This list is not exhaustive and meant as a starting point for students to review faculty members who have explicitly indicated to welcome visiting research student enquiries. Do not conclude that faculty members not listed here won't accept visiting students. Interested students can consult the broader researcher search to identify faculty members based on research keywords.
| Last Name Sort descending | First Name | Academic Unit(s) | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jean | Francois | Department of Microbiology & Immunology | 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; 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 |
| Jelovica | Jasmin | Department of Mechanical Engineering | Finite element analysis; Machine Learning; Metals and Alloys; Production and Process Optimization; Sandwich structures; Solid Mechanics; Stress Analysis; Structural optimization; Ultimate, fatigue and impact strength; Welding and joining of metals; Finite element analysis, Machine learning, Metals and Alloys, Production and Process Optimization, Sandwich structures, Solid Mechanics, Stress Analysis, Structural optimization, Ultimate, fatigue and impact strength, Welding and joining of metals |
| Jenkins | Carrie | Department of Philosophy | Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies; Creative scholarship; Creative Writing; epistemology; Language and meaning; Metaphysics; Philosophy; Philosophy of love; Romantic love; Fiction; Poetry; Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies, Creative scholarship, Creative writing, Epistemology, Language and meaning, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Philosophy of love, Romantic love, Fiction, Poetry |
| Jenstad | Lorienne | School of Audiology and Speech Sciences | hearing aids; Aging; audiology; hearing health; amplification; hearing aids, aging, audiology, hearing health, amplification |
| Jessri | Mahsa | Food, Nutrition & Health | Community Health / Public Health; Epidemiology; Nutrition; Health Policies; Lifestyle Determinants and Health; Health Promotion; Health Prevention; Statistics and Probabilities; Preventive Medicine; Artificial Intelligence; Chronic Disease Prevention; clinical epidemiology; Dietary Assessment; Dietary Pattern Modeling; Dietetics; Machine Learning; Nutritional Epidemiology; predictive analytics; Preventive Medicine; Public and Population Health; Simulation; Health Economics and Modeling; Community Health / Public Health, Epidemiology, Nutrition, Health Policies, Lifestyle Determinants and Health, Health Promotion, Health Prevention, Statistics and Probabilities, Preventive medicine, Artificial Intelligence, Chronic Disease Prevention, Clinical Epidemiology, Dietary Assessment, Dietary Pattern Modeling, Dietetics, Machine Learning, Nutritional Epidemiology, Predictive Analytics, Preventive Medicine, Public and Population Health, Simulation, Health Economics and Modeling |
| Jetter | Reinhard | Department of Botany | Analytical Chemistry; Biological Chemistry; Molecular Genetics; Plant Biochemistry; Plant Ecophysiology; Analytical Chemistry, Biological Chemistry, Molecular Genetics, Plant Biochemistry, Plant Ecophysiology |
| Jevitt | Cecilia | Department of Family Practice | Medical, health and life sciences; Midwifery; perinatal obesity; weight management in pregnancy; obesity prevention; breastfeeding/lactation; prenatal nutrition |
| Jin | Xiaoliang | Department of Mechanical Engineering | Manufacturing Processes; Solid Mechanics; Machining Mechanics and Dynamics; Manufacturing Processes for Advanced Materials; Material Characterization; Surface Integrity; Vibration Assisted Machining; Manufacturing Processes, Solid Mechanics, Machining Mechanics and Dynamics, Manufacturing Processes for Advanced Materials, Material Characterization, Surface Integrity, Vibration Assisted Machining |
| Jing | Zhichun | Department of Anthropology | Archaeology; Anthropology; Early China; Shang Civilization; Archaeological Science; Early Urbanism; Geoarchaeology; Data Science in Archaeology; Ceramic Petrography; Jade; AI and Archaeology; social sustainability; Archaeology, Anthropology, Early China, Shang Civilization, Archaeological Science, Early Urbanism, Geoarchaeology, Data Science in Archaeology, Ceramic Petrography, Jade, AI and Archaeology, Social Sustainability |
