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
Poole Warren Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Metals and alloy materials engineering; Physical and Mechanical Metallurgy; Aluminum Alloys; Steels; Magnesium alloys; ICME; Physical and Mechanical Metallurgy, Aluminum Alloys, Steels, Magnesium alloys, ICME Department of Materials Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
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; 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
Protopopova Alexandra Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Other biological sciences; Social structures; rabbit housing; dog training; cultural differences in human-companion animal relationships; Animal behaviour; animal shelter; Animal welfare; community initiatives; rabbit housing, dog training, cultural differences in human-companion animal relationships, animal behaviour, animal shelter, animal welfare, community initiatives Applied Biology Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Purcell Sarah Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Medical, health and life sciences; Nutrition; energy balance; Obesity; Metabolism; energy expenditure; appetite; diet; nutrition, energy balance, obesity, metabolism, energy expenditure, appetite, diet Department of Medicine
Quantz Darryl Faculty (non-G+PS member) Other medical sciences; Social sciences; planetary health, climate justice, sustainable health care; , planetary health, climate justice, sustainable health care Faculty of Medicine
Rajagopal Harini Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Multiliteracy and multimodality; Bilingual/Multilingual education; Decolonizing pedagogies, methodologies, and knowledges; teacher education; Arts-based Education ; Childhood Studies; Multiliteracy and multimodality, Bilingual/Multilingual education, Decolonizing pedagogies, methodologies, and knowledges, Teacher Education, Arts-based Education , Childhood Studies Department of Language & Literacy Education Faculty of Education
Raker Ethan Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Social demography; sociology of health; Climate/environmental sociology; Sociology of disasters; Social demography, Sociology of health, Climate/environmental sociology, Sociology of disasters Department of Sociology Faculty of Arts
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; 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
Rana MD Mohosin Postdoctoral Fellow Regenerative medicine (including stem cells and tissue engineering); Material Sciences; Polymer chemistry; Tissue Engineering; Organ Engineering; Nanotechnology; Regenerative medicine; microfluidics; Bioengineering Faculty of Medicine
Rangel Bousquet Carrilho Thais Postdoctoral Fellow Epidemiology (except nutritional and veterinary epidemiology); perinatal epidemiology; Nutritional Epidemiology; Maternal and child health Faculty of Medicine
Ranger Manon Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) neurodevelopment; Early-adversity; Biomarkers of early stress exposure; Brain development; pain; Prematurity; Neurodevelopment, Early-adversity, Biomarkers of early stress exposure, Brain development, Pain, Prematurity School of Nursing Faculty of Applied Science
Rauscher Alexander Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) magnetic resonance imaging; physics; quantitative susceptibility mapping; myelin water imaging; brain; maschine learning; magnetic resonance imaging, physics, quantitative susceptibility mapping, myelin water imaging, brain, maschine learning Department of Pediatrics Faculty of Medicine
Rea Christopher Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Chinese literature; Cinema; Print culture; translation; Humor; Chinese literature, Cinema, Print culture, Translation, Humor Department of Asian Studies Faculty of Arts
Reebye Rajiv Faculty (non-G+PS member) Medical, health and life sciences; Multimodal therapy, ultrasound muscle architecture changes, educational curriculum in spasticity; , Multimodal therapy, ultrasound muscle architecture changes, educational curriculum in spasticity Faculty of Medicine
Regmi Kapil Faculty (non-G+PS member) Social sciences; , Faculty of Education
Reid Gregor Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Basic medicine and life sciences; paediatric cancer; cancer immunology; animal models of cancer; paediatric cancer, cancer immunology, animal models of cancer Department of Pediatrics 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 development; Cell signaling; Congenital Anomalies, Craniofacial development, Chicken embryo limb development, Developmental biology, Embryonic Development, Evo-Devo, Growth Factors, Orofacial clefting, Reptilian tooth development, Cell Signaling Department of Oral Health Sciences Faculty of Dentistry
Rivarez Mark Paul Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Plant pathology; Agricultural ecology; Virology; Bioinformatics; Biogeography and phylogeography; Phylogeny and comparative analysis; Bacteriology; Mycology; Plant microbiota; Horticultural crop protection (pests, diseases and weeds); Virology; plant pathology; Bioinformatics; AI-based modeling; Biological control; virus evolution; virus epidemiology; pathogen diversity; bacteriology; mycology; metagenomics; high-throughput sequencing; virology, plant pathology, bioinformatics, AI-based modeling, biological control, virus evolution, virus epidemiology, pathogen diversity, bacteriology, mycology, metagenomics, high-throughput sequencing Applied Biology Faculty of Land and Food Systems
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; , Immunology, Bladder cancer, Immuno-oncology, Sex differences in cancer immunobiology Faculty of Medicine
Robertson Andrew Faculty (non-G+PS member) Medical, health and life sciences; , Faculty of Medicine
