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Faculty in the Biology Graduate Program

William Bates (B.Sc., University of Guelph; M.Sc., University of Western Ontario; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin; Postdoctoral Research University of Oxford, UK): African savannah biology and urochordate development.

Joyce Boon Unit Head of Biology (B.Sc. (Hons), University of Alberta; M.Sc., Ph.D., University of British Columbia, RP Bio): Neural control of respiration and chemosensitivity.

Dan Durall Director, Species at Risk and Habitat Studies (B.Sc., California Polytechnic State University; Ph.D., University of Calgary; Postdoctoral Research University of Oxford, UK): Effects of disturbance on ecology of fruitbodies of ectomycorrhizal fungi; below-ground carbon dynamics. Research Website

Mary Forrest (B.Sc., University of Calgary; Ph.D., University of British Columbia): Gene regulation and expression in prokaryotes. Currently investigating expression of photosynthesis genes in facultatively photosynthetic bacteria, plus the production of novel peptide antibiotics in Streptococcus.

Sanjoy Ghosh (Ph.D., UBC, Vancouver campus; Postdoctoral Research, Child and family Research Institute): Biochemica aspects of dietary fats and exercise in preventing the development and complications of obesity and diabetes.

Deanna Gibson (Ph.D., University of Victoria; Postdoctoral Research, Child and Family Research Institute): Dietary modulation of the intestinal microbiome; immune responses and susceptibility to inflammatory bowel diseases.

Miranda Hart (M.Sc., University of Alberta; Ph.D., University of Guelph): Microbial ecology of soil microbes; the role and the applications of microbes in sustainable agriculture, viticulture, and ecological restoration.

Karen Hodges (BA (Hons), Mount Holyoke College; Ph.D., University of British Columbia): Ecology; effects of fragmentation and invasive species on population dynamics and community structure; predator-prey dynamics; extinction risks.

Melanie Jones (B.Sc., University of Calgary; Ph.D. University of Toronto; Postdoctoral Research University of Oxford, UK): Physiology of ectomycorrhizas and roots of woody plants, effects of fire and silviculture on ectomycorrhizal fungal communities, carbon allocation within and between woody plants. Research Website

Andis Klegeris (B.Sc., M.Sc., Moscow State Medical University, Russia; D.Phil., Exeter College, Oxford University; Postdoctoral Research UBC, Vancouver campus): Immune system and inflammatory mechanisms of the human nervous system; pharmacological strategies for treatment of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and other neurodegenerative disorders. 

John Klironomos (PhD University of Waterloo; Post Doctoral Research San Diego State University): Community ecology; soil ecology; plant ecology; microbial ecology; determinants of plant and microbial community structure; biodiversity and ecosystem functioning; microbe's use to help restore degraded landscapes.

Bob Lalonde (B.Sc. (Hons), Lakehead University; M.Sc., Laurentian University; Ph.D., Simon Fraser University): Life history evolution, insect population dynamics.

Soheil Mahmoud (B.Sc., University of Lethbridge, Ph.D., University of Calgary): Molecular biology of natural products; genetic control of production of isoprenoids and terpenoids in medicinal and herbal plants.

Bruce Mathieson (BA, MacMurry College; M.Sc., Carleton University; Ph.D., University of Ottawa): Neurobiology of vertebrate behaviour; neurochemical effects of environmental toxins.

Susan Murch Canada Research Chair in Natural Products Chemistry (B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. University of Guelph); Plant secondary metabolism; plant growth and development; conservation of endangered plant species; neurotransmitters, neuroregulators and neurotoxins in plants.

Louise Nelson Associate Dean, Research & Strategic Planning  (B.Sc. (Hons), University of Western Ontario; Ph.D., University of Calgary): Plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria, nitrogen cycling, symbiotic nitrogen fixation, plant-microbe interactions.

Jason Pither (B.Sc.,University of Waterloo; M.Sc., Acadia University, Ph.D. Queen’s University): community ecology; landscape ecology; using statistical and simulation modeling to evaluate local to global scale patterns of diversity, applications of geographic information systems (GIS).

Scott Reid (B.Sc. (Hons), Queen’s University; Ph.D., McMaster University; Postdoctoral Research University of Ottawa): Comparative physiology; physiological adjustments in fish to changes in environmental quality. Currently investigating molybdenum metabolism in kokanee and rainbow trout.

Mark Rheault (B.Sc., McMaster University; M.Sc., Mc Master University; Ph.D. Mc Master University; Postdoctoral Research University of Florida): cellular and molecular mechanisms of excretion and ion transport using insect epithelia as models.

Michael Russello (B.A. (cum laude), University of San Diego; Ph.D., Columbia University; Postdoctoral Research Yale University): mechanisms of invasion success, adaptation to changing environments, molecular approaches to species conservation.

Ian Walker Biology Graduate Program Coordinator (B.Sc. (Hons) Mount Allison; M.Sc., University of Waterloo; Ph.D., Simon Fraser University): Limnology, paleoecology, especially using chironomids to trace Quaternary environmental change.

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