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
Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology
Marcel Dorken
Plant Evolution
Neil Emery, Chair of Biology
Plant Physiology
Joanna Freeland
Molecular Ecology
Paul Frost
David Schindler Endowed Professor of Aquatic Science, Aquatic Biology
Amy Greer
Infectious Disease Biology and Epidemiology
Kirk Hillsley
Microbiota - Gut - Brain axis
Thomas Hossie
Terrestrial Ecology
Robert Huber, Associate Chair of Biology
Cell & Molecular Biology
Leslie Kerr
Program Coordinator for the Biomedical Science Program and Specialization in Health Sciences
Behavioural Neuroscience / Cancer research
Maggie MacPherson
Ornithology, Conservation Biology, Spatial Ecology & Statistics, Global Change
Dennis Murray
Population and Behavioural Ecology
Erica Nol
Ornithology
Graham Raby
Program Coordinator for the Specialization in Conservation Biology
Fish Ecology
Cayleih Robertson
Developmental and Maternal Physiology
Jim Schaefer
Program Coordinator for the Conservation Biology B.Sc.
Conservation Biology
Stephanie Tobin
Cell and Animal Physiology
Sarah West, Dean of Science
Exercise Physiology and Bone Health
Paul Wilson
Genetics
Marguerite Xenopoulos
Aquatic Ecology
Janet Yee
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