| Kalia | Sunil | Department of Dermatology & Skin Science | optics; photobiology; dermatoepidemiology; Cancer; Skin Cancer, Optics and Photonics, Skin Disorders, Epidemiology, optics, photobiology, dermatoepidemiology, cancer |
| Kalua | Khumbo | School of Population and Public Health | Population health interventions; Infectious diseases; Global health; Epidemiology (except nutritional and veterinary epidemiology); Neglected Tropical Eye Diseases; Global Eye Health; Cluster Randomized Trials; Implementation Science; International Global Health; Community Based Research; Clinical trials |
| Kandlikar | Milind | School of Public Policy and Global Affairs | Climate Change and energy transition; Technological Risk; Technology and Development; Climate Change and energy transition , Technological Risk, Technology and Development |
| Karakochuk | Crystal Dawn | Food, Nutrition & Health | Nutrition; Global Health and Emerging Diseases; Hematology; Biochemical markers of iron status; Clinical dietetics; Determinants and causes of anemia; Inherited blood disorders (sickle cell, thalassemia, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency); International nutrition; Maternal and child nutrition; Micronutrients (namely iron, folic acid, and zinc); Risk-benefit of micronutrient supplementation; Nutrition, Global Health and Emerging Diseases, Hematology, Biochemical markers of iron status, Clinical dietetics, Determinants and causes of anemia, Inherited blood disorders (sickle cell, thalassemia, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency), International nutrition, Maternal and child nutrition, Micronutrients (namely iron, folic acid, and zinc), Risk-benefit of micronutrient supplementation |
| Kenne | Steve Cyrille | Department of Mathematics | Calculus of variations, systems theory and control theory; Partial and ordinary differential equations; Mathematical biology; Optimal control theory; Partial Differential Equations; Multiscale modelling of infectious diseases |
| Khanna | Tarun | School of Public Policy and Global Affairs | Economics; Renewable energy systems (except smart systems engineering); Environmental policy; energy economics; Evidence synthesis; policy evaluation; electricity markets; energy in development; decarbonization of the energy sector |
| Kim | Eric | Department of Psychology | Health psychology; Psychosocial, sociocultural and behavioral determinants of health; Epidemiology (except nutritional and veterinary epidemiology); psychological well-being; Purpose in life / Meaning in life; resilience; Optimism / Hope; Health Psychology; Social Epidemiology; Aging |
| Kim | Amy | Department of Civil Engineering | |
| Kingstone | Alan | Department of Psychology | Brain mechanisms of human perception, attention, and behaviour in experimental & everyday situations; Brain mechanisms of human perception, attention, and behaviour in experimental & everyday situations |
| Kizhakkedathu | Jayachandran | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine | Biomaterials; Blood Coagulation; Cell-surface Engineering; Implants and Medical Devices; Iron Chelators; Macromolecular Therapeutics; Polymers; Proteomics Tools; Thrombosis; Biomaterials, Blood Coagulation, Cell-surface Engineering, Implants and Medical Devices, Iron Chelators, Macromolecular Therapeutics, Polymers, Proteomics Tools, Thrombosis |
| Klein | Peter | School of Journalism, Writing, and Media | Global Journalism; Innovation in Journalism; Documentary Production; Investigative Reporting; Advanced TV, Investigative Reporting, International Reporting |
| Klein | Bern | Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering | Mineral Processing; rheology of mineral suspensions; comminution; sensor based sorting; mineral processing, rheology of mineral suspensions, comminution, sensor based sorting |
| Kobor | Michael | Department of Medical Genetics | Chromatin Biology; Epigenetics; molecular biology; Social Epigenetics; Chromatin Biology, Epigenetics, Molecular Biology, Social Epigenetics |
