PhD Advisors at University of Waterloo 滑铁卢大学 CA
Quick answer: University of Waterloo in Canada has 731 faculty profiles in phd-match’s database, of which 194 currently show active PhD hiring signals (as of 2026-10-19). phd-match covers 174 universities across the US, the UK, Australia, China, Hong Kong, Canada, and Singapore, not just one country.
Research-focused faculty at University of Waterloo, listed for PhD / Master's applicants. Find professors whose research matches your interests, and check hiring signals before you reach out.
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⭐ Currently Hiring PhD Students (194)
Professors at University of Waterloo with active hiring signals for PhD students — reach out if your research matches.
Abel Torres Espin
Assistant professor · Faculty of Health
⭐ I am not accepting applications from graduate students at this time.
My broad work is in the application of data science methods to health research. I am interested in conceptualizing health and disease as a complex multi-domain (e.g., biological, medical, psychological, social, technological), multi-level (e.g., molecular, individual, and populat…
Abiola Olaitan
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please email me your resume, and I will review it and respond if interested.
Bacterial stress responses; Clostridioides difficile; Bacterial pathogenesis; Host-pathogen interaction; Multi-omics (genomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics)
Adam Yates
Associate Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please **email me** your resume, and I will review it and respond if interested.
Spatial ecology of stream communities and processes
Response of stream communities and processes to human activities
Assessment and monitoring of stream ecosystems
Threats to aquatic ecosystems and their interaction
Contamination & remediation: water, soil, air
Ecology and enviro…
Alex Wong
Professor · Gap Fill - School of Optometry & Vision Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Artificial Intelligence
Image processing and data analytics
Medical imaging
Scanning
Sensors and devices
Drinking water
Autonomous and connected car
Automotive
Operational Artificial Intelligence
Robotics
Smart Infrastructure
Alexander Schied
Professor · Faculty of Mathematics
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
His research focuses on quantitative finance, probability theory, and stochastic analysis, with recent work on risk measurement and management, financial modeling and optimization, robustness and model uncertainty, and market microstructure.
Alexandra King
Associate Professor · Faculty of Health
⭐ I am currently accepting applications from graduate students with research interests related to:
Indigenous health research, particularly in the context of infectious diseases (especially HIV, HCV) and brain-heart or heart health
Indigenous wellness research
Land-based research
Culture-based researc…
As a First Nation physician, my practice is grounded in Indigenous philosophy, with a focus on care for those experiencing HIV/AIDS, HCV and other liver diseases, for which First Nation, Inuit and Métis people bear a disproportionate burden. I co-lead Pewaseskwan (the Indigenous …
Alexis Dolphin
Associate Professor · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts
⭐ On sabbatical September 1, 2026, to August 31, 2027. Accepting MA applicants for Fall 2027
Areas of Supervison
Dr. Dolphin is interested in supervising research in the following areas, with samples derived from living and/or past populations. She is also open to correspondence regarding other topics of interest to potential graduate students.
Dental anthropology
- che…
Alfred Yu
Professor · Faculty of Engineering
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Ultrasound imaging: Advanced imaging algorithms; High-performance beamforming platforms; Flow phantom design
Therapeutic ultrasound: Cellular dynamics studies; Wave-matter interactions; Nanotechnology
Ali Ghodsi
Professor · Faculty of Mathematics
⭐ We are currently recruiting PhD students in Statistics or Computer Science whose interests align with our work in machine learning and artificial intelligence. Exceptional postdoctoral researchers and visiting scholars are also welcome to apply.
Master's students
Prospective Statistics students: App…
Machine learning, deep learning, large language models, and AI for scientific and mathematical discovery.
Professor Ghodsi's research focuses on developing machine learning and AI methods, with particular interests in deep learning, large language models, and the use of AI to tac…
Allison Kelly
Associate Professor · Faculty of Arts
⭐ *Not accepting new students in 2027*
My lab uses diverse methods to study theoretical models that help to explain the variation in well-being and psychopathology we see both across people (i.e., some people struggle more than others) and within a given person based on context (i.e., in certain relationships and on c…
Amir Khajepour
Professor, Director of the Waterloo Centre for Automotive Research (WatCAR) · Faculty of Engineering
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Autonomous Mobility and ADAS Systems; Cloud-based Fleet Mobility; Vehicle Control and Estimation Systems; Advanced Suspension Systems; Automated Warehousing; Mobile Robots; Large-scale Cable Robotics
Andrew Doxey
Associate Professor, University Research Chair, Biology Core Facility Director · Faculty of Science
⭐ Professor Doxey actively seeks eager and talented graduate or undergraduate students interested in bioinformatics, genomics, or molecular biology.
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Contamination & Remediation: Water, Soil, Air
Bioinformatics, Systematics and Evolution
Molecular Genetics
Microbiology
Andrew H. Ramsook
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ Graduate supervision and student opportunities
PhD thesis
MSc thesis
Undergraduate thesis
Please email me to discuss current available opportunities.
The overarching goal of my research program is to understand the integrative physiology of exercise with a particular focus on the respiratory system and oxygen transport cascade. A specific interest of my laboratory is how the respiratory system (and respiratory muscle work) con…
Andrew Laing
Professor · Faculty of Health
⭐ I am currently considering applications for undergraduate and graduate student positions. More information can be found on how to get involved on our Injury Biomechanics and Aging lab website, or email me to discuss current available positions. Graduate studies application details
My general field of interest is musculoskeletal biomechanics related to human health, mobility, and injury prevention, and the role that advanced age has on these relationships. Within this framework, my research over the next five years will focus on three categories: 1) fall-re…
Ashley Amson
Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream · Faculty of Health
⭐ I am not accepting graduate student applications.
Research and teaching interests: digital health communication/social media in public health; health promotion strategies; digital food environments, nutrition
Teaching interests: I am passionate about teaching and learning, particularly at the intersection of health, communicatio…
Ashok Chaurasia
Associate Professor · Faculty of Health
⭐ Graduate supervision and student opportunities
I am currently accepting applications from graduate students with research interests related to:
Applied statistics and computational statistics to models open problems in health research
Graduate studies application details
My research interests pertain to innovative application of statistical methods in health research; these include application of an existing statistical method or development of (new) analytical (statistical) tools as warranted by the health research topic. My research finds their…
Austin Roorda
Professor, PhD (Waterloo), BSc (Waterloo) · Gap Fill - School of Optometry & Vision Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Colour vision; Spatial vision; Vision in eye disease; Eye movements and eye tracking; Adaptive optics; Ocular aberrations and wavefront sensing; Accommodation; Retinal imaging; Scanning light ophthalmoscopy; Optical coherence tomography; Optoretinography
Barb Katzenback
Associate Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please **email me** your resume, and I will review it and respond if interested.
Immunology and microbiology
Host-pathogen-environment interactions
Amphibian innate immunity
Antimicrobial peptides / host defence peptides
Hematopoietic and non-hematopoietic barriers to pathogens
New approach methods, including development of in vitro systems such as amphibian …
Barbara Moffatt
Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ Funding is available to support a motivated graduate student’s participation in this research. Interested students are welcome to contact Dr. Moffatt by email for further information.
Physiology, Cell and Developmental Biology
Molecular Genetics
Bioinformatics and Systematics; Mining Biological Data
Biochemistry and Biophysics
Molecular Genetics
Physiology, Cell and Developmental Biology
Ben Thompson
Director, School of Optometry and Vision Science; Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Vision Rehabilitation, Neuroscience, Ocular Biology, Technology and Optics
Boxin Zhao
Professor and University of Waterloo Endowed Chair in Nanotechnology · Faculty of Engineering
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Surface science and bionanomaterials
Adhesives and coatings
Biomimetic micro and nano fabrication
Nanotechnology
Biomechanics
Biolubrication
Polymer Science
Hydrogels
Interfacial Phenomena
Colloids & Porous Media
Micro- and nano-tribology
Bionanomaterials
Soft Interfaces
Biomimet…
Brendan McConkey
Associate Professor | Undergrad Advisor (Bioinformatics) · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please email me your resume, and I will review it and respond if interested.
Bioinformatics, systematics and protein evolution; Protein structure and interaction modeling; Gene expression pattern analysis; Molecular genetics; Biochemistry and biophysics; Bioinformatics, systematics and evolution; Molecular genetics; Microbiology
Brian Dixon
Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please **email me** your resume, and I will review it and respond if interested.
