Faculty available to host visiting research students (VIRS)

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
Pelech Steven Division of Neurology Protein Microarrays; Protein Kinases; Protein Phosphatases; Protein phosphorylation; Cell signalling; Signal transduction; Cell division; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Neurological Disease; Cancer; Immunology; Protein microarrays, Protein kinases, Protein phosphatases, Protein phosphorylation, Cell signalling, Signal transduction, Cell division, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Neurological disease, Cancer, Immunology
Pinar William Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy curriculum theory; Curriculum Theory
Pratap-Singh Anubhav Food, Nutrition & Health 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
Price Morgan Department of Family Practice family medicine; eHealth Adoption; eHealth Requirements Engineering; eHealth Ux/UI Design; software engineering; decision support systems; Treatment Adherence; Consumer eHealth; Health System Improvement; primary care; Team-based care; Health Information Systems, Design, family medicine, eHealth Adoption, eHealth Requirements Engineering, eHealth Ux/UI Design, software engineering, Decision Support Systems, Treatment Adherence, Consumer eHealth, Health System Improvement, Primary Care, Team-based care
Protopopova Alexandra Applied Biology 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
Puterman Eli School of Kinesiology Acute exercise; cellular aging; chronic stress; Exercise interventions; Health Psychology; Physical Activity; Physical literacy; Stress physiology; telomeres; Acute exercise, Cellular aging, Chronic stress, Exercise interventions, Health psychology, Physical activity, Physical literacy, Stress physiology, Telomeres
Putnins Edward Department of Oral Biological & Medical Sciences Oro-Dental Disorders; Chronic mucosal inflammation; Monoamine oxidase Inhibitor development as anti-inflammatories; Oro-Dental Disorders, Chronic mucosal inflammation, Monoamine oxidase Inhibitor development as anti-inflammatories
Quon Bradley Division of Respiratory Medicine biomarker discovery and development; clinical epidemiology; health care economics; medication adherence; Cystic Fibrosis, Epidemiology, Respiratory System, Proteomics, Immune Mediators: Cytokines and Chemokines, biomarker discovery and development, clinical epidemiology, health care economics, medication adherence
Ramankutty Navin School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability Agriculture; Climate Changes and Impacts; Climate impacts; Environment and Society; Global food security; Land use change; Sustainable agriculture; Agriculture, Climate Changes and Impacts, Climate impacts, Environment and Society, Global food security, Land use change, Sustainable agriculture
Ranger Manon School of Nursing neurodevelopment; Early-adversity; Biomarkers of early stress exposure; Brain development; pain; Prematurity; Neurodevelopment, Early-adversity, Biomarkers of early stress exposure, Brain development, Pain, Prematurity
Rauscher Alexander Department of Pediatrics 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
Rea Christopher Department of Asian Studies Chinese literature; Cinema; Print culture; translation; Humor; Chinese literature, Cinema, Print culture, Translation, Humor
Reid Gregor Department of Pediatrics paediatric cancer; cancer immunology; animal models of cancer; paediatric cancer, cancer immunology, animal models of cancer
Richman Joy Marion Department of Oral Health Sciences 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
Ripeanu Matei Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Computer Systems; Data Analytics; distributed systems; Graph Analytics; High performance computing; Social Networks; Storage Systems; Computer Systems, Data Analytics, Distributed Systems, Graph Analytics, High Performance Computing, Social Networks, Storage Systems
Rivarez Mark Paul Applied Biology 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
Robinson Wendy Department of Medical Genetics Medical Genetics; Early (prenatal) human development; Placenta; Epigenetics; DNA methylation; Sex differences; Mosaicism; Medical Genetics, Early (prenatal) human development, Placenta, Epigenetics, DNA methylation, Sex differences, Mosaicism
Rodrigues Brian Diabetes; Cardiomyopathy; Heart Failure; Energy Metabolism; Cardiovascular metabolism; Diabetes; Endothelial cell - cardiomyocyte crosstalk; Vascular Endothelial Growth factors; Diabetes, Nutrition & Metabolism (Nutrition & Metabolism),  diabetic heart disease,  , Biomedical field, diabetes and health implications
Rogak Steven Department of Mechanical Engineering Aerosols, air pollution and climate; Aerosols, air pollution and climate
Rottler Joerg Department of Physics & Astronomy Condensed Matter and Materials Physics; Nanomaterials; Polymers; Soft Matter; Solids; Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Nanomaterials, Polymers, Soft Matter, Solids
Rouse Robert Department of English Language and Literatures 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
Rowley Susan Department of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology repatriation; museums; material culture; cultural heritage; arctic archaeology; heritage management; repatriation, museums, material culture, cultural heritage, arctic archaeology, heritage management
Rubin Julia Department of Electrical & Computer 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
Rullmann Hotze Department of Linguistics Semantics; Semantics
Rusk Bruce Department of Asian Studies 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
Ryu Min Hyung Division of Respiratory Medicine 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
Sadarangani Manish Department of Pediatrics 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
Sadatsafavi Mohsen Epidemiology; Biostatistics; Respiratory Research; Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Respiratory Research
Sawatzky Bonita Department of Orthopaedics Mobility; Outcome measures; biomechanics; arthrogryposis; mobility, outcome measures, biomechanics, arthrogryposis
Schluter Dolph Department of Zoology evolution; Origin of species; evolutionary genetics; Adaptive radiation; Evolution, Origin of species, Evolutionary genetics, Adaptive radiation
Schmidt Julia Department of Occupational Science & 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
