PhD Advisors at Western University 西安大略大学 CA
Quick answer: Western University in Canada has 679 faculty profiles in phd-match’s database, of which 88 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 Western University, 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 (88)
Professors at Western University with active hiring signals for PhD students — reach out if your research matches.
Abouzar Sadrekarimi
Professor and GRC Laboratory Manager · Faculty of Engineering
⭐ Opportunities in My Group
If you are interested in pursuing graduate studies in geotechnical engineering please contact me by email.
My research interests are in the areas of geotechnical engineering, soil dynamics and geotechnical earthquake engineering, in-situ testing techniques, and advanced soil mechanics laboratory tests. Please feel free to navigate through the side menu for more information about my re…
Afshin Vafaei
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Health Sciences
⭐ Most of my research projects are focused on quantitative exploration of chronic diseases in old age following social epidemiological theories. If you are interested in learning more, feel free to contact me at avafaei2@uwo.ca
With expertise in quantitative social epidemiology Dr. Afshin Vafaei uses an intersectional approach to study the influence of social factors, especially gender and social relations, on the health status of and accesses to healthcare issues in older adults with chronic conditions…
Agnieszka Leszczynski
Associate Professor · Faculty of Social Science
⭐ I welcome expressions of interest from prospective graduate students with interests in smart cities, platform urbanism, urban technology, and spatial aesthetics, as well as urban GIS and GIScience & Society.
Research Areas: Digital geographies, platforms and cities, digital location/ geolocation, GIScience & Society
Research Interests: I am a human geographer interested in the intensifying relationships between digital technologies and cities, and situate my scholarship within the i…
Ahmed AlSayed
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering · Faculty of Engineering
⭐ If you’re a prospective MSc or PhD student interested in working at the intersection of environmental biotechnology, process engineering, and machine learning, I’d love to hear from you. I’m especially excited to work with curious, persistent and resilient students.
Biological wastewater treatment Intensification
Resource recovery from wastewater streams
High-rate activated sludge systems
Densified activated sludge systems
Machine learning for process modelling and control
Greenhouse gas monitoring and mitigation in wastewater treatment plan…
Alan Miller
Associate Professor and the Stephen Dattels Chair in Corporate Finance Law at Western Law · Gap Fill - Law / FIMS / Health Sciences
⭐ Seeking graduate students in the following areas: Law and Economics, Corporate Law.
His primary teaching interests are in corporate law and law and economics; his research has spanned several additional fields, including contract, tort, property, antitrust, patent, and election law. Seeking graduate students in the following areas: Law and Economics, Corporate L…
Amanda McIntyre
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Health Sciences
⭐ Please feel free to contact professor McIntrye if you are a graduate student looking for a supervisor and interested in conducting a project on any aspect of her program of research:
- Health systems and health service delivery
- Rehabilitation sciences, interdisciplinary health care
- Emergency (hy…
Professor Amanda McIntyre conducts health systems and health service delivery research across the continuum of care (emergency, acute, rehab, long-term care, and community) exploring gaps in patients’ transitions through care settings. Within a health equity lens, she examines ac…
Anam Shahil-Feroz
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Health Sciences
⭐ Professor Shahil-Feroz is currently accepting graduate students looking for a supervisor and interested in conducting a project on any aspect of her program of research:
Digital health solutions to support pregnant women globally
Remote monitoring to enhance self-care agency in pregnant women
Usabil…
Professor Shahil-Feroz is a health services researcher whose work centers on utilizing innovative digital health solutions to enhance maternal health outcomes globally. A key focus of her research is supporting pregnant South Asian immigrants (PSAI) in Canada—an equity-deserving …
Andrew Botterell
Professor · Gap Fill - Law / FIMS / Health Sciences
⭐ Seeking graduate students in the following areas: Philosophy of Law, Criminal Law, Tort/Property/Restitution
His legal teaching and research interests are primarily in the philosophy of criminal law and in private law theory, and his work has appeared in Jurisprudence, Legal Theory, Law & Philosophy, Criminal Justice Ethics, the Osgoode Hall Law Journal, and the Alberta Law Review, amon…
Angela Roberts
Associate Professor; Co-Director, Collaborative Specialization in Machine Learning in Health and Biomedical Sciences; Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Data Analytics and Digital Health in Cognitive Aging and Dementia · Gap Fill - Law / FIMS / Health Sciences
⭐ Potential Projects:
- Developing/validating connected speech and language biomarkers of cognitive impairment.
- Evaluation of treatment efficacy in a clinical trial of speech-language therapies for persons with primary progressive aphasia using traditional and technology-facilitates treatment outcom…
Her impactful research program improves cognitive aging outcomes through rigorously validating connected speech signatures that detect and monitor cognitive decline, building phenotypes and predictive models of cognitive aging trajectories (dementia to extraordinary cognitive agi…
Anibal M. Medina-Mardones
Mathematics - Assistant Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ Excited about topology and interdisciplinary research? I’m looking for MSc and PhD students to join our fully funded programs. Interested? Find out more about the application process here (https://www.math.uwo.ca/graduate/index.html).
theoretical and applied topology
Anna Garnett
Associate Professor · Faculty of Health Sciences
⭐ If you are interested in pursuing MSc or PhD studies with professor Garnett, please send a description of your research interests, outlining their alignment with professor Garnett’s program of research as well as a sample of your writing and recent transcripts to agarnet6@uwo.ca.
Professor Anna Garnett’s program of research centers on the care of older adults living with chronic disease and their caregivers. Informed by a health equity lens her research includes an emphasis on the equitable access to and delivery of services that support the health and we…
Anushka Ataullahjan
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Health Sciences
⭐ Graduate Student Opportunities: Please contact professor Ataullahjan via email for more infomation.
Professor Anushka Ataullahjan is a critical qualitative researcher whose research explores the health of women, children, and adolescents in low- and middle-income countries, particularly Pakistan. Drawing from multiple disciplines such as anthropology, demography, and public hea…
Art Poon
Professor
Graduate Chair, Research-Based Programs · Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
⭐ I currently have openings in my lab for multiple graduate students (MSc and PhD level) and undergraduate research assistants.
virus evolution, bioinformatics, phylogenetics, molecular evolution, phylodynamics, machine learning
Athanasios (Akis) Psygkas
Associate Professor at Western Law · Gap Fill - Law / FIMS / Health Sciences
⭐ Seeking graduate students in the following areas: Canadian and Comparative Public Law, Law of Democracy
comparative public law, law of democracy, regulation and governance
BJ Cunningham
Assistant Professor · Gap Fill - Law / FIMS / Health Sciences
⭐ Students in the Communicative Health Services and Systems Lab can expect to conduct collaborative research that engages with researchers, clinicians, families, and policy makers in one of three ways: (1) to capture the outcomes of services for children with communication disorders, (2) to create new…
Her research is focused on engaging clinicians and families to develop, evaluate, and optimize clinical tools and assessment and intervention services for children and families. This includes practice-based research and integrated knowledge translation to increase the relevance a…
Benjamin Chin-Yee
Assistant Professor · Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
⭐ Research Opportunities: Dr. Chin-Yee is currently accepting students/trainees interested in research projects in hematology, philosophy, medical communication, and bioethics.
Keywords: hematology, hematopathology, flow cytometry, myeloproliferative neoplasms, myelodysplastic neoplasms, paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria; Keywords: hematologic malignancies, myeloproliferative neoplasms, utilization, AI, philosophy of medicine, medical communication, b…
Benjamin Hill
Associate Professor · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
⭐ I am currently looking for students interested in working on the following projects:
(a) Neo-stoic themes and positions in the 17th century: Lipsius, Charron, Hobbes, Descartes, Spinoza, Cavendish, Malebranche, Leibniz, Norris, and Astell
(b) Berkeley’s uses of Locke's Account of Sensitive Knowledg…
History of Early Modern Philosophy, Epistemology
Bryan Sarlo
Lecturer · Faculty of Science
⭐ Not accepting graduate students, sorry.