Environment and immunology; Comparative immunology; Antigen presentation; Diagnostic assays; Viruses in aquatic ecosystems; Managing the risk of human activity in aquatic ecosystem; Antimicrobial resistance; Fish immunology
Brian Doucet
Associate Professor · Gap Fill - Faculty of Environment
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Gentrification, displacement and neighbourhood change; Housing; Polarisation and inequality; Waterfront regeneration and deindustrialisation; Visual methodologies, including repeat photography; Transportation, mobility and equity; Lived experience research and collaboration with …
Brian Kendall
Interim Department Chair | Professor | Canada Research Chair in Redox-Sensitive Metal Isotope Geochemistry · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please email me your resume, and I will review it and respond if interested.
Development of innovative geochemical methods that can serve as process tracers for petroleum systems, ore mineralization, and biogeochemical cycles; Learn more about how critical minerals form and improve exploration strategies for these important resources; Reconstruct the hist…
Brian Laird
Associate Professor; Associate Dean, Graduate Studies · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am currently accepting applications from graduate students with research interests related to:
- Toxicology
- Exposure science
- Environmental health
- Risk assessment
Graduate studies application details: https://uwaterloo.ca/future-graduate-students/admissions/how-to-apply
contaminants; risk assessment; risk communication; hazard; environmental health; exposure; country food; aboriginal; First Nations; Inuit
The underlying objective of my research is to improve the characterization of human exposures and risks from environmental contamination. I'm…
Britt Anderson
Associate Professor · Faculty of Arts
⭐ I will be accepting graduate student applications for Fall 2026.
My approach to research in cognition emphasizes mechanistically specific and computationally framed hypotheses combined with behavioural studies in normal subjects and people with focal brain injury. My current research focuses on attention and updating.
Bryan Tripp
Associate Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ *** I am starting a new research group in Medical AI and have graduate positions open in that area. ***
I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Computational neuroscience
Deep learning
Robotics
Medical AI
Carla Fehr
Professor (Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy) Gender and Social Justice Advisor · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts
⭐ I’m happy to supervise students within my areas of interest.
feminist philosophy of science, feminist epistemology, feminist philosophy of biology, socially relevant philosophy of science, gender and diversity in STEM, animal studies
Carol Ptacek
Professor | University Research Chair in Earth & Environmental Sciences · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please **email me** your resume, and I will review it and respond if interested.
Fate and transport of contaminants in groundwater, including metals, nutrients, and emerging organic compounds
Reactions and transformations of contaminants in the subsurface (geochemistry)
Threats to aquatic ecosystems
Climate change and geosciences
Increasingly complex water ch…
Carolyn Ren
Professor, Tier I Canada Research Chair in Microfluidic Technologies · Gap Fill - School of Optometry & Vision Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application (https://uwaterloo.ca/future-graduate-students/admissions/how-to-apply) and include my name as a potential advisor.
Microfluidics
Droplet Microfluidics
Soft Robots
Microwave Sensing
Protein Fractionation
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Soft lithography
Bacterial Detection
Advanced Manufacturing
Connectivity and Internet of Things
Water
Scholarly Research:
Research Interests:
My research interes…
Carrie McAiney
Associate Professor; Schlegel Research Chair in Dementia · Faculty of Health
⭐ I am currently accepting applications from graduate students with research interests related to:
Dementia care and/or experiences
Culture change
Long-term care
Retirement living
Graduate studies application details
Research interests: dementia care, culture change, long-term care, retirement living
While research continues on finding a cure for dementia, there are hundreds of thousands of Canadians currently living with dementia who need care, support, and opportunities to live well.
My r…
Chantel Markle
Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor · Faculty of Arts
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please **email me** your resume, and I will review it and respond if interested.
interdisciplinary research on effects of climate and land use changes on threatened wildlife and ecosystems Wildlife Ecohydrology | Spatial & Landscape Ecology | Herpetology | Conservation Biology
Charity Oga-Omenka
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Health
⭐ Dr. Oga-Omenka is not actively recruiting graduate students at this time. Prospective students with a strong interest in global TB research, health equity or antimicrobial stewardship can reach out to inquire about future opportunities at cogaomenka@uwaterloo.ca.
Equitable healthcare access; tuberculosis/HIV healthcare delivery/quality of care; healthcare delivery/recovery from COVID-19; global health
Dr. Oga-Omenka's research addresses health equity and access in infectious disease, with a focus on tuberculosis (TB) care-seeking, public-…
Chris Houser
Dean, Faculty of Science | Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please email me your resume, and I will review it and respond if interested.
Coastal and aeolian process geomorphology; Coastal erosion and evolution; Barrier island resiliency; Coastal framework geology; Rip currents; Physical and social dimensions of beach safety; Bluff retreat; Advanced geospatial analysis of landscapes; Geoeducation; Boat wakes
Chris Hudson
Professor · Gap Fill - School of Optometry & Vision Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Clinical Imaging
Neuroscience
Ocular Biology
Vision Services
Optical Systems
My research aims to improve the patho-physiological understanding and clinical monitoring of retinal disease and also to evaluate new techniques in a clinical setting to provide sensitive, objective out…
Chris Perlman
Associate Professor; Associate Director, Professional Graduate Studies · Faculty of Health
⭐ I am currently not accepting applications from graduate students.
I conduct health services research for improving health systems for individuals with mental health conditions across the life span. Broadly, I’m interested in how we define and measure quality of care for individuals with mental health conditions and understanding how individual,…
Chris Yakymchuk
Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please email me your resume, and I will review it and respond if interested.
Metamorphic petrology, structural geology and plate tectonics to understand the evolution of the Earth's continental crust; Geochronology - the use of stable and radioactive isotopes to date rock formations; Orogenesis - the process of mountain formation; Renewable energy and nat…
Christine Dow
Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair in Glacier Hydrology and Ice Dynamics · Faculty of Arts
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Glacial hydrology, Ice dynamics, Glacial geophysics, Surging glaciers, Ice sheets
Christopher Watts
Associate Professor; Assistant Director, Anthropology, School of Social, Political and Historical Research · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts
⭐ Dr. Watts welcomes students who are interested in pursuing graduate studies as part of Waterloo’s MA in Public Issues Anthropology. See here for more information.
Christopher Watts (PhD, Toronto) is an archaeologist with interests in place-making, materiality, artworks, and relational ontologies, particularly among the Woodland Period (ca. CE 1-1550) cultural traditions of the lower Great Lakes. Informed by contemporary social and archaeol…
Christopher Wynes
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Arts
⭐ Not currently accepting applications for graduate students
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Clara Colombatto
Assistant Professor; Cognitive Research Area Head · Faculty of Arts
⭐ I may be accepting graduate student applications for Fall 2026.
My research explores various aspects of human perception and cognition at the intersection of vision science, cognitive psychology, and social psychology — with a special focus on the visual roots of social cognition. Using psychophysical paradigms, I have shown how social factor…
Clark Dickerson
Professor
Cross appointment with the Department of Systems Design, Faculty of Engineering · Faculty of Health
⭐ Graduate supervision and student opportunities
Research volunteer
Undergraduate thesis
MSc thesis
PhD thesis
Post Doctoral Fellowship
Please email me to discuss current available opportunities.
Graduate studies application details
My overriding goal as a researcher is to produce new information to improve both working and general quality of life, with a particular focus on shoulder health and performance.
In summary, my research program aims to generate new knowledge in four major areas:
Fundamental should…
Daniel Cockayne
Associate Professor · Faculty of Arts
⭐ Currently considering applications from graduate students. A completed online application is required for admission; start the application process now.
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Daniel Scott
Professor, Strategic Director for Climate Change Education in Environment · Faculty of Arts
⭐ Currently considering applications from graduate students. A completed online application is required for admission; start the application process now.
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Daniel Smilek
Professor · Faculty of Arts
⭐ I am accepting applications for Fall 2026. If you are a student who is interested in research, there are lots of ways you can get involved in the lab. Please don't hesitate to email me at dsmilek@uwaterloo.ca or to drop by my office - I will be happy to chat with you!
My research explores the factors that influence how people pay attention while they perform tasks in their everyday lives. My students and I have explored various aspects of attentional engagement, such as (1) the ubiquitous experience of mind wandering, (2) sustained attention …
Daniela O'Neill
Professor; Director, MASc Developmental and Communication Science Program · Faculty of Arts
⭐ I welcome inquiries from undergraduate, doctoral, and postdoctoral students wishing to study in my lab. Inquiries from researchers or clinicians interested in using the LUI are also welcome. I also welcome inquiries from the media regarding my research or related topics.
My research investigates the development of language and cognition in early childhood (1 to 5 years) with a particular focus on children's early use of language (pragmatic language development) and how it is influenced by children's developing understanding of their own and other…
Darren Gigliozzi
Clinical Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream; Admissions Officer · Gap Fill - School of Optometry & Vision Science
⭐ Not currently accepting applications for graduate students.
