Undergraduate Research

This list shows researcher who have indicated interest in working with undergraduate students on research projects.
Last Name Sort descending First Name Type Research Interests Department(s) Faculty
Lemieux Victoria Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Blockchain technology and Ecosystems; Trust and Records; Privacy; security; Risk management; Transparency and the public interest (in public sector and financial contexts); 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
Lerner Jackie Faculty (non-G+PS member) Environmental impact assessment; cumulative effects assessment; gender-based analysis plus; regional environmental assessment; strategic environmental assessment; Indigenous-led assessment; :label Faculty of Science
Lester Richard Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Digital health; Mobile health (mHealth); Precision Public Health; Patient-centered care; Global Health; Infectious diseases; Digital health, Mobile health (mHealth), Precision Public Health, Patient-centered care, Global Health, Infectious Diseases Division of Infectious Diseases Faculty of Medicine
Li Vicky Postdoctoral Fellow Cancer progression and metastasis; Molecular and cell biology; Integrins; Breast Cancer; Cell signaling; Mouse models; Chick embryo models; Invadopodia; Cancer invasion and metastasis; Neuroblastoma; GD2 Faculty of Medicine
Li Shyh-Dar Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) biopharmaceutics; drug delivery; nanomedicine; pharmaceutics; Gene delivery and therapy; Regenerative medicine; Localized drug delivery; Biopharmaceutics, Drug delivery, Nanomedicine, Pharmaceutics, Gene delivery and therapy, Regenerative medicine, Localized drug delivery Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Lim Chinten James Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) tumour cell biology; mechanisms of drug resistance; cell adhesion, migration and invasion; tumour microenvironment; pediatric oncology; tumor xenografts; tumour organoids; 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
Lister Alison Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Large Hadron Collier (LHC); ATLAS experiment; Search for physics beyond the standard model; top quarks; dark matter; Machine Learning; Long-lived particles; Large Hadron Collier (LHC), ATLAS experiment, Search for physics beyond the standard model, top quarks, Dark Matter, Machine Learning, Long-lived particles Department of Physics & Astronomy Faculty of Science
Liu Tina Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) modern human-fire relationships; role of fire in the Earth system; impacts of extreme events on planetary health; air quality and public health; satellite remote sensing and big geospatial data; modern human-fire relationships, role of fire in the Earth system, impacts of extreme events on planetary health, air quality and public health, satellite remote sensing and big geospatial data Department of Geography Faculty of Arts
Liu Jian Faculty (non-G+PS member) Energy storage and conversion; Lithium-ion batteries; Lithium-sulfur batteries; Zinc-ion batteries and capacitors; Atomic/molecular layer deposition; Electrochemical CO2 reduction; Battery recycling; , Energy storage and conversion, Lithium-ion batteries, Lithium-sulfur batteries, Zinc-ion batteries and capacitors, Atomic/molecular layer deposition, Electrochemical CO2 reduction, Battery recycling
Liu-Ambrose Teresa Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Healthy Aging; exercise; Fall prevention; Cognitive Aging; Randomized Controlled Trials; Physical Activity; Mobility; Neuroimaging; Sleep; Healthy Aging, Exercise , Fall Prevention, Cognitive Aging, Randomized Controlled Trials , Physical Activity, Mobility, Neuroimaging, Sleep Department of Physical Therapy Faculty of Medicine
Lloyd Samantha Faculty (non-G+PS member) Automation in external beam and brachytherapy treatment planning and delivery; Application of optical surface guidance for radiation therapy setup and motion monitoring; Machine learning for cancer outcomes prediction; Systems design for safety and quality control; Clinical trials; , Automation in external beam and brachytherapy treatment planning and delivery, Application of optical surface guidance for radiation therapy setup and motion monitoring, Machine learning for cancer outcomes prediction, Systems design for safety and quality control, Clinical trials Faculty of Science
Locke David Faculty (non-G+PS member) Physical therapy; Persistent pain; Conditioned pain modulation; Clinical applications of pain science; Axillary cording; Axillary Web Syndrome; Respiration and its impact on body and mind Faculty of Medicine
Lockwood William Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Cancer; drug discovery; Genetics; genomics; Immune response; Lung cancer; Oncogene signaling; Proteomics; Mouse models; Cancer, Drug discovery, Genetics, Genomics, Immune response, Lung cancer, Oncogene signaling, Proteomics, Mouse models Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Faculty of Medicine
Loewen Peter Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) atrial fibrillation; Pharmacoepidemiology; Thrombosis and Embolism; adherence to medication; Cardiovascular diseases; Arrhythmia; Heart Failure; stroke; Health Care Technologies; Professional Practices; Hematology; decision making; clinical prediction rules; hospital pharmacy practice; knowledge translation of evidence to patient care; patient complexiometry; patient decision aids; patient education; pharmacy practice; prediction of stroke and bleeding in atrial fibrillation patients; quality of care, quality drug therapy; Shared decision-making; stroke prevention therapy; use of mobile technology for clinical decision-making; Atrial fibrillation, Pharmacoepidemiology, Thrombosis and Embolism, Adherence to medication, Cardiovascular Diseases, Arrhythmia, Heart Failure, Stroke, Health Care Technologies, Professional Practices, Hematology, Decision Making, Clinical prediction rules, Hospital pharmacy practice, Knowledge translation of evidence to patient care, Patient complexiometry, Patient decision aids, Patient education, Pharmacy practice, Prediction of stroke and bleeding in atrial fibrillation patients, Quality of care, quality drug therapy, Shared decision-making, Stroke prevention therapy, Use of mobile technology for clinical decision-making Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Lorincz Matthew Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Developmental Genetics; genomics; chromatin; chromatinopathies; Epigenetics; Epigenomics; Gene regulation; Neurodevelopmental disorders; Developmental Genetics, Genomics, Chromatin, chromatinopathies, Epigenetics, Epigenomics, Gene regulation, Neurodevelopmental disorders Department of Medical Genetics Faculty of Medicine