Video game development
Simulations
AI
Christina Castellani
Assistant Professor
Cross-Appointment, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics · Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
⭐ Research Opportunities: Positions are available for undergraduate and graduate students.
Keywords: Cardiovascular Disease, Mitochondrial DNA, Computational Genomics, Epigenomics, Transcriptomics, Complex Disease, Gene-Environment Interactions, Bioinformatics
Description of Research Activities: The Castellani Lab is interested in the contribution of mitochondrial nucl…
Colin Denniston
Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ If you are interested in joining our group, please send me an email. We accept applications any time of the year. For more information about applying see the web page for the graduate program in Physics at Western and mention my group in the application.
Research Areas: Soft Condensed Matter Physics, Complex Fluids, Granular matter, Theory and simulation of micro and nano-fluidic devices, Developing numerical methods and analytical techniques to study the above
Research Interests: My research focuses on modelling particles and dy…
Danielle Fearon
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Health Sciences
⭐ Please feel free to contact Danielle Fearon if you are a graduate student looking for supervision and interested in the use of quantitative methods. Of particular interest are students seeking to pursue research related to child or youth mental health, inpatient mental health, health systems, or hea…
Professor Fearon is a public health scientist, and her research focuses on leveraging population- or community- level health data to tailor interventions and inform nursing practice. Using applied biostatistical techniques, she is predominantly interested in how sociodemographic …
Danielle Glista
Assistant Professor · Gap Fill - Law / FIMS / Health Sciences
⭐ Opportunities may be available with the Connected Hearing Healthcare Lab. Example project areas/topics include virtual care research (focused on hearing/speech, pediatric/adult populations), mixed-methods research (scoping reviews, concept mapping, e-Surveys, focus groups, real-world outcome measure…
Current research from the Connected Hearing Healthcare Lab focuses on the use of patient-orientated research to engage clinicians, patients, families, and community partners. As part of an international, multi-site project designed to help close the virtual care research-to-pract…
David Bourget
Associate Professor, Director, Centre for Digital Philosophy · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
⭐ I am happy to supervise graduate students working on consciousness or digital philosophy. The Centre for Digital Philosophy has independent funding to help students in the latter area.
Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Language; consciousness and computing in philosophy
David Purcell
Associate Professor · Gap Fill - Law / FIMS / Health Sciences
⭐ Professor Purcell is currently accepting students for MSc and PhD, as well as combined MClSc/PhD in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. Topics are consistent with the Research in Profile brief above. Please contact purcelld@nca.uwo.ca for information.
Professor Purcell has an interest in developing objective measures of how the brain processes speech sounds. His recent work has explored the brain’s response to speech sounds using the envelope following response (EFR) elicited by individual vowel formants. He is working towards…
Desmond Moser
Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ Future Students
Current Projects Available:
1. Response of deep-crustal zircon to large meteorite impacts (e.g. Vredefort, Sudbury)
2. EBSD and U-Pb dating of meteorites, particularly planetary achondrites (e.g. martian, lunar)
3. Zircon response to dynamic and passive fission events in the crust
4.…
Dr. Desmond Moser conducts solid Earth and planetary science research using Western’s nationally unique Zircon and Accessory Phase Laboratory (ZAPLab) to examine the age and evolution of ancient planetary crusts. His diverse team of student trainees gains skills in integrating ma…
Devin Henry
Professor; Member, Rotman Institute of Philosophy · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
⭐ Graduate student supervision: I would be happy to supervise dissertations in any area of Plato or Aristotle.
Ancient Philosophy and Science, History and Philosophy of Biology; My primary research is centered around Ancient philosophy. My interests fall into two main areas, Aristotle’s philosophy of science (esp. natural science), and Plato's moral philosophy (esp. pleasure and its role …
Dr. Alina Shchepetkina
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ Dr. Shchepetkina is not currently accepting graduate students through regular funding. However, applications from self-funded or externally funded students are welcome, including Project-based Masters, NSERC CGS-M/CGS-D/ Postdoc, MITACS, or industry-funded projects.
Environmental Sedimentology, Ichnology, Petrography, and Climate Change
Dr. Alina Shchepetkina’s scientific interests are diverse and cover various areas of sedimentary and environmental geology. Her research utilizes field and laboratory methods, including experimental, encompas…
Dr. Catherine Neish
Professor & Graduate Chair · Faculty of Science
⭐ Prospective students should reach out to Dr. Neish for more information.
My research interests focus on the use of orbital radar observations to study the geology of planetary surfaces, with a particular focus on processes related to impact cratering. Radar represents the best way to observe the surface of planets with large opaque atmospheres, such a…
Dr. Dazhi Jiang
Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ Dr. Dazhi Jiang is currently looking for Ph.D. and M.Sc. students to work on projects in the Canadian Cordillera and East China. The former project aims at better understanding the evolution of microstructures of mylonites, and the latter project strives to better understand the tectonic evolution o…
Dr. Jiang's research interest lies primarily in using structures and fabrics preserved in Earth's crust and mantle, observed on small scales such as in field rock exposures, in hand samples, and under microscopes, to unravel large-scale tectonic deformation processes. He integrat…
Dr. Fred Longstaffe
Distinguished University Professor & Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Stable Isotope Science; Director, Laboratory for Stable Isotope Science; C.M., F.R.S.C., P.Geol · Faculty of Science
⭐ Prospective students should contact Fred Longstaffe to discuss their interests and to learn if there is a good fit with current activities of his research group.
Director: Laboratory for Stable Isotope Science
Stable isotope science across the atmosphere-hydrosphere-biosphere-lithosphere continuum (Earth-Systems Science); Stable isotope systematics of hydrous minerals, especially clay minerals; Stable isotope and biomarker proxies of (pal…
Dr. Nigel Blamey
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ Dr. Nigel Blamey is accepting graduate students interested in working with Mineral Deposits and/or Event Stratigraphy. He is currently conducting research into MVT and gold deposits, focussing on fluid inclusion studies to answer the genesis of these deposits. He is conducting research into ancient …
I am a geochemist who specializes in fluid inclusion and geochemical applications to geothermal systems, hydrothermal ore deposits, and ancient oxygen. My principle tool is a custom-built mass spectrometer system for fluid inclusion gas analysis. This unique system quantitativel…
Dr. Richard Secco
Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ MSc and PhD research opportunities are available. Please contact Dr. Rick Secco (secco@uwo.ca)
My research interests are in Mineral Physics and Materials Science. We try to understand the effects of high pressures (P) and high/low temperatures (T) on solids and liquids as P and T perturb and present the promise of control of physical properties. We measure electrical, ther…
Dr. Wyatt Bain
Robert W. Hodder Chair in Economic Geology, Assistant Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am currently recruiting MS and honors students for mineral resource-focused projects in Ontario, British Columbia, and the southwest US.
My research focuses on mineral deposits and the factors that drive the compositional evolution of magmatic, metamorphic, and metasomatic systems in the Earth's crust. My work employs a field-based approach and integrates conventional petrology, fluid/melt inclusion analysis, fiel…
Els Peeters
Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am looking for new graduate students.
Interstellar medium
Circumstellar medium
Star formation
My main research areas are:
carbonaceous molecules and dust (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon molecules, fullerenes, carbonaceous dust)
galactic and extra-galactic star forming regions
the interstellar and circumstellar medi…
Elysée Nouvet
Associate Professor · Faculty of Health Sciences
⭐ Please contact professor Nouvet at enouvet@uwo.ca for more information.
