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
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
Tebbutt Scott Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Basic medicine and life sciences; Dual organism molecular interaction (fungal spores & human airway epithelium); Early and late reactions in allergic asthma and rhinitis; Diagnostics of acute heart rejection post-transplantation; Neonatal vaccine immunogenicity; Systems biology, biomarkers & bioinformatics; Rheumatic fever and heart disease; COVID-19 Division of Respiratory Medicine Faculty of Medicine
Pelech Steven Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Neurological disorders (except neuromuscular diseases); Mechanisms of carcinogenesis; Adaptive immunity; Medical virology; Medical infection agents (including prions); Protein Microarrays; Protein Kinases; Protein Phosphatases; Protein phosphorylation; Cell signalling; Signal transduction; Cell division; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Neurological Disease; Cancer; Immunology; H5N1 influenza Division of Neurology Faculty of Medicine
Hirst Martin Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Bioinformatics; Clinical oncology; Genomics; Immunology; Microbiology; Carcinogenesis; Cellular Differentiation; Epigenomics; Leukemia; Molecular Genetics Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Michael Smith Laboratories Faculty of Science
Barichello Richard Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Agricultural economics; trade policy, evaluation of policy instruments, rural labour markets, agricultural development Food and Resource Economics Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Tsai Tai-Peng Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Differential equations and integral equations in pure mathematics; Partial Differential Equations; Mathematical physics Department of Mathematics Faculty of Science
Fisher Alexander Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Music, n.e.c.; Christianity studies (including biblical studies and church history); musicology; music; Sound Studies; History; religious history; european history School of Music Faculty of Arts
Richman Joy Marion Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Dentistry and oral health; Evolution of developmental systems; Pedodontics; Congenital Anomalies; craniofacial development; chicken embryo limb development; Developmental biology; Embryonic Development; Evo-Devo; Growth Factors; orofacial clefting; Reptilian tooth regeneration; Cell signaling; Tooth development Department of Oral Health Sciences Faculty of Dentistry
Beauchesne Kim Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Literature and literary studies; Colonialism; Latin America; Trans-Pacific Studies; Globalization Department of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies Faculty of Arts
Conway Edward Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Basic medicine and life sciences; coagulation; Innate immunity; Inflammation; vascular biologh Division of Hematology Faculty of Medicine
Boushel Robert Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Natural sciences; Exercise, physiology, oxygen transport, cardiovascular regulation, bioenergetics, mitochondria School of Kinesiology, Department of Family Practice Faculty of Education
Hermiston Nancy Jane Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Performing arts, n.e.c.; Other medical sciences; opera, voice, theatre, interdisciplinary work with a diversity of fields and opera; Opera training and its effect on sculpting the brain - Wall Opera Project, Hermiston/L/Boyd/J Werker School of Music Faculty of Arts
Hodges Nicola Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Sport and exercise psychology; Behavioural neuroscience of learning and memory; action anticipation and observation; coaching and motor skill expertise; skill acquisition; Motor learning; observational learning and instruction; sports skill development School of Kinesiology Faculty of Education
Faulkner Guy Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Kinesiology; Community Health / Public Health; behavioral medicine; Exercise Psychology; mental health; physical activity and public health; physical activity interventions School of Kinesiology Faculty of Education
Gulati Sumeet Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Agricultural economics; Wildlife and habitat management; Ecological policy; Economics of Human Wildlife Conflict; Economics of Urban Transportation; Effectiveness of Carbon Taxes; Effectiveness of Environmental Policy; International Trade and its Effect on the Environment; Political Economy of Environmental and Trade Policy Food and Resource Economics Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Dong Xuesen Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Cancer progression and metastasis; Gene and molecular therapy; Prostate Cancer ; Drug development; RNA Splicing and Gene Regulation; Hormone Dependent Cancers; Endocrine Regulation Department of Urologic Sciences Faculty of Medicine
Poole Warren Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Metals and alloy materials engineering; Physical and Mechanical Metallurgy; Aluminum Alloys; Steels; Magnesium alloys; ICME Department of Materials Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Wang Fei Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Educational administration, management and leadership; Educational policy; Specialized studies in education; Educational administration and leadership in K-12 setting; School leadership ; the role of the school principals; social justice and diversity; Comparative policy studies in K-12 settings; Education and Training Management; Ideology and Social Policy; Social Contract and Social Justice; Offshore school and its leadership; educators' health, wellbeing, and psychological safety Department of Educational Studies Faculty of Education
Harris Douglas Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) property law; condominium law; legal history; Law & Cities; property law , condominium law, legal history, law & cities Peter A. Allard School of Law
Guenette Jordan Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Respiratory diseases; Other biological sciences; Clinical exercise physiology; Cardiorespiratory physiology; Mechanisms and management of breathlessness and exercise intolerance; Chronic respiratory diseases Department of Physical Therapy Faculty of Medicine
Hallensleben Markus Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Comparative literatures; Other Arts; German Language Cultures and Literatures; Transnational Literatures; Visual Arts and Literature; European Studies; Literature and Sciences; Literature and Migration; Narratives of Belonging; Decolonization and Indigenization Department of Central, Eastern & Northern European Studies Faculty of Arts
Aviles Leticia Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Community ecology (except invasive species ecology); Animal behaviour Department of Zoology Faculty of Science
