Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies

Spotlight on Faculty

Portrait of Naresh Thevathasan

Naresh Thevathasan

University of Guelph is the oldest university in Canada with reputed national and international agroforestry and biomass for bioenergy programs.

Email: nthevath@uoguelph.ca

Portrait of Dr. Kate Parizeau

Kate Parizeau

Dr. Kate Parizeau is interested in research questions concerning the social context of waste and its management. Her research uses waste management practices as a lens through which to interrogate complex systems of social organization and human exchanges with the natural world.

Email: kate.parizeau@uoguelph.ca

University of Guelph professor Ryan Gibson

Ryan Gibson

My current research explores the role of rural governance, place-based development, philanthropy, rural policy, community economic development, and rural immigration and mobility.

University of Guelph Professor Paul Voroney, Environmental Sciences

Paul Voroney

My research program studies the effects of agricultural management practices (tillage and cropping systems) on the nature and dynamics of soil organic matter (SOM).​

Email: pvoroney@uoguelph.ca

Portrait of Michele Oliver

Michele Oliver

My research improves life by assessing workplace tasks and devices for end user injury potential. Once the risk is understood, new methods and devices are designed to minimize the potential of developing injuries such as carpal tunnel syndrome.

Email: moliver@uoguelph.ca

Portrait of Dr. Jennifer Silver

Jennifer Silver

Jennifer's research is concerned with the roles of institutions, markets, and technologies in environmental governance. Topically, many of her projects have centered on oceans, marine resource management, and coastal and Indigenous communities.

Email: j.silver@uoguelph.ca