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Erika Chamberlain
· Gap Fill - Law / FIMS / Health Sciences
⭐ Seeking graduate students in the following areas: Torts
Torts; tort law, with a particular focus on the tort liability of public authorities; impaired driving law and alcohol-related civil liability
Fatimah AlMutawa
Assistant Professor · Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
⭐ Research Opportunities: In microbiology and infection control, students have numerous opportunities to engage in research or quality improvement projects. Examples include implementing new diagnostic tests, reviewing test utilization to establish local eligibility criteria, exploring innovative micr…
Clinical Activities Keywords: quality improvement in microbiology lab, infectious diseases diagnostics, medical education, infection control
Research Activities Keywords: blood culture optimization, new test validation, antimicrobial susceptibility testing, clinical research, qua…
Fiona Höbler
Assistant Professor · Gap Fill - Law / FIMS / Health Sciences
⭐ Potential Student Projects:
Behavioural research into the neurocognitive processes contributing to speech development and motor learning.
Investigating the neurophysiological mechanisms associated with developmental stuttering.
If you are interested in learning more please reach out via email: fhobl…
Fiona Höbler’s research is focused on the neurocognitive and neurophysiological processes that support speech production and motor learning across the lifespan. Fiona is particularly interested in the experience of developmental stuttering and in understanding how neural mechanis…
Fred Dick
Professor · Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
⭐ Research Opportunities: We are always looking for new graduate students that share our passion for this research.
Keywords: cancer, genome instability, epigenetic, human genetics, functional genomics, cancer dormancy
Geneviève Metson
Associate Professor · Faculty of Social Science
⭐ Join the Lab. From the biogeochemistry of phosphorus and nitrogen to urban ecology, see the opportunities available in the SRM lab.
Urban ecology, sustainability, biogeochemistry (phosphorus and nitrogen), organic waste management, food systems.
Research Interests
Dr. Metson’s work focuses on how we can better manage nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen, potassium, and carbon) in diverse socio-ecological contexts…
Gordon Osinski
Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ Please click here for a list of Dr. Osinski's current graduate students and post-doctoral fellows.
Dr. Osinski currently has openings for M.Sc. and Ph.D. students interested in studying various aspects of meteorite impact craters, comparative planetary geology, analysis of planetary materials, incl…
Planetary Geology / Earth and Planetary Materials
Dr. Osinski's research interests are diverse and interdisciplinary in nature. His work synthesizes field, remote sensing, and laboratory observations with a range of geochemical data. His current research falls into three main ar…
Graham Reid
Associate Professor in Psychology, Family Medicine, and Paediatrics at Western University · Gap Fill - Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
⭐ INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS
Graduate Students
Students applying for graduate school and wanting to join my lab should be interested in either of my two research programs: Pediatric Sleep or Access and Use of Health & Mental Services. Students should indicate which of the two research prog…
Dr. Reid has two programs of research: (1) access and use of health and mental-health services for children and youth; (2) pediatric sleep problems. Within these two research areas there are two cross-cutting themes: primary health care, and measure development.
Within the healt…
Jan Cami
Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ Graduate and Undergraduate Student Opportunities: I am always looking for motivated students to participate in my research program. Right now, there is an opening for a Ph.D position in Astrochemistry, co-supervised with Prof. Peeters and Prof. Staroverov (Chemistry). I am also looking for MSc, PhD …
Observational Astronomy; Evolved stars (including planetary nebulae); interstellar matter; astrochemistry; molecular spectroscopy. I use astronomical (spectroscopic) observations to study the surroundings of dying stars and the interstellar medium. In those environments, we see a…
Janis Oram Cardy
Professor and Associate Dean (Research) · Gap Fill - Law / FIMS / Health Sciences
⭐ Students interested in joining professor Oram Cardy’s lab are encouraged to consult Join Our Team for more information.
Professor Oram has been researching and supporting children who struggle to learn language for over 25 years. Following completion of clinical training, she practiced for nine years as a speech-language pathologist on an interdisciplinary team at Sickkids in Toronto. After comple…
Jason Neyers
Professor of Law at Western University Canada · Gap Fill - Law / FIMS / Health Sciences
⭐ Seeking graduate students in the following areas: Professor Neyers is happy to supervise graduate students in all areas of the private law.
Private law, tort law, contract law, law of obligations
Jeremy Trombley
Assistant Professor - Sociocultural Anthropology · Faculty of Social Science
⭐ I am interested in advising graduate students at the Master’s and PhD level who are engaged in research involving water, environmental governance, and environmental science and technology.
I am interested in supervising in topics involving environmental issues and the anthropology of science and tec…
We face enormous environmental challenges presently and in the years to come ranging from climate change to pollution and natural disasters. The way that we organize ourselves collectively to address these challenges is a crucial factor in how we respond to them. I work to invest…
Jinhyung Lee
Associate Professor · Faculty of Social Science
⭐ I am currently seeking undergraduate, MSc, and PhD students interested in research on mobility & accessibility analytics that integrates environmental exposure (e.g., extreme heat), real-time & big public transit data analytics, the development of innovative time geographic methods, and the applicat…
Transport geography, spatial accessibility, inequalities, urban resilience, GIScience
I am a quantitative transport geographer. My research leverages geographic information science (GIScience), remote sensing, big data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), and time geography …
Jisuo Jin
Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ Projects available in biodiversity change of benthic faunas in response to greenhouse-icehouse environmental fluctuations during the Late Ordovician and Early Silurian, North America. Research opportunities are available at either the M.Sc. or Ph.D. level.
1. Ordovician-Silurian brachiopod taxonomy and diversity patterns through time;
2. Origin, radiation, mass extinction, and recovery of brachiopod faunas in the epicontinental seas of North America during the Ordovician and Silurian periods;
3. Paleoecolgy and environmental contro…
Joanna Walsh
Associate Professor, Program Director, Diagnostic and Molecular Pathology · Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
⭐ Dr. Walsh is not accepting research students.
Keywords: Gastrointestinal and gynecologic pathology, medical education, QA; Description of Research Activities: Clinically-oriented and collaborative research in gastrointestinal and gynecologic pathology, scholarly research in medical education, quality assurance research relat…
Julie Theurer
Associate Professor · Gap Fill - Law / FIMS / Health Sciences
⭐ Graduate Student Opportunities: Potential areas of research in the Aerodigestive Function and Rehabilitation Lab include: Sensory and motor systems of swallowing, Functional outcomes in head and neck cancer, Swallowing rehabilitation. Interested students should email professor Theurer to enquire abo…
Professor Julie Theurer’s research focuses on the study of sensorimotor systems supporting speech and swallowing, and practice-based research collaborations with clinicians aimed at improving outcomes for individuals undergoing treatment of head and neck cancer. Through these pra…
Katsu Goda
Professor & Canada Research Chair in Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment · Faculty of Science
⭐ Dr. Goda is accepting Geophysics student applications in the field of earthquake and tsunami hazard and risk assessments.
Earthquake, Tsunami, Risk Assessment, Catastrophe Modeling
Dr. Goda’s research is focused on catastrophic earthquake-related multi-hazard risk management from economic and societal viewpoints. His research interests are broad and multidisciplinary, and cover a wide range of acad…
Kelly Olson
Professor of Classics · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
⭐ I happily accept and supervise students at the M.A. and Ph.D. level in those subjects.
Areas of Interest:
Roman society and culture (social attitudes, women and the family, sexuality, slavery, appearance) and Roman art and architecture. I happily accept and supervise students at the M.A. and Ph.D. level in those subjects.
Research Interests:
Ancient history, more s…
Ken Kirkwood
Associate Professor and Undergradute Chair · Faculty of Health Sciences
⭐ Graduate Student Opportunities: Contact professor Kenneth Kirkwood at kenneth.kirkwood@uwo.ca for more information.
