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Core faculty are primarily members of the Department of Chemistry and Biology with additional members from the Departments of Chemical Engineering, Nutrition and Food, and Physics. All have excellent research and teaching records and most are actively engaged in research supported by agencies such as the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research, the Heart and Stroke Foundation as well as other governmental and not-for-profit sector sources. Funding from industry is also an important component of support for several faculty members. |
Program DirectorDebora Foster | |
Participating FacultyEmily Agard Costin Antonescu Catherine Beauchemin |
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Roberto Botelho We are interested in understanding the molecular mechanisms that drive organelle biogenesis and function, or in other words, how cells establish, maintain and change organelles and how these organelles function. We pay particular attention to phosphoinositide signaling lipids and GTPases, which act like switchable molecular beacons or tags to endow organelle membranes with their properties. Currently, we employ three model systems to study organelle biogenesis and function: i) we study the endosomal-vacuolar membrane system using yeast genetics and biochemistry; ii) we study phagosome formation and maturation, an essential immune process needed to fight off pathogens and iii) we are investigating the generation and function of tubular lysosomes in immune cells, which are linked to antigen presentation." |
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Lesley Campbell |
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| Imogen R. Coe Professor, Dean, Faculty of Science BSc (University of Exeter); MSc (University of Victoria); PhD (University of Victoria) My Website Structure, function, regulation of transporters and other membrane proteins.Structure, function, regulation of transporters and other membrane proteins. imogen.coe@ryerson.ca | |
| Mario Estable Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biology B.Sc. Ottawa, M.Sc. Laval, Ph.D. British Columbia My Webpage Biochemistry, molecular retrovirology, examination of the effects of environmental conditions on gene mutations and their role in human disease, gene transcription factors and DNA sequencing. mestable@ryerson.ca |
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| Christopher Evans Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biology Associate Dean (Interim): Undergraduate Science Programs and Student Affairs, Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Science B.Sc. (Hons), M.Sc. Carleton, Ph.D. Ottawa My Webpage A primary interest is processes in supramolecular host-guest systems. There are two areas of emphasis: (i) cyclodextrin (CD)-based polymer materials for environmental remediation and sensing of explosive materials; (ii) the behaviour of inclusion complexes between CDs and organic molecules in water. I am also interested in molecularly imprinted polymers and development of "smart" polymers. The main tools we use are techniques such fluorescence, absorption and NMR spectroscopy. A second area of interest for me is chemical degradation of 19th and 20th century photographic materials. cevans@ryerson.ca | |
Jeffrey Fillingham | |
Daniel Foucher | |
| Kimberley Gilbride Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biology B.Sc. Concordia, M.Sc. Guelph, Ph.D. Toronto My Webpage My primary research focus is the examination of the composition and diversity of microbial populations in complex environmental samples. I use a wide range of molecular methods such as rt-PCR, DGGE and FISH to monitor and detect specific bacterial populations and microbial pathogens in both surface water and biologically treated wastewater. gilbride@ryerson.ca | |
| Robert A. Gossage Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biology Member, Royal Society of Chemistry, Nova Scotian Institute of Science and the Chemical Society of Japan B.Sc. Guelph, Ph.D. Victoria My Webpage Dr. Robert A. Gossage's research program is centred around synthetic inorganic and organic chemistry. Primarily this involves the investigation of a class of metal binding agents called the "oxazoles". Oxazoles are a small ring system containg carbon, nitrogen and oxygen and this class of molecules can be found in nature or can be made in the lab. Further details on the various projects in the Gossage Research group can be found at the website http://oxazoles.ca. gossage@ryerson.ca | |
| Martina Hausner Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biology B.Sc. Toronto, M.Sc. Waterloo, Ph.D. Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich My Webpage Microbial Ecology, Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology, Biofilms. Characterization of the structure, composition and function of biofilms and other bioaggregates. Fate of catabolic plamids in biofilms, bioaugmentation. Drinking water biofilms. martina.hausner@ryerson.ca | |
| Darrick V. Heyd Associate Dean Undergraduate Science Program and Student Affairs Associate Professor B.Sc. Victoria, Ph.D. Toronto My Webpage In-situ observation of adsorption and photoreactions on surfaces; developing rapid, in-situ analytical techniques for detecting and quantifying organic compounds in wood. Principal Research Tools: Raman microscopy, ATR infrared spectroscopy, and atomic force microsopy AFM). dheyd@ryerson.ca | |
| Anne Johnson Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biology B.Sc. (Hons.) Toronto, Ph.D. British Columbia My Webpage Organic chemistry education; bio-organic chemistry, particularly mechanistic enzymology. a3johnso@ryerson.ca | |
| Marie Killeen Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biology B.Sc. University College Galway, M.Sc. York, Ph.D. Toronto My Webpage Cues that guide neurons and migrating cells during development of the nervous system using Caenorhabditis elegans as a model genetic organism; research goal is to contribute to knowledge about reestablishment of a functional nervous system after spinal cord injury in humans. mkilleen@ryerson.ca | |