Loucks Catrina Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Pharmacogenomics; Pain management; Medical Genetics; Model organism genetics; Drug reactions; Pharmacogenomics, Pain management, Medical genetics, Model organism genetics, Drug reactions Department of Pediatrics, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics Faculty of Medicine
Lunken Genelle Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Personalised nutrition therapies; Dietary fibre; Inflammatory bowel disease; Gut microbiome; Food additives; Personalised nutrition therapies, Dietary fibre, Inflammatory bowel disease, Gut microbiome, Food additives Department of Pediatrics Faculty of Medicine
MacAskill Don Faculty (non-G+PS member) Health services and systems; Medicine, nursing and health curriculum, pedagogy and didactics; paediatric audiology, paediatric hearing loss and balance function; Innovative practice; Leadership Faculty of Medicine
Macfarlane Allison Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) science and technology policy; energy policy, nuclear energy, nuclear waste management; regulation; science and technology policy; energy policy, nuclear energy, nuclear waste management; regulation School of Public Policy and Global Affairs Faculty of Arts
MacFarlane Andrew Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Chemical physics, Electronic and magnetic properties of crystalline solids, especially strongly correlated materials such as the cuprate high temperature superconductors Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science
MacLachlan Mark Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Supramolecular Chemistry; Nanomaterials; Biomaterials; Cellulose nanocrystals; Chitin; Materials Chemistry; Inorganic Chemistry; Supramolecular Chemistry, Nanomaterials, Biomaterials, Cellulose nanocrystals, Chitin, Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science
Madiseh Ali Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) energy systems; Mining engineering; Renewable energy systems; Energy storage; Energy decarbonization; Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer; 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
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
Maijer Daan Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) 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; 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
Malakaj Ervin Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) German studies; German Film Studies; German Media Studies; German Media History; Queer Theory and Queer Studies; Feminist and Queer Film Historiography; Critical Pedagogy; German Studies, German Film Studies, German Media Studies, German Media History, Queer Theory and Queer Studies, Feminist and Queer Film Historiography, Critical Pedagogy Department of Central, Eastern & Northern European Studies Faculty of Arts
Maler Anabel Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) music and disability studies; music in Deaf culture; music perception; embodiment and gesture; post-tonal form; intersections of music theory, musicology, and ethnomusicology; music and disability studies, music in Deaf culture, music perception, embodiment and gesture, post-tonal form, intersections of music theory, musicology, and ethnomusicology School of Music Faculty of Arts
Mallik Wrik Postdoctoral Fellow Fluid-structure interaction; Acoustics and noise control (except architectural acoustics); Machine learning; Reduced-order modelling; Machine Learning; Underwater wave propagation; Multidisciplinary design optimization Faculty of Applied Science
Man Allison Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) galaxy formation and evolution; galaxy formation and evolution Department of Physics & Astronomy Faculty of Science
Maraj Louis Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Rhetoric; Black Studies; digital media; Cultural Studies; media studies; Critical Pedagogies; Race and Racism; Rhetoric, Black Studies, Digital Media, Cultural Studies, Media Studies, Critical Pedagogies, Race and Racism School of Journalism, Writing, and Media Faculty of Arts
Marshall Katie Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Environmental Change; Marine biodiversity; Population Ecology; invertebrates and temperature adaptation; Environmental Change, Marine Biodiversity, Population Ecology, invertebrates and temperature adaptation Department of Zoology Faculty of Science
Martindale Andrew Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Indigenous Archaeology; Northwest Coast; Oral Traditions; Spatial Analyses; Archaeology and the Law; Political economy; Radiocarbon Dating; Indian Residential Schools; Northwest Coast British Columbia, settlement patterns, economics, social organizations Archaeology and indigenous oral records Colonialism and culture contact, European-Indigenous interactions, historical archeology, political economy Department of Anthropology Faculty of Arts
Matsubara Joanne Aiko Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) neuroscience; vision; cell and development; cell death pathways; innate immune response; eye disease, retinal degenerations; Alzheimer's disease; neurodegeneration; 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
