Faculty members
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Isabelle Benoit Gelber
Assistant Professor, Biology
- 514-848-2424, ext. 5677
- L-GE 230-17
- isabelle.benoit@concordia.ca
Filamentous fungi; Genomics; Molecular Microbiology; Microbial interactions; -
Christopher L Brett
Professor, Biology
Co-Director, Centre for Microscopy at Concordia
Concordia University Research Chair in Applied Cell Science
- 514-848-2424, ext. 3398
- L-SP 553-15
- Christopher.Brett@concordia.ca
Fundamental lysosome biology and its role in aging; Engineered extracellular vesicles for therapeutic applications -
Behavioural ecology, Chemical ecology, Predator-prey interactions, Cognitive ecology, Trinidadian guppies, Atlantic salmon, Convict cichlids -
Selvadurai Dayanandan
Professor and Chair, Biology Department, Biology
- 514-848-2424, ext. 3414
- L-SP 445-01
- daya.dayanandan@concordia.ca
Evolution and maintenance of biodiversity in forest and agricultural landscapes -
Individual behaviour in insect-plant interactions, and its role in population-level processes -
My background is in evolutionary ecology, specifically the evolution of traits constrained by genetic correlations. I currently do not have an active research program, concentrating instead on teaching Introductory Biology (BIOL 201) and some other courses (not accepting graduate students) -
Dylan Fraser
Associate Professor, Biology
- 514-848-2424, ext. 8729
- L-SP 437-03
- dylan.fraser@concordia.ca
Evolutionary applications to conservation biology; adaptation to environmental change; fisheries and wildlife management; population, conservation and quantitative genetics; molecular ecology. -
Madoka Gray-Mitsumune
Senior Lecturer, Biology
Undergraduate Program Director, Biology
Co-op Academic Director, Biology
- 514-848-2424, ext. 4026
- L-SP 375-15
- madoka.gray-mitsumune@concordia.ca
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The distribution of resources in space and time and their influences on the aggressiveness of animals -
Genomic analysis of environmental stress-tolerance in plants. -
Michael Hallett
Professor and Tier I Canada Research Chair in Algorithmic Bioinformatics, Biology
- 514-848-2424, ext. 2296
- L-GE 120-07
- michael.hallett@concordia.ca
Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Breast Cancer, Machine Learning -
Brandon Helfield
Tier II Canada Research Chair in Molecular Biophysics in Human Health
Assistant Professor, Physics
Assistant Professor, Biology
- 514-848-2424, ext. 5842
- L-SP 367-23
- brandon.helfield@concordia.ca
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Aashiq H. Kachroo
Assistant Professor, Center for Applied Synthetic Biology, Biology
Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Systems & Synthetic Biology, Biology
- 514-848-2424, ext. 2493
- L-GE 330-1
- aashiq.kachroo@concordia.ca
Systems Genetics & Synthetic Biology -
David H Kwan
Associate Professor, Biology
- 514-848-2424, ext. 7329
- L-GE 230-13
- david.kwan@concordia.ca
Synthetic biology, chemical biology, enzyme engineering, directed evolution, antimicrobial drug screening -
Jin Suk Lee
Associate Professor and Concordia University Research Chair in Plant Science and Biotechnology, Biology
- 514-848-2424, ext. 3853
- L-SP 501-09
- jinsuk.lee@concordia.ca
Signal transduction pathways controlling plant growth and development -
Jean-Philippe Lessard
Associate Professor, Biology
- 514-848-2424, ext. 5184
- L-SP 437-09
- jp.lessard@concordia.ca
(Concordia University Research Chair (2017-2022))
Community ecology and biogeography, Macroecology, Biodiversity, Global Change, Entomology -
Vincent Martin
Professor and Concordia University Research Chair in Microbial Engineering and Synthetic Biology, Biology
- 514-848-2424, ext. 5182
- L-GE 120-21
- vincent.martin@concordia.ca
Metabolic engineering and synthetic biology of natural products. Microbial evolutionary engineering -
Eric Pedersen
Assistant Professor, Biology
- 514-848-2424, ext. 8531
- L-SP 401.05
- eric.pedersen@concordia.ca
quantitative ecology, fisheries, marine and aquatic community ecology, rapid change in ecosystems, movement ecology, biostatistics -
Pedro Peres-Neto
Professor, Biology
- 514-848-2424, ext. 7887
- L-SP 43713
- pedro.peres-neto@concordia.ca
aquatic ecology, fish biology, spatial ecology, community ecology, biodiversity, biostatistics, quantitative ecology -
Alisa Piekny
Associate Professor, Biology
co-Director, Centre for Microscopy at Concordia
Concordia University Research Chair in Cancer Cell Biology, Biology
