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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watson | Liam | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Topology; Low-dimensional topology; Khovanov homology; Heegaard Floer homology; Topology, Low-dimensional topology, Khovanov homology , Heegaard Floer homology | Department of Mathematics | Faculty of Science |
| Weary | Daniel | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Animal welfare; Applied animal behaviour; Dairy cattle; Laboratory animals; Animal welfare, Applied animal behaviour, Dairy cattle, Laboratory animals | Applied Biology | Faculty of Land and Food Systems |
| Weber | Alexander | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI); Quantitative MRI; Brain Disorders; resting state functional MRI; myelin water imaging; Arterial Spin Labelling; Diffusion Tensor Imaging; Fractal based analysis; Concussion; Diagnostic Imaging; Epilepsy; Seizures; Traumatic Brain Injury; open science; Biomedical Engineering; Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Quantitative MRI, Brain Disorders, resting state functional MRI, Myelin Water Imaging, Arterial Spin Labelling, Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Fractal based analysis, Concussion, Diagnostic Imaging, Epilepsy, Seizures, Traumatic Brain Injury, Open Science, Biomedical Engineering | Department of Pediatrics | Faculty of Medicine |
| White | Rachel | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Atmospheric dynamics; climate change; Extreme weather events; Climate impacts; Atmospheric dynamics, Climate change, Extreme weather events, Climate impacts | Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences | Faculty of Science |
| Whitton | Jeannette | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | 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 |
| Wiens | Matthew | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Sepsis; Prediction modelling; Epidemiology; Pediatric infectious diseases; Post-discharge outcomes; Global Health; Digital health; Sepsis, Prediction modelling, Epidemiology, Pediatric infectious diseases, Post-discharge outcomes, Global Health, Digital Health | Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics | Faculty of Medicine |
| Wijesinghe | Printha | Postdoctoral Fellow | Neurodegeneration; Neuroinflammation; Neurodegeneration, MicroRNAs, Alzheimer's disease, Clearance mechanisms, Biomarkers | Faculty of Medicine | |
| Wilbur | Kerry | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | 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; 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 biology; Metastasis; Tumor and plasma biomarkers; Therapeutic target identification and validation; tumor microenvironment; Cancer biology, Metastasis , Tumor and plasma biomarkers, Therapeutic target identification and validation, Tumor microenvironment | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
| Williams | Ben | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Algebraic topology; Motivic homotopy theory; A1 homotopy theory; Algebraic topology, Motivic homotopy theory, A1 homotopy theory | Department of Mathematics | Faculty of Science |
| Winstanley | Catharine | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Addiction; Behavioural neuroscience; decision making; Gambling disorder; Impulsivity; Mental Health and Society; Neuronal Systems; Neuropharmacology; Computational neuroscience; Traumatic Brain Injury; Addiction, Behavioural neuroscience, Decision making, Gambling disorder, Impulsivity, Mental Health and Society, Neuronal Systems, Neuropharmacology, Computational Neuroscience, Traumatic brain injury | Department of Psychology | Faculty of Arts |
| Wisnovsky | Simon | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | glycobiology; carbohydrates; Tumor immunology; Functional genomics; CRISPR screening; Glycomics; Biochemistry; Molecular Genetics; Cell Biology; Cancer; Glycobiology, Carbohydrates, Tumor immunology, Functional genomics, CRISPR screening, Glycomics, Biochemistry, Molecular Genetics, Cell Biology, Cancer | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
| Wolf | Michael | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Materials Chemistry; Inorganic Chemistry; Polymer chemistry; Photochemistry; materials chemistry, inorganic chemistry, polymer chemistry, photochemistry | Department of Chemistry | Faculty of Science |
| Wong | Judy | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Cancer biology; Aging; Genome Instability; Nucleic Acid Structures; Pharmacology; Genetics and Genomics; Cancer Biology, Aging, Genome Instability, Nucleic Acid Structures, Pharmacology, Genetics and Genomics | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
| Wotherspoon | Amy | Postdoctoral Fellow | Ecological impacts of climate change; Ecosystem function; Global change biology; Forest ecology; silviculture; climate change; Dendrochronology | Faculty of Forestry | |
| Wright | Stephen | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Circulatory physiology; pulmonary physiology; heart function; exercise; Rehabiliation; Aging; Heart Failure; Circulatory Physiology, Pulmonary Physiology, Heart Function, Exercise, Rehabiliation, Aging, Heart Failure | Department of Physical Therapy | Faculty of Medicine |
| Wu | Lang | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Longitudinal data analysis, mixed effects models, missing data, hypothesis testing, biostatistics; Longitudinal data analysis, mixed effects models, missing data, hypothesis testing, biostatistics | Department of Statistics | Faculty of Science |
| Wu | Helena | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Hong Kong cinema, literature and culture; Asian screen cultures; Media narratives; Creative industry and spectatorship; Identity and cultural flows; critical theory; postcolonialism; Thing theory; Hong Kong cinema, literature and culture, Asian screen cultures, Media narratives, Creative industry and spectatorship, Identity and cultural flows, Critical theory, Postcolonialism, Thing theory | Department of Asian Studies | Faculty of Arts |
| Wu | Lyndia | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Injury biomechanics; Soft Tissue Biomechanics; Traumatic Brain Injury; Sleep Biomechanics; Sensors and Instrumentation; Data Mining and Machine Learning; Wearable Sensing; Injury Biomechanics, Soft Tissue Biomechanics, Traumatic Brain Injury, Sleep Biomechanics, Sensors and Instrumentation, Data Mining and Machine Learning, Wearable Sensing | Department of Mechanical Engineering | Faculty of Applied Science |