| Koehle | Michael | School of Kinesiology | Exercise Physiology; air pollution; Sport and Exercise Medicine; Environmental Physiology; Altitude; Exercise physiology, Air Pollution, Sport and Exercise Medicine, Environmental Physiology, Altitude |
| Kolind | Shannon | Division of Neurology | brain; Imaging; MRI; medical physics; multiple sclerosis; myelin; Neurological Disease; spinal cord; Brain, Imaging, MRI, Medical Physics, Multiple Sclerosis, Myelin, Neurological Disease, Spinal Cord |
| Kontogiorgos | Vasileios | Food, Nutrition & Health | Food colloids, gels, foam and emulsions; Food chemistry (including fermentation); Food rheology, food texture and sensory evaluation; Nutraceuticals, functional foods and bioactive; food chemistry; Physical chemistry of foods; Food colloids; Food emulsions; Food polysaccharides; food proteins |
| Krishnan | Harish | Division of Operations and Logistics | Contracts and supply chains; Incentive distortions in supply chains; Management; Operations management; Supply chain management; Contracts and supply chains, Incentive distortions in supply chains, Management, Operations management, Supply chain management |
| Kronstad | James | Michael Smith Laboratories | Fungal diseases of plants; Genomics and Proteomics; Medical Mycology; Molecular Genetics; Pathogenesis of infectious diseases; Plant-Microbe Interactions; Fungal diseases of plants, Genomics and Proteomics, Medical Mycology, Molecular Genetics, Pathogenesis of infectious diseases, Plant-Microbe Interactions |
| Kumpulainen | Kristiina | Department of Language & Literacy Education | Languages and literature; Social sciences; Critical literacies/pedagogies; Digital Literacies; Arts-based research; Multiliteracy and multimodality; Place-based literacies; Storytelling/narrative inquiry; Imagination |
| Kunz | Nadja | School of Public Policy and Global Affairs | Decision Analysis; Environmental engineering; Hydrology; Risk management; Systems engineering; water resources management; Decision analysis, Environmental engineering, Hydrology, Risk management, Systems engineering, Water resources management |
| Laffin | Christina | Department of Asian Studies | premodern Japanese literature; medieval Japanese history; women's writing; Japanese women's history; travel writing; autobiography; Japanese poetry; Literacy; socialization; wet nursing; narratology; premodern Japanese literature, medieval Japanese history, women's writing, Japanese women's history, travel writing, autobiography, Japanese poetry, literacy, socialization, wet nursing, narratology |
| Laher | Ismail | Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics | Cardiovascular diseases; animal models of sleep apnea; Diabetes; exercise; oxidative stress; regulation of small artery tone, mechanisms of pressuce-induced vasomotor responses, exercise, sleep; Cardiovascular Diseases, Animal models of sleep apnea, Diabetes, Exercise, Oxidative stress, Regulation of small artery tone, mechanisms of pressuce-induced vasomotor responses, exercise, sleep |
| Lakshmanan | Laks | Department of Computer Science | data management and data cleaning; data warehousing and OLAP; data and text mining; analytics on big graphs and news; social networks and media; recommender systems; Analytics on big graphs and news, Data and text mining, Data management and data cleaning, Data warehousing and OLAP, Recommender systems, Social networks and media |
| Lallous | Nada | Department of Urologic Sciences | Cancer drug development and therapeutics; Cancer progression and metastasis; Cancer molecular targets; Biochemistry; Biophysics; Cancer biology; Therapeutics; Protein research; Drug resistance; transcription factors |
| Lamers | Yvonne | Food, Nutrition & Health | Nutrition; Nutrients; Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms; Breast Feeding and Infant Nutrition; Clinical Chemistry; Maternal and child health; Micronutrients; Newborn Screening; Nutritional Biochemistry; Nutritional Biomarker; Periconceptional folic acid supplementation; Pregnancy; Prenatal Supplements; Toddler Nutrition; Vitamins; Nutrition, Nutrients, Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms, Breast Feeding and Infant Nutrition, Clinical Chemistry, Maternal and Child Health, Micronutrients, Newborn Screening, Nutritional Biochemistry, Nutritional Biomarker, Periconceptional folic acid supplementation, Pregnancy, Prenatal Supplements, Toddler Nutrition, Vitamins |