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
David Clausi
Professor, University Research Chair · Faculty of Engineering
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Computer Vision, Remote Sensing Systems, Video Sports Analytics, Sea Ice Monitoring, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Digital Image Processing, Pattern Recognition, Satellite Imagery, Signal Processing
David Hammond
Professor · Faculty of Health
⭐ I am currently accepting applications from graduate students with research interests related to:
- Global health
- Tobacco control and e-cigarettes
- Food policy and obesity prevention
- Cannabis and harm reduction
- Health communication
Graduate studies application details
population health, health behaviour, health policy, tobacco, smoking, health communication, media, nutrition, public health, e-cigarettes
My research focuses on chronic disease prevention and global health in three main areas: tobacco/vaping, nutrition policy, and cannabis and h…
David Moscovitch
Professor · Faculty of Arts
⭐ *May be accepting new students in 2027*
My research explores the intersection of social anxiety and the self. I investigate how social anxiety shapes people’s thoughts, emotions, and behaviours in social contexts, with particular attention to the role of autobiographical memory and self-schema processes. By integrating…
Dawn Cassandra Parker
Professor, School of Plannign · Gap Fill - Faculty of Environment
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Development of integrated socio-economic and biophysical models of land-use change, Agent-based modeling, Complexity theory, Geographic information systems, Environmental and resource economics
Derek Robinson
Associate Professor · Faculty of Arts
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Keywords of Research: land use; land management; agricultural systems; ecosystem function; carbon; remote sensing; field measurements; unmanned aerial vehicle; human decision-making; erosion, hydrological, and agent-based modelling
Dillon Browne
Associate Professor · Faculty of Arts
⭐ *Not accepting new students in 2027*
Graduate program applicants
Please see the Clinical Psychology Website to see if I am taking a student next year.
My program of research examines the influence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), trauma, and socioeconomic status on human development. I consider development in a variety of domains, including cognition, academic achievement, socioemotional functioning, behaviour, and ment…
Douglas Brown
Professor · Faculty of Arts
⭐ I may be accepting new graduate students for Fall 2026.
My research focuses on three areas. First, my long-standing curiosity has been in understanding basic processes surrounding organizational leadership and the nature of the influence process through which leaders impact subordinates and subordinates impact leaders. My conceptual a…
Duane Cronin
Professor, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Trauma Biomechanics and Injury Prevention (tBIP), Director, Impact Mechanics and Material Characterization Laboratory · Faculty of Engineering
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Impact biomechanics; Auto Crash and Occupant Simulation; Material Characterization; Automotive; Biomechanics and Biotechnology; Trauma Biomechanics; Human Safety and Protection; Material Characterization
Duong Bui
Assistant Professor in Biochemistry, Departments of Chemistry and Biology · Faculty of Science
⭐ Not currently accepting applications for graduate students.
Native Mass Spectrometry
Bioanalytical Chemistry
Glycobiology
Immunology
Cancer Biology
Structural Biology
Drug Discovery
Glycomics
Glycoproteomics
Elena Neiterman
Professor, Teaching Stream · Faculty of Health
⭐ I am currently accepting applications from graduate students with research interests related to:
Health human resources
Work-life balance
Internationally educated health care professionals
Comparative health policy analysis
Women’s reproductive experiences
Qualitative methods
Graduate studies applic…
As many other countries throughout the world, Canada experiences shortages in health human resources personnel. These shortages are projected to increase globally over next decades. My research examines how we can build a sustainable health care workforce by improving retention a…
Elizabeth Nilsen
Professor · Faculty of Arts
⭐ *Not accepting new students in 2027*
Being able to interact and communicate effectively with others is an essential component of development. In most (if not all) social contexts, this ability depends on an individual’s ability to recognize and appreciate their conversational partner’s perspective and modify their b…
Erin O'Connell
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Associate Chair, Undergraduate Studies, Geography, BSc, & Geomatics Programs · Faculty of Arts
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
disaster risk reduction
vulnerability reduction
resilience
post-disaster recovery
housing reconstruction
social capital
faith-based disaster responses
Ewa Niechwiej-Szwedo
Associate Professor · Faculty of Health
⭐ Graduate supervision and student opportunities
Research volunteer
Undergraduate thesis
MSc thesis
Coursework interns
PhD thesis
Please email me to discuss current available opportunities.
Graduate studies application details
Research interests
We are pursuing 3 main research themes in the Developmental Visuomotor Neuroscience Lab. The goal of Theme 1 is advance the understanding of visuomotor integration during the performance of skillful movements in 3D space. The overarching hypothesis for this wo…
Fan Yang
Associate Professor · Faculty of Mathematics
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please email me your resume, and I will review it and respond if interested.
I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Waterloo. My research interests lie in the areas of quantitative risk management and actuarial science. I have been working on the topics: Extreme value theory in insurance and …
Fereidoun Rezanezhad
Research Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please **email me** your resume, and I will review it and respond if interested.
Ecohydrology
Critical zone hydrogeochemistry
Soil processes
Cold regions processes and seasonal freeze-thaw dynamics
Biogeochemical cycles of nutrients
Groundwater-surface water interactions
Hydrological and biogeochemical processes of peatlands and wetlands
Flow and transport in…
Fraser Easton
Professor | Cross-appointed to History · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts
⭐ I am currently at work on two scholarly projects and welcome graduate students interested in these and other areas of eighteenth-century and Romantic studies.
My research combines close reading, deep archival work, and careful attention to conceptual and epistemic developments to produce new approaches to the study of communication, gender, and class in literary, periodical, and political-economic works. From “Christopher Smart’s Cross…
Galen Watts
Assistant Professor · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts
⭐ I am happy to supervise students in any of the above areas. Please reach out if you’d like to discuss working together.
Social Theory, Culture, Religion, Morality, Inequality, Solidarity, Political Philosophy
Geoff Bardwell
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Health
⭐ I am not currently accepting applications from new graduate students.
Critical perspectives on substance use and addictions; drug policy; harm reduction; opioid agonist therapies; substance use in communities
Grant Gunn
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Arts
⭐ Currently considering applications from graduate students. A completed online application is required for admission; start the application process now.
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Götz Hoeppe
Associate Professor · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts
⭐ I would be happy to talk with, and supervise, students who are broadly interested in the topics mentioned above and in science and technology studies, environmental sociology, the climate crisis, social interaction, ethnomethodology and video ethnography more generally.
Science, Technology and Society
Social interaction, instruction and learning
Qualitative studies of media and document uses, diagrams, counting practices and measurement
Ethnography, video ethnography, ethnomethodology and conversation analysis
Education and instruction in Earth …
Hamed Shahsavan
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Engineering
⭐ Not currently accepting applications for graduate students.
Smart Polymers
Liquid Crystal Elastomers
Soft Robotic Materials
Micro Additive Manufacturing
4D Printing
Surface and Interfacial Engineeirng
Hao Luo
Assistant Professor; Docent in Statistics, Department of Statistics, Uppsala University; Assistant Professor (Honorary), Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong · Faculty of Health
⭐ I am currently accepting applications from graduate students with research interests related to:
Correlates and consequences of dementia, multimorbidity, and frailty
Aging with severe mental illness
Long-term care
Big data analytics in health care
Graduate studies application details
My research leverages large-scale electronic medical records to answer critical clinical and policy questions in aging and mental health. I apply state-of-the-art epidemiological, statistical, and machine learning methods to identify modifiable risk factors for adverse health and…
Heather Henderson
Professor · Faculty of Arts
⭐ I may be accepting graduate students for Fall 2027.
I am interested in (a) the role of early temperament on children’s social development, (b) affective and cognitive influences on self-regulation in typically- and atypically-developing children, and (c) developmental psychophysiology.
Heather Keller
Professor; Schlegel Research Chair in Nutrition and Aging · Faculty of Health
⭐ Graduate supervision and student opportunities
Research volunteer
Undergraduate thesis
MSc thesis
Coursework interns
PhD thesis
Postdoctoral fellowship
Research assistant/coordinator
Please email me to discuss current available opportunities.
