Edward Sun
Student
Master of Science in Botany (MSc)
Department of Botany
The Botany Department is one of the largest and strongest Botany Departments in North America, offering a wide range of research and educational programs. Specializations range from the organismal to the molecular level.
Graduate Degree Programs
Research Supervisors
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Adams, Keith | Molecular evolution, genome evolution, and gene expression |
| Angert, Amy | Plant biology; Zoology; Biodiversity and Biocomplexity; biogeography; biological responses to climate change; Conservation Biology; Ecological and Ecophysiological Processes; evolutionary ecology; population biology |
| Ashraf, Mohammad Arif | Cell division; plant development; drug discovery |
| Cronk, Quentin Charles | Plant biology; botany; taxonomy; systematics; genomics |
| Davies, Jonathan | Phylogenetics & Biodiversity. Development and application of phylogenetic methods in ecology and conservation biology |
| Fast, Naomi | Genomics, single-celled organisms |
| Fischer, Monika | Mycology; mycology; fire-adapted fungi; fungal community ecology; fungal genetics & development; fungal metabolism |
| Graham, Sean | Plant phylogenetics; Plant systematics; Plant evolution; Organelles; Phylogenomics; Land plants; Mycoheterotrophs |
| Jetter, Reinhard | Chemical sciences; Plant biology; Analytical Chemistry; Biological Chemistry; Molecular Genetics; Plant Biochemistry; Plant Ecophysiology |
| Keeling, Patrick John | Molecular evolution and cell biology of eukaryotes |
| Leander, Brian | Plant biology; Zoology; Comparative organismal biology; Evolutionary morphology; Evolutionary protistology; Marine biodiversity; Marine invertebrate zoology; Phylogenetic biology; Species discovery |
| Martone, Patrick | Plant biology; Protist; Plants; Physiology; Taxonomy and Systematics; Ecology and Quality of the Environment; Evolution and Phylogenesis; Biomaterials; Solid Mechanics; Fluid mechanics; biomechanics; Ecology; evolution; Intertidal Zone; Macroalgae; Phycology |
| Michaletz, Sean | Plant physiological ecology; Plant biology; Surface processes; Natural hazards; Ecophysiology; Ecosystem ecology; climate change; macroecology; Geophysics; Scaling; Fire |
| Parfrey, Laura | Microbial ecology, microbial diversity, microbiome, protists |
| Rieseberg, Loren | Bioinformatics; Genomics; Plant biology; adaptation; crops; invasive plants; plant evolutionary biology; speciation; weeds |
| Rosado Rey, Abel | Plasma membrane repair mechanisms in plants |
| Samuels, Anne Lacey | Plant biology; plant cell biology; plant cell walls |
| Song, Liang | Plant genomics; Environmental stresses; Seed development; Gene Expression |
| Tseng, Michelle | Population ecology; Community ecology (except invasive species ecology); Evolutionary impacts of climate change; Biological adaptation; Ecological impacts of climate change; Insect & plankton ecology; Community and evolutionary ecology; Community responses to warming; Urban biodiversity |
| Wasteneys, Geoff | Plant biology; Cell signaling; Hormones and Growth Factors; Molecular Genetics; Cellulose Biosynthesis; Microtubule Dynamics and Organization; Plant Cell Walls in Cell Shape and Tissue Function; Plant Growth and Development; Plant Responses to Abiotic Stress; Trafficking of Membrane Receptors and Transporters |
| Whitton, Jeannette | Speciation (evolutionary processes); Plant developmental and reproductive biology; Plant evolutionary ecology; Evolution of asexuality; Evolution and consequences of polyploidy; Speciation/ diversification; Species at risk in Canada; Conservation policy |