Bryan Koivisto Associate Professor, Department of Physics B.Sc. Waterloo, M.Sc., Ph.D. Toronto My Webpage Ultrasound imaging and therapeutics, ultrasound imaging, heat transfer in tissue, thermal therapies; the use of high frequency ultrasound imaging (20-60MHz) for the detection of cell death; collaborating with researchers at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto to determine whether this methodology can be used in animal tumor models (to detect the death of cancer cells), and participating in a clinical trial involving cancer patients with superficial tumors. mkolios@ryerson.ca | |
| Andrew Laursen Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biology A.B. Colgate, Ph.D. Notre Dame My Webpage Ecosystem Ecology, Biogeochemisty, Limnology. Nitrogen and carbon biogeochemistry in aquatic ecosystems; methods to measure gas evolving/consuming processes in rivers; specific applications and methodological limitations of methods; stressor effects on ecosystems, including effects of toxicants and community structure on elemental cycling and phytoplankton composition; development of real-time biomonitoring devices to assess water safety. alaursen@ryerson.ca | |
| Julia Lu Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biology B.Sc. Qinghai, M.Sc. St. Francis Xavier, Ph.D. Carleton My Webpage Development, evaluation and applications of analytical method for environmental studies, identification and quantification of chemical pollutants in the natural environment, metal speciation in environmental samples, and pollutants in the Arctic. julialu@ryerson.ca | |
| John Marshall Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biology B.Sc.F., M.Sc. Toronto, Ph.D. Waterloo My Webpage A protein biochemist and biophysicist who works primarily at the cellular level or with respect to innate or humoral immunity or cellular defense. Research ranges from environmental or cytochrome P450-regulated changes to extra cellular matrix, the activation of phagocytes or white blood cells such as neutrophils or macrophages, and changes in the composition of blood proteins in response to disease pathology. 4marshal@ryerson.ca | |
| Lynda McCarthy Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biology B.Sc. (Hons) Queen's, Ph.D. Waterloo My Webpage Environmental biology and environmental biotechnology, aquatic ecotoxicology, assessment of pollution and remediation, particularly endocrine disruptors in Great Lakes aquatic systems, land applications of pulp mill bio-solids and their impacts. l3mccart@ryerson.ca | |
| David A. Naranjit Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biology BSc, McM., MSc, Carleton., PhD, Toronto, MCIC, CChem My Webpage naranjit@ryerson.ca | |
| Ana Pejovic-Milic Associate Professor, Department of Physics BSc, MSc, Belgrade, MSc, PhD, McMaster My Webpage Medical physics, trace elements analysis in humans, bone strontium, aluminum, manganese, and magnesium, nuclear analytical methods for medical applications, X-ray fluorescence (XRF), in vivo neutron activation analysis (IVNAA). anamilic@ryerson.ca | |
| Dérick Rousseau Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biology Ph.D. Guelph My Webpage Food emulsion stability; phase separation in mixed systems; bloom formation in chocolate; vitamin enrichment of dairy products; development of biocompatible matrices for controlled release and delivery rousseau@ryerson.ca | |
| Ginette Turcotte Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Western Ontario My Webpage Biological processes in upgrading food wastes, biofuel ethanol, cellulose degradation of agricultural and food residues. gturcott@ryerson.ca | |
| Russell D. Viirre Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biology B.Sc. (Hons.), Ph.D. Western Ontario My Webpage Synthetic Organic, Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry; the development of chemical reactions used in the synthesis of medicinally interesting compounds; the synthesis of natural products (non-ribosomal peptides) with biological activities including strong anti-cancer activites; the uses of Peptide Nucleic Acid (PNA) as a genetic medicine or as a biosensor. rviirre@ryerson.ca | |
| Warren Wakarchuk Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biology BSc, MSc, PhD, University of British Columbia My Webpage My research goals are to use glycobiology to bridge fundamental and clinical biomedical research. Projects will involve the determination of glycosytransferase enzyme donor/acceptor specificity, and contributions to the determination of 3D structures; new enzyme discovery and protein engineering to modify the enzyme specificity. We built a toolkit of enzymes for the in vitro synthesis of many bioactive glycans, and are applying this knowledge to the development of therapeutic compounds. The group also has an interest in the understanding of protein glycosylation in soil bacteria that degrade cellulose and other polysaccharides. In particular we are studying how this modification is made, and what it contributes to the biology of those microorganisms. wwakarchuk@ryerson.ca | |
| Gideon Wolfaardt Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biology B.Sc. (& Higher Educ. Diploma) Orange Free State, B.Ed. (cum laude) South Africa, B.Sc. (Hons.), M.Sc. Pretoria, Ph.D. Saskatchewan My Webpage http://www.ryerson.ca/biofilmecology/ The role of biofilms in the environmental survival and proliferation of microorganisms leading to improved metabolic activity and persistence in the presence of microbes; biofilm formation as a common phenomenon amongst microbes; biofilms as major contributors to biofouling and biodeterioration; biofilms as a useful function in environmental and engineered systems. gwolfaar@ryerson.ca | |
| R. Stephen Wylie Chair Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biology B.Sc. (Hons), Ph.D. Queen's My Webpage Inorganic coordination chemistry; supramolecular chemistry (the study of non-covalent and partially covalent bonding between chemical species, with particular emphasis on the organization and control of persistent, structurally defined assemblies), physical chemistry of solution state self-assembly reactions. swylie@ryerson.ca | |
| Yvonne Yuan Associate Professor, School of Nutrition My Webpage Food chemistry related to functional foods and chronic disease risk factors and health; antioxidant and biological activity of plant foods, specifically the edible marine algae (seaweeds) from Western (British Columbia) and Atlantic Canada (New Brunswick and Nova Scotia); the effects of diet components on biomechanical strength of bone as well as the effects of dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on tissue antioxidant status. yyuan@ryerson.ca |
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