- 514-848-2424, ext. 3428
- L-SP 437-15
- alisa.piekny@concordia.ca
cell division, cell migration, tissue morphogenesis, cancer -
Laurent Potvin-Trottier
Assistant Professor, Biology
- 514-848-2424, ext. 3618
- L-GE 330-13
- laurent.potvin@concordia.ca
Synthetic Biology, Quantitative Biology, Microbiology, Microfluidics -
Michael Sacher
Professor, Biology
Director of Diploma in Biotechnology and Genomics, Biology
- 514-848-2424, ext. 5627
- L-SP 457-01
- michael.sacher@concordia.ca
Membrane traffic and vesicle recognition in the early secretory pathway, TRAPP-opathies (diseases of TRAPP mutations) -
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Donald Gray Stirling
Lecturer, Biology
- 514-848-2424, ext. 3413
- L-SP 375-25
- gray.stirling@concordia.ca
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Vladimir Titorenko
Professor, Biology
- 514-848-2424, ext. 3424
- L-SP 501-13
- vladimir.titorenko@concordia.ca
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of aging and age-related disorders -
Adrian Tsang
Professor and Director, Center for Functional and Structural Genomics, Biology
- 514-848-2424, ext. 3405
- L-GE 120-11
- adrian.tsang@concordia.ca
Fungal genomics, large-scale gene discovery program, functional genomics approaches to identify fungal enzymes for industrial and environmental applications; slime mold life cycle and development -
David Walsh
Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Microbial Ecology and Genomics, Biology
- 514-848-2424, ext. 3477
- L-GE 330-17
- david.walsh@concordia.ca
Microbial ecology of aquatic ecosystems; climate change and the oceans; environmental genomics and proteomics of natural microbial communities; microbial evolution -
Robert Weladji
Professor, Biology
Graduate Program Director, Biology
- 514-848-2424, ext. 3408
- L-SP 437-11
- robert.weladji@concordia.ca
Behavioural ecology of large herbivores, life history strategies and evolutionary ecology, population ecology, population dynamics, terrestrial ecosystems ecology, wildlife conservation and management, wildlife ecology, welfare of captive wildlife. -
Malcolm Whiteway
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Microbial Genomics, Biology
- 514-848-2424, ext. 3751
- L-GE 230-11
- malcolm.whiteway@concordia.ca
Genetics and genomics of the fungal pathogen Candida albicans -
Molecular mechanisms underlying the biogenesis of the thylakoid membrane compartment in the eukaryotic alga Chlamydomonas reinhardti -
Carly Ziter
Assistant Professor, Biology
- 514-848-2424, ext. 3267
- L-SP 445-03
- carly.ziter@concordia.ca
Landscape ecology; ecosystem services; biodiversity science; urban ecology; multifunctional landscapes; forest ecology; land-use legacies; sustainability
Functional Genomics, Synthetic Biology, Complex Genetic Interactions, Genetic Networks, Genome Evolution, Large Copy Number Variants in Cancer, Breast Cancer Genomics, Duplicated Genes, Yeast, Single Cell Sequencing, Genetic Screens, Genetic Vulnerabilities, CRISPR screens
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Protein biochemistry -
Ecology, biology, pathogenesis, and systematics of waterfowl helminths; host-parasite responses of larval helminths and and crustaceans -
Gene expression and its regulation in E. coli, structure- function studies; regulation of cell division in bacteria, development of a new antibiotic -
Gene regulation, functional genomics, and industrial biotechnology
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Shimon Amir
Professor, Psychology
Affiliate Professor, Biology
Affiliate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Affiliate Professor, Department of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
- 514-848-2424, ext. 2188
- L-SP 257-7
- Shimon.Amir@concordia.ca
Behavioral and molecular neuroscience of circadian rhythms -
Andreas Bergdahl
Associate Professor in Cardiovascular Physiology, Department of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
- 514-848-2424, ext. 3372
- L-SP 165-43
- Andreas.Bergdahl@concordia.ca
cardiovascular disease, heart failure, atherosclerosis, hypertension, vascular complications of diabetes, mitochondria, bioenergetics -
Peter Darlington
Associate Professor, Health, Kinesiology and Applied Physiology
- 514-848-2424, ext. 3306
- L-SP 165-41
- peter.darlington@concordia.ca
Immunology and autonomic nervous system -
Ann English
Distinguished Professor Emerita and Honorary Concordia University Research Chair in Bioinorganic Chemistry, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- 514-848-2424, ext. 3338
