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Faculty

Faculty in the Biology Department are engaged in award-winning research in viral biology, conservation of caribou and lynx, conservation of endangered plants, impacts of agriculture on birds, how animals react physiologically to fluctuating temperatures, the evolution of plant sex, wolf genetics, stress in the role of cancer, exercise physiology, the impact of heavy metals on cell lifespans, impacts of nutrient loading on lakes and streams, and the cellular mechanisms underlying neurological disorders.

By conducting cutting edge research we are able to bring to you, in our teaching, the newest developments in our rapidly advancing and always-changing discipline.

Below is a listing of our Faculty members followed by a very brief description of their research direction. Click on their names to learn more about their research interests, a list of recently published papers, contact information, and more.

Holly Bates

Obesity and Diabetes

David V. Beresford

Entomology

Craig Brunetti

Dean of Graduate Studies

Molecular Virology and Viral Pathogenesis

Gary Burness

Program Coordinator for the Conservation Biology B.Sc.

Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology

Marcel Dorken

Plant Evolution

Neil Emery

Plant Physiology

Joanna Freeland

Molecular Ecology

Paul Frost

David Schindler Endowed Professor of Aquatic Science

Aquatic Biology

Kirk Hillsley

Microbiota - Gut - Brain axis

Thomas Hossie

Terrestrial Ecology

Robert Huber

Cell & Molecular Biology

Sarah Jamieson

Ecology

Leslie Kerr

Program Coordinator for the Biomedical Science Program and Specialization in Health Sciences

Behavioural Neuroscience / Cancer research

Dennis Murray

Population and Behavioural Ecology

Erica Nol

Ornithology

Graham Raby

Program Coordinator for the Specialization in Conservation Biology

Fish Ecology

Jim Schaefer

Conservation Biology

Stephanie Tobin

Integrative Biology

Sarah West

Exercise Physiology and Bone Health

Paul Wilson

Genetics

Marguerite Xenopoulos

Aquatic Ecology

Janet Yee

Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

 

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