| Wu | Joy | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Behavioral experiments; Data privacy; Information markets; Fairness Views; Platform strategy; Behavioral experiments, Data privacy, Information markets, Fairness Views, Platform strategy | Division of Accounting and Information Systems | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration |
| Wytenbroek | Lydia | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Nursing/Health History; Gender/Women's History; Social justice; Science and Technology; Nursing/Health History, Gender/Women's History , Social Justice, Science and Technology | School of Nursing | Faculty of Applied Science |
| Xia | Guangrui | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | SiGe materials, processing, modeling, and devices, Si photonics, Ge-based lasers, and Ge lasers; SiGe materials, processing, modeling, and devices, Si photonics, Ge-based lasers, and Ge lasers | Department of Materials Engineering | Faculty of Applied Science |
| Xiao | Bowen | Postdoctoral Fellow | Faculty of Education | ||
| Xiong | Wei | Faculty (non-G+PS member) | Gastroenterology; Pathology; gastrointestinal disease; liver pathology; pancreatic pathology; Digital Pathology; quality assurance; green lab | Faculty of Medicine | |
| Yadav | Vivek | Postdoctoral Fellow | Theory and algorithms for meshing techniques; Finite element method; Time-Integrator; Finite element simulation of biological system; Higher-order compact finite difference scheme; | Faculty of Applied Science | |
| Yang | Tianxi | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Develop novel Point-of-Care tools for food safety monitoring; Design smart nanomaterials for sustainable farming and precision agriculture; Create sustainable and multifunctional packaging materials to improve food safety and quality; Develop novel Point-of-Care tools for food safety monitoring, Design smart nanomaterials for sustainable farming and precision agriculture, Create sustainable and multifunctional packaging materials to improve food safety and quality | Food, Nutrition & Health | Faculty of Land and Food Systems |
| Yao | Yuan | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Biomaterial manufacturing and engineering; Nano/microfabrication and 3D bioprinting; Tissue engineering and organ regeneration; Therapeutic strategies for cardiovascular disease; Biomaterial manufacturing and engineering, Nano/microfabrication and 3D bioprinting, Tissue engineering and organ regeneration, Therapeutic strategies for cardiovascular disease | Department of Mechanical Engineering | Faculty of Applied Science |
| Yi | Kwang Moo | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | 3D Computer Vision; Computer Vision; Machine Learning; Astronomy Applications of Computer VIsion; 3D Computer Vision, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Astronomy Applications of Computer VIsion | Department of Computer Science | Faculty of Science |
| Yoo | Hyung-Suk Daniel | Postdoctoral Fellow | Age-related macular degeneration; Subretinal fibrosis; Retinal Degeneration; neurodegeneration; Neural repair; | Faculty of Medicine | |
| Yoo | Philip | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Religion and religious studies; Hebrew Bible; Second Temple Judaism; Religion and religious studies, Hebrew Bible, Second Temple Judaism | Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies | Faculty of Arts |
| Zandstra | Peter | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | 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; 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 |
| Zappa-Hollman | Sandra | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | English for academic purposes; content and language integrated learning (CLIL) / content-based instruction (CBI); multilingual student experiences in higher education; inclusive teaching and learning in higher education; (interdisciplinary) collaboration between subject area and language area instructors; EAP pedagogies; genre-based pedagogies; Systemic Functional Linguistics for EAP; second language socialization theory; social network theory / individual networks of practice; qualitative research design; critical perspectives in language teaching and learning; English for academic purposes, content and language integrated learning (CLIL) / content-based instruction (CBI), multilingual student experiences in higher education, inclusive teaching and learning in higher education, (interdisciplinary) collaboration between subject area and language area instructors, EAP pedagogies, genre-based pedagogies, Systemic Functional Linguistics for EAP, second language socialization theory, social network theory / individual networks of practice, qualitative research design , critical perspectives in language teaching and learning | Department of Language & Literacy Education | Faculty of Education |
| Zhang | Yue | Postdoctoral Fellow | Functional materials in materials engineering sciences; Mechanical engineering; Chemical engineering; Solid-state batteries; Energy storage and conversion; Interface chemistry | ||
| Zhang | Xu | Postdoctoral Fellow | genomics; evolution and adaptation; | Faculty of Science | |
| Zhang | Gaoheng | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | 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; 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 |
| Zhong | Huan | Postdoctoral Fellow | Bioinformatics; Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Computational Biology; Machine Learning | Faculty of Medicine | |
| Zhou | Lily | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Cerebrovascular Diseases; Stroke Epidemiology; Cost Effectiveness of Medical Interventions; Cerebrovascular Diseases , Stroke Epidemiology , Cost Effectiveness of Medical Interventions | Division of Neurology | Faculty of Medicine |
| Zieff | Gabriel | Postdoctoral Fellow | Stress physiology; Exercise Physiology; Cardiometabolic Health; mental health; Lifestyle factors; | Faculty of Education | |
| Zulyniak | Michael | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | metabolic diseases; Pregnancy; gestational diabetes; type-2 diabetes; Metabolism; Genetics; health disparity; Nutrition; lifestyle; precision nutrition; metabolic diseases, pregnancy, gestational diabetes, type-2 diabetes, metabolism, genetics, health disparity, nutrition, lifestyle, precision nutrition | Food, Nutrition & Health | Faculty of Land and Food Systems |