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 | Biodiversity and Biocomplexity; biogeography; biological responses to climate change; Conservation Biology; Ecological and Ecophysiological Processes; evolutionary ecology; population biology; 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 | botany; taxonomy; systematics; genomics; 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; Land plants, Mycoheterotrophs, Organelles, Phylogenomics, Plant evolution, Plant phylogenetics, Plant systematics |
| Jetter, Reinhard | Analytical Chemistry; Biological Chemistry; Molecular Genetics; Plant Biochemistry; Plant Ecophysiology; Analytical Chemistry, Biological Chemistry, Molecular Genetics, Plant Biochemistry, Plant Ecophysiology |
| Keeling, Patrick John | Molecular evolution and cell biology of eukaryotes |
| Leander, Brian | Comparative organismal biology; Evolutionary morphology; Evolutionary protistology; Marine biodiversity; Marine invertebrate zoology; Phylogenetic biology; Species discovery; Comparative organismal biology, Evolutionary morphology, Evolutionary protistology, Marine biodiversity, Marine invertebrate zoology, Phylogenetic biology, Species discovery |
| Martone, Patrick | 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; 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 | Ecophysiology; Ecosystem ecology; climate change; macroecology; Geophysics; Scaling; Fire; Ecophysiology, Ecosystem ecology, Climate change, Macroecology, Geophysics, Scaling, Fire |
| Parfrey, Laura | Microbial ecology, microbial diversity, microbiome, protists |
| Rieseberg, Loren | adaptation; crops; invasive plants; plant evolutionary biology; speciation; weeds; Adaptation, Crops, Invasive plants, Plant evolutionary biology, Speciation, Weeds |
| Rosado Rey, Abel | Plasma membrane repair mechanisms in plants |
| Samuels, Anne Lacey | plant cell biology; plant cell walls; Plant cell biology, Plant cell walls |
| Song, Liang | Plant genomics; Environmental stresses; Seed development; Gene Expression; Environmental stresses, Gene expression, Plant genomics, Seed development |
| Tseng, Michelle | Insect & plankton ecology; Community and evolutionary ecology; Community responses to warming; Urban biodiversity; Insect & plankton ecology, Community and evolutionary ecology, Community responses to warming, Urban biodiversity |
| Wasteneys, Geoff | 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; 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 | Plant evolutionary ecology; Evolution of asexuality; Evolution and consequences of polyploidy; Speciation/ diversification; Species at risk in Canada; Conservation policy; Plant evolutionary ecology, Evolution of asexuality, Evolution and consequences of polyploidy , Speciation/ diversification, Species at risk in Canada, Conservation policy |