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Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences

Cross-Appointed Faculty

Faculty Name Contact Research
Chemical Engineerging & Applied Chemistry
faculty profile picture Grant Allen
Professor
Environmental Bioprocess Engineering Research
Edwards Elizabeth Edwards
Professor
Biodegradation, Biotransformation and Bioremediation of Organic Pollutants
Evans Greg Evans
Professor
Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research (SOCAAR)
Chemistry
Jon Abbatt Jonathan Abbatt
Professor
To study the fundamental physical chemistry of processes involved in global atmospheric change
Jennifer Murphy Jennifer G. Murphy
Associate Professor
Understanding of the rates and mechanisms of chemical transformations in the environment
Cell & Systems Biology
Malcolm Campbell Malcolm Campbell
Professor
The molecular mechanisms that control plant architecture across diverse genera
Greg Vanlerberghe Greg C. Vanlerberghe
Professor
Metabolism, nutrition, and cell physiology in plants.
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Maydianne Andrade Maydianne Andrade
Professor
To understand how the reproductive behaviours of males and females evolve through the interaction of sexual and natural selection in variable ecological contexts, and how this shapes individual phenotypes and population-level characteristics.
Rudy Boonstra Rudy Boonstra
Professor
To understand the adaptations that animals in real world have in coping with stressful situations related to climate change
Marc Cadotte Marc Cadotte
Assistant Professor
The ecological and evolutionary mechanisms generating patterns of species diversity and in applying this understanding to conservation issues.
Herbert Kronzucker Herbert J. Kronzucker
Professor
The study of the physiological ecology of nutrient acquisition by terrestrial plants
Forestry
J. R. Malcolm J.R. Malcolm
Associate Professor
Wildlife (especially small mammal and insect) ecology, conservation biology, community ecology, tropical ecology, and landscape ecology.
Geography
Jing Ming Chen Jing Ming Chen
Professor
Remote sensing, Geographical Information Systems, Biogeochemical Cycle Modelling, Hydrology, Micrometeorology
Sharon Cowling Sharon A. Cowling
Associate Professor
Understanding the response of past, present and future vegetation to changes in regional and global climate
Joe Desloges Joseph R. Desloges
Professor
The influence of rivers, glaciers and humans on landform development in the northern hemisphere
Miriam Diamond Miriam Diamond
Professor
To develop defensible strategies to improve environmental quality in systems subject to anthropogenically elevated contaminant inputs
Yuhong He Yuhong He
Assistant Professor
The use of remote sensing techniques, spatial analysis, climate data, and ecosystem modelling in studies of natural or managed systems
Geology
Bridget Bergquist Bridget Bergquist
Assistant Professor
Understanding of the biogeochemical cycles that are important for life on Earth
Grant Ferris Grant Ferris
Professor
Impact of microorganism on the interfacial chemistry of surfaces, formation of minerals by microorganisms, and mechanisms of microbial fossilization
Andrew Miall Andrew D. Miall
Professor
The study of sedimentary basins, with a particular interest in sequence stratigraphy, and in the sedimentology of nonmarine sandstones, and their value as reservoir rocks for oil and gas
Barbara Sherwood Lollar Barbara Sherwood Lollar
Professor
Use of compound specific stable isotope techniques to track the source and fate of organic contaminants in groundwater
Ulrich Wortmann Ulrich G. Wortmann
Associate Professor
Straddle marine geology, paleoceanography, and geomicrobiology
Political Science
Matthew Hoffmann Matthew Hoffmann
Associate Professor
Global environmental governance, international organization, and social constructivism