Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies

Spotlight on Faculty

Portrait of Dr. Sarah Wootton, Pathobiology at the University of Guelph

Sarah Wootton

The overarching goal of research in my lab is to engineer viruses to prevent, treat and cure diseases, including monogenic lung diseases, infectious diseases, and cancer.​

Amy Greer

Amy Greer

My research uses mathematical models and computer simulation to help identify improved infectious disease prevention and control strategies in both humans and animals. Our work has a significant impact on public health and veterinary health, by strengthening planning and disease control strategies to prevent infectious disease outbreaks.

Portrai of Rebecca Shapiro

Rebecca Shapiro

I run a dynamic research program that tackles important biological questions, using cutting-edge molecular tools and technologies.

Email: shapiror@uoguelph.ca

Portrait of Dr. Paul Sibley

Paul Sibley

My research is designed to better understand the relative risks that environmental stressors may pose to the biota of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems with the goal of improving scientific and public understanding of those risks.​

Email: psibley@uoguelph.ca

Portrait of Wanhong Yang

Wanhong Yang

My research program is the only one in Canada that integrates economics, hydrology, and GIS to examine the cost effectiveness of landscape conservation programs.

Email: wayang@uoguelph.ca

Mark J. Fenske

Mark J. Fenske

My lab combines measures of human behaviour with brain imaging techniques, such as functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), to examine the cognitive and neural mechanisms of visual recognition and affective response, and how...

Email: mfenske@uoguelph.ca

Headshot of Paola Mayer

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

Portrait of Dr. W. David Lubitz

W. David Lubitz

I combine experiments, simulations, and theory to tackling problems like improving small hydropower systems, modeling the climate inside greenhouses, and studying airflow in both industrial processes and outdoors.

Email: wlubitz@uoguelph.ca