| Lange | Philipp | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine | Bioinformatics; Cell Signaling and Cancer; mass spectrometry; pediatric cancer; personalized medicine; post translational protein modification; Proteomics; Bioinformatics, Cell Signaling and Cancer, Mass spectrometry, Pediatric cancer, Personalized medicine, Post translational protein modification, Proteomics |
| Lansdorp | Peter | Department of Medical Genetics | Application of single cell Strand-seq in precision medicine; Applied Genetics; cellular aging; Cellular Degeneration; Cellular Division; Complex Trait Genetics; DNA replication, epigenetics and stem cells; Gene Regulation and Expression; Genetic Diseases; Stem Cells and Organogenesis; telomeres; Telomeres, genomic instability, aging and cancer; Application of single cell Strand-seq in precision medicine, Applied Genetics, Cellular Aging, Cellular Degeneration, Cellular Division, Complex Trait Genetics, DNA replication, epigenetics and stem cells, Gene Regulation and Expression, Genetic Diseases, Stem Cells and Organogenesis, Telomeres, Telomeres, genomic instability, aging and cancer |
| Laroussi | Farid | Department of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies | Literatures and Cultures in French; Literatures and Cultures in French |
| Lau | Joseph | Department of Radiology | Cancer drug development and therapeutics; Nuclear medicine; Cancer; Radiopharmaceuticals; Imaging; Radiotherapy |
| Lazrak | Ali | Division of Finance | Asset pricing, Corporate Finance, Behavioral Finance, Household portfolio choice; Asset pricing and portfolio selection theory, preference theory under uncertainty |
| Lees | Eric | Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering | Chemical engineering; Electrochemical engineering; Electrochemical synthesis; Continuum modelling; Reactor design; Transport phenomena; Electrochemical separations; CO2 capture and conversion; Continuum and techno-economic/life cycle assessment modelling; Electrochemical reactions and separations; Atmospheric water harvesting |
| Lefebvre | Louis | Department of Medical Genetics | Developmental Genetics; developmental epigenetics; Embryonic Development; Gene Regulation and Expression; genomic imprinting; genomics; germ cell biology; Molecular Genetics; mouse developmental genetics; placental biology; Transgenic Model; Developmental Genetics, Developmental epigenetics, Embryonic Development, Gene Regulation and Expression, Genomic imprinting, Genomics, Germ cell biology, Molecular Genetics, Mouse developmental genetics, Placental biology, Transgenic Model |
| Lester | Richard | Division of Infectious Diseases | 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 |
| Li | Shyh-Dar | biopharmaceutics; drug delivery; nanomedicine; pharmaceutics; Gene delivery and therapy; Regenerative medicine; Localized drug delivery; Biopharmaceutics, Drug delivery, Nanomedicine, Pharmaceutics, Gene delivery and therapy | |
| Lim | Chinten James | Department of Pediatrics | 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 |
| Lister | Alison | Department of Physics & Astronomy | 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 |
| Liu | Tina | Department of Geography | Atmospheric pollution and air quality; Earth system sciences; Natural hazards; Climate change impacts and adaptation; Environmental geography; 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 |
| Liu-Ambrose | Teresa | Department of Physical Therapy | 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 |
| Lockwood | William | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine | 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 |
| Loewen | Peter | 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, Healthcare communication technologies, 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 | |
| Lorincz | Matthew | Department of Medical Genetics | Developmental Genetics; genomics; chromatin; chromatinopathies; Epigenetics; Epigenomics; Gene regulation; Neurodevelopmental disorders; Developmental Genetics, Genomics, Chromatin, chromatinopathies, Epigenetics, Epigenomics, Gene regulation, Neurodevelopmental disorders |