Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies

Spotlight on Faculty

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

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. Jaclyn Cockburn

Jaclyn Cockburn

Physical processes and human activities change the landscape and increasingly these factors work in tandem on the Earth’s surface; these interactions are what inspire and drive my research.

Email: jaclyn.cockburn@uoguelph.ca

Portrait of Dr. Rosario Gómez

Rosario Gómez

Language is in a constant process of change. Understanding the hows and whys of change and the effects it has on society can help us better understand each other as human beings.

Email: rogomez@uoguelph.ca

Portrait of Dr. Rozita Dara

Rozita Dara

Dr. Rozita Dara is the Principal Investigator of Data Management and Privacy Governance research program. Her research group focuses on advancing the next generation of Internet of Things platforms using artificial intelligence, with a particular focus on information privacy governance.

Eric Nost, University of Guelph Professor of Geography

Eric Nost

I research how data and digital technologies inform environmental governance.​

Portrait of Dr. Roberta Hawkins

Roberta Hawkins

It is important to consider how our everyday decisions as residents of Canada affect global (or distant) issues, people and places in positive and negative ways.

Email: rhawkins@uoguelph.ca