Graduate studies application details
My research is focused on improving the health and quality of life of older adults through food and nutrition. Frail older adults living in the community, recently transitioning from hospital and/or living in long term care residences are my focus. Persons with dementia and their…
Helen Chen
Professor of Practice · Faculty of Health
⭐ I am accepting applications from graduate students with research interests related to:
Generative AI in Health
Synthetic data generation and evaluation
Clinical natural language processing and understanding
Real world data and real world evidence generation
Advanced health data analytics
Health data…
Artificial intelligence (AI) for public and population health
Real world evidence
Health data quality and analytics
Generative AI (GenAI) and synthetic data
AI for learning health systems
Evaluation of GenAI in health
Algorithm and application of clinical language processing and …
Helen Jarvie
Professor · Faculty of Arts
⭐ Currently considering applications from graduate students. A completed online application is required for admission; start the application process now.
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Ian McGregor
Professor · Faculty of Arts
⭐ *Ian will not be accepting new graduate students this year
I may be accepting graduate student applications for Fall 2026.
Personal projects, values, grace, inspiration, commitment, motivation, meaning in life.
Igor Grossmann
Professor · Faculty of Arts
⭐ I will be accepting graduate student applications for Fall 2026.
Research in my lab explores how people make sense of the world around them—their expectations, lay theories, meta-cognitions, forecasts—or it concerns how larger cultural forces impact human behaviour and societal change. Currently, we are working on the topics of AI-augmented co…
James Wallace
Professor · Faculty of Health
⭐ I am currently accepting applications from graduate students with research interests related to:
Human-computer interaction
Computer supported cooperative work
Information visualization
Health informatics
Graduate studies application details
My research focuses on how we can better enable people to interpret and interact with healthcare data. I use theoretical perspectives and research methodologies from the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), and Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) research communities to desig…
Jane Law
Associate Professor, Associate Professor · Gap Fill - Faculty of Environment
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Spatial epidemiology, Environmental epidemiology, Urban health, Urban safety, Crime analysis, Geospatial data science, Geoinformatics, Geographic information science, Spatial statistics, Bayesian spatial modelling, Spatiotemporal modelling, Complex systems, GeoAI, Artificial inte…
Janice Barry
Associate Professor · Gap Fill - Faculty of Environment
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Politics of community engagement & collaborative approaches to planning
Planning policies, institutions and governance
Planning theory and ethics
Settler colonialism, Indigenous/non-Indigenous relations and contemporary planning practice
Anti-colonial approaches to planning pract…
Jason Au
Associate Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ Graduate supervision and student opportunities
- Research volunteer
- Undergraduate thesis
- MSc thesis
- Coursework interns
- PhD thesis
- Postdoctoral Fellowship
Please email me to discuss current available opportunities.
Graduate studies application details: https://uwaterloo.ca/future-graduate-s…
My lab seeks to better understand how and why vascular disease is accelerated by complex blood flow (e.g., recirculation) and abnormal vascular wall properties. My lab is focused on three main lines of investigation:
- Control of complex blood flow and wall motion in conduit arte…
Jeff Casello
Professor of Transportation Planning and Engineering · Gap Fill - Faculty of Environment
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please **email me** your resume, and I will review it and respond if interested.
Public Transportation, Urban Transportation, Transportation Modelling, Non-motorized modes, Public transit and transportation planning, Transportation Engineering, Psychology of transportation behavior
Jenine McCutcheon
Assistant Professor, Geomicrobiology · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please **email me** your resume, and I will review it and respond if interested.
Microbial carbonation reactions for carbon storage in mine tailings; Microstructure and chemistry of microbial mats and stromatolites; Electron and X-ray microscopy of microbial mats and their mineral precipitates; Microbial nutrient acquisition in polar environments; Bioremediat…
Jennifer Hunter
Associate Professor · Gap Fill - School of Optometry & Vision Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Adaptive Optics
Mechanisms of light-induced retinal damage
Non-invasive fluorescence imaging techniques to study retinal function in healthy and diseased eyes
Jennifer Li
Clinical Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream · Gap Fill - School of Optometry & Vision Science
⭐ Not currently accepting applications for graduate students.
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Jennifer Yessis
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream; Associate Dean, Experiential Learning · Faculty of Health
⭐ I am currently accepting applications from graduate students with research interests related to: Evaluation of health programs; Population health interventions; Interventions involving youth; Health promotion. Graduate studies application details
I am a researcher and program evaluation expert focused in two thematic areas in youth health: implementation science, and evaluation research. I am interested in research that involves partnerships with organizations and communities to ensure that evaluation results produced are…
Jeremy Pittman
Associate Professor · Gap Fill - Faculty of Environment
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Joe Quadrilatero
Professor, Cross-Appointed with the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science · Faculty of Health
⭐ Graduate supervision and student opportunities
- Research volunteer
- Undergraduate thesis
- MSc thesis
- PhD thesis
- Postdoctoral fellowship
Please email me to discuss current available opportunities.
Graduate studies application details
The primary focus of the Skeletal Muscle Biology and Cell Death Laboratory is to study cell death processes (i.e., apoptosis and autophagy) in skeletal muscle. In addition, a major theme is the influence of mitochondrial signaling and dynamics on skeletal muscle development, func…
Johanna Wandel
Associate Professor, Associate Dean Undergradaute Studies · Faculty of Arts
⭐ Currently considering applications from graduate students. A completed online application is required for admission; start the application process now.
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
John G. Mielke
Associate Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am currently accepting applications from graduate students with research interests related to:
- Developmental origins of health and disease
- Molecular sociology
- Mechanisms of neuronal cell death
- Experimental neuroscience
Graduate studies application details
Understanding the various ways that neurones change in response to their environment is the core focus of our laboratory.
Using biochemical, electrophysiological, and behavioural methods, combined with animal models, we study two main topics:
1. The neurobiological embedding of…
John Lewis
Associate Vice-President (Interim), Indigenous Relations, Associate Professor · Gap Fill - Faculty of Environment
⭐ I am available to supervise research graduate students; however, I currently do not have funding. If you have external funding, please mention this in your application documents.
Landscape Planning and Design, Forest Resources Management, Indigneous Planning and Resouce Management, Environmental Visualization, Age-Friendly Community Planning
John Zelek
Professor · Gap Fill - School of Optometry & Vision Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Professor Zelek’s current main research interests include autonomous robotic mapping and localization, 3D scene understanding, man made infrastructure assessment (e.g., roads, buildings, bridges), eye (fundus, OCT) image understanding for disease, learning 3D models from single-v…
Jonathan Oakman
Associate Professor · Faculty of Arts
⭐ I may be accepting a graduate student for Fall 2022.
*May be accepting new students in 2027*
My research group studies the change process in response to psychological interventions. My goal is to support the research program of each of my students. Currently we are studying diverse topics such as case conceptualization, motivation, nonspecific factors in change process…
Jordan Cannon
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Health
⭐ Graduate supervision and student opportunities
Research volunteer
Undergraduate thesis
MSc thesis
Coursework interns
PhD thesis
Postdoctoral fellowship
Please email me to discuss current available opportunities.
My research program aims to understand the relationships between muscle function and coordination, musculoskeletal system dynamics, and subject-specific characteristics; to elucidate how they interact to influence normal, pathological and high-performing musculoskeletal function.…
Josh D. Neufeld
Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Microbiology, Microbial ecology, Bioinformatics, Biogeochemistry, Evolution, Nitrogen cycle, Wastewater treatment, Microbiome, Metagenomics
Julie Messier
Associate Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please **email me** your resume, and I will review it and respond if interested.
Plant ecology; Trait-based ecology / functional ecology; Ecophysiology; Community ecology; Climate change; Urban forestry; Christmas tree farming; Ecology and environmental biology
Kate Ratliff
Associate Professor; Social Research Area Head · Faculty of Arts
⭐ I will be accepting new graduate students for Fall 2026.
My research is in the area of attitudes and social cognition and generally seeks to understand how attitudes and stereotypes form and how they influence judgements and behavior. I use a variety of tools and methods for understanding bias in different domains, though most of my re…
Katherine Perrott
Assistant Professor · Gap Fill - Faculty of Environment
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
urban density & densification processes; high-rise living & zoning; missing-middle housing (stacked townhouses); suburban planning & change; political economy of the built environment; municipal finance and social economy; complete communities and amenity access; visualizing and …
Kaylena Ehgoetz Martens
Associate Professor · Faculty of Health
⭐ Graduate supervision and student opportunities:
Research volunteer
Undergraduate thesis
MSc thesis
Coursework interns
PhD thesis
Postdoctoral Fellowship
Research assistant/coordinator
Please email me to discuss current available opportunities.
Graduate studies application details
Broadly, I am interested in how the brain controls movement and how this process fails with disease. My research combines movement kinematics, functional neuroimaging, psychophysiology and cognitive neuroscience to uncover the neural basis of gait and cognitive-emotional interact…
Ken Stark
Professor · Faculty of Health
⭐ Graduate supervision and student opportunities
- Research volunteer
- Undergraduate thesis
- MSc thesis
- PhD thesis
- Postdoctoral fellowship
Please email me to discuss current available opportunities.
