Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies

Spotlight on Faculty

Portrait of  Professor Mostafa Elsharqawy on the roof of the Engineering building

Mostafa Elsharqawy

2.1 billion people lack safe drinking water at home and around 1.2 billion people have no access to electricity. My research focus is in the area of applied Thermofluids with particular interest in clean energy and clean water technologies.

Email: melsharq@uoguelph.ca

University of Guelph Biomedical Sciences Professor Laura A. Favetta

Laura Favetta

The research that we conduct in my laboratory aims to understand the causes of infertility at the gene level and pinpoint the mechanisms through which toxicants affect fertility both in humans and farm animals. Understanding how things happen will help in finding ways of overcoming it.​

Email: lfavetta@uoguelph.ca

Portrait of Dr. Mervyn Horgan

Mervyn Horgan

My research examines conflicts around public space to learn how we can live together more equitably.

Email: mhorgan@uoguelph.ca

Jeji Varghese

Jeji Varghese

My research aims to improve life by helping diverse human societies to better relate to each other and think more critically about the impacts of our actions on our fellow non-human beings.

Email: varghese@uoguelph.ca

Headshot of Elizabeth G. Boulding

Elizabeth Boulding

My research looks at scales of local genetic adaptation to exotic Predators by Prey with high and low dispersal potential as well as ecological genomics and local adaptation of wild and aquacultural populations of Canadian Atlantic salmon.

Amy Greer

Amy Greer

My research uses mathematical models and computer simulation to help identify improved infectious disease prevention and control strategies in both humans and animals. Our work has a significant impact on public health and veterinary health, by strengthening planning and disease control strategies to prevent infectious disease outbreaks.

Headshot of Deborah Powell

Deborah Powell

My research focuses mainly on personnel selection, with an emphasis on finding valid and fair methods of hiring the best employees. Most recently, I have investigated employment interviews as a promising approach to measuring personality in job applicants. My research also...

Email: dpowell@uoguelph.ca