Matthewson Lisa Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Semantics; Austronesian languages; Cross-linguistic variation and universals; Salish languages; Semantic fieldwork; Tsimshianic languages; Semantics, Austronesian languages, Cross-linguistic variation and universals, Salish languages, Semantic fieldwork, Tsimshianic languages Department of Linguistics Faculty of Arts
Maylin Zoe Postdoctoral Fellow Prostate Cancer; molecular biology; Drug discovery and development; Biomarkers; Faculty of Medicine
McCarty Matthew Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Roman archaeology; Roman history; Africa; Europe; postcolonialism; Marginalized peoples; Religion; Roman archaeology, Roman history, Africa, Europe, Postcolonialism , Marginalized peoples, Religion Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies Faculty of Arts
McCormick Kelly Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Modern Japan; History of Visual and Material Culture/Photography; History of Technology; History of Gender and Sexuality; Modern Japan, History of Visual and Material Culture/Photography, History of Technology, History of Gender and Sexuality Department of History Faculty of Arts
McDonald Daniel Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Methods and models for epidemiological forecasting; Estimation and quantification of prediction risk; Evaluating the predictive abilities of complex dependent data; Application of statistical learning techniques to time series prediction problems; Investigations of cross-validation and the bootstrap for risk estimation; Methods and models for epidemiological forecasting, Estimation and quantification of prediction risk, Evaluating the predictive abilities of complex dependent data, Application of statistical learning techniques to time series prediction problems, Investigations of cross-validation and the bootstrap for risk estimation Department of Statistics Faculty of Science
McGee Alexis Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Black Feminist Theory; African American language, literacies, and rhetorics; Rhetorical theory and composition pedagogy; Rhetorical History; Composition History; Sociolinguistics; Sound (voice); Black Feminist Theory, African American language, literacies, and rhetorics, Rhetorical theory and composition pedagogy, Rhetorical History, Composition History, Sociolinguistics, Sound (voice) School of Journalism, Writing, and Media Faculty of Arts
McIver Jess Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Gravitational wave astrophysics; Multi-messenger astronomy; Characterization of large-scale physics instrumentation; data science; Gravitational wave astrophysics , Multi-messenger astronomy, Characterization of large-scale physics instrumentation, Data science Department of Physics & Astronomy Faculty of Science
McKendry James Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Skeletal Muscle; Protein metabolism; Aging; Nutrition ; exercise; Sarcopenia; Protein ; Muscle Disuse; Stable Isotope Tracers; Omics ; Cell Culture; Microscopy; Skeletal Muscle, Protein Metabolism, Aging, Nutrition , Exercise, Sarcopenia, Protein , Muscle Disuse, Stable Isotope Tracers, Omics , Cell Culture, Microscopy Food, Nutrition & Health Faculty of Land and Food Systems
McKeown Martin Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) novel treatments for Parkinson's; Video Monitoring Parkinson's; Brain Stimulation; Biomedical Engineering; Machine Learning; fMRI; EEG; novel treatments for Parkinson's, Video Monitoring Parkinson's , brain stimulation, biomedical engineering, Machine Learning, fMRI, EEG Division of Neurology Faculty of Medicine
Mehta Aastha Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) security & privacy; Systems security; networking; Operating systems; Data privacy; distributed systems; Security & Privacy, Systems security, Networking, Operating systems, Data privacy, Distributed systems Department of Computer Science Faculty of Science
Menkis Richard Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Historical memory; Jewish history; Holocaust studies; Historical memory, Jewish history, Holocaust studies Department of History Faculty of Arts
Mesbah Ali Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Computer and Software Systems; software engineering Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Michal Carl Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) 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
Michaletz Sean Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Ecophysiology; Ecosystem ecology; climate change; macroecology; Geophysics; Scaling; Fire; Ecophysiology, Ecosystem ecology, Climate change, Macroecology, Geophysics, Scaling, Fire Department of Botany Faculty of Science
Milloy Michael-John Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) medical cannabis; overdose; HIV disease; people who use drugs; Substance use disorder; medical cannabis, overdose, HIV disease, people who use drugs, substance use disorder Division of Social Medicine Faculty of Medicine
Minchinton Andrew Faculty (non-G+PS member) Faculty of Medicine
Mitchell Matthew Faculty (non-G+PS member) Ecosystem services; urban ecology; Biodiversity conservation; social-ecological systems; Landscape ecology; Agroecosystems; , Ecosystem services, Urban ecology, Biodiversity conservation, Social-ecological systems, Landscape ecology, Agroecosystems Faculty of Forestry
Moe Jessica Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Substance Use; Addictions; Identifying, characterizing and developing interventions for high risk emergency department patients; Evaluating optimal naloxone dosing in ultra-potent opioid overdoses; Developing approaches to emergency department screening for opioid use disorder; Evaluating buprenorphine/naloxone standard dosing and microdosing interventions; Overdose prevention ; Substance Use, Addictions, Identifying, characterizing and developing interventions for high risk emergency department patients, Evaluating optimal naloxone dosing in ultra-potent opioid overdoses, Developing approaches to emergency department screening for opioid use disorder, Evaluating buprenorphine/naloxone standard dosing and microdosing interventions, Overdose prevention Department of Emergency Medicine Faculty of Medicine