I am recognized as a global leader in fatty acid and lipid analysis and in understanding how dietary fatty acid intake impacts blood and tissue fatty acid composition. I am also a pioneer in understanding sex differences in fatty acid metabolism. My research engages academic, ind…
Kim Cuddington
Associate Professor | Associate Chair - Graduate Studies · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please **email me** your resume, and I will review it and respond if interested.
Transient dynamics, r-tipping and environmental stochasticity
Climate change impacts on understudied temperature phenomena: variance, autocorrelation, night-warming, anomalous events
Organism modification of the abiotic environment (“Ecosystem engineering”)
Theoretical and popula…
Kirsten Meyer
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ Not currently accepting applications for graduate students.
Bacterial specialized metabolites, Antimicrobial resistance and tolerance, Antimicrobial discovery and development, Bacterial extracellular vesicles, Lipid nanoparticle formulations, Combination antimicrobials, Microbial interactions, Microbial biofilms
Krista Kelly
Assistant Professor, Graduate Officer · Gap Fill - School of Optometry & Vision Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Effects of atypical visual experience on the developing brain
Ocular motor dysfunction in amblyopia and strabismus
Functional consequences of common pediatric eye conditions (amblyopia, strabismus, anisometropia, cataract) on reading and motor skills
Kristine Dalton
Associate Professor, Graduate Officer · Gap Fill - School of Optometry & Vision Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Sports related concussion and vision rehabilitation
Paralympic classification for athletes with vision impairment
Understanding how vision is involved in sports performance
Development of a novel test of vision function to assess vision for sports performance
Clinical aspects of …
Kubra Gulnaz Bulbul
Assistant Professor, Associate Director, WISA · Faculty of Arts
⭐ Not currently accepting applications for graduate students
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Lan Wen
Assistant Professor, Biostatistics (on leave) · Faculty of Mathematics
⭐ Not currently accepting applications for graduate students.
Causal inference; missing data; longitudinal data analysis; semiparametric efficiency theory
Laura Johnson
· Gap Fill - Faculty of Environment
⭐ Currently considering applications from graduate students. A completed online application is required for admission; start the application process now.
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Laura Middleton
Associate Professor · Faculty of Health
⭐ Graduate supervision and student opportunities
Research volunteer
Undergraduate thesis
MSc thesis
Coursework interns
PhD thesis
Postdoctoral fellowship
Research assistant/coordinator
Please email me to discuss current available opportunities. Graduate studies application details
Specialization: Neuroscience
Our research in the Brain and Body Lab aims to identify strategies to promote wellbeing and independence of those living with, or at risk for, dementia. We focus on the role of physical activity and complementary lifestyle strategies such as healthy e…
Leia Minaker
Associate Professor, Director, Future Cities Institute · Gap Fill - Faculty of Environment
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please email me your resume, and I will review it and respond if interested.
Future cities; Healthy cities; Housing and health; Municipal decision making; Food systems; Mental health and cities
Lili Liu
Dean of Faculty of Health; Professor · Faculty of Health
⭐ Currently, I am not accepting applications for Masters and PhD students. I continue to accept applications for postdoctoral scholars with research interests related to:
- Aging and dementia
- Caregiving for persons living with dementia
- Health technologies
- Mixed methods research approaches
My research examines ways technologies can help older adults and family caregivers. As an investigator with Age-Well NCE, I have three funded projects to develop: (1) an app using predicted risk levels to recommend personalized strategies for people with dementia at risk of going…
Lora Giangregorio
Professor; Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Bone Health and Exercise Science · Faculty of Health
⭐ Graduate supervision and student opportunities
Research volunteer
Undergraduate thesis
MSc thesis
Coursework interns
PhD thesis
Postdoctoral trainee
Graduate studies application details
The aim of our research team is to reduce the burden of osteoporotic fractures. We use medical imaging technologies to explore bone and muscle responses to activity or neurologic impairment, and evaluate new methods for image analysis. We conduct epidemiologic studies to inform f…
Luna Khirfan
Associate Professor · Gap Fill - Faculty of Environment
⭐ I am available to supervise research graduate students; however, I currently do not have funding. If you have external funding, please mention this in your application documents.
Urban stream daylighting / de-culverting
Nature-based solutions for climate adaptation
Climate resilience and climate justice
Ecological design and ecosystem services
Participatory planning and community engagement
Urban governance and inclusive planning
Urban design and urban mo…
Maria Liston
Distinguished Professor Emerita · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts
⭐ She welcomes inquiries from graduate students who would like to carry out research in these areas.
She pursues research as a skeletal biologist and archaeologist, focusing on the excavation and analysis of human remains and their mortuary contexts. She recently co-authored The Agora Bone Well, a study of a deposit containing 449 infant and fetal skeletons, probably deposited b…
Marina Mourtzakis
Professor · Faculty of Health
⭐ Please email me to discuss current available opportunities.
Graduate studies application details
Skeletal muscle is a very plastic tissue that has the capacity to hypertrophy or atrophy under different metabolic conditions. Dynamic changes in muscle mass have a vital role in physiological, metabolic and physical function in diverse populations ranging from healthy individual…
Mario Ghossoub
Associate Professor · Faculty of Mathematics
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
My current research is mainly concerned with the study of equilibria and efficient allocations in risk-sharing markets. Specifically, I study the effect of non-standard preferences of the agents (e.g., ambiguity, probability weighting, etc.), non-linear pricing (e.g., Choquet pri…
Mark Ferro
Professor, Canada Research Chair in Youth Mental Health · Faculty of Health
⭐ I am currently accepting applications from graduate students with research interests related to:
- Epidemiology of child psychopathology
- Determinants and mechanisms of child multimorbidity
- Measurement of child psychopathology and quality of life
- Mental health service use
Graduate studies appli…
My research focuses on understanding child multimorbidity – the co-occurrence of physical and mental illness in children, youth and young adults. Using both clinical and epidemiological studies, my work takes a developmental approach to estimating the burden of child multimorbidi…
Mark Seasons
Professor · Gap Fill - Faculty of Environment
⭐ Currently considering applications from graduate students. A completed online application is required for admission; start the application process now.
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Martin Cooke
Professor, Jointly appointed to Sociology & Legal Studies (School of Social, Political and Historical Research) and School of Public Health and Health Systems; Assistant Vice-President, Academic – Leadership and Strategic Initiatives · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts
⭐ Because of my administrative role I am not currently accepting graduate or honours students for supervision.
I am a demographer and sociologist with interests in the life course, population change and social policy. This includes aspects of family and household demography and related processes such as fertility and household formation and dissolution, population ageing and migration, an…
Martine August
Associate Professor · Gap Fill - Faculty of Environment
⭐ Currently considering applications from graduate students. A completed online application is required for admission; start the application process now.
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Mary Wells
Dean of Engineering · Faculty of Engineering
⭐ Not currently accepting applications for graduate students.
Process modelling, Hot deformation of metallic materials, Casting of light metals, Boiling water heat transfer, Microstructure/Processing Models, Automotive, Digital Factories, Lightweight Materials, Structural Crashworthiness, Additive Manufacturing
Maud Gorbet
Professor, Biomedical Engineering Program Director · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
biocompatibility, biomedical devices, biomaterials, Biological Response to Materials, Ergonomics, Human Factors & Biomedical
Michael Barnett-Cowan
Professor; Associate Chair of Graduate Studies · Faculty of Science
⭐ Graduate supervision and student opportunities
KIN 391 Research Assistant (any discipline can take this for course credit)
Undergraduate thesis (KIN 431/432)
MSc thesis
MSc thesis Aeronautics
MKin Practicum
PhD thesis
PhD thesis Aging, Health and Well Being
PhD thesis Aeronautics
Co-op opportunities…
The brain receives information about the environment from all the senses. To efficiently interact with the environment, the brain must make sense of this converging information in order to form a reliable and accurate percept with which to guide decision-making and behaviour. I a…
Michael Benoit
Assistant Professor, Associate Director, Waterloo Centre for Automotive Research (WatCAR) · Faculty of Engineering
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
High-performance, sustainable metallic materials for welding, joining and additive manufacturing — including methods to use lower-purity aluminum without the defects that typically result. Core member of Waterloo's Centre for Advanced Materials Joining and Multi-Scale Additive Ma…
Michael Drescher
Associate Professor · Gap Fill - Faculty of Environment
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please email me your resume, and I will review it and respond if interested.
green-blue infrastructure, nature-based solutions, natural assets, environmental social sciences, urban, rural
Michael Power
Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ Professor Power is currently accepting graduate students.