- L-SP 201-08
- Ann.English@concordia.ca
Bioinorganic, analytical and biophysical chemistry, oxidative stress, nitric oxide biochemistry, proteomics, mass spectrometry. -
Brandon Findlay
Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- 514-848-2424, ext. 5315
- L-SP 265-22
- brandon.findlay@concordia.ca
Drug discovery, natural products, directed evolution, biochemistry. -
Jochen A. G. Jaeger
Associate Professor, Geography, Planning and Environment
- 514-848-2424, ext. 5481
- S-H 1255-29
- jochen.jaeger@concordia.ca
Landscape ecology, including road ecology, Quantification and assessment of landscape structure and landscape change, Urban sprawl, Ecological modelling, Impact assessment. -
Paul Joyce
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- 514-848-2424, ext. 3351
- L-SP 201-4
- Paul.Joyce@concordia.ca
Biochemistry, Genomics, Proteomics, Molecular/Cell Biology. -
Laszlo Kalman
Associate Professor, Undergraduate and Co-Op Program Director, Physics
Fellow, Science College
- 514-848-2424, ext. 5051
- L-SP 365-10
- Laszlo.Kalman@concordia.ca
molecular biophysics; bioenergetics; photosynthesis -
Peter Pawelek
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- 514-848-2424, ext. 3118
- L-SP 275-33
- Peter.Pawelek@concordia.ca
Bacterial iron uptake, molecular mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis, protein-protein interactions, membrane proteins, biophysical chemistry, protein chemistry, phage display, X-ray crystallography. -
Steve Shih
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- 514-848-2424, ext. 7579
- S-EV 16-189
- steve.shih@concordia.ca
microfluidics, synthetic biology, automation, energy, health
Affiliate Associate Professor, Concordia University
catherine.bachewich@concordia.ca
- Regulation of the cell cycle, development and virulence in fungi
Tonia De Bellis
Professor, Program Coordinator of Environmental Science, Dawson College
tdebellis@place.dawsoncollege.qc.ca
- Community ecology; invasion biology of plants; role of soil fungi in the invasion of Norway Maples in temperate forests in Quebec
Chiara Gamberi
Visiting scholar, Universite de Montreal
chiara.gamberi@concordia.ca
- Developmental biology; use of the fruit fly Drosophilia as a model organism to study gene regulation (e.g. translation) of specific developmental events including formation and maintenance of malpighian tubules. Polycystic Kidney Disease.
Research Scientist, Environment Canada (Aquatic Animal Ecology)
david.marcogliese@ec.gc.ca
- Use of parasites as indicators of pollution and biodiversity; Interactions between parasites and pollution; Life cycle and transmission dynamics of aquatic parasites; Environmental biology of aquatic ecosystems; Studies on the distribution and abundance of parasites; Evolution and biogeography of parasites of fishes; Community structure of marine and freshwater organisms
Patrick Pare
Director, Research and Conservation, Zoo de Granby
ppare@zoodegranby.com
- Conservation and welfare of captive wildlife; animal enrichment programs; biodiversity preservation
Anne-Helene Prieur-Richard
Global Hub Director, Future Earth
anne-helene.prieur-richard@futureearth.org
- Ecology; environmental change and the sustainable use of natural resources; plant biodiversity and biological invasions
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AIDA ABU-BAKER
Part-time Faculty Member, Department of Biology, Biology
- 514-848-2424, ext. 3395
- L-SP 375-35
- aida.abu-baker@concordia.ca
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Catherine Calogeropoulos
Part-time Faculty, Biology
, Geography, Planning and Environment
- 514-848-2424, ext. 3395
- L-SP 375-35
- catherine.calogeropoulos@concordia.ca
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Chiara Gamberi
Affiliate Assistant Professor, Biology
Part-time Faculty Member, Department of Biology, Biology
- 514-848-2424, ext. 3395
- L-SP 375-35
- chiara.gamberi@concordia.ca
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Rebecca Tittler
Coordinator, Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability
Part-time Faculty, Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability
Part-time Faculty, Biology
- 514-848-2424, ext. 2125
- L-CC 326-01
- rebecca.tittler@concordia.ca
Sustainability, ecology, forest management -
Andrew Wieczorek
Part-time Faculty, Biology
Course Coordinator UNSS201 Student Success Center
- 514-848-2424, ext. 3395
- L-SP 375-35
- andrew.wieczorek@concordia.ca
