Diversity, Phage, Viral Discovery, Viruses |
| Todesco, Marco | Genetic and molecular basis of adaptation; Plant genomics; Chromosomal structural variation; Crop improvement and bioengineering; Wild sunflowers ecology and evolution; Cannabis diversity and domestication; Genetic and molecular basis of adaptation, Plant genomics, Chromosomal structural variation, Crop improvement and bioengineering, Wild sunflowers ecology and evolution, Cannabis diversity and domestication |
| Tortell, Philippe | Biological / Chemical Oceanography, Climate-active Trace Gases, Primary Productvity, Polar Marine Ecosystems |
| Tseng, Michelle | Insect & plankton ecology; Community and evolutionary ecology; Community responses to warming; Urban biodiversity; Insect & plankton ecology, Community and evolutionary ecology, Community responses to warming, Urban biodiversity |
| Wasteneys, Geoff | Cell signaling; Hormones and Growth Factors; Molecular Genetics; Cellulose Biosynthesis; Microtubule Dynamics and Organization; Plant Cell Walls in Cell Shape and Tissue Function; Plant Growth and Development; Plant Responses to Abiotic Stress; Trafficking of Membrane Receptors and Transporters; Cell Signaling, Hormones and Growth Factors, Molecular Genetics, Cellulose Biosynthesis, Microtubule Dynamics and Organization, Plant Cell Walls in Cell Shape and Tissue Function, Plant Growth and Development, Plant Responses to Abiotic Stress, Trafficking of Membrane Receptors and Transporters |
| Whitton, Jeannette | Plant evolutionary ecology; Evolution of asexuality; Evolution and consequences of polyploidy; Speciation/ diversification; Species at risk in Canada; Conservation policy; Plant evolutionary ecology, Evolution of asexuality, Evolution and consequences of polyploidy , Speciation/ diversification, Species at risk in Canada, Conservation policy |