Faculty of Science
The following is a list of Sustainability Researchers in the Faculty of Science.
Researcher
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Department
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Research Topic(s)
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Anne Wilson
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Psychology |
- Motivation to exercise and to eat better
- Environmental responsibility
- Body image, sociocultural norms for appearance and how the media affects women's and men's self-image and relationships
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Christian Jordan
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Psychology |
The pyschology of social cognition, self esteem, and attitudes. |
Colleen Loomis
|
Psychology |
How communities promote inclusion and participation, particularly with educational resources for multicultural groups and immigrants. |
Deborah MacLatchy
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Biology |
- Ecology and biotoxicology
- Endocrine disruption in aquatic environments
- Aquatic environmental contaminants (pulp and paper, mining, sewage)
- Women in science
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Frederique Guinel
|
Biology |
Working on nodulation of legumes, studying how these plants allow nitrogen-fixing rhizobia to enter and function within their roots. To understand such a symbiosis has great potential on green agriculture as legumes do not need the addtion of polluting fertilizers. |
J. Richard Elliot
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Health Sciences
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Regression and time series analysis of environmental and biological data.
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Jane Rutherford
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Biology |
Factors affecting the structure of benthic invertebrate communities in streams, especially the Grand Rvier, from Belwood Conservation Area (Shand Dam) to West Montrose (covered bridge). |
Jim McGeer
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Biology |
Environmental effects monitoring
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Lucy Lee
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Biology |
Environmental toxicology
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Manuel Reimer
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Psychology |
Community-based change for the promotion of environmentally sustainable behaviours, networks and collaboration, change within complex social systems, evaluation research, and implementation and sustainability of social programs. |
Marc Kilgour
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Mathematics |
Environmental management
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Michael P. Wilkie
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Biology |
- Environmental physiology Fish physiology and metabolism
- Sea lamprey biology
- Fish gill structure and function
- Toxicology of waterborne metals to fishes
- Toxicology of sea lamprey pesticide
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Mihai Costea
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Biology |
- Plant Conservation
- Diversity and evolution of various plant morphologies and structures
- Reproductive biology: diversity of strategies and their evolution
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Robb Travers
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Psychology |
- HIV ‘risk behaviours' in broader social context and the development and impact of interventions at various levels (individual, community, and structural/societal).
- factors that impede emotional well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth as well as people living with HIV/AIDS.
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Scott Smith
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Chemistry |
Environmental Chemistry
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