Chen Jiahua Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Statistical theory and modeling; empirical likelihood; finite mixture model; sample survey; asymptotic theory; imputation Department of Statistics Faculty of Science
Tremlett Helen Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Epidemiology (except nutritional and veterinary epidemiology); multiple sclerosis; Neuroepidemiology; Pharmacoepidemiology; prodrome,; Drug safety and effectiveness; Pharmacogenomics; comorbidities; health administrative data; Gut microbiome; prodromes Division of Neurology Faculty of Medicine
Bredin Shannon Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Medicine, nursing and health curriculum, pedagogy and didactics; Psychology, social and behavorial aspects; Indigenous health; Physical education and development curriculum, pedagogy and didactics; Psychosocial, sociocultural and behavioral determinants of health; Health promotion and disease prevention; Motor Behaviour (Motor Expertise, Learning, and Development); Human Performance; Physical Activity; Knowledge Translation and Mobilization; Indigenous Health and Physical Activity; Long-Term Athlete Development; Childhood Development; sport School of Kinesiology Faculty of Education
Whitton Jeannette Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Speciation (evolutionary processes); Plant developmental and reproductive biology; 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 Department of Botany Faculty of Science
Krzic Maja Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Soil sciences; Soil health; Soil management; Soil science education Applied Biology, Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Byrne Jeffrey Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Historical studies; Decolonisation; Global History; Revolutions; Africa; Middle East Department of History Faculty of Arts
Ichikawa Jonathan Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Epistemology; Feminist philosophy; Human rights, justice, and ethical issues; Philosophy of language; Social philosophy; epistemology; ethics; Philosophy of Language; feminist philosophy; ethics of belief; knowledge; skepticism; context-sensitivity; consent; ethics of sex; rape culture Department of Philosophy Faculty of Arts
Elmo Davide Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) philosophy of engineering; rock engineering; geosciences; Numerical modelling; Machine Learning Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Madison Kirk Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Atomic, molecular, and optical physics; Quantum sensors; Quantum Gases; Laser cooling; Bose-Einstein Condesation; Fermi-Degenerate Gases; Quantum optics; Laser physics Department of Physics & Astronomy Faculty of Science
MacLachlan Mark Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Supramolecular inorganic chemistry; Inorganic materials; Supramolecular organic chemistry; Synthesis of materials; Functional materials in materials chemistry sciences; Supramolecular Chemistry; Nanomaterials; Biomaterials; Cellulose nanocrystals; Chitin; Materials Chemistry; Inorganic Chemistry Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science
Folk Joshua Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Physical sciences; 2D materials and Vanderwaals heterostructures; Quantum electronics; Thermodynamics of quantum systems; Strongly correlated phenomena; Topological phenomena; Quantum transport Department of Physics & Astronomy Faculty of Science
Carvalho Rick Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Other health sciences, n.e.c.; Biomaterials; materials interfaces; bonding to hard tissues; materials development Department of Oral Biological & Medical Sciences Faculty of Dentistry
Herdman Anthony Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Sensory systems, auditory; Neurocognitive patterns and neural networks; Neuroimaging Methods (EEG/MEG); Central auditory processing; Auditory and visual perecptions related to reading acquisition (1st and 2nd languages); Brain computer interface School of Audiology and Speech Sciences Faculty of Medicine
Martindale Andrew Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Social sciences; Indigenous Archaeology; Northwest Coast; Oral Traditions; Spatial Analyses; Archaeology and the Law; Political economy; Radiocarbon Dating; Indian Residential Schools Department of Anthropology Faculty of Arts
Iurascu Ilinca Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Comparative literatures; Theories of cultural studies; Media, visual and digital culture; German literature; Comparative Literature; Cultural Studies; media theory; Media history; critical theory; film studies Department of Central, Eastern & Northern European Studies Faculty of Arts
Matsubara Joanne Aiko Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Sensory systems, visual; Cellular interactions (including adhesion, matrix and cell wall); Gene and molecular therapy; Cellular neuroscience; neuroscience; vision; cell and development; cell death pathways; innate immune response; eye disease, retinal degenerations; Alzheimer's disease; neurodegeneration Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Faculty of Medicine
Klein Bern Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Mineral processing and beneficiation; Mineral Processing; rheology of mineral suspensions; comminution; sensor based sorting Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Hall Kathleen Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Linguistics; Psychology and cognitive sciences; Phonology; Phonetics; Laboratory Phonology; Sign Languages Department of Linguistics Faculty of Arts
Law Hedy Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Opera; eighteenth-century French music; the French Enlightenment; music and signs; ; global music history; gender and sexuality; music and race; music with Cantonese lyrics; global Cantonese music School of Music Faculty of Arts
Mole Christopher Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Philosophical psychology (including moral psychology and philosophy of action); attention; Philosophy of Psychiatry; Philosophy of Literature Department of Philosophy Faculty of Arts
Wang Rizhi Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Functional materials in materials engineering sciences; Regenerative medicine (including stem cells and tissue engineering); Orthopaedic implants, drug delivery biomaterials, anti-infection solutions.; Additive manufacturing, 3D structural designing.; Bone structure, mineralization and mechanics, bone metastasis, hip fracture and prevention. Department of Materials Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Lemieux Victoria Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Archival, repository and related studies; Records and information management (except business records and information management); Digital humanities; Blockchain technology and Ecosystems; Trust and Records; Privacy; security; Risk management; Transparency and the public interest (in public sector and financial contexts) School of Information Faculty of Arts