Department of Biology

Dr. Butler received her PhD in microbiology from the University of Waterloo in 1985. Thereafter...

Professor Charles is a microbiologist with expertise in bacterial molecular genetics. His...

Research in the Chuong’s lab focuses on understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms that...

Dr. Paul Craig's current research focuses on abiotic factors associated with climate change...

Ecosystem engineers Many important ecological relationships are non-trophic. For example,...

Dr. Dayeh's primary focus is on undergraduate teaching and joined the Department of Biology in...

Research in Professor Dixon's laboratory is directed towards characterizing fish immune systems...

Professor Dixon has more than 35 years experience in aquatic toxicology and environmental risk...

Due to continual advances in sequencing and other “omics” technologies, biology is experiencing...

Professor Duncker's lab is using the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae in cancer-related...

Dr. Dupont joined the Department of Biology in 2003 as a full-time lecturer. Her focus is on...

Mitochondria are essential energy generators in almost all eukaryotic cell and defects in...

Environmental Chemistry and Biology Phytoremediation of xenobiotic contamination; ultraviolet...

Professor Hall’s research centers on improving our understanding of the roles of natural...

All organisms undergo a heat shock or stress response when exposed to temperatures a few degrees...

Professor Holyoak's laboratory’s research interests lie in the areas of enzyme structure,...

Research in the Hug lab seeks to define microbial diversity and function at contaminated sites...