Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies

Spotlight on Faculty

Portrait of Dr. Olga Smoliak

Olga Smoliak

I examine professional interactions in the context of therapy. I use discourse and conversation analysis to study the micro-details of social interaction.

Tricia Van Rhijn

Tricia Van Rhijn

My research interests include parent-child relationships, child development, early childhood education and care, child and family well-being, family relations, various aspects of work-life integration (as well as school-life or school-work-life integration), and the experiences of non-traditional students in formal post-secondary education, in particular mature students and student parents. 

Email: tricia.vanrhijn@uoguelph.ca

Portrait of Dr. Emily Chiang

Emily Chiang

Dr. Chiang specializes in environmental remediation, industrial waste valorization, wastewater treatment and green chemistry. 

Email: chiange@uoguelph.ca

Portrait of Dr. Andrew Gadsden

Andrew Gadsden

My research is in the area of mechanical and electrical engineering. It involves the development of intelligent control and estimation strategies with applications to mechatronic systems, robotics, and real-world problems.

Email: gadsden@uoguelph.ca

Headshot of Aziz Houmam

Aziz Houmam

My research interests lie in the areas of electron transfer initiated reactions, surface and interfacial chemistry, and synthesis and applications of metal sulfide materials.

Email: Houmam@uoguelph.ca

Portrait of Dr. Charlie Obimbo

Charlie Obimbo

My main areas of research include computer systems security and intrusion detection and prevention systems. In the latter part, I aim to create an intrusion detection and prevention system which are able to detect and protect network intrusions effectively and in  reasonable

 time.

Email: cobimbo@uoguelph.ca