Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies

Spotlight on Faculty

Professor Giannina Descalzi at the University of Guelph

Giannina Descalzi

Chronic pain is a debilitating condition affecting 1 in 5 humans and animals. Our research aims to address the urgent need for the development of effective therapeutic strategies to clinically alleviate chronic pain symptoms.

Email: gdescalz@uoguelph.ca

Portrait of Dr. Marcel Schlaf

Marcel Schlaf

The ultimate goal of our research is to develop technology that helps to enable a shift of our carbon resource from fossil non-renewables (crude oil, natural gas and coal) to renewable biomass in form of agricultural and forestry byproducts such as corn stover, straws, wood chips and bark, etc.

Email: mschlaf@uoguelph.ca

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 Dr. Alejandro Marangoni

Alejandro Marangoni

Guelph has the top Food Science program in the world. We do exciting research at the forefront of the Food Science endeavor.

Email: amarango@uoguelph.ca

Portrait of Dr. Anna Stanley

Anna Stanley

My research focuses on settler colonial dimensions of Canadian resource governance, particularly in the areas of mining and mineral exploration.

Email: astanley.e@gmail.com

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Ross McKitrick

My research is in the area of Environmental Economics, ranging from typical economics topics like taxes and policy analysis, to more interdisciplinary work such as...

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