Ethnographic and narrative descriptions of doping behaviours amongst high-level powerlifters; Cognitive-enhancement drug use and practices amongst Canadian university students; Anabolic steroid misuse amongst non-competitive athlete populations
Lesley Gittings, PhD
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Health Sciences
⭐ I am working on a number of adolescent health, gender and development-related projects in Canada and Eastern and Southern Africa. If you are interested in learning more, feel free to contact me via email.
Professor Lesley Gittings is a community-engaged health equity researcher with an interest in the social and structural factors that shape health across the life course. Her research focuses on: (1) social determinants of HIV and sexual and reproductive health; and (2) participat…
Lisa Cameron
Associate Professor · Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
⭐ Research Opportunities: Technologist/Post-Doctoral Fellow/Graduate Student/Volunteer positions are currently available, for the right person.
Keywords: inflammation, functional genetics, molecular regulation, Th2 immunity, allergic disease
Maged A. Youssef
Professor · Faculty of Engineering
⭐ Western University is offering up to CAD 160,000 over four years to outstanding PhD candidates whose offers from top 100 universities in the QS or THE rankings were rescinded, delayed, or denied. Start dates are available for Fall 2025, Winter 2026, and Summer 2026. https://lnkd.in/gCjxwCGQ
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Margaret Campbell-Brown
Professor and Undergrad Chair · Faculty of Science
⭐ Research jobs within the Meteor Group
Meteor Physics
I am interested in the distribution and origin of meteoroids. In particular:
The origin of sporadic meteoroids (particular comets, any asteroidal or interstellar)
The physical and chemical properties of meteoroids, as determined from ablation modelling
The flux of …
Marie Savundranayagam
Associate Professor · Faculty of Health Sciences
⭐ Graduate Student Opportunities
Contact professor Savundranayagam directly at msavund@uwo.ca for information.
Professor Marie Savundranayagam conducts research that has an impact on how we care for older adults with dementia and their caregivers, both family and formal caregivers. Within family caregiving, her research is on enhancing our understanding of the contributors of stress and d…
Mark Daley
Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am currently looking for graduate students who are interested in working at the interface of AI, diplomacy, and international relations.
Natural computing, computational neuroscience, data science, applied machine learning, theoretical computer science, bioinformatics, computational musicology
Maxwell J. Smith
Associate Professor and CIHR Applied Public Health Chair in Ethics and Health Emergencies · Faculty of Health Sciences
⭐ I am accepting master’s and doctoral students with an interest and background in bioethics. Of particular interest are students seeking to pursue research in public health ethics, infectious disease ethics, and the ethical dimensions of pursuing health equity and social justice in public health and …
Professor Smith’s programme of research is in the area of public health ethics—a sub-field of bioethics—which seeks to examine the ethical dimensions of public health policy and practice. His research in this domain involves the critical investigation of how ethical consideration…
Miguel E. Quiñones-Mateu
Western Research Chair in Viral Pathogenesis
Professor · Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
⭐ Research Opportunities: I currently have multiple openings in my laboratory, including opportunities for graduate students (MSc and PhD level), undergraduate research assistants, and postdoctoral fellows.
Keywords: viral pathogenesis, emergent viruses, drug discovery, vaccine development.
Description of Research Activities: I do have more than 25 years of productive research in the virology field in four different countries, both in the academia and in industry, working on virus e…
Mikko Karttunen
Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ Check my group’s web page first. If nothing is announced, contact me. If interested in applying for a scholarship (Marie Curie, Banting, HFSP etc), please contact me early. Visitors: My group has hosted extended stays by visitors from ~17 countries over the years. If interested, please contact me ea…
Computational chemistry & biological physics
My research focuses on the properties of biological & soft matter using theory and the methods of computational chemistry and physics. Typical systems are at the interface between materials science, biology & biomedical sciences. I am …
Mohammad Reza Najafi
Professor, PhD, PEng · Faculty of Engineering
⭐ Prospective students, postdoctoral fellows, and visiting researchers from around the world are welcome to join the HydroClimEX Lab. The lab is committed to diversity and inclusivity, encouraging applications and partnerships from underrepresented groups, including but not limited to women, Indigenou…
Najafi leads the Hydroclimate Extremes and Climate Change Lab (HydroClimEX Lab) at Western University. Our interdisciplinary research program focuses on addressing the challenges associated with nonstationary hydroclimatic extremes, particularly floods and droughts. Drawing on ex…
Nadia Lambek
Assistant Professor · Gap Fill - Law / FIMS / Health Sciences
⭐ Professor Lambek is seeking graduate students interested in utilizing critical theory and/or socio-legal methods to explore projects with an international dimension or connection to food system governance or the law of work.
Her research explores law’s constitutive role in shaping our food systems, the engagement of social movements in law making, law's relation to the rural, and property law. She is also interested in critical theory, law and anthropology, and the law of work.
Neil Banerjee
Associate Professor and Industrial Research Chair in Advanced Mineral Exploration · Faculty of Science
⭐ Dr. Banerjee is not currently accepting unsolicited graduate student applications unless you hold a national (e.g., NSERC) or international award.
Stable isotope biogeochemistry; Microbial alteration of modern and ancient oceanic crust; Evidence for early life on Earth; Formation and evolution of oceanic crust; Geochemical cycling at mid-ocean ridges; Formation of massive sulfide deposits at mid-ocean ridges; The origin and…
Obidimma Ezezika
Associate Professor · Faculty of Health Sciences
⭐ Graduate Program Supervision: Health and Rehabilitation Sciences MSc | PhD
Graduate Student Opportunities: For potential research areas for graduate students, please see the Global Health & Innovation Lab (https://globalhealthinnovationlab.org/our-projects).
Professor Ezezika’s scholarship rests at the intersection of global health and implementation science, where he explores how evidence-based innovations can be scaled to serve the health needs of marginalized communities, both locally and globally.
He is the founding director of …
Olga Trichtchenko
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am always looking for students
Feel free to contact me for more information
Mathematical and computational methods for nonlinear differential equations, dispersive equations, fluid mechanics with a focus on water waves and waves under ice, mathematical modelling, perturbation theory and asymptotics, stability analysis
Fluid dynamics, a field of study as…
Olivia Daub
Assistant Professor · Gap Fill - Law / FIMS / Health Sciences
⭐ Olivia Daub will begin accepting graduate students in her lab for the 2024 academic year.
Projects in Olivia’s lab range from applied, partnership work, to theoretical test development work. For example, students in Olivia’s lab may be involved in mixed-methods engagement projects with health system…
Olivia Daub's research is focused on understanding how clinical expertise, research evidence, and patient preferences can mutually inform one another to drive evidence-based practice in clinical practice, health systems, and health policy. She partners extensively with health org…
Parisa Shooshtari
Associate Professor · Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
⭐ I am looking to recruit undergraduate and graduate students, bioinformaticians and postdocs. Please contact me if interested.
Keywords: Computational Genomics, Bioinformatics, Data Science, Machine Learning, Multi-Omics Data Integration, Single-Cell Sequencing, Complex Diseases, Gene Regulation, Epigenomics
Description of research activities: My primary research interest is developing computational, sta…
Peter Brown
Professor and Canada Research Chair · Faculty of Science
⭐ Thinking about graduate school? I am recruiting graduate and undergraduate students. You would help operate world-class instruments and answer open questions about the origin and evolution of the solar system through study of the small bodies of the solar system. Students from backgrounds traditiona…
Objectives
The overarching theme for my research is the origin and evolution of small bodies in the solar system and their delivery/impact on Earth.In broad form, the long-term objective of my research program is to better understand the beginnings of the solar system by examini…
Rob Schincariol
Professor, P.Geo. · Faculty of Science
⭐ Dr. Schincariol is not currently accepting new graduate students
My research interests are in hydrogeology and groundwater flow, with a focus on heat transport, low-temperature geothermal energy, and permafrost hydrogeology. He also regularly works on issues of ground water sustainability, vulnerability, and water budgets.