Robeva Elina Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Statistical theory and modeling; Machine learning; Algebra; Algebraic statistics; Graphical Models; Tensor decomposition; Causality; Applied algebraic geometry; Shape-constrained density estimation; Tensor networks; Algebraic statistics, Graphical models, Tensor decomposition, Causality, Applied algebraic geometry, Shape-constrained density estimation, Tensor networks Department of Mathematics Faculty of Science
Robillard Julie Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Patient experience/patient engagement; social media; Assistive technology; Neuroethics; Brain health technology; Artificial Intelligence; Dementia; mental health; Social robots; pediatrics; 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
Rosin Jessica Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Neurodevelopment; Glial cell studies; Bone, skin and cartilage science; Developmental biology; neuroscience; Craniofacial Sciences; Maternal Stressors; Immune Cells; Inflammation; Developmental Biology, Neuroscience, Craniofacial Sciences, Maternal Stressors, Immune Cells, Inflammation Department of Oral Biological & Medical Sciences Faculty of Dentistry
Rouse Robert Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) medieval, crusades, Chaucer, middle ages, monsters, medieval islam, medieval maps, medieval sexuality, spatial theory, historical racism, medieval law, arthurian literature, , Medieval romance, English national identity Department of English Language and Literatures Faculty of Arts
Routh Supriya Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Asian legal studies; Human rights including international human rights; Jurisprudence, legal theory, and critical studies; Labour and employment law including international labour law; law and development; Law and social justice; Law and society; Asian legal studies, Human rights including international human rights, Jurisprudence, legal theory, and critical studies, Labour and employment law including international labour law, Law and development, Law and social justice, Law and society Peter A. Allard School of Law
Rowley Susan Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) repatriation; museums; material culture; cultural heritage; arctic archaeology; heritage management; repatriation, museums, material culture, cultural heritage, arctic archaeology, heritage management Department of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology Faculty of Arts
Rubin Julia Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Computer engineering; Programming languages and software engineering; Computer Systems; software engineering; Software quality, security, and robustness; program analysis; Adversarial robustness, explainability, and interpretability of ML-based systems; Mobile and cloud software; Computer systems, Software engineering, Software quality, security, and robustness, Program analysis, Adversarial robustness, explainability, and interpretability of ML-based systems, Mobile and cloud software Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Rusk Bruce Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Literary or Artistic Work Analysis; Social Determinants of Arts and Letters; Arts and Cultural Traditions; Exegesis and Sacred Text Critics; Lexicography and Dictionaries; Authentication Studies; Confucianism; Early Modern China; material culture; Literary or Artistic Work Analysis, Social Determinants of Arts and Letters, Arts and Cultural Traditions, Exegesis and Sacred Text Critics, Lexicography and Dictionaries, Authentication Studies, Confucianism, Early Modern China, Material Culture Department of Asian Studies Faculty of Arts
Ryu Min Hyung Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Basic medicine and life sciences; Respiratory sciences; Transcriptomics; Bioinformatics, n.e.c.; Environmental Respiratory Diseases; Genomics and Transcriptomics; Bioinformatics and Data Science; Personalized Medicine in Respiratory Care; Application of Next-generation Sequencing ; Environmental Respiratory Diseases, Genomics and Transcriptomics, Bioinformatics and Data Science, Personalized Medicine in Respiratory Care, Application of Next-generation Sequencing Division of Respiratory Medicine Faculty of Medicine
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; 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
Sakakibara Brodie Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Clinical medicine; Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy; Gerontology; rehabilitation; Physical Activity; Physical Rehabilitation; Stroke Rehabilitation; Chronic disease self-management and prevention; Telehealth in people with stroke and cardiovascular disease; Complex behavioural intervention development; Clinical trial methodologies; Participatory and patient-oriented research; Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Gerontology, Rehabilitation, Physical Activity, Physical Rehabilitation, Stroke Rehabilitation, Chronic disease self-management and prevention, Telehealth in people with stroke and cardiovascular disease, Complex behavioural intervention development, Clinical trial methodologies, Participatory and patient-oriented research Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy Faculty of Medicine
Salamon Anne Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Romance Philology; Medieval French Litterature; Manuscript studies; History of the French language; Critical editing of medieval texts; Romance Philology, Medieval French Litterature, Manuscript studies, History of the French language, Critical editing of medieval texts Department of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies Faculty of Arts