Threats to Aquatic Ecosystems and their Interaction
Contamination & Remediation: Water, Soil, Air
Conservation
Climate Change and Geosciences
Ecology and Environmental Biology
Managing the Risk of Human Activity in Aquatic Ecosystem
Climate Extremes and Food Production
Michaela Devries-Aboud
Associate Professor · Faculty of Health
⭐ Graduate supervision and student opportunities
Research volunteer
Undergraduate thesis
MSc thesis
Coursework interns
PhD thesis
Postdoctoral fellowship
Please email me to discuss current available opportunities.
Graduate studies application details
Intraymyocellular lipids (IMCL) are elevated in obese individuals and this has been related to insulin resistance; however, IMCL are also elevated in athletes who are highly insulin sensitive. In my basic research program I am interested in examining whether differences in the lo…
Micheal Stone
Professor · Faculty of Arts
⭐ Currently considering applications from graduate students. A completed online application is required for admission; start the application process now.
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Michelle Rutty
Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair - Tourism, Environment & Sustainability · Faculty of Arts
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Tourism, Climate Change, Climate Hazards, Disaster Risk Reduction, Sustainability, Immersive Technologies
Mohamed Hibat-Allah
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Mathematics
⭐ I’m eager to connect with prospective students and collaborators interested in the synergy of language models and quantum/many‑body science! You can check out the group section of this website for more details about group members and possible position openings.
His research interests lie at the intersection of natural language processing and many-body physics. In particular, he is interested in exploring the promising potential of language models in describing the behavior of quantum many-body systems, such as materials and molecules, t…
Monica Emelko
Professor, Associate Director · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Water treatment, Wildfire, Water quality, Pathogens, Climate change, Filtration, Land disturbance, Environmental & Water Resources, Water and Land Management, Nanoparticle Removal during Drinking Water and Wastewater Treatment, Quanititative Microbial Risk Assessment, Water Prote…
Monica R. Maly
Professor; University Research Chair · Faculty of Health
⭐ Graduate supervision and student opportunities
- Research volunteer
- Undergraduate thesis
- MSc thesis
- Coursework interns
- PhD thesis
- Postdoctoral fellowship
- Research assistant/coordinator
Please email to discuss current available opportunities.
Graduate studies application details
My research program focuses on developing biomechanically-sound physical activity guidelines for adults with the most common forms of arthritis that are associated with aging. Promoting physical activity is paramount to the well-being of Canadian adults as they age - exercise pro…
Mufan Li
Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Waterloo, and a Faculty Affiliate at the Vector Institute · Faculty of Mathematics
⭐ I am recruiting graduate students with strong foundations in real analysis and probability for theoretical research. Before contacting me, please consult the lecture notes below for a sense of the mathematical background relevant to my current work.
I am broadly interested in deep learning theory. Most recently, I have been thinking a lot about scaling limits of large neural networks and their training dynamics.
Nadine Furtado
Associate Clinical Professor, Interim Associate Director, Clinical Education, Head, Ocular Disease and Imaging Service · Gap Fill - School of Optometry & Vision Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Public Health - access to care and healthcare system efficiency
Telehealth - remote delivery of healthcare locally and globally
Health Informatics – use of AI and machine learning to optimize the diagnosis and management of ocular disease
Ocular Disease & Ophthalmic Imaging
Inter…
Natalie Hutchings
Associate Professor, Associate Director of Academics and Student Affairs · Gap Fill - School of Optometry & Vision Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Imaging; Optics; Aberrations; Spectacle lens design; Telehealth; Clinical Imaging; Optical Devices; Vision Services; Technology and Optics
Natoya Peart
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please email me your resume, and I will review it and respond if interested.
RNA and disease, Eukaryotic gene expression, RNA biology, Cell biology, Molecular genetics, Developmental biology
Neil Hester
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Arts
⭐ I am not accepting new graduate students for Fall 2026.
Why is it that different people are perceived as more or less attractive, trustworthy, competent, or threatening? My work investigates the myriad factors that explain how perceivers form impressions of targets. This work encompasses topics such as stereotyping and discrimination,…
Nikolas Knowles
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Health
⭐ Undergraduate thesis. Please email me to discuss current available opportunities.
My overarching research theme is the development of a translational approach to improved understanding and treatment of osteoarthritis (OA). This encompasses the initiation and progression of early post-traumatic OA and understanding and treatment of late-stage OA, with the prima…
Paul Murphy
Professor · Gap Fill - School of Optometry & Vision Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Clinical Imaging; Ocular Biology; Technology and Optics; Neuroscience; Optical Devices
Peijun Sang
Associate Professor · Faculty of Mathematics
⭐ I am recruiting self-motivated Master’s and Ph.D. students. If you are interested, please send me an email.
Functional/Longitudinal data analysis; Nonparametric smoothing; Streaming data and online learning problems; PU learning and semi-supervised learning; Copula and dependence modelling
Peter A. Hall
Professor · Faculty of Health
⭐ I am currently accepting applications from graduate students and undergraduate honours students in health sciences, public health, biology and psychology with the following research interests: Brain health impacts of viral infections (e.g., SARS-CoV-2); Lifestyle factors, addictions and brain health…
I am interested in translational neuroscience for the public health context. Within this framework, I have four major research areas: 1. Brain health impacts of COVID-19 and other infectious illnesses. 2. The social neurobiology of eating; that is, interactions between the brain …
Peter Deadman
Associate Professor · Faculty of Arts
⭐ Currently considering applications from graduate students. A completed online application is required for admission; start the application process now.
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Peter J. Crank
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Arts
⭐ I am available to supervise research graduate students; however, I currently do not have funding. If you have external funding, please mention this in your application documents.
Urban Climate, Urban overheating, Urban environmental health, Microclimate modeling, Atmospheric Sciences, Earth Systems, Climate Science, Geography
Peter Johnson
Associate Professor, Associate Chair Graduate Studies, Geography Programs · Faculty of Arts
⭐ If you are interested in joining us, please take a look at the topics we research, recent blog posts, and these instructions to prospective students.
Geographic information science, Open data, Public interest technology, Use of technology in government, Crowdsourcing, Mobile data, Spatial data infrastructures, Planning support systems, Technology adoption
Pierre Filion
Sessional Appointment - FCIT 602 · Gap Fill - Faculty of Environment
⭐ Currently considering applications from graduate students. A completed online application is required for admission; start the application process now.
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Plinio Morita
Associate Professor; Cross appointment with Systems Design Engineering; Assistant Professor (status only), Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto; Research Scientist, Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, Techna Institute, University Health Network; Research Scientist, Research Institute for Aging · Faculty of Health
⭐ I am currently accepting applications from graduate students with research interests related to:
Technology-driven population-level surveillance
Precision medicine and data science
mHealth and wearable technology design
Ubiquitous sensors for smart homes
Usage data and health data analytics
Technolo…
Research interests: mHealth and wearable technology design, ubiquitous sensors for smart homes, usage data and health data analytics, technology for aging
As the Director of the Ubiquitous Health Technology Lab (UbiLab), I have focused my research on population level surveillance…
Randy Stotler
Associate Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please **email me** your resume, and I will review it and respond if interested.
Isotope geochemistry
Hydrology
Groundwater
Critical zone science
Water resource sustainability
Land use change
Climate change and geosciences
Protection of surface and groundwater resources
Sustainable water use and management
Rania Al-Hammoud
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Associate Chair · Faculty of Engineering
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Rehabilitation and Durability of Concrete Structures, Advanced Materials such as Fiber Reinforced Polymers, Design and rehabilitation of infrastructure specifically bridges, Reliability and Risk Assessment of Structures, Active Learning in Engineering Education
Rebecca Rooney
Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please **email me** your resume, and I will review it and respond if interested.
Wetland ecology, Invasive species management, Biomonitoring and ecosystem assessment, Policy responsive research, Knowledge coproduction, Community ecology, Restoration ecology, Urban ecology
Richard Eibach
Associate Professor; Faculty of Arts Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies · Faculty of Arts
⭐ I will not be accepting new graduate students for Fall 2026.
My research focuses on social judgment, with an emphasis on the study of construal processes, naive realism, and egocentrism. More specifically I study judgmental biases that influence perceptions of social and personal change. I apply a constructivist perspective, investigating …
Richard J. Cook
University Professor / Math Faculty Research Chair · Faculty of Health
⭐ I welcome enquiries from strong students interested in graduate studies or post-doctoral fellowships.
