Undergraduate Research

This list shows researcher who have indicated interest in working with undergraduate students on research projects.
Last Name First Name Type Research Interests Department(s) Faculty
Milloy Michael-John Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Infectious diseases; Clinical sciences, n.e.c.; Psychosocial, sociocultural and behavioral determinants of health; medical cannabis; overdose; HIV disease; people who use drugs; Substance use disorder Division of Social Medicine Faculty of Medicine
Sunderland Terry Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Earth and related environmental sciences; Social and economic geography; biodiversity; Communications; Communities and Livelihoods; conservation; Conservation Biology; Ecosystem services; Environmental communication; Forest policy; Land-use Change; Landscape ecology; Natural Resource Management; social science; sustainability; Tropical Landscapes and Livelihoods; Developing countries; Forest management Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship
Shepherd Bruce Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Natural sciences; Algorithms, Combinatorics, Polyhedra Department of Computer Science Faculty of Science
Wilbur Kerry Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences (except clinical aspects); Professional Practices; Education Systems; culture and health professional education; interprofessional education; Interprofessional care; public health roles of pharmacists; workplace-based learning; patient and medication safety Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Williams Karla Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Cancer progression and metastasis; Intracellular signaling, signal transduction, receptor and membrane biology; Cancer biology; Metastasis; Tumor and plasma biomarkers; Therapeutic target identification and validation; tumor microenvironment Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Cookson Tara Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Public policy; Development; Social protection; Care work; Gender equality School of Public Policy and Global Affairs Faculty of Arts
Roberts Morgan Faculty (non-G+PS member) Tumour immunology; Applied immunology (including antibody engineering, xenotransplantation and t-cell therapies); Solid cancer tumours; Immunology; Bladder cancer; Immuno-oncology; Sex differences in cancer immunobiology Faculty of Medicine
Baliga Vikram Faculty (non-G+PS member) Biological sciences; Curriculum, pedagogy and didactics; Statistics; data science; Phylogenetic comparative methods; Biostatistics; Pedagogy Faculty of Science
Ge Ruiyang Faculty (non-G+PS member) Neuropsychology; Mood Disorder; Big Data; mental illness; , mood disorder, big data, mental illness Faculty of Medicine
Code Jillianne Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Curriculum, pedagogy and didactics; Specialized studies in education; Educational Context; Educational Technologies; Formative assessment; Immersive learning; Learner agency; Learning and Memory; Learning design; Self-efficacy; Self-regulated Learning; Situated and embodied cognition; Virtual augmented and mixed reality for learning; Virtual learning environments Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy Faculty of Education
Pratap-Singh Anubhav Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Environment and natural resources economics; Food chemistry (including fermentation); Natural resource management; Agri-food Transformation Products; cold plasma; food engineering; food processing; Functional Foods; heat transfer; high pressure; mass transfer; novel non-thermal processing; Nutriceuticals and Functional Foods; pasteurization; pulsed light; sterilization Food, Nutrition & Health Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Robillard Julie Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Health sciences; Medical and biomedical engineering; Psychology and cognitive sciences; Patient experience/patient engagement; social media; Assistive technology; Neuroethics; Brain health technology; Artificial Intelligence; Dementia; mental health; Social robots; pediatrics Division of Neurology Faculty of Medicine
Byrne Fionn Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Landscape architecture; Landscape design; Landscape ethics; Landscape architecture , Landscape design, Landscape ethics School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture Faculty of Applied Science
Lee Barbara Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Social work; Social Work; Child Welfare; Child Maltreatment; Child Protection; Ethno-Cultural Communities; Newcomers; Service Delivery; Service Outcomes School of Social Work Faculty of Arts
Olson Robert Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Clinical trials; Radiotherapy; stereotactic radiotherapy; patient reported outcomes; Head and Neck Cancer; Breast Cancer; Epidemiology; Community Health / Public Health; Social Determinants of Cancer; health services delivery; Lung cancer; Clinical trials, Radiotherapy, Stereotactic radiotherapy, Patient reported outcomes, Head and Neck Cancer, Breast Cancer, Epidemiology, Community Health / Public Health, Social Determinants of Cancer, Health services delivery, Lung Cancer Department of Surgery Faculty of Medicine
Ramana M. V. Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Public administration; Public policy; Public security policy; arms control; Energy transitions; degrowth; nuclear disarmament; nuclear energy; nuclear policy; political economy of energy; risk of nuclear accidents School of Public Policy and Global Affairs Faculty of Arts
