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
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
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
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; 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
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
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
Conway Edward Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Basic medicine and life sciences; coagulation; Innate immunity; Inflammation; vascular biologh Division of Hematology Faculty of Medicine
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
Lang Donna Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Medical, health and life sciences; Structural Neuroimaging; Psychosis; Addiction; cognition; Cardiovascular Function; Microvascular integrity Department of Radiology Faculty of Medicine
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
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
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
Dong Xuesen Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Prostate Cancer ; Drug development; RNA Splicing and Gene Regulation; Hormone Dependent Cancers; Endocrine Regulation; Prostate Cancer , Drug Development, RNA Splicing and Gene Regulation, Hormone Dependent Cancers, Endocrine Regulation Department of Urologic Sciences Faculty of Medicine
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
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
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
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
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
Aviles Leticia Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Community ecology (except invasive species ecology); Animal behaviour; Evolution of sociality, evolution of sex ratios Department of Zoology Faculty of Science
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
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
Frankel Adam Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Enzymes (including kinetics and mechanisms, and biocatalyst); Other basic medicine and life sciences; Protein Biochemistry; arginine methylation; Histones; Nucleosomes; post-translational modifications; Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms; Organic Molecules and Biomolecules; Bioactive Molecules; Proteins; Target Engagement; Chemical Biology; drug discovery; Amino acids Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Jean Francois Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Medical virology; Protein trafficking in cell biology; Proteomics; Enzymes (including kinetics and mechanisms, and biocatalyst); Organelle function; Virology; Systems biology; Cellular virology; Emerging human viruses; COVID-19; Host-virus interactions; Broad-based antiviral agents; Antiviral agents; Natural products as antiviral agents; Lipid-modulating drugs; Cellular protease inhibitors; Viral protease inhibitors; Human coronaviruses; SARS-CoV-2; Human flaviviruses; Dengue virus; Zika virus; West Nile virus; Influenza A virus; Human microRNAs; Therapeutic microRNA; Viral and cellular biomarkers; Molecular diagnostics for detecting viral infection; Circulating exosomes; Exosomal microRNAs; Proteomics-based technologies; Multiplexed and Mass Spectrometric quantitation assays Department of Microbiology & Immunology Faculty of Science
Hunt Michael Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Arthritis / Osteo-Arthritis; biomechanics; Running; rehabilitation; Orthoses and Prostheses; Joints (Articulations); Arthritis / Osteo-Arthritis, Biomechanics, Running, Rehabilitation, Orthoses and Prostheses, Joints (Articulations) 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
Snutch Terrance Preston Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Medical biotechnology, n.e.c.; Brain Disorders; Animal models; genomics; Drug discovery & development Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Psychiatry Faculty of Science
Glassheim Eagle Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) European history (except British, classical Greek and Roman); History of Central and Eastern Europe; Environmental History Department of History Faculty of Arts
Oliffe John Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Care; Sociology and related studies; Men's Health Promotion; Male Depression and Suicide; Psychosocial Prostate Cancer Care; Smoking Cessation School of Nursing 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; Solid-state NMR, NMR and MRI of brain tissue, NMR methods and instrumentation, Biological and functional materials Department of Physics & Astronomy Faculty of Science
Viau Victor Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Sex differences; Stress responses; Glucocorticoids; Inflammation; Behavior; Central Nervous System; Endocrinology; Sex differences, Stress responses, Glucocorticoids, Inflammation, Behavior, Central Nervous System, Endocrinology Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences Faculty of Medicine
Madison Kirk Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Quantum sensors; Quantum Gases; Laser cooling; Bose-Einstein Condesation; Fermi-Degenerate Gases; Quantum optics; Laser physics; Quantum sensors, Quantum Gases, Laser cooling, Bose-Einstein Condesation, Fermi-Degenerate Gases, Quantum optics, Laser physics Department of Physics & Astronomy Faculty of Science
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
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
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
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
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
Tang Shuo Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Medical devices; Optical instrumentation (including sensing and metrology); biophotonics; Biomedical imaging Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
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
Hodgson Antony Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Image guided surgery systems; computer assisted orthopaedic surgery; Medical Imaging; surgical navigation; orthopaedics; biomechanics; surgical robots; Image Processing; Machine Learning Department of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Laroussi Farid Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Literatures in French outside Quebec; Literatures and Cultures in French Department of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies Faculty of Arts
King Ross Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Historical linguistics, diachronics, and dialectology; Korean philology; history of Korean literary culture; Korean historical linguistics; Korean dialectology; history of the Sinographic Cosmopolis Department of Asian Studies Faculty of Arts
Menkis Richard Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Canadian history; Historical memory; Jewish history; Holocaust studies Department of History Faculty of Arts
Cripton Peter Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Mechanical engineering; Medical and biomedical engineering; biomechanics; Cranio-Encephalic and Spinal Cord Trauma; hip fracture; injury prevention; Mechanical Systems; neurotrauma; Spinal cord injury; spine biomechanics; Trauma / Injuries; Traumatic Brain Injury; Sex Differences in Seat Belt Performance School of Biomedical Engineering Faculty of Medicine