My research interests include the development and application of statistical methods for public health. Specific areas of interest include the analysis of life history data, longitudinal data, incomplete data, sequential methods, multivariate analysis, clinical trial design, and …
Richard Petrone
Professor · Faculty of Arts
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Ecohydrology, hydrometeorology, climatology, micrometeorology, climate change, biogeochemistry, greenhouse gases, reclamation, landuse change, forest hydrology
Robin Duncan
Associate Professor · Faculty of Health
⭐ Research volunteer
Undergraduate thesis
MSc thesis
Coursework interns
PhD thesis
Postdoctoral Fellowship
Research assistant/coordinator
Please email me to discuss current available opportunities.
Specialization: Physiology and nutrition
I am interested in the relationship between nutrition and molecular determinants of health and disease. My expertise is in nutrigenomics, biochemistry and molecular biology, and my program focuses on the discovery and characterization of …
Roxane Itier
Professor; Cognitive Neuroscience Research Area Head; Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Cognitive and Social Neuroscience of face perception · Faculty of Arts
⭐ I will be accepting graduate student applications for Fall 2027.
My research pertains to the field of Cognitive and Social Neuroscience. I investigate the temporal dynamics of cognitive processes involved in the perception and recognition of face identity, facial expressions of emotion, gaze discrimination and their interactions, and how these…
Sam Johnson
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Arts
⭐ I am accepting graduate students for the next application cycle.
I direct the Decision, Inference, and Cognitive Economics (DICE) Lab, which works at the intersection of cognitive science and behavioural science. We use experiments and modeling to understand both basic cognitive mechanisms underpinning thought and choice, as well as how these …
Samantha Meyer
Professor · Faculty of Health
⭐ I am currently accepting applications from graduate students with research interests related to:
(Dis)trust, mis- and dis-information as it relates to health behaviour and acceptance of health communication and health policy
Health and risk communication
Social and structural barriers to preventativ…
Research interests: trust and risk in medical decision making; access to and uptake of preventative services in Canada and Australia
Professor Meyer is an applied social scientist with expertise in social theories of trust and risk, and a variety of methodological approaches used…
Sara Hart
Professor · Faculty of Arts
⭐ I am currently recruiting graduate students for Fall 2026.
Personalized Education. Most of my work to date has focused on using twin and genomic methods to understand the "nature" and "nurture" of child development. I examine the role of an individual’s genetic variants in predicting school achievement and intervention response. I also s…
Sarah Burch
Professor, Executive Director, Waterloo Climate Institute, Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Transformative Climate Governance · Faculty of Arts
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Her research uncovers transformative responses to climate change at the community scale, the political and justice dimensions of sustainability transitions, and the unique contributions that small businesses can make to this solving these complex challenges.
Scott Leatherdale
Professor; University Research Chair · Faculty of Health
⭐ I am currently accepting applications from graduate students with research interests related to:
- Youth health (substance use, mental health, physical activity, sedentary behaviour)
- Examining impact of environments (built environment, program/policy environment, social environment) on behaviour
-…
Research interests: health behaviour surveillance (physical activity, obesity, alcohol and drug use, tobacco use, eating behaviour, sedentary behaviour)
My research focuses on advancing a systems approach to primary prevention activities, evaluating population-level health interv…
Sean Meehan
Associate Professor; Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies · Faculty of Health
⭐ Graduate supervision and student opportunities
Research volunteer
Undergraduate research
MSc thesis
PhD thesis
Please email me to discuss current available opportunities.
Graduate studies application details
My research focuses on brain plasticity and the neural control of movement. I utilize non-invasive methods, like transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and electroencephalography (EEG), to study the neural correlates of performance and skill learning in healthy and clinical popu…
Sean Peterson
Professor · Gap Fill - School of Optometry & Vision Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Fluid mechanics; Biofluid mechanics; Cardiovascular flows; Energy harvesting; Fluid-structure interaction; Underwater propulsion; Smart materials; Vortex dynamics; Optical diagnostic methods for fluid mechanics
Shamrozé (Zay) Khan
Associate Clinical Professor, Undergraduate Studies Officer · Gap Fill - School of Optometry & Vision Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Low Vision and Vision Rehabilitation
Low Vision Rehabilitation in Private Practice and Primary Care
Pediatric Low Vision
Increasing accessibility to Low Vision Care
Ocular Disease
Sharon Kirkpatrick
Professor · Faculty of Health
⭐ I am currently accepting applications from graduate students with research interests related to:
Dietary assessment
Dietary patterns
Nutrition and dietary inequities and household food security
Environmental sustainability of dietary patterns
Application of systems thinking/methods to nutrition and …
I am a Registered Dietitian with training in community and public health nutrition. My research focuses on the intersections between nutrition, human and planetary health, equity, and policy, using a systems thinking lens.
Much of my work is aimed at improving methodologies for m…
Sheereen Harris
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Health
⭐ Graduate supervision and student opportunities: Research volunteer; Undergraduate thesis; MSc thesis; Coursework interns; PhD thesis. Please email me to discuss current available opportunities.
The primary objective of my program of research is to better understand the role of psychological factors on effort-based decision-making related to physical activity and health-promoting behaviours by integrating the fields of psychology and behavioural science.
My research use…
Sheila Ager
Professor · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts
⭐ Dr. Ager welcomes new graduate students.
Greek History, particularly Hellenistic
Interstate Relations
Hellenistic Monarchy
Ptolemaic Egypt
Greek history is Dr. Ager’s chief area of interest, and her research has focused in particular on the Hellenistic age, the years between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC an…
Sirisha Rambhatla
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Engineering
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Representation Learning, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Spatiotemporal Data Analysis, Computer Vision , AI for Healthcare, AI for Intelligent Automation
Stacey Acker
Associate Professor · Faculty of Health
⭐ Graduate supervision and student opportunities
Research volunteer
Undergraduate thesis
MSc thesis
Coursework interns
PhD thesis
Students are the heart of my research team. Graduate students in my lab become skilled in the use of data collection equipment, including force plates, wireless electromyo…
My research focuses on exposures on the knee joint in both common and unique loading conditions in health and disease. My research team aims to develop a thorough knowledge base for movement and loading of the knee joint during gait and demanding activities of daily living and to…
Stan Woo
Clinical Professor · Gap Fill - School of Optometry & Vision Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Telehealth; Vision Rehabilitation
Steffanie Scott
Professor · Faculty of Arts
⭐ Currently considering applications from graduate students. A completed online application is required for admission; start the application process now.
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Steven Fischer
Professor; Associate Chair of Applied Research, Partnerships and Outreach · Faculty of Health
⭐ Graduate supervision and student opportunities
Research volunteer
Undergraduate thesis
MSc thesis
PhD thesis
Postdoctoral fellowship
Research assistant/coordinator
Contact me for more information on joining our team.
Graduate studies application details
My research optimizes human performance in the workplace by focusing in four themes:
Discovering biomechanical determinants of occupational performance
This use-inspired fundamental research theme explores how our unique abilities determine how we move when completing common ta…
Su-Yin Tan
Professor, Teaching Stream · Gap Fill - Faculty of Environment
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please email me your resume, and I will review it and respond if interested.
Geographic information systems (GIS) and geomatics; Remote sensing and satellite applications; Spatial data analysis and spatial statistics; Urban geography, environmental criminology, and crime mapping; Public health and spatial epidemiology; Environmental monitoring and climate…
Sue Horton
Professor Emerita · Faculty of Health
⭐ I am not accepting applications from graduate students at this time.
Research interests: economics of public health, economics of nutrition, development economics, poverty
My current research focuses on economic aspects of global health. This includes cost-effectiveness, cost and prioritization of interventions of many kinds. I specialize in diagn…
Suzanne Tyas
Associate Professor · Faculty of Health
⭐ I am not currently accepting applications from graduate students.
aging, Alzheimer's disease, chronic diseases, cognitive reserve, dementia, epidemiology, healthy aging, multimorbidity
My research aims to identify strategies to help preserve memory and other cognitive abilities, and thus increase the quality of life of older adults. To meet th…
Tara McAuley
Associate Professor · Faculty of Arts
⭐ *May be accepting new students in 2027*
My research interests pertain to the development of executive control - a set of inter-related skills that facilitate purposeful, goal-oriented behaviour. My goal as a clinician scientist is to cultivate a programme of research in which the promotion of these skills is an overarc…
Todd Holyoak
Associate Professor | Associate Dean, Discovery, Innovation, and Mobilization · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please email me your resume, and I will review it and respond if interested.