Robert Hammond
Professor · Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
⭐ Dr. Hammond is not accepting graduate student applications at this time.
neuropathology with special interest in brain tumour and muscle pathology; cerebrovascular disease, brain development, neuroinflammation, neuromuscular disease, brain tumour biology, MRI/pathology correlates, image analysis
Robert Shcherbakov
Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ I am looking for motivated students both for Ph.D. and M.Sc. research projects in the areas of the physics of earthquakes, induced seismicity, computational volcanology, continuum damage mechanics, statistical seismology, etc. Prospective students have to possess strong skills in scientific computer…
Earthquake physics and statistics; Temporal and spatial scaling properties of earthquakes and aftershocks; Induced seismicity; Earthquake hazard assessment and forecasting; Large-scale computer simulations of seismicity; Applications of continuum damage mechanics to fracture proc…
Roberta Flemming
Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ Future Students
Available projects include:
1. Measuring crystal structure, cation ordering and configurational entropy in aluminous minerals (e.g. Solar system spinel, Al-diopside (‘fassaite’), melilite) using solid state NMR spectroscopy and diffraction methods, for application to thermobarometr…
Professor Roberta Flemming and her research group study a variety of mineralogical and geological problems using a combination of crystallography, mineral chemistry and spectroscopy. Observations made from synthetic minerals produced at high temperatures and pressures in the labo…
Ruchika Gupta
Assistant Professor · Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
⭐ Research Opportunities: Open to taking students for research/ training
Clinical Activities
Keywords: Infections in immunocompromised host, Blood culture optimization, Test Stewardship, Medical education and teaching
Description of Research Activities: My key clinical interest areas:
1. Diagnosis and management of infections in the immunocompromised …
Saber Moradi
Associate Professor, P.Eng. · Faculty of Engineering
⭐ Available positions for highly-motivated graduate students and postdocs
There are currently openings in the group for highly-motivated students interested in pursuing graduate studies and talented postdocs and researchers. Please e-mail copies of your transcript(s), publication, and CV to Dr. Saber …
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Saleema Allana
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Health Sciences
⭐ Professor Allana is accepting MSc/MA/PhD students who are interested in aspects of chronic disease management among vulnerable populations; intersectionality and its influence on chronic disease management; and the use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to ensure equitable cardiovascula…
Professor Saleema Allana's research program is situated at the intersection of cardiovascular health, intersectionality/ health equity, and technology. Her research leverages technology to ensure equitable cardiovascular health for the most vulnerable populations. Professor Allan…
Saman Maleki
Associate Professor, Departments of Oncology, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Medical Biophysics · Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
⭐ We are always looking for graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and residents who share our passion for translational research in Immuno-Oncology.
Clinical Activities Keywords: cancer, immuno-oncology, cancer immunotherapy, microbiome, translational research, immune-related adverse events, melanoma, renal cell carcinoma, lung cancer
Description of Research Activities: Phase I clinical trials in Immuno-Oncology and Microbiom…
Scott Adams
Professor · Gap Fill - Law / FIMS / Health Sciences
⭐ Students interested in in joining the Speech Movement Disorders (SMD) lab and having professor Adams as an MSc or PhD supervisor should consult the SMD Lab website for detailed information.
Speech Movement Disorders
Sean Shieh
Professor · Faculty of Science
⭐ MSc and PhD opportunities are available. Contact Sean Shieh (sshieh@uwo.ca) for more information.
Mineral physics; Material study under extreme P-T conditions; Elasticity, Structures and dynamics of the Earth's and planetary interiors; Characterization of materials (e.g. equation of state, phase transition, elasticity, strength, rheology) using synchrotron X-ray, Raman and IR…
Shokoufeh Modanloo
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Health Sciences
⭐ Seeking MScN and PhD nursing student applicants interested in:
Global issues concerning wemen's and children's health outcomes
Refugee crisis, displaced peoples and immigrant justice
Sociopolitical determinants of health
Systemic discrimination and health injustice concerning maternal-child health c…
Professor Modanloo's program of research is titled Health Justice Research in Global Context aims to address the nursing professional mandate of health justice by bringing voices of marginalized people forward to inform programs, practices, and policies in Public Health and Mate…
Sisira Sarma
Professor · Gap Fill - Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
⭐ I am interested in supervising graduate students at the MSc and PhD levels on topics related to health economics, especially the economics of primary health care, economic evaluation of health interventions, analysis of health care costs and health outcomes, and economics of the social and environme…
Health Economics
Health Policy
Cost-Effectiveness
Health Services Research
Health Inequality
Stephen Pitel
Professor · Gap Fill - Law / FIMS / Health Sciences
⭐ Seeking graduate students in the following areas: Conflict of Laws / Private International Law; Tort Law
Conflict of Laws / Private International Law; Tort Law; Legal Ethics
Tarun Katapally
Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Digital Health for Equity · Faculty of Health Sciences
⭐ Trainees (undergraduate to post-graduate) interested in joining the DEPtH Lab should review current projects/research and complete the DEPtH Lab Training Application. Undergraduate trainees are onboarded on January 1, May 1, or September 1. It is important to complete the application at least 3 mont…
Citizen Science; Data Science; Digital Health, Digital Epidemiology; Global Health; Health Systems Research; Human-Computer Interaction; Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence; Precision Medicine; Active living; Child and youth health; Climate change; Food security and sovereignt…
Thomas Telfer
Professor of Law · Gap Fill - Law / FIMS / Health Sciences
⭐ Seeking graduate students in the following areas: Bankruptcy and insolvency, legal history, mindfulness and the legal profession.
Professor Telfer’s research and teaching interests include bankruptcy law, commercial law, contracts, legal history and mindfulness. Seeking graduate students in the following areas: Bankruptcy and insolvency, legal history, mindfulness and the legal profession.
Tianlong (Taylor) LIU
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Engineering
⭐ Prospective Students
I am always looking for self-motivated students who want to pursue a Ph.D. degree in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering. If you are interested in AI applications in chemical and biochemical systems, intelligent process control, and waste-to-energy technologies, and have a soli…
AI-Enhanced Process Control and Optimization
Machine Learning for Industrial Data Analysis
Physics-Informed Machine Learning (PIML)
Large Language Models (LLMs) in Engineering Applications
Wade Wright
Professor · Gap Fill - Law / FIMS / Health Sciences
⭐ Seeking graduate students in the following areas: Constitutional law, particularly federalism and extrajudicial constitutionalism; Crown liability; and law and sexuality.
His primary areas of research interest are Canadian and comparative constitutional law, with a focus on federalism and extrajudicial constitutionalism. He also has active research interests in administrative law, Crown liability and law and sexuality.
