Faculty interested in hosting UG students

Research Supervisors

Last Name Sort descending First Name Faculty Academic Unit Research Interests
Steif Adi Faculty of Medicine Department of Medical Genetics Bioinformatics; Algorithms and computational genomics; Genomics; Cancer genetics; Mechanisms of carcinogenesis; Cancer progression and metastasis; Statistical methods for high throughput data; High dimensional data analysis; Computational Biology; Bioinformatics; Machine Learning; Cancer Genomics; Single cell sequencing; Tumour evolution; Genomic technology development; Computational biology, Bioinformatics, Machine learning, Cancer genomics, Single cell sequencing, Tumour evolution, Genomic technology development
Stickles Elise Faculty of Arts Department of English Language and Literatures Mental Representation; grammar; Pragmatics; Semantics; Syntax; Imagery; Symbolism; Gestural, Verbal Communications; Public Communication; Data mining; Mental Representation, Grammar, Pragmatics, Semantics, Syntax, Imagery, Symbolism, Gestural, Verbal Communications, Public Communication, Data mining
Sugioka Kenji Faculty of Science Department of Zoology Basic medicine and life sciences; Cell division; Animal morphogenesis; Cytoskeletal dynamics; Cell division, Animal morphogenesis, Cytoskeletal dynamics
Sun Jim Faculty of Science Department of Microbiology & Immunology Host immunity to tuberculosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Cellular microbiology; Host-directed therapy; TB drug discovery; Macrophage biology; Intracellular pathogens; Host immunity to tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Cellular microbiology, Host-directed therapy, TB drug discovery, Macrophage biology, Intracellular pathogens
Sutherland Jason Faculty of Medicine School of Population and Public Health Health care effectiveness and outcomes; Health care administration; Access to care; Healthcare costs; Health systems; Patient-Reported Outcomes; Quality; Surgery; Regional variations in healthcare access, cost and quality; Access to care, Healthcare costs, Health systems, Patient-reported outcomes, Quality, Surgery, Regional variations in healthcare access, cost and quality
Tamber Mandeep Faculty of Medicine Department of Surgery Surgery; Neurological disorders (except neuromuscular diseases); Pediatrics; clinical epidemiology; registry research; epilepsy surgery; Hydrocephalus; Craniofacial surgery; pediatric neurosurgery; clinical epidemiology, registry research, Epilepsy surgery, Hydrocephalus, Craniofacial surgery, pediatric neurosurgery
Tang Xin Faculty of Science Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Computer Science Explainable and Interpretable Learning, Representation Learning, Knowledge Distillation; Biologically Informed Neural Network, Physically Informed Neural Network; Knowledge Distillation, Biological LLM, Biomedical Image Processing; Computational Cell Biology, Single-cell Biology, Multi-omics, Virtual Cell, Spatial Omics; Brain-Computer Interface, Neuroscience, Brain Mapping; Cancer Genomics, Development, Aging; Explainable and Interpretable Learning, Representation Learning, Knowledge Distillation, Biologically Informed Neural Network, Physically Informed Neural Network, Knowledge Distillation, Biological LLM, Biomedical Image Processing, Computational Cell Biology, Single-cell Biology, Multi-omics, Virtual Cell, Spatial Omics, Brain-Computer Interface, Neuroscience, Brain Mapping, Cancer Genomics, Development, Aging
Tang Shuo Faculty of Applied Science Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Medical devices; Optical instrumentation (including sensing and metrology); biophotonics; Biomedical imaging; Biophotonics, Biomedical imaging
Taubert Stefan Faculty of Medicine Department of Medical Genetics Aging; beta cells; C. elegans; Diabetes; Gene Regulation and Expression; Gene regulation; Genetics of Aging; genomics; Hypoxia; Metabolism; Molecular Genetics; Mouse; stress; Stress and Cancer; Stress responses; Toxin and Toxicant Metabolism; Transcription; Aging, Beta cells, C. elegans, Diabetes, Gene Regulation and Expression, Gene regulation, Genetics of Aging, Genomics, Hypoxia, Metabolism, Molecular Genetics, Mouse, Stress, Stress and Cancer, Stress responses, Toxin and Toxicant Metabolism, Transcription
Tavasoli Alex Faculty of Applied Science Department of Mechanical Engineering Chemical engineering; Materials engineering; Mechanical engineering; industrial decarbonization; community-based and/or distributed infrastructure; chemical and materials manufacturing processes; carbon dioxide capture and conversion; photocatalysis; industrial decarbonization, community-based and/or distributed infrastructure, chemical and materials manufacturing processes, carbon dioxide capture and conversion , photocatalysis
