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Faculty & Research

Biology

Marcel Dorken

​Professor, Ph.D. Botany, (Toronto)
LHS C250, ​(705) 748-1011 ext. 7585, marceldorken@trentu.ca
Research: Plant Evolution and Reproductive Strategies


Business

Kirk Collins

Associate Professor, Ph.D. (Ottawa), LL.M. (Western)
GCS 368, (705)-748-1011 ext. 7629, kirkcollins@trentu.ca                                                                                                
Research: Taxation and Tax Policy; Behavioural Research; Financial Accounting and Economics; Risk Managerial Control

Jie Zhang

Associate Professor, Ph.D. (Concordia)
GCS 365, (705) 748-1011 ext. 7145, jiezhang@trentu.ca
Research: Empirical Corporate Finance, International Finance, Investment, Market Microstructure


Child and Youth Studies

Nour Hammami

Assistant Professor, Ph.D. (Waterloo)
DUR 167, 705-748-1011 ext. 5036, nourhammami@trentu.ca
Research: Public Health; Equity-Deserving Groups, Quantifying Intersectional and co-occurring Disparities; Structural and Social Inequalities in Health; Health Policy


Computing and Information Systems 

Omar Alam​

Associate Professor, Ph.D. (McGill)
OC 118, (705) 748-1011 ext. 7347, omaralam@trentu.ca
Research: Model-Driven Software Engineering; Aspect-Oriented Modelling; Advanced Separation of Concerns; Software Architecture; Mining Software Repositories

Wenying Feng

Professor,​ Ph.D. (Glasgow)
GCS 330, (705) 748-1011 ext. 7249, wfeng@trentu.ca 
Research: Modelling of Computer System and Networks

Taher Ghaleb

Assistant Professor, Ph.D. (Queen's)
OC 120, (705) 748-1011 ext. 6244, taherghaleb@trentu.ca 
Research: DevOps-Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD), Data-Driven Software Analytics, Artificial Intelligence for Software Engineering, Mining Software Repositories

Bin Guo

Assistant Professor, Ph.D. (McMaster)
OC 102.9, (705) 748-1011 ext. 7249, binguo@trentu.ca
Research: Parallel and Distributed Computing, Concurrency, Graph Algorithms, Data Structures, Graph Mining, Graph Database, Graph Neural Networks

Richard T. Hurley

Professor, Ph.D. (Waterloo)
OC 102.3, (705-) 748-1011 ext. 7542, rhurley@trentu.ca
Research: Distributed Systems; Databases; Data Mining Algorithms

Sabine McConnell

Professor, Ph.D. (Queen's)
OC 102.7, (705) 748-1011 ext. 7803, sabinemcconnell@trentu.ca 
Research: High Performance Computing; Big Data; Data Mining and Analytics; Astronomical Data Analysis

Brian G. Patrick

Associate Professor,  Ph.D. (McGill)
OC 212, (705) 748-1011 ext. 7804, bpatrick@trentu.ca
Research: Parallel Processing and Programming Languages

Quazi Rahman

Assistant Professor, Ph.D. (Queen's)
OC 102.4, (705) 748-1011 ext. 7854, quazirahman@trentu.ca
Research: Data Mining; Applied Machine Learning; Health/Medical Informatics


Economics

Bruce Cater

Professor, Ph.D. (York)
GCS 349, (705) 748-1011 x 7395, bcater@trentu.ca
Research: Applied Microeconomics; Applied Econometrics


Forensic Science

Arun Moorthy

Assistant Professor, Ph.D. (Guelph)
DNA B108.11, (705) 748-1011 ext. 6104, arunmoorthy@trentu.ca
Research: Computational Methods, Data Analysis, Measurement Science, Decision-making, Forensic Chemistry, Scientific Communication and Software 

Aaron Shafer

Associate Professor, Ph.D. (Alberta)
DNA C245, (705) 748-1011 x 6612, aaronshafer@trentu.ca
Research: Applying Genomic Methods to Conservation, Wildlife Management, and Legal Issues; Understanding the Drivers of Important Processes like Migration and Adaptation in Nature


Geography

Cheryl McKenna Neuman

​Professor, Ph.D. (Queen's)
ESC A144, (705) 748-1011 ext. 7307, cmckneuman@trentu.ca
Research: Process Geomorphology, Mechanics of Sediment Transport, Experimental fluid dynamics, Dust Emission and Air Quality, Wind Tunnel Simulation

Raul Ponce-Hernandez

Associate Professor, Ph.D. (Oxford)
ESB 304, (705) 748-1011 ext. 7646, rponce@trentu.ca
Research: Spatial Modelling; Geographical Information Systems Analysis and Remote Sensing; Environmental Applications; Modelling Applications to Land Resources Assessment and Monitoring, Agricultural Systems, Lang Degradation and Climate Change Analysis and Impacts at Multiple Scales


Humanities

Hugh Elton

Professor, BA (Sheffield), DPhil (Oxford)
Lady Eaton College S107, (705) 748-1011 ext. 7838, hughelton@trentu.ca
Research: Settlement and landscape archaeology, geographical information systems, military history


Mathematics

Kenzu Abdella

​Professor, Ph.D. (Western)
GCS ​339, (705) 748-1011 ext. 7327, kabdella@trentu.ca
Research: Atmospheric Modelling

Wesley Burr

Associate Professor, Ph.D. (Queen's)
GCS 335, (705) 748-1011 ext. 7293, wesleyburr@trentu.ca
Research: Applied Statistics - Time Series, Spectrum Estimation, and Statistical Modelling.  Research Projects in Environmental Epidemiology, Physics and Education.

