Faculty and Staff

Faculty

Jennifer Baltzer
Professor
Canada Research Chair in Forests and Global Change

Christian Danve M. Castroverde
Assistant Professor

Mihai Costea
Professor
Curator of the Laurier Herbarium

Joseph Culp
Environment and Climate Change Canada Research Scientist in Residence

Douglas Deutschman
Professor

Stephanie DeWitte-Orr
Associate Professor, Health Sciences and Biology

Derek Gray
Associate Professor

Erin Leonard
Assistant Professor

Tristan A.F. Long
Associate Professor

Deborah MacLatchy
President and Vice-Chancellor
Professor

Allison McDonald
Professor

Jim McGeer
Professor
Undergraduate Academic Advisor
Co-chair, Laurier Institute for Water Science

Gabriel Moreno-Hagelsieb
Professor

Kelly Munkittrick
Adjunct Professor

Jonathan Newman
Professor
Vice-President: Research

Scott M. Ramsay
Associate Professor

Robin Slawson
Professor

Matthew Smith
Professor
Chair, Department of Biology 

John Smith
Adjunct Professor

Kevin Stevens
Associate Professor
Co-chair, Laurier Institute for Water Science

Frances Stewart
Assistant Professor
Canada Research Chair in Northern Wildlife Biology

Heidi Swanson
Associate Professor
Jarislowsky Chair in Sustainable Water Futures 

Joel Weadge
Associate Professor

Michael P. Wilkie
Professor

Jonathan Mark Wilson
Professor
Graduate Program Officer

Zhongwei Zou
Assistant Professor

Contract Teaching Faculty 

Rob Boulianne
Instructor
rboulianne@wlu.ca

Marcia Chaudet
Instructor
mchaudet@wlu.ca

Cristina Gheorghiu
Instructor, Adjunct Professor
cgheorghiu@wlu.ca

Kyra Jones
Instructor
kjones@wlu.ca

Renuka Karunagoda
Instructor
rkarunagoda@wlu.ca

Derek Alsop
Research Associate
dalsop@wlu.ca

Colin Bonner
Research Associate
cbonner@wlu.ca

Xuezhen Ge
xge@wlu.ca

Heather Hager
Research Associate
hhager@wlu.ca

Rosie Hohnen
rhohnen@wlu.ca

Nick Luymes
niluymes@wlu.ca

Austin McIntosh
Research Associate
aumcintosh@wlu.ca

Kirsten Nikel
Research Associate
knikel@wlu.ca

Alex Quijada-Rodriguez
Postdoc
aquijadarodriguez@wlu.ca

Emily Rodriguez
Postdoc
erodriguez@wlu.ca

Andrew Thompson
Research Associate
andthompson@wlu.ca

Janet Velazquez Perez
javelazquezperez@wlu.ca

Kayla Wakulich
Postdoc
kwakulich@wlu.ca

Madeleine Whitehead Gallagher
mwhiteheadgallagher@wlu.ca

Craig Woodruff
Postdoc
cwoodruff@wlu.ca

Svetlana Yegorova
Postdoc
syegorova@wlu.ca

Ya Zou
zouyayaxx@gmail.com

 

 

Cross-Appointed Faculty

Philip Marsh
Professor, Geography

Noam Miller
Assistant Professor, Psychology

Richelle Monaghan
Professor, Health Studies

David White
Associate Professor, Psychology

Retired Faculty

Jane Rutherford
Associate Professor

Professors Emeriti

Frédérique Guinel
Professor Emeritus

Administrative Staff

Kelly Kuepfer-Crane
Office Administration Coordinator

Zainab Tariq 
Administrative Assistant 

Lab and Technical Staff

Chris Bartlett
Biology Technician
Cell, Molecular, and Microbial Biology

Chelsea Blinn
Lab/Tutorial Coordinator

Caroline Culshaw
Biology Technician
Plant and Animal, Anatomy and Physiology

Andrea Lister
Research Coordinator

Fengshan Ma (on leave)
Laboratory/Tutorial Coordinator
Plant Ecology

Emily McConnell
Biology Technician
Cell, Molecular and Microbial Biology

Nicholas Pokorny
Laboratory Coordinator
Cell, Molecular and Microbial Biology

Anthony Straus
Biology Technician, Instructor
Animal Biology, Physiology and Toxicology