Zoë Sinel
Associate Professor at Western Law · Gap Fill - Law / FIMS / Health Sciences
⭐ Seeking graduate students in the following areas: tort law, private law theory, private law remedies.
private law and legal theory, with a particular focus on the law of torts and its remedies; tort law, private law theory, private law remedies
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A. Sherratt
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Engineering
infiltration and cure modelling for composite manufacturing, wastewater treatment and flow modelling, and thermal energy storage
A.D. Price
Associate Professor, Ph.D., P.Eng. · Faculty of Engineering
Dr. Aaron Price began investigating smart materials in 2004 through an Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems project to develop shape memory alloy based artificial muscle actuators. In 2006 he completed an M.A.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Ot…
A.G. Straatman
Professor and Chair of the Mechanical & Materials Engineering department at Western University · Faculty of Engineering
Dr. Straatman supervises a staff of graduate researchers and works mainly in two research areas. The first focuses on the enhancement of convective heat and mass transfer using porous metals, and the second focuses on the phenomena of energy transport in the Ranque-Hilsch vortex …
Aara Suksi
Associate Professor of Classics · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
Greek literature and culture, Ancient Greek language, Ancient Greek myth, and Gender in Ancient Greece; Intergenericity and intertextuality in the ancient Greek literary tradition, gender and textuality, and the reception of texts from the Greek literary tradition in Latin litera…
Aaron Haig
Associate Professor<br/>Program Head, Pathology · Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
Keywords: renal, dermato, and gynecologic pathology; Director of the Transplantation Pathology Core Laboratory, with collaborative research in renal and transplant pathology
Aaron Hodgson
Professor · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
identity, career preparation, and innovative teaching practices among musicians
Aaron Schneider
Assistant Professor · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
I write experimental prose and have begun exploring public art. I have published three books, the novella Grass-Fed (Quatro Books, 2018), the collection of experimental short fiction What We Think We Know (Gordon Hill 2021) and the novel The Supply Chain (Crowsnest Books, 2023). …
Aaron Sigut
Professor · Faculty of Science
Stellar Astrophysics; Massive Stars, Radiative Transfer, Star Clusters, Computational Astrophysics, Circumstellar Disks, Machine Learning
Abbas Samani
Professor · Faculty of Engineering
His research interests are biological tissue computer modeling and its applications in medical imaging, intervention, and image analysis.
Abe Oudshoorn
Acting Associate Dean (Research) and Associate Professor · Faculty of Health Sciences
His research interests include homelessness prevention, intersectional understandings of homelessness, homelessness globally, program evaluation, health promotion, refugee housing outcomes, critical ethnography, qualitative methods, participatory action research, poverty and heal…
Abubaker Sidahmed
Assistant Professor · Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
Keywords: clinical Immunology, Immunogenetics Histocompatibility, Transplant Immunology, Immunopathology; Keywords: allotransplantation, BK virus, Allo-HLA tolerance, Innate immunity
Adam Harmes
Associate Professor · Faculty of Social Science
Dr. Harmes specializes in the competition between conservative and progressive ideas, party factions, and political parties in Canada and the United States. This includes a focus on: the left-right competition over foreign, economic, and environmental policy; the influence of par…
Adrian Budhram
Associate Professor of Neurology, Western University
Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Western University · Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
Keywords: autoimmune neurology, autoimmune encephalitis
Keywords: autoimmune neurology, neural antibody testing
Adrian Mioc
Assistant Professor · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Agustinus Kristiadi
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Science
Deep Learning, Uncertainty Quantification, Decision-Making Under Uncertainty, AI4Science
Aida Glembocki
Assistant Professor, Clinician Teacher · Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
Clinical Activities Keywords: pediatric pathology, pediatric solid tumors, perinatal pathology; Description of clinical activities: Pediatric anatomical pathologist with a clinical focus on pediatric solid tumors and perinatal pathology. Research Activities Keywords: pediatric pa…
Ajneet Dhillon
· Faculty of Science
Algebraic geometry, algebraic stacks, moduli of bundles, essential dimension and derived categories.
Alan Shepard
Professor
President & Vice-Chancellor, Western University · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
My research focuses on the relationships among spectacle, national security, history, and rhetoric in early modern Europe; on the emergence of a culture of scientific discourse in the early modern world of belles-lettres; and on the challenges facing universities today.
Aleksandra Zecevic, PhD
Professor · Faculty of Health Sciences
The focus of professor Aleksandra Zecevic's research program is on improvement of safety among the older adults by preventing falls and fall-related injuries in later life. She uses multidisciplinary research approach that has included gerontology, human factors, and biomechanics…
Alex Buchel
Professor · Faculty of Science
Superstring Theory, Quantum Gravity, Black Hole Thermodynamics, Gauge Theory, Cosmology
Alexander Meyer
Associate Professor of Classics · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
Roman imperial history; Latin epigraphy; Travel and mobility in the ancient world; Ancient clocks and calendars; Identity in antiquity; Roman provincial studies
Alexandre von Wartburg
Lecturer, Trumpet, Winds, Brass & Percussion Division, Music Performance Studies Department · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
Currently, Alexandre pursues his interests in Historically Informed Performance on baroque and classical bassoons.
Alexei Ouriadov
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Science
Low and High Field Xenon-129 including Lung and Brain, Clinical and pre-Clinical RF Coil Development Deep Learning Based Data Analysis
Research Interests: Hyperpolarized (HP) 129Xe MRI was proven to be useful for visualization of ventilated lung regions, obtaining regional inform…
Alfonso Nocilla
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Professor · Gap Fill - Law / FIMS / Health Sciences
commercial law scholar whose research focuses on domestic and cross-border bankruptcy, insolvency, and restructuring
Alice Huang
Assistant Professor · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
AI Ethics, Formal Social Epistemology, Decision Theory, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Mind
Alison Lee
Associate Professor · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
Twentieth Century British & Irish Literature; Literary Criticism & Theory; Women's Literature & Gender Studies
Allan B. MacIsaac
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Science
Computational Physics, Condensed Matter Theory, Ultra-thin magnetic systems, phase transitions and critical phenomenon
Allan Pero
Professor, Editor, English Studies in Canada · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
My teaching and research are focused on Modern British, Irish and American Literature, Drama, Psychoanalysis and Cultural Theory. Currently, I am working on a book-length project exploring the historical and philosophical underpinnings of Camp in modernism (Camp as in “How campy,…
Allison Wiebe
Lecturer, Piano, Piano Division, Music Performance Studies Department · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Allyson Page
Associate Professor · Gap Fill - Law / FIMS / Health Sciences
Professor Allyson Page focuses her program of research on advancing our understanding of speech intelligibility, psychosocial outcomes, and communicative participation in adults with degenerative neurological diseases such as Parkinson’s disease (PD) and oromandibular dystonia (O…
Alyssa MacLean
Assistant Professor · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
My scholarly work focuses on the literary relationship between Canada and the United States prior to the U.S. Civil War. Along with Miranda Green-Barteet, I am the co-creator of the Black Londoners Project (www.blacklondoners.uwo.ca), an open-access digital humanities project tha…
Amanda Friesen
Professor, Canada Research Chair in Political Psychology, Director, The Body Politics Lab · Faculty of Social Science
Dr. Friesen is a political psychologist who studies obstacles to equality in political engagement and threats to full citizen participation in democracies. Using lab studies, survey experiments, and behavioural data, she investigates the intersection of social identities, emotion…
Amanda Palmer
Lecturer, Clarinet, Winds, Brass & Percussion Division, Music Performance Studies Department · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Amanda Terry PhD
Director, Centre for Studies in Family Medicine Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics · Gap Fill - Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
the use of electronic medical records, electronic medical record data quality, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in family medicine and primary health care
Amardeep Thind
Professor of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Family Medicine and Public Health at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at Western University, Canada · Gap Fill - Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
primary care, electronic medical records, access to care for vulnerable populations, and health services research methods
Amarjeet Bassi
Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering · Faculty of Engineering
His research interests include micro-algal applications for clean water and value recovery, integrated technologies for water refining and nutrient and energy recovery using biological systems, bio-separations and biosensors.