Bacca Mattia Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Soft condensed matter; Polymers and plastics engineering; Biomedical materials; Solid Mechanics; biomechanics; Fracture Mechanics; Cutting Mechanics Department of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Jelovica Jasmin Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Civil engineering; Mechanical engineering; Finite element analysis; Machine Learning; Metals and Alloys; Production and Process Optimization; Sandwich structures; Solid Mechanics; Stress Analysis; Structural optimization; Ultimate, fatigue and impact strength; Welding and joining of metals Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Tseng Michelle Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Population ecology; Community ecology (except invasive species ecology); Evolutionary impacts of climate change; Biological adaptation; Ecological impacts of climate change; Insect & plankton ecology; Community and evolutionary ecology; Community responses to warming; Urban biodiversity Department of Botany, Department of Zoology Faculty of Science
Lockwood William Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Cancer progression and metastasis; Cancer drug development and therapeutics; Mechanisms of carcinogenesis; Cancer; drug discovery; Genetics; genomics; Immune response; Lung cancer; Oncogene signaling; Proteomics; Mouse models Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Faculty of Medicine
Hunt Brian Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Marine ecology (including marine ichthyology); Biological oceanography; Biodiversity; Ecosystem function; Ecological impacts of climate change; Community ecology (except invasive species ecology); Nearshore processes and coastal oceanography; marine food webs; ecosystem oceanography; plankton dynamics; open ocean; Coastal Ecosystems; climate change impacts on the ocean; salmon ecology; food web nutrition ; urban ocean ecology; stable isotopes; forage fish; zooplankton; Urban oceans; Thiamine defficiency; Stormwater; land ocean interface Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries Faculty of Science
Zandstra Peter Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Medical biotechnology; Medical and biomedical engineering; Stem cell bioengineering; Bioengineering; Synthetic biology; Biomedical Engineering; Immuno-engineering; Biotechnology; Computational Biology; Computational modeling; Gene/Cell Therapy Systems; genomics; Immunology; personalized medicine; Regenerative medicine; Synthetic biology School of Biomedical Engineering, Michael Smith Laboratories Faculty of Medicine
Rubin Julia Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Computer engineering; Computer and information sciences; quality, security, and reliability of software and AI systems; software engineering; program analysis Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Sadarangani Manish Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Immunology; Microbiology; Clinical sciences; Antimicrobial resistant bacteria; Bacterial Vaccines; Childhood infections; Epidemiology; Immune System; Vaccine Development; Vaccine immunity; Clinical trials and observational studies Department of Pediatrics Faculty of Medicine
Casas Aguilar Anna Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Contemporary literatures; Spanish Cultural Studies; Catalan Literature and Culture; Gender Studies; Masculinities; Feminisms; Self-writing; Hispanic Cinemas Department of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies Faculty of Arts
Zhang Gaoheng Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Globalization and culture; Media, visual and digital culture; Communication and media studies, n.e.c.; Postcolonial systems and colonialism studies; Migration Studies; Mobility Studies ; Cultural Studies; Food Studies; Fashion Studies ; Film and Media Studies; Gender and Masculinity Studies; Rhetoric and Communication Studies ; China-Italy Cultural Relations ; China-Africa-Europe Cultural Relations; Italy's Global Networks ; Modern and contemporary Italian literature and culture Department of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies Faculty of Arts
Madiseh Ali Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Mining engineering; Numerical modelling and mechanical characterisation; Heat and mass transfer operations; energy systems; Mining engineering; Renewable energy systems; Energy storage; Energy decarbonization; Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Vellutini Claudio Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Opera; Critical Musicology; Cultural and reception history of nineteenth-century Italian opera; Early 19th century music (opera); Habsburg cultural policies; Historiography; Italian opera in the Habsburg Empire; Performance and staging practices; Vienna opera (first half of 19th century); 19th-century opera singers; Opera and mobility studies; Opera's global dissemination in the 19th century School of Music Faculty of Arts
Frostad John Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Chemical engineering; Food sciences (including food engineering); Emulsions; Physics of Soft Matter; Agricultural Sprays; Food Physics; Interfacial Rheology; Novel Instrumentation; Foams Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Jenstad Lorienne Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Other health sciences; hearing aids; Aging; audiology; hearing health; amplification School of Audiology and Speech Sciences Faculty of Medicine
Michal Carl Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Soft condensed matter; Development and applications of spectroscopic and structural techniques; Solid-state NMR; NMR and MRI of brain tissue; NMR methods and instrumentation; Biological and functional materials Department of Physics & Astronomy Faculty of Science
