Faculty Research Interests

Hind Al-Abadleh
Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research interest: Physical chemistry of atmosphere and soil.

Jennifer Baltzer
Associate Professor, Biology; Canada Research Chair in Forests and Global Change
Research interest: Forests and global change.

Mary-Louise Byrne
Professor, Geography and Environmental Studies
Research interest: Coastal geomorphology.

Mihai Costea
Associate Professor, Biology
Research interest: Plant systematics.

Joseph Culp
Environment and Climate Change Canada Research Scientist in Residence
Research interest: Responses of northern aquatic ecosystems to climate change; multiple stressor effects on benthic food webs of rivers.

Stephanie DeWitte-Orr
Associate Professor, Biology and Health Sciences
Research interest: Fish immunology.

Michael English
Professor, Geography and Environmental Studies
Research interest: Northern hydrology

Ian Hamilton
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research interest: Environmental chemistry of metals.

Jim Hamilton
Associate Professor, Geography and Environmental Studies
Research interest: Geomorphology and karst systems.

Ken Hewitt 
Professor Emeritus, Geography and Environmental Studies
Research interest: High mountain geomorphology.

Vladimir Kitaev
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research interest: Physical chemistry of nanoparticles.

Tristan A.F. Long
Associate Professor, Biology
Research interest: Evolutionary genetics.

Deborah MacLatchy
Professor, Biology; Provost and Vice-President: Academic
Research interest: Ecotoxicology and comparative endocrinology.

Phil Marsh
Professor, Geography and Environmental Studies; Canada Research Chair, Cold Regions Water Science
Research interest: Snow hydrology.

James McGeer
Professor, Biology; Director, Laurier Institute for Water Science
Research interest: Aquatic toxicology of metals.

Gabriel Moreno-Hagelsieb
Professor, Biology
Research interest: Evolution of genetic functional networks.

Bill Quinton
Associate Professor, Geography and Environmental Studies
Research interest: Subarctic permafrost hydrology.

Scott M. Ramsay
Associate Professor
Research interest: Behavioural and population ecology of songbirds.

Colin Robertson
Associate Professor, Geography and Environmental Studies
Research interest: Spatial systems analysis.

Matthew Smith
Associate Professor; Chair, Department of Biology
Research interest: Proteins and chloroplasts.

Scott Smith
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research interest: Metals in aquatic environments.

Kevin Stevens
Assistant Professor, Biology
Research interest: Ecology of wetland plants.

Jason Venkiteswaran
Assistant Professor, Geography and Environmental Studies
Research interest: Biogeochemistry.

Brent Wolfe
Professor, Geography and Environmental Studies.
Research interest: Paleohydrology.