Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies

Spotlight on Faculty

Katrina Merkies

Katrina Merkies

My research program revolves around horses - behaviour, welfare, equitation and management.

Email: kmerkies@uoguelph.ca

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Leah Levac

My community-engaged research collaborations focus on the interplay between citizens – particularly young women and women in northern communities – and the framing and development of public policy.​

Email: llevac@uoguelph.ca

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Ryan Prosser

The School of Environmental Sciences (SES) at the University of Guelph is a great place for your graduate education as it provides the opportunity to be exposed and/or get experience in a multitude of scientific disciplines.

Email: prosserr@uoguelph.ca

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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

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Paola Mayer

I am interested in German and Austrian literature and thought from the late 18th to the early 20th century. My focus is on the fantastic and uncanny, myth and fairy tales. My current research deals with the aesthetics of terror in the romantic period.

Email: pmayer@uoguelph.ca

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Emily Chiang

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

Email: chiange@uoguelph.ca

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Madhur Anand

Humans and their environment are coupled systems and we need to study them as such to improve life for all.

Email: manand@uoguelph.ca

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Stephen Seah

We are interested in structure-function relationships of enzymes and enzyme evolution. We are studying steroid degrading enzymes from the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other related bacteria. We are also interested in enzymes that can be used to detoxify environmental pollutants.

Email: sseah@uoguelph.ca

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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