Thrush Coll Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Indigenous history; Indigenous history; settler colonialism; Pacific history; Northwest Coast Department of History Faculty of Arts
Castellarin Simone Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Enology and viticulture; Horticultural crop growth and development; Crop physiology; Fruit ripening; Secondary metabolism; Environmental stresses; Viticulture; Horticulture; Fruit Quality; Crop breeding Applied Biology Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Hurd Laura Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Sociological methodology and research methods; Sociology and social studies of health, health systems and health care; Aging; Gender; health; ageism or age-based discrimination; sociology of aging; sociology of health; embodiment or embodied experience; body image; chronic conditions or chronic illness; disability; Assistive technology; qualitative methods; media representation; LGBTQ+ aging; intersectionality; information and communication technology School of Kinesiology Faculty of Education
Murphy Anne Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Historical studies; Arts and Cultural Traditions; Religion; Early Modern Studies; Modern history; cultural history; Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies; Punjabi Studies; South Asian Studies Department of History Faculty of Arts
Damascelli Andrea Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Electronic and magnetic properties of condensed matter and supraconductivity; Electronic Structure of Quantum Materials Department of Physics & Astronomy Faculty of Science
Antweiler Werner Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Environment and natural resources economics; International economics and international finance; environmental economics; energy economics; electricity markets; climate change; natural resource economics; international trade policy; urban transportation Division of Strategy and Business Economics Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration
Ford Nancy Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Medical physics; Medical biotechnology diagnostics (including biosensors); Dental materials and equipment; micro-computed tomography; physiological gating; contrast agents; models of respiratory disease; image-based measurements; dental imaging; x-ray imaging Department of Oral Biological & Medical Sciences Faculty of Dentistry
Walker Judith Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Adult and continuing education, and community education; Sociology of education; Educational policy; Adult education; Higher Education; policy studies; Health Professions Education Department of Educational Studies Faculty of Education
Liu-Ambrose Teresa Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Physical therapy; Rehabilitation medicine; Healthy Aging; exercise; Fall prevention; Cognitive Aging; Randomized Controlled Trials; Physical Activity; Mobility; Neuroimaging; Sleep Department of Physical Therapy Faculty of Medicine
Maijer Daan Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Metals and alloy materials engineering; Liquid metal processing; Casting processes; additive manufacturing; Directed Energy Deposition; Powder Bed Fusion; Light Metals Processing; Aluminum Alloys; Titanium Alloys; Mathematical Process Modeling: Heat Transfer, Fluid Flow, Mechanical Deformation Department of Materials Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Kazanjian Arminee Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Medical biotechnology; Health systems and policy; equitable access to healthcare; cancer survivorship; psychosocial care School of Population and Public Health Faculty of Medicine
Morin Gregg Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Basic medicine and life sciences; Proteomics; Proteomics; mass spectrometry; RNA processing; Ribonucleoproteins; Splicing; Cancer; RNA sequencing Department of Medical Genetics Faculty of Medicine
Odic Darko Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Cognitive development Department of Psychology Faculty of Arts
Lim Chinten James Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Cancer progression and metastasis; Solid cancer tumours; Hematological tumours; Medical and biomedical engineering; tumour cell biology; mechanisms of drug resistance; cell adhesion, migration and invasion; tumour microenvironment; pediatric oncology; tumor xenografts; tumour organoids Department of Pediatrics Faculty of Medicine
Baker Donald Leslie Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Asian history; History and philosophy of specific fields, n.e.c.; Korean History; Confucian Philosophy; Religion in Korea; science in pre-modern Korea; Kwangju Uprising of 1980 Department of Asian Studies Faculty of Arts
Phani Srikantha Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Aerospace structures; Automotive engineering materials; Nanotechnology, n.e.c.; Mechanics of Materials and Structures; Dynamics and Vibrations; Department of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Bloch Alexia Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Social sciences; migration; Gender; Eurasia; Russia; ethnography Department of Anthropology Faculty of Arts
Schaller Mark Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Psychology and cognitive sciences; Motivations and Emotions; Psychology - Biological Aspects; Evolutionary Psychology; Social Cognition; Social influence; social psychology Department of Psychology Faculty of Arts
Madden John Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering; Medical and biomedical engineering; artificial muscle; electrochemical devices; electronic skin; Functional and Intelligent Materials; medical devices; smart materials; supercapacitors; wearables Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty of Applied Science