Taye Zelalem Faculty of Land and Food Systems Applied Biology, Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences Plant Microbiome; Soil Microbiome ; community ecology; Synthetic Microbial Communities; Plant and Soil Health; Genomic Tools and Ecological Modeling; Non-Wood Forest Products & Sustainable Forest Management; Digital tools and AI for sustainable natural resource management ; biodiversity; Global change drivers; Climate change mitigation; metagenomics; Bioinformatics; Plant Microbiome, Soil Microbiome , Community ecology, Synthetic Microbial Communities, Plant and Soil Health, Genomic Tools and Ecological Modeling, Non-Wood Forest Products & Sustainable Forest Management, Digital tools and AI for sustainable natural resource management , Biodiversity, Global change drivers, Climate change mitigation, Metagenomics, Bioinformatics
Thompson Wade Faculty of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics ensuring older persons are taking medications that are a good fit; deprescribing; polypharmacy; ensuring older persons are taking medications that are a good fit, deprescribing, polypharmacy
Todesco Marco Faculty of Science Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Botany Genetic and molecular basis of adaptation; Plant genomics; Chromosomal structural variation; Crop improvement and bioengineering; Wild sunflowers ecology and evolution; Cannabis diversity and domestication; Genetic and molecular basis of adaptation, Plant genomics, Chromosomal structural variation, Crop improvement and bioengineering, Wild sunflowers ecology and evolution, Cannabis diversity and domestication
Traboulsee Tony Faculty of Medicine Division of Neurology magnetic resonance imaging; multiple sclerosis; Neuromyelitls optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD); Myelin Oligodendrocyte Antibody Disorder (MOGAD); Brain MRI; Spinal Cord MRI; Magnetic resonance imaging, Multiple Sclerosis, Neuromyelitls optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), Myelin Oligodendrocyte Antibody Disorder (MOGAD), Brain MRI, Spinal Cord MRI
Tremlett Helen Faculty of Medicine Division of Neurology multiple sclerosis; Neuroepidemiology; Pharmacoepidemiology; prodrome,; Drug safety and effectiveness; Pharmacogenomics; comorbidities; health administrative data; Gut microbiome; prodromes; Multiple Sclerosis , Neuroepidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, prodrome,, drug safety and effectiveness , pharmacogenomics, comorbidities, health administrative data, gut microbiome , prodromes
Tsai Tai-Peng Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics Differential equations and integral equations in pure mathematics; Partial Differential Equations; Mathematical physics; Partial differential equations, mathematical physics
Tseng Michelle Faculty of Science Department of Botany, Department of Zoology Insect & plankton ecology; Community and evolutionary ecology; Community responses to warming; Urban biodiversity; Insect & plankton ecology, Community and evolutionary ecology, Community responses to warming, Urban biodiversity
Turgeon Ricky Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Heart failure pharmacotherapy; Acute coronary syndromes / myocardial infarction; Cardiovascular risk reduction (lipid-lowering therapy, antiplatelet therapy); Cardiovascular safety of medications; Drug Effectiveness; Evidence-based practice; Shared decision making; Point-of-care decision aids / decision support tools; Knowledge translation / implementation; Risk calculators / clinical prediction tools; Pharmacist scope of practice; Heart failure pharmacotherapy, Acute coronary syndromes / myocardial infarction, Cardiovascular risk reduction (lipid-lowering therapy, antiplatelet therapy), Cardiovascular safety of medications, Drug effectiveness, Evidence-based practice, Shared decision making, Point-of-care decision aids / decision support tools, Knowledge translation / implementation, Risk calculators / clinical prediction tools, Pharmacist scope of practice
Valadares Desiree Faculty of Arts Department of Geography heritage politics and preservation; Asian North American history; war memory and war commemoration; cultural landscapes and architectural history; heritage politics and preservation, Asian North American history , war memory and war commemoration, cultural landscapes and architectural history
Velenosi Thomas Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Pharmacometabolomics; Pharmacology; Metabolomics; Lipidomics; mass spectrometry; Cancer; Stable isotope tracing; Bioinformatics; Pharmacometabolomics, Pharmacology, Metabolomics, Lipidomics, Mass spectrometry, Cancer, Stable isotope tracing, Bioinformatics