Schoof Christian Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences Ice and Snow; Transformation and Evolution of the Earth Surface; Fluid mechanics; Hydraulic; Asymptotic and Classical Applied Analysis; Differential Equation; applied mathematics; glacier hydrology; Glaciology; ice sheet dynamics; Ice and Snow, Transformation and Evolution of the Earth Surface, Fluid Mechanics, Hydraulic, Asymptotic and Classical Applied Analysis, Differential Equation, Applied mathematics, Glacier hydrology, Glaciology, Ice sheet dynamics
Scott Douglas Department of Physics & Astronomy Cosmology; Science and Knowledge; Cosmology, Science and Knowledge
Semenoff Gordon Walter Department of Physics & Astronomy 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
Shahrad Mohammad Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering cloud computing; serverless computing; Resource Management; Sustainable computing; data center efficiency; Cloud computing, Serverless computing, Resource management, Sustainable computing, Data center efficiency
Shelhamer Evan Department of Computer Science 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
Shneiderman Sara Department of Anthropology, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs Indigenous issues; Disaster response and preparedness; Citizenship; migration; Indigenous issues, Disaster response and preparedness, Citizenship, Migration
Sigal Leonid Department of Computer Science Artificial Intelligence; Computer Science and Statistics; Parametric and Non-Parametric Inference; Computer Vision; Machine Learning; Semantic Recognition; Vision + Natural Language Processing; Visual Recognition and Understanding; Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science and Statistics, Parametric and Non-Parametric Inference, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Semantic Recognition, Vision + Natural Language Processing, Visual Recognition and Understanding
Sin Nancy Department of Psychology stress; Well-being; Adult development and aging; Social Aspects of Aging; Positive Emotions; Sleep; Health Promotion; social determinants of health; Health behaviours; Lifestyle Determinants and Health; Stress, Well-being, Adult development and aging, Social Aspects of Aging, Positive Emotions, Sleep, Health Promotion, Social Determinants of Health, Health behaviours, Lifestyle Determinants and Health
Singh Amritpal Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics single cell multiomics; single cell spatial multiomics; data integration; Machine Learning; Biomarkers; data integration; heart and lung disease; High dimensional data analysis; Bioinformatics; single cell multiomics, single cell spatial multiomics, data integration, machine learning, biomarkers, data integration, heart and lung disease, High dimensional data analysis, Bioinformatics
Sly Laura Department of Pediatrics Inflammatory bowel disease; Inflammation; macrophages; Innate immunity; Cell signalling; inflammatory bowel disease, inflammation, macrophages, innate immunity, cell signalling
Socias Eugenia Division of Social Medicine Infectious disease epidemiology; Immunology of Infectious Diseases; HIV & Hepatitic C care; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; HIV; Tuberculosis; Pharmacology; HIV Prevention; Health Services; Hepatitis C; Tropical Diseases; Vulnerable populations; Gender/sexual minorities; Sex workers; Opioid use disorder; substance use disorders; alcohol use disorders; addiction medicine; Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Immunology of Infectious Diseases, HIV & Hepatitic C care, sexually transmitted diseases, HIV, Tuberculosis, Pharmacology, HIV Prevention, Health services , Hepatitis C, Tropical Diseases, Vulnerable populations, Gender/sexual minorities, Sex workers, Opioid use disorder, substance use disorders, alcohol use disorders, addiction medicine
Somasekharan Syam Department of Urologic Sciences RNA Biology; Cell Biology; molecular biology; Biomolecular Condensates; Nucleolus; mRNA Translation; Liquid-liquid Phase Separation; RNA Biology, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Biomolecular Condensates, Nucleolus, mRNA Translation, Liquid-liquid Phase Separation
Speller Camilla Department of Anthropology Archeological Data Analysis; Molecular Genetics; Ancient DNA Analysis (paleogenetics); Ancient proteins (paleoproteomics); Animal Domestication; Bioarchaeology; Environmental Archaeology; Marine Ecosystems; Archeological Data Analysis, Molecular Genetics, Ancient DNA Analysis (paleogenetics), Ancient proteins (paleoproteomics), Animal Domestication, Bioarchaeology, Environmental Archaeology, Marine Ecosystems
Srivastava Diane Department of Zoology community ecology, food webs, tropical conservation, metacommunities, open science, data syntheses,; community ecology, food webs, tropical conservation, metacommunities, open science, data syntheses,
Stecklov Guy Department of Sociology Demographic behavior; Historical social change; Demographic Change in Sub-Saharan Africa; Migration and assimilation; Population and Development; Research and survey methodology; Demographic behavior, Historical social change, Demographic Change in Sub-Saharan Africa, Migration and assimilation, Population and Development, Research and survey methodology
Stickles Elise 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
Stirling Peter Department of Medical Genetics Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms; Cancer; cancer genetics; Cell; DNA repair; Genome Instability; Genotoxins; Molecular Genetics; Stress responses; Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms, Cancer, Cancer Genetics, Cell, DNA repair, Genome Instability, Genotoxins, Molecular Genetics, Stress responses
Straus Suzana Department of Chemistry Proteins; Antimicrobial peptides; Protein-protein interactions; Structure-function; Viral membrane proteins; Proteins, Antimicrobial peptides, Protein-protein interactions, Structure-function, Viral membrane proteins
Stull Roland Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences weather; Meteorology; atmospheric science; numerical weather prediction; clean energy meteorology; storms; transportation weather; forest fire weather; weather disasters; atmospheric boundary layers; aviation meteorology; weather, meteorology, atmospheric science, numerical weather prediction, clean energy meteorology, storms, transportation weather, forest fire weather, weather disasters, atmospheric boundary layers, aviation meteorology