Amir Mirzaei
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Science
Physical Vapor Deposition, Plasmas, Functional Thin films, Protective Coatings, Nanomaterials, High Entropy Materials, Corrosion Science, Hydrogen Embrittlement
At the intersection of plasma physics, (electro)chemistry, and materials science, our research focuses on the precise c…
Ana Cabrera
Assistant Professor, Clinical Microbiologist · Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
Clinical Activities Keywords: molecular microbiology, clinical microbiology, infectious diseases Description of Research Activities: I am Division Head of the Molecular Microbiology Laboratory, and also support the routine operations of the Division of Microbiology at LHSC. Resea…
Ana Luisa Trejos
Professor, Tier-2 Canada Research Chair in Wearable Mechatronics · Faculty of Engineering
My research has focused on the design, integration, and evaluation of mechatronic devices that are aimed at providing medical care. This experience led me to establish the Wearable Biomechatronics Laboratory in 2013, dedicated to the design of wearable mechatronic devices for upp…
Anand Prakash
Associate Professor · Faculty of Engineering
design and development of multiphase reactors for various applications especially in the area of clean and renewable fuels; fast response heat transfer probe; ultrasonic techniques for online characterization
Andrea Soddu
Associate Professor and Graduate Chair · Faculty of Science
Medical Physics (Neuroscience) I am interested in the study of spontaneous brain activity using fMRI, global metabolism and structural connectivity using diffusion tensor imaging in patients with disorders of consciousness, hypnosis, anesthesia, tinnitus and dementia.
Andrew Hemphill
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine · Gap Fill - Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
low-risk obstetrics, medical education, maternal and fetal effects of food-borne illnesses in pregnancy
Andrew Hrymak
Professor, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering · Faculty of Engineering
Hrymak's research interests include modeling, design and optimization of materials processing systems, in particular: composites processing, injection molding, compression molding, mixing liquid coating flows, and complex rheology.
Andrew Johnson, PhD
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs and Associate Professor · Faculty of Health Sciences
I completed my PhD in Measurement Psychology in 2002, and I am currently appointed to the School of Health Studies. My early research focus was on information processing speed, particularly as it relates to Parkinson’s disease, and I have always had an interest in diagnostic tec…
Andrew Pruszynski
· Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Andy Yu
assistant professor at Western Law · Gap Fill - Law / FIMS / Health Sciences
His background in philosophical logic and the philosophy of language informs his interests in legal philosophy, as well as constitutional law, administrative law and property law. He is particularly interested in legal interpretation. Andy's research includes doctrinal topics (th…
Angela Borchert
Associate Professor, German and Comparative Literature · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
German Literature 1700 to 1900
Comparative Literature 1650 to 1900
18th and early 19th Century cultural studies, art history and cultural history
Gender studies, literary, narrative and genre theory
German language
Intercultural Communications
Angela Mendelovici
Professor, Graduate Program Chair · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Science
Angela Park
Assistant Professor of Piano and Collaborative Piano · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
Piano and Collaborative Piano
Angela Rutledge
Associate Professor, Clinical Biochemist · Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
Keywords: endocrinology, protein electrophoresis; In addition to my interest in endocrinology-related laboratory testing and protein electrophoresis, I am also interested in ensuring appropriate utilization of laboratory tests.
Anita Kothari
Professor · Faculty of Health Sciences
Professor Anita Kothari is a leading scholar in the area of knowledge translation at Western University. Her work focuses on developing a greater understanding of how to support the use of research in decision-making by health policymakers, administrators and practitioners. Her n…
Ankush Agarwal
Associate Professor · Faculty of Science
Mathematical finance, Data science in finance, Financial statistics, Monte Carlo methods
Anne Schuurman
Professor · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
I teach and research in the area of late medieval literature, with a focus on Chaucer, Langland, and the religious culture of fourteenth-century England. My first book explored the penitential emotions of shame and guilt in Chaucer’s narrative poetry. I have articles published in…
Annette-Barbara Vogel
Professor, Violin, Strings Division, Music Performance Studies Department · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
Violin performance; chamber music; string pedagogy; recordings of German, French, and women composers’ repertoire
Anthony Skelton
Professor, Undergraduate Program Chair · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
History of Ethics, Normative Ethics, Practical Ethics
My primary research interests are in moral philosophy and its history. I have written on Sidgwick and related figures, the nature of well-being, achievement, adolescent consent and capacity, and, more recently, the ethics of m…
Anthony Tang
Professor - Department of Medicine · Gap Fill - Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
Dr. Tang's clinical and research expertise is on the diagnosis and treatment of patients with cardiac arrhythmia, particularly in heart failure patients. He has conducted multi-national, multicentre clinical trials in the last 15 years. The research on the addition of CRT to Imp…
Arghya Paul
Canada Research Chair, Associate Professor · Faculty of Engineering
Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Advanced Cell-Instructive Materials and Biotherapeutics. Paul Biointel Research Laboratory at Western will focus on developing new class of mechanically robust nanocomposite hydrogels with bioactive properties for tissue regeneration, regenerative …
Ashley McAlpine
Lecturer, FCIA, FSA · Faculty of Science
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Ashraf El Damatty
Professor and Chair · Faculty of Engineering
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Ava John-Baptiste
Associate Professor · Gap Fill - Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
Economic evaluation of public health interventions; Decision analytic modelling and simulation to inform health policy; Health Services Research; Social determinants of health and health equity; Perioperative health services and health technologies
Ayan Sadhu
Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor · Faculty of Engineering
Dr. Sadhu's research is focused on addressing the practical challenges of structural health monitoring while harnessing the capability of modern sensing technology. His current projects involve both theoretical as well as experimental research in areas including structural condit…
Ayman M. El Ansary
Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Graduate · Faculty of Engineering
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
B. Hamilton
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Engineering
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Barbara Sarma
Lecturer, Dance, Music Education Department · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Bekim Sadikovic
Professor and Program Head, Molecular Diagnostics Program, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine · Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
clinical molecular genetics, clinical cytogenetics, NGS, clinical epigenetics, DNA methylation; NGS, epigenetics, genome-wide DNA methylation analysis
Belal Ahmad
· Gap Fill - Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
His clinical and research interests center on genitourinary malignancies, gastrointestinal malignancies, skin cancer, and palliative radiotherapy.
Bernd Steinbock
Associate Professor of Classics · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
Social Memory, Archaic and Classical Greek History, Greek and Roman Historiography, Classical Rhetoric and Oratory, Roman Republican History, Late Antiquity.
Bertha Garcia
Professor · Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
Keywords: transplantation, animal models
Description of Research Activities: Collaborator on animal models of allo and xenotransplantation.
Bethany Hörst
Lecturer, Voice, Voice Division, Music Performance Studies Department · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Betty Anne Younker
Professor Emerita · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
Her research interests include critical and creative thinking within the disciplines of philosophy and psychology, which has been published in national and international journals and as book chapters; and has been presented at national and international conferences.
Bing Li
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering · Faculty of Engineering
His research interests include rockfall hazard analysis, radar and photogrammetry using ground and drone-based imaging, permafrost, erosion, micro-earthquake monitoring and fracture imaging in rocks at the field scale of mining, civil, and energy applications, as well as using la…
Blaine Chronik
Professor · Faculty of Science
Medical physics
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
The MR Systems Development Lab has personnel engaged in research in the following areas:
Electromagnetic and mechanical modeling in MRI systems
Medical device assessments for MRI environment
Resistive magnet design and manufacture
Gradie…
Blair Welsh
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Social Science
Dr. Welsh's research investigates the politics of armed violence and development across three major themes: 1) causes and consequences of armed violence; 2) conflict and displacement; and 3) post-conflict recovery.