Vellutini Claudio Faculty of Arts School of Music Critical Musicology; Cultural and reception history of nineteenth-century Italian opera; Early 19th century music (opera); Habsburg cultural policies; Historiography; Italian opera in the Habsburg Empire; Performance and staging practices; Vienna opera (first half of 19th century); 19th-century opera singers; Opera and mobility studies; Opera's global dissemination in the 19th century; Critical Musicology, Cultural and reception history of nineteenth-century Italian opera, Early 19th century music (opera), Habsburg cultural policies, Historiography, Italian opera in the Habsburg Empire, Performance and staging practices, Vienna opera (first half of 19th century), 19th-century opera singers, Opera and mobility studies, Opera's global dissemination in the 19th century
Venturutti Leandro Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Hematological tumours; Premalignant disease (precursors); Mechanisms of carcinogenesis; Cancer progression and metastasis; Adaptive immunity; Autoimmunity; Cellular immunology; Immunogenetics (including genetic immunology); Blood cancer; Lymphomas; Clonal precursor populations; Tumor progression; Tumor dissemination; Extranodal disease; B cells; Autoimmunity; Immunological memory; Blood cancer, Lymphomas, Clonal precursor populations, Tumor progression, Tumor dissemination, Extranodal disease, B cells, Autoimmunity, Immunological memory
Viau Victor Faculty of Medicine Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences Sex differences; Stress responses; Glucocorticoids; Inflammation; Behavior; Central Nervous System; Endocrinology; Sex differences, Stress responses, Glucocorticoids, Inflammation, Behavior, Central Nervous System, Endocrinology
Victoriano Ramon Antonio Faculty of Arts Department of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies Caribbean literatures; Latin American literatures; Contemporary literatures; Hispanic Caribbean Literatures and Cultures; Latin American Contemporary Novel and Short Story; Caribbean Literatures; Latin American literatures ; Hispanic Caribbean Literatures and Cultures, Latin American Contemporary Novel and Short Story, Caribbean Literatures, Latin American literatures
Vila-Rodriguez Fidel Faculty of Medicine Department of Psychiatry Psychiatry (including psychotherapy); Medical devices; Interventional Brain Medicine; Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation; Electroconvulsive Therapy; Magnetic Seizure Therapy; Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound; Deep Brain Stimulation; Neuroimaging; Interventional Brain Medicine, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Magnetic Seizure Therapy, Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound, Deep Brain Stimulation, Neuroimaging
von Bergmann Hsingchi Faculty of Dentistry Department of Oral Health Sciences Medicine, nursing and health curriculum, pedagogy and didactics; Other medical sciences; Philosophy; assessment; PBL; Beliefs & Identity; Online Teaching and Learning; Professionalism; Wellbeing; Public Understanding of Health; Community Health; Assessment, PBL, Beliefs & Identity, Online Teaching and Learning, Professionalism, Wellbeing, Public Understanding of Health, Community Health
Walker Judith Faculty of Education Department of Educational Studies Adult education; Higher Education; policy studies; Health Professions Education; adult education, higher education, policy studies, health professions education
Wang Fei Faculty of Education Department of Educational Studies Educational administration and leadership in K-12 setting; Leadership; the role of the school principals; social justice and diversity; comparative policy studies; Education and Training Management; Ideology and Social Policy; Social Contract and Social Justice; Offshore school and its leadership; educators' health and wellbeing; Educational administration and leadership in K-12 setting, Leadership , The role of the school principals, Social justice and diversity, Comparative policy studies, Education and Training Management, Ideology and Social Policy, Social Contract and Social Justice, Offshore school and its leadership, educators' health and wellbeing
Wang Rizhi Faculty of Applied Science Department of Materials Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering 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.; Orthopaedic implants, drug delivery biomaterials, anti-infection solutions., Additive manufacturing, 3D structural designing., Bone structure, mineralization and mechanics, bone metastasis, hip fracture and prevention.