Schaller Mark Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Motivations and Emotions; Psychology - Biological Aspects; Evolutionary Psychology; Social Cognition; Social influence; social psychology; Motivations and Emotions, Psychology - Biological Aspects, Evolutionary psychology, Social cognition, Social influence, Social psychology Department of Psychology Faculty of Arts
Schluter Dolph Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Biological adaptation; Speciation (evolutionary processes); Natural selection and sexual selection; evolution; Origin of species; evolutionary genetics; Adaptive radiation; Evolution, Origin of species, Evolutionary genetics, Adaptive radiation Department of Zoology Faculty of Science
Schmidt Julia Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Occupational therapy; Trauma / Injuries; cognition; Neurological diseases; Cognitive impairment; neuroscience; rehabilitation; Self-awareness; Self-identity; Traumatic Brain Injury; Trauma / Injuries, Cognition, Neurological Diseases, Cognitive impairment, Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Self-awareness, Self-identity, Traumatic brain injury Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy Faculty of Medicine
Scholes Rachel Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Environmental chemistry; Trace contaminants; Water reuse; Nature-based treatment systems; Stormwater treatment; Green Chemistry; Environmental chemistry, Trace contaminants, Water reuse, Nature-based treatment systems, Stormwater treatment, Green chemistry Department of Civil Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Schummers Laura Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Pediatrics and reproductive medicine; Health Services; Health Policy; women’s reproductive and perinatal health; health services, health policy, women’s reproductive and perinatal health Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Scott Douglas Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Cosmology; Science and Knowledge; Cosmology, Science and Knowledge Department of Physics & Astronomy Faculty of Science
Segat Gabriela Postdoctoral Fellow Mechanisms of carcinogenesis; Cancer drug development and therapeutics; Basic pharmacology; Applied immunology (including antibody engineering, xenotransplantation and t-cell therapies); Hematology; oncology; Inflammation; Epigenetics Faculty of Medicine
Semenoff Gordon Walter Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Particle physics theory (including aspects of field theory and string theory); Physical sciences; Moedal experiment, Large Hadron Collider, CERN; String theory, quantum field theory, statistical mechanics; Theoretical and mathematical physics, the physics of elementary particles, condensed matter physics; Moedal experiment, Large Hadron Collider, CERN, String theory, quantum field theory, statistical mechanics, Theoretical and mathematical physics, the physics of elementary particles, condensed matter physics Department of Physics & Astronomy Faculty of Science
Shahidi Neal Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Large non-pedunculated colorectal polyp; Polyposis; Colorectal neoplasia; Endoscopic resection; Early esophageal cancer; Early gastric neoplasia; Barrett's esophagus; Large non-pedunculated colorectal polyp, Polyposis, Colorectal neoplasia, Endoscopic resection, Early esophageal cancer, Early gastric neoplasia, Barrett's esophagus Division of Gastroenterology Faculty of Medicine
Shahrad Mohammad Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Computer engineering; Computing systems; cloud computing; serverless computing; Resource Management; Sustainable computing; data center efficiency; Cloud computing, Serverless computing, Resource management, Sustainable computing, Data center efficiency Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty of Applied Science
Shamash Sarah Faculty (non-G+PS member) Media arts; Visual arts and media arts, n.e.c.; Global South Cinemas, Indigenous Media, Documentary, Intersectional feminisms, Decolonization; , Global South Cinemas, Indigenous Media, Documentary, Intersectional feminisms, Decolonization Faculty of Arts
Shan Hongxia Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Immigration and adult education and learning; Lifelong learning; Gender and work; Prof. learning; Immigration and adult education and learning, Lifelong learning, Gender and work, Prof. learning Department of Educational Studies Faculty of Education
Sharma Abhishek Postdoctoral Fellow Particle physics, experimental; particle physics; Faculty of Science
Sheel William Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Animal physiology, exercise; Kinesiology; airways, exercise, hypoxia, pulmonary physiology, respiratory muscle; airways, exercise, hypoxia, pulmonary physiology, respiratory muscle School of Kinesiology Faculty of Education
Shelhamer Evan Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Machine learning; Computer vision in artificial intelligence; Artificial intelligence (AI); Machine Learning; Computer Vision / Visual Recognition; Robustness and Adaptation; Self-Supervised / Unsupervised Learning; Applications to Remote Sensing and Sustainability; Machine Learning, Computer Vision / Visual Recognition, Robustness and Adaptation, Self-Supervised / Unsupervised Learning, Applications to Remote Sensing and Sustainability Department of Computer Science Faculty of Science
Shepherd Bruce Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Algorithms, Combinatorics, Polyhedra; Algorithms, Combinatorics, Polyhedra Department of Computer Science Faculty of Science
Sheykhkarimli Nazim-Dayag Postdoctoral Fellow Faculty of Medicine
Silva Luis Postdoctoral Fellow Life histories; Biological evolution, n.e.c.; Disease Ecology; evolutionary ecology; Parasitology; Microbiology and Immunology; host-parasite interactions; Ecological immunology; Virulence evolution; Tolerance evolution Faculty of Science