Faculty and Staff

Faculty

Jennifer Baltzer
Professor
Canada Research Chair in Forests and Global Change

Christian Danve M. Castroverde
Associate Professor

Marcie Chaudet
Professor

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
Professor, Health Sciences and Biology

Cristina Gheorghiu
Assistant Professor

Derek Gray
Associate Professor

Peter Griffith
Adjunct 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 

Lucas Albano
Instructor

Rob Boulianne
Instructor
rboulianne@wlu.ca

Matthew Hrycyshyn
Instructor

Kyra Jones
Instructor
kjones@wlu.ca

Renuka Karunagoda
Instructor
rkarunagoda@wlu.ca

Lauren MacDonald
Instructor
lamacdonald@wlu.ca

Saleema Saleh-Lakha
Instructor

Sam Snider
Instructor

Andrew Thompson
Instructor
andthompson@wlu.ca

Madeleine Landrum
Instructor
mlandrum@wlu.ca

Derek Alsop
Research Associate
dalsop@wlu.ca

Colin Bonner
Research Associate
cbonner@wlu.ca

Madeline Desjardins
Postdoctoral Fellow

Xuezhen Ge
Postdoctoral Fellow
xge@wlu.ca

Heather Hager
Research Associate
hhager@wlu.ca

Rosie Hohnen
Postdoctoral Fellow
rhohnen@wlu.ca

Nick Luymes
Postdoctoral Fellow
niluymes@wlu.ca

Kirsten Nikel
Research Associate
knikel@wlu.ca

Alex Quijada-Rodriguez
Postdoc
aquijadarodriguez@wlu.ca

Emily Rodriguez
Postdoctoral Fellow
erodriguez@wlu.ca

Andrew Thompson
Research Associate
andthompson@wlu.ca

Janet Velazquez Perez
Postdoctoral Fellow
javelazquezperez@wlu.ca

Kayla Wakulich
Postdoctoral Fellow
kwakulich@wlu.ca

Madeleine Landrum
Postdoctoral Fellow
mlandrum@wlu.ca

Craig Woodruff
Postdoctoral Fellow
cwoodruff@wlu.ca

Svetlana Yegorova
Postdoctoral Fellow
syegorova@wlu.ca

Ya Zou
Postdoctoral Fellow
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

Retired Faculty

Jane Rutherford
Associate Professor

Professors Emeriti

Frédérique Guinel
Professor Emeritus

Administrative Staff

Kelly Kuepfer-Crane
Office Administration Coordinator

Naba Chaudhry
Graduate Program Administrator

Lab and Technical Staff

Chris Bartlett
Lab Coordinator/Technician
Microbial and Molecular Systems

Chelsea Blinn
Manager, Teaching Laboratories

Caroline Culshaw
Lab Coordinator/Technician
Plant and Animal systems

Andrea Lister
Research Coordinator

Fengshan Ma (on leave)

Emily McConnell
Lab Coordinator/Technician
Cell and Molecular Systems

Nicholas Pokorny
Lab Coordinator/Technician
Biological Systems

Anthony Straus
Lab Coordinator/Technician
Animal and Environmental Systems

Samantha Zulian
Laboratory Technician