Dr. Welsh’s research is published or forthcoming in Internationa…
Bogdan Tudose
Assistant Professor · Faculty of Science
The Classical Limit of The Quantum Theory: Rydberg Wave Packet, Squeezed States
Geometrical and Topological Methods In Quantum Physics, Geometric Quantization
The Foundations of Quantum Mechanics
Bojana Djordjevic
Associate Professor · Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
Keywords: gynecologic pathology, cancer biomarkers, healthcare management
My research activities are focused on the development of cancer biomarkers in gynecologic pathology and their and integration into clinical practice. My other academic interests include trainee mentorship,…
Borys Medicky
Consultant - Early Music Studio, Music Performance Studies Department · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Boyu Wang
Associate Professor · Faculty of Science
I am primarily working on transfer/multitask/lifelong learning, which is essential for building an intelligent agent in the real world with any amount of versatility. On the application side, I am interested in applying these techniques to brain signal analysis to solve the probl…
Brad Urquhart
· Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Bret Wehrli
Associate Professor · Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
Keywords: head and neck pathology, bone and soft tissue pathology, immunohistochemistry, dermatopathology, breast pathology, gastrointestinal pathology
Keywords: head and neck pathology, bone and soft tissue pathology, immunohistochemistry
Brett Kingsbury
Assistant Professor, Piano Division, Music Performance Studies Department · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
His research and teaching focus on exploring ways in which music theory and history can enlighten and enhance the performer’s understanding of music in performance.
Brian Diemert
Professor · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
My research mostly centres on Twentieth-Century American and British fiction, but I am also interested in detective fiction, cultural studies, and, recently, issues of adaptation.
Brian Keller
Assistant Professor · Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
Clinical Activities Keywords: GI and liver pathology, GU pathology, molecular pathology
Description of Research Activities: I work as a pathologist with a primary focus in GI and liver pathology. I also participate in the GU pathology, molecular pathology, and pediatric pathology…
Bruce Morrison
Assistant Professor, Chair, Undergraduate Program · Faculty of Social Science
Dr. Morrison focuses his research efforts primarily on democratization and state formation, especially in association with the historical Western European cases, but with a view to broader comparisons. He is also working on transnational democracy, social movements, and political…
Bryan Heit
Associate Professor · Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
Area of Study: Macrophage function in health & disease. Fields of Interest: -Macrophages -Immunology -Antigen Processing -Atherosclerosis -Pneumonia
C. Nadine Wathen
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Mobilizing Knowledge on Gender-Based Violence · Faculty of Health Sciences
Professor Wathen's research examines the health and social service sector response to gender-based violence, interventions to reduce health inequities, and the science of knowledge mobilization. A particular focus is developing person-centred interventions that enhance health equ…
C.T. DeGroot
Associate Professor · Faculty of Engineering
His main research interest is in wastewater modelling, including wastewater-based epidemiology, sewer bioprocesses, activated sludge processes, UV reactors, and microalgae photobioreactors.
Cady Zeman-Pocrnich
Assistant Professor · Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
cytopathology, lung/thoracic pathology, breast pathology, GI pathology
Cam Tsujita
Associate Professor · Faculty of Science
Taphonomic (post-mortem) processes and fossil preservation; Paleoecology of Paleozoic and Mesozoic invertebrate communities; Event stratigraphy; Molluscan paleobiology (with a focus on ammonoids); Geomicrobiology (as pertaining to fossil preservation); Sedimentology and stratigra…
Cameron Anderson
Professor · Faculty of Social Science
Professor Anderson’s research interests lie in the area of Canadian political behaviour with specific interests in economic voting, political identity and citizen behaviour in a multilevel setting.
Carol Hunsberger
Associate Professor · Faculty of Social Science
Research Areas: Political ecology, energy justice, biofuels, pipeline politics, environmental governance
Research Interests: I am a human geographer interested in the political ecology of energy systems, especially biofuels and pipelines. On one level this means studying the out…
Carol Jones
Professor · Faculty of Science
Circumstellar Disk-like Distributions of Material
Computational Astrophysics
Emission-line stars
Be stars
The study of disks surrounding massive stars offers a wonderful test-bed of physics that can teach us about many different phenomena.
Currently, my research focuses on the p…
Carole Creuzenet
Associate Professor · Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
Area of Study: Glycobiology, virulence factors and host interactions for gastro-intestinal bacterial pathogens.
Fields of Interest:
-Bacterial glycobiology, novel sugar synthesis enzymes, structure/function studies
-Bacterial virulence factors, bacterial genetics, knockout mutant…
Caroline Dick
Associate Professor · Faculty of Social Science
Professor Dick’s research interests lie at the intersection of law and politics with a specific focus on racism and sexism in state structures, including the judiciary. She has a particular interest in the rights of minority social groups, in-group minorities, and Indigenous peop…
Carolyn McLeod
Distinguished Professor; Associate Dean Research and Graduate Studies for the Faculty of Arts & Humanities · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
Applied Ethics, Feminist Philosophy, Health Care Ethics, Moral Philosophy
Cedric Briens
Professor · Faculty of Engineering
His areas of expertise are fluidization and particulate operations, which he has applied, for example, to the development of new reactor technology for the conversion of biomass and heavy oils into valuable products.
Chad Louwerse
Assistant Professor, Voice, Voice Division, Music Performance Studies Department · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Chantelle Richmond
Professor, Canada Research Chair, Joint Appointed with Indigenous Studies, Co-chair, Indigenous Faculty Advisory Council · Faculty of Social Science
Indigenous health, Indigenous health and the environment, Environmental repossession, Structural determinants of health, Indigenous knowledge, Relational accountability, Indigenous methodologies, Community-based research, Indigenous mentorship, Indigenization
Chantelle Richmond …
Chao Zhang
Professor · Faculty of Engineering
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Charles Jones
Associate Professor · Faculty of Social Science
Professor Jones specializes in contemporary political theory and the history of political thought, with an emphasis on global justice, human rights, freedom, and equality.
Charles Weijer
Professor · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
Bioethics, Research Ethics
Chelsea Melamed Cushman
Assistant Professor, Voice, Voice Division, Music Performance Studies Department · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Cheryl Currie
Professor · Gap Fill - Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
Social Epidemiology, Epidemiologic Methods, Addictive Behaviour, Marginalized Populations
Cheryl Forchuk
Distinguished University Professor; Beryl and Richard Ivey Research Chair in Aging, Mental Health, Rehabilitation and Recovery; Scientist and Assistant Director at Lawson Health Research Institute · Faculty of Health Sciences
Professor Forchuk’s research interests lie in the area of mental health, in particular the development and testing of supportive models of care. Her research explores therapeutic relationships, and explores systems issues related to mental health care including implementation of …
Cheryle Seguin
· Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
No research summary on file — use the link to visit this professor’s homepage.
Chios Carmody
Professor · Gap Fill - Law / FIMS / Health Sciences
public international law, international trade law and international business transactions
Chris Armstrong
Associate Professor · Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
Keywords: gyn, breast, and autopsy pathology
Chris Hall
· Faculty of Science
I am an arithmetic geometer with interests in number theory, geometry, graph theory, and cryptography.
Chris Howlett
Associate Professor · Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
Keywords: hematopathology, molecular pathology, lung pathology, gastrointestinal pathology
Keywords: neuroendocrine tumours, lymphoma, molecular pathology
Chris Roulston
· Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
Anne Lister; marriage literature; boarding school literature; eighteenth-century women’s literature; Mme de Graffigny; queer theory; feminist theory; poststructuralism
Christina McCord
Associate Professor · Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
Keywords: oral pathology, oral medicine Keywords: oral pathology, oral epithelial dysplasia, oral cancer, human papillomavirus, salivary gland neoplasia, odontogenic tumours Description of Research Activities: Research interests include biomarker expression in oral epithelial dys…
Christine Tithecott
Assistant Professor, Accompanying for Credit Coordinator, Piano Division, Music Performance Studies Department · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
Piano Pedagogy, Accompanying, Piano Performance, Contemporary Canadian repertoire
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