Wang Lele Faculty of Applied Science Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering; Mathematics of data science; Machine Learning; information theory; Coding theory; Combinatorics; Communication theory; Random graphs; Mathematics of data science, Machine learning, Information theory, Coding theory, Combinatorics, Communication theory, Random graphs
Wang Yuzhuo Faculty of Medicine Department of Urologic Sciences Prostate Cancer; Modeling the Progression of Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer; Tumor dormancy; Anti-Cancer Drug Development; Prostate Cancer, Modeling the Progression of Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer, Tumor dormancy, Anti-Cancer Drug Development
Watson Liam Faculty of Science Department of Mathematics Topology; Low-dimensional topology; Khovanov homology; Heegaard Floer homology; Topology, Low-dimensional topology, Khovanov homology , Heegaard Floer homology
Weber Alexander Faculty of Medicine Department of Pediatrics Neurocognitive patterns and neural networks; Central nervous system; Dynamical systems in applications; 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
White Margot Faculty of Science Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences Chemical oceanography; Chemical Oceanography; Isotope Biogeochemistry; Carbon cycle; Dissolved Organic Matter; Chemical Oceanography, Isotope Biogeochemistry, Carbon Cycle, Dissolved Organic Matter
White Rachel Faculty of Science Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences Atmospheric dynamics; climate change; Extreme weather events; Climate impacts; Atmospheric dynamics, Climate change, Extreme weather events, Climate impacts
Whitton Jeannette Faculty of Science Department of Botany 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
Wiens Matthew Faculty of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics Global health; 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
Wilbur Kerry Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences (except clinical aspects); 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
Williams Karla Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Cancer progression and metastasis; Intracellular signaling, signal transduction, receptor and membrane biology; 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
Winstanley Catharine Faculty of Arts Department of Psychology Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Psychology and cognitive sciences; 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
Wisnovsky Simon Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences 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
Wolf Michael Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry Synthesis of materials; Physical inorganic chemistry; Materials Chemistry; Inorganic Chemistry; Polymer chemistry; Photochemistry; materials chemistry, inorganic chemistry, polymer chemistry, photochemistry
Wong Judy Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Cancer biology; Aging; Genome Instability; Nucleic Acid Structures; Pharmacology; Genetics and Genomics; Cancer Biology, Aging, Genome Instability, Nucleic Acid Structures, Pharmacology, Genetics and Genomics
Wright Stephen Faculty of Medicine Department of Physical Therapy Circulatory physiology; pulmonary physiology; heart function; exercise; Rehabiliation; Aging; Heart Failure; Circulatory Physiology, Pulmonary Physiology, Heart Function, Exercise, Rehabiliation, Aging, Heart Failure
Wu Joy Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Division of Accounting and Information Systems Behavioral experiments; Data privacy; Information markets; Fairness Views; Platform strategy; Behavioral experiments, Data privacy, Information markets, Fairness Views, Platform strategy
Wu Helena Faculty of Arts Department of Asian Studies 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
Wu Lang Faculty of Science Department of Statistics Biostatistical methods; Longitudinal data analysis, mixed effects models, missing data, hypothesis testing, biostatistics; Longitudinal data analysis, mixed effects models, missing data, hypothesis testing, biostatistics
Wu Lyndia Faculty of Applied Science Department of Mechanical Engineering Biomechanical engineering; Biomedical instrumentation (including diagnostics); Biomedical signal processing; Mechanical characterization (including modeling, testing, and monitoring); Wearable sensors; Injury biomechanics; Soft Tissue Biomechanics; Traumatic Brain Injury; Sleep Monitoring; Sensors and Instrumentation; Data Mining and Machine Learning; Wearable Sensors, Injury Biomechanics, Soft Tissue Biomechanics, Traumatic Brain Injury, Sleep Monitoring, Sensors and Instrumentation, Data Mining and Machine Learning
Wytenbroek Lydia Faculty of Applied Science School of Nursing Nursing/Health History; Gender/Women's History; Social justice; Science and Technology; Nursing/Health History, Gender/Women's History , Social Justice, Science and Technology
Yang Tianxi Faculty of Land and Food Systems Food, Nutrition & Health Food sciences (including food engineering); Analytical chemistry; Nano-technology; Chemical engineering; 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