Enzymology; Structural biology macromolecular crystallography; Recombinant protein expression; Drug discovery, design and delivery; Biochemistry and biophysics; Microbiology; Bioinformatics, systematics and evolution
Tonya DelSontro
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please email me your resume, and I will review it and respond if interested.
Greenhouse gas dynamics of inland waters; Quantification of methane ebullition (bubbling); Upscaling aquatic greenhouse gas and carbon emissions; Anthropogenic impacts on climatic feedback of inland waters; Hydropower reservoirs in the global carbon cycle; Lake sediment greenhous…
Travis Craddock
Associate Professor | Canada Research Chair in Quantum Neurobiology · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please **email me** your resume, and I will review it and respond if interested.
Cellular information processes, and molecular neuroscience; Biophysics of neurological/neurodegenerative diseases; Systems neurobiology; Quantum neurobiological mechanisms of neuroinflammation
Trevor Charles
Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please **email me** your resume, and I will review it and respond if interested.
Plant-microbe interactions
Symbiotic nitrogen fixation
Functional metagenomics
Bacterial genome engineering
Synthetic biology, bioplastics and bioproducts
Microbiology
Molecular genetics
Sustainable food production
Pathogens surveillance
Uzma Rehman
Professor · Faculty of Arts
⭐ *May be accepting new students in 2027*
My research is in the area of human sexuality; I focus specifically on factors that promote or hinder healthy and open sexual communication between partners. In one line of my research, I investigate the role of emotional avoidance in sexual communication. That is, to what extent…
Valerie Ward
Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair in Microalgae Biomanufacturing (Tier 2) · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Biochemical engineering, Industrial biotechnology, Synthetic biology, Metabolic engineering, Microalgae biotechnology, Recombinant protein production, Ionic Liquids
Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan
Professor · Gap Fill - School of Optometry & Vision Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Clinical Imaging, Vision Rehabilitation, Optical Devices, Technology and Optics, Optical Systems
Veronika Magdanz
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
microrobots, sperm cells, magnetic actuation, remote control, wireless, soft robots, medical robots, bioprinting, 3D printing
Vivek Goel
Professor · Faculty of Health
⭐ Not currently accepting applications for graduate students.
Evaluation of medical screening interventions
Community health status assessment and surveillance
Health technology assessment
Community and patient engagement
Vivian Choh
Associate Professor, Associate Director (Research) · Gap Fill - School of Optometry & Vision Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Neuroscience, Ocular Biology, Biochemistry and Biophysics, Physiology, Cell and Developmental Biology
W. Richard Staines
Professor · Faculty of Health
⭐ Graduate supervision and student opportunities
Research volunteer
Undergraduate thesis
MSc and PhD thesis
Co-op placements and coursework interns
Postdoctoral fellowship
Please email me to discuss current available opportunities.
Graduate studies application details
As director of the Sensorimotor Integration and Neuroadaptive Plasticity Lab (SINAPs), my research focuses on: 1) how the brain interprets, adapts to and integrates sensory inputs to guide motor behaviour, and 2) how these processes are affected by and can contribute to recovery …
Wajd Alkabbani
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please **email me** your resume, and I will review it and respond if interested.
Pharmacoepidemiology
Drug safety and effectiveness
Health services
Pharmaceutical policy
Walter Illman
Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please email me your resume, and I will review it and respond if interested.
Mathematical modeling (analytical and numerical) of fluid flow and contaminant transport in groundwater; Laboratory and field experiments on contaminant transport in porous and fractured geologic media; Behaviour of contaminants in groundwater, such as Dense Non Aqueous Phase Liq…
Warren Dodd
Associate Professor; Associate Director, Research Graduate Studies · Faculty of Health
⭐ I am currently accepting applications from graduate students with relevant backgrounds in global health and development with a specific focus on:
Migration
Food security
Poverty
Climate change
Healthcare and social service access
Graduate studies application details: https://uwaterloo.ca/future-grad…
Research interests: migration, food security, poverty, climate change, healthcare and social service access. My research aims to understand and address the social and ecological determinants of global health and development. In particular, I am interested in how factors such as p…
Wendi Adair
Professor; Industrial/Organizational Research Area Head · Faculty of Arts
⭐ I may be accepting new graduate students for Fall 2026.
My current research focuses on the impact of culture and low/high context communication on interdependent work outcomes including negotiation outcome, conflict resolution, interpersonal trust, and team performance. I am co-Principal Investigator for Indigenous Workways, a collabo…
William Ngo
Assistant Professor; Admissions Officer · Faculty of Science
⭐ Currently accepting applications for PhDs and postdocs with backgrounds in cell or molecular biology. I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please submit your graduate studies application and include my name as a potential advisor.
Human clinical testing related to the diagnosis and treatment of dry eye disease and meibomian gland dysfunction; Cellular physiology and their response to stress and damage; Discovery of drugs and biologics for modulating inflammation; Drug Discovery, Design and Delivery; Diseas…
Yilan Liu
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please **email me** your resume, and I will review it and respond if interested.
Synthetic biology for sustainable development
Functional probiotics for affordable and preventive health solutions
Biomanufacturing
Genetic tools exploring
Bio-nanoparticles
Bio-upcycling of mixed waste for sustainable development
Dynamic regulation of bioprocess
Biodegradation …
Yongjiang Chen
Assistant Professor · Gap Fill - School of Optometry & Vision Science
⭐ Not currently accepting applications for graduate students.
Clinical focus Low Vision Rehabilitation Congenital Visual Impairment Patients with Special Needs
Yuri Leonenko
Associate Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please email me your resume, and I will review it and respond if interested.
Complex multi-phase flows, thermodynamics and transport phenomena; Geological storage of CO₂; Natural based solutions for CO₂ capture and permafrost preservation; Renewable energy (geothermal, hydrogen, wind); Climate control; Machine learning for climate and sustainability appli…
Zahid A. Butt
Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair in Interdisciplinary Research for Pandemic Preparedness · Faculty of Health
⭐ I am currently accepting applications from graduate students with research interests related to:
- Infectious disease epidemiology
- Pandemic preparedness and response
- Spatial epidemiology
- Digital epidemiology
- Global health
- Big data analytics (including artificial intelligence and machine le…
Current research, traditional methods and interventions for infectious disease prevention and control are not sufficient, especially in the context of marginalization, interactions between infections, bio-behavioral factors and social disparities. These methods and research could…
Zelalem Negeri
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Mathematics
⭐ I am currently seeking to accept graduate students. Please email me your resume, and I will review it and respond if interested.
Statistics, Biostatistics, Meta-analysis, Statistical Methods, Machine Learning, Diagnostic Test Accuracy, Computational Statistics
Zhu Qian
Associate Professor, Associate Director, Graduate Studies · Gap Fill - Faculty of Environment
⭐ Currently considering applications from graduate students. A completed online application is required for admission; start the application process now.
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
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A. Russell Tupling
Professor; Chair, Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences · Faculty of Health
⭐ Graduate supervision and student opportunities
<ul><li>Research volunteer</li>
<li>Undergraduate thesis</li>
<li>MSc thesis</li>
<li>Coursework interns</li>
<li>PhD thesis</li>
<li>Post Doctoral Fellowship</li>
</ul><p>Please <a href="mailto:rtupling@uwaterloo.ca?subject=Graduate%20supervision%…
We study the sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca<sup>2+-</sup>ATPase or SERCA pump in the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), which, together with other important SR proteins, make up the membrane system that regulates calcium inside the muscle cells of our bodies. Our research focuses on …
Achim Kempf
Professor and Dieter Schwarz Chair in the Physics of Information and AI · Faculty of Mathematics
Quantum gravity, Cosmology, Relativistic quantum Information, Shannon sampling theory / Data compression, Mathematical Biology
Adam Ellis
Assistant Professor · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts
Research areas:
Gangs & Gang Violence
Trauma, Mental Health and Crime/Violence
Street Indoctrination
Underground Markets
Decolonizing Research
Lived Experience Scholarship
Autoethnography/Indigenous Storytelling
Neurodiversity and Disability Justice
Teaching areas:
The Soci…
Adam Molnar
Associate Professor · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts
Technology, Surveillance, Security, Policing, Intelligence, Governance/Governmentality
Adam Presslee
CPA Ontario Chair Professor, Strategic Management; Director, Centre for Performance Management · School of Accounting and Finance
My research interest is developing theory that informs practice regarding the design and implementation of effective management control systems. I apply psychology and economic theory to predict the impact of management control system features on employee behaviour. I then use fi…
Adam Vitalis
Associate Professor, Assurance · School of Accounting and Finance
Judgment and decision making, behavioural economics
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