Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies

Spotlight on Faculty

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

Professor Leonid Brown

Professor Leonid Brown

We study light-activated membrane proteins important in bioenergetics and vision. In our research, we combine methods of modern biophysics with techniques of molecular biology and biochemistry.

Email: leonid@physics.uoguelph.ca

Portrait of professor Leith Deacon

Leith Deacon

The central research goal of my research is to examine the concept of resiliency and sustainability within the context of resource-based communities to address the often problematic relationship(s) between resource reliance, community well-being, and adaptive capacity.

Email: Leith.Deacon@uoguelph.ca

Portrait of Mavis Morton

Mavis Morton

Our program offers an opportunity to work with diverse faculty, develop and apply theory and qualitative, quantitative & mixed research skills and communicate in clear and accessible written, oral and visual forms with and for multiple audiences to affect positive social change.

Email: mavis.morton@uoguelph.ca

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