Kat Clark

Assistant Professor, Ph.D. (McMaster)
ENW 332, (705)748-1011 ext. 7925, katclark@trentu.ca
Research: Applied Statistics; Clustering; Classification

Wenying Feng

Professor,​ Ph.D. (Glasgow)
GCS 330, (705) 748-1011 ext. 7249, wfeng@trentu.ca 
Research: Difference and Differential Equations

Marco Pollanen

​Professor, Ph.D. (University of Toronto)
GCS 334, (705) 748-1011 ext. 7543, marcopollanen@trentu.ca​
Research: Mathematical Finance, Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods

Xiaoying Wang

Associate Professor, Ph.D. (Western)
GCS 343, (705) 748-1011 ext. 7614, xiaoyingwang@trentu.ca
Research: Mathematical Biology; Differential Equations; Applied Dynamical Systems


Physics and Astronomy

Carlo Bradac

Associate Professor, M.Sc. (Polytechnic of Milan), Ph.D. (Macquarie University)
SC 221, 705-748-1011 ext.7682, carlobradac@trentu.ca
Research: 2D and 3D Nanomaterials, quantum sensing

Dave Patton

Professor, Ph.D. (Victoria)
SC 320, (705) 748-1011 ext. 7462, dpatton@trentu.ca
Research: Galaxy Evolution; Galaxy Mergers; Astrobiology

Rayf Shiell

Professor, Ph.D (University of Newcastle)
SC 213, (705) 748-1011 ext. 7023, rayfshiell@trentu.ca
Research: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics; Dynamics of Weakly-Bound Systems

Aaron Slepkov

Professor, Ph.D. (Alberta) 
SC 212, (705) 748-1011 ext. 6216, aaronslepkov@trentu.ca 
Research: Nonlinear Photonics; Optical Properties and Characterization of Organic and Bio-Materials; Microscopy

Balaji Subramanian

Assistant Professor, M.Sc. (Madurai), Ph.D. (Indian Institute of Science)
SC 322, (705) 748-1011 ext. 7155, balajisubramanian@trentu.ca
Research: Optical properties of nanostructure LI-tungsten bronzes and graphene based transition metal oxide films for energy saving applications.

Rachel Wortis

​Professor, Ph.D (Illinois)
SC326, (705) 748-1011 ext. 7714, rwortis@trentu.ca
Research: Strongly Correlated Electron Systems


Psychology

Michael Chan-Reynolds

Professor, Ph.D. (University of Waterloo)
LHS C119 , (705) 748-1011 ext. 7534, michaelchanreynolds@trentu.ca
Research: Computational Modelling of Cognitive Processes (eg. Attention, Reading, Memory, etc.)

Jennifer Eastabrook

Assistant Professor, M.Sc. (Trent), Ph.D. (Queen's)
DUR 179, (705) 748-1011 ext. 5041, jennifereastabrook@trentu.ca
Research: Adolescent Development; Emotional Processing and Regulation; Mental Health.

Neil Fournier

Associate Professor, Ph.D. (Saskatchewan)
LHS C135, (705) 748-1011, ext. 7339, neilfournier@trentu.ca
Research: Brain Plasticity; Epilepsy; Neurogenesis; Mood Disorders

Nancie Im-Bolter

​Associate Professor, Ph.D. (York)​
Oshawa 171, (905) 435-5102 ext. 5033, nimbolter@trentu.ca
Research: Language, Cognitive/Social Cognitive Functioning, and Psychopathology

Kateryna Keefer

Associate Professor, Ph.D. (Queen's)
LHS C136, (705) 748-1011 ext. 7658, katerynakeefer@trentu.ca
Research: Stress and Resilience, Personality and Psychopathology

Mowei Liu

Associate Professor, Ph.D. (Western)
LHS C121, (705) 748-1011 ext. 7472, moweiliu@trentu.ca
Research: Social Development from a Cultural Perspective

Fergal O'Hagan

Associate Professor, Ph.D. (McMaster)
LHS C134, (705) 748-1011 ext. 7086, fergalohagan@trentu.ca
Research: Occupational Adaptation Following the Onset of Chronic Illness and/or Disabling Injury; The Role of Illness Representations in Recovery from Occupational Injury, Health Trajectories and Coping as Injured Workers with Permanent Impairments

James D.A. Parker

Professor, Ph.D. (York)
LHS DNA C249, (705) 748-1011 ext. 7935, jparker@trentu.ca
Research: Stress and Coping, Personality and Psychopathology

Raheleh Saryazdi

Assistant Professor, PhD. (University of Toronto)
Durham GTA B218, rahelehsaryazdi@trentu.ca
Research: Cognitive Aging, Dementia, Language and Memory, Multisensory Integration, Human-Computer Interaction, Technology-Based Interventions

Laura J. Summerfeldt

​Professor, Ph.D. (York)
LHS C120, (705) 748-1011 ext. 7526, lsummerfeldt@trentu.ca
Research: Personality & Psychopathology

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