Spotlight

Ryan Hoiland

Anesthesiology, Pharmacology, & Therapeutics

2020 Killam Postdoctoral Fellow Research Prize recipient Dr. Ryan Hoiland is exploring how to mitigate the injurious influence of reduced oxygen levels (i.e. hypoxia) within the central nervous system (brain & spinal cord).

Doris Chow

Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

CIHR Health System Impact Fellow Dr. Doris Chow is exploring the interaction between eye movements and optic flow perception, to develop a test of motion sensitivity using eye movements in aging and patient populations.

Francesco Gentile

Urologic Sciences

CIHR Health System Impact Fellow Dr. Francesco Gentile is focused on implementing and applying novel physics-based and machine learning methods for computer-aided drug discovery.

Anja-Xiaoxing Cui

School of Music

SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Anja-Xiaoxing Cui is using opera to study how specialized training can shape cognitive functions and the brain.

Steve Renette

Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies

2020 Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellowship recipient Steve Renette is exploring the contributions of ancient mountain communities to the emergence of complex social-political organization.

Jennifer Hinnell

English Language and Literatures

2020 Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellowship recipient Jennifer Hinnell is researching linguistic patterns in speech and the body in a variety of media genres.

Jayesh Kulkarni

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Dr. Jayesh Kulkarni is one of two inaugural recipients of the NanoMedicines Innovation Network Postdoctoral Award in Targeted Gene Therapy. His work focuses on the biophysical aspects of lipid nanoparticle design, which can be used to create new tools for gene therapy.

Céline Marie Laumont

Medical Genetics

2019-2020 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Céline Marie Laumont is researching B cell-mediated immunity in high-grade serous ovarian cancer.

Guillaume Peterson St-Laurent

Forest Resources Management

2019 Killam Postdoctoral Fellow Research Prize recipient Guillaume Peterson St-Laurent is evaluating the ecological, economic and social implications of innovative forest management strategies aimed at climate change adaptation in Canada’s forests

Vivitskaia Tulloch

Department of Forest and Conservation Science

2019-2020 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Viv Tulloch is researching new solutions to prevent decline of threatened and endangered resident killer whales in multiple-use areas.

Corliss Bean

School of Health and Exercise Sciences

2019 Killam Postdoctoral Fellow Research Prize recipient Corliss Bean is working with community organizations to develop, implement and evaluate programs that foster positive physical and psychosocial development.

Kristie Flannery

History

2019 Killam Postdoctoral Fellow Kristie Flannery es exploring the intersection of maritime violence and Spanish colonial rule in the eighteenth-century Philippines.

Thomas Vranken

English

2019 Killam Postdoctoral Fellow Thomas Vranken is examining the figure of the automaton in nineteenth-century literature, treating that figure as a reflection of anxieties surrounding the automation of literary production and society.

Joshua Tremblay

School of Health and Exercise Science

2019 Killam Postdoctoral Fellow Joshua Tremblay researches cardiovascular and environmental physiology, including how humans have physiologically adapted to their environments.

Britt Drogemoller

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

2018 Killam Postdoctoral Fellow Research Prize recipient Britt Drogemoller is using genomic and bioinformatic analyses to identify genetic variants that contribute to the development of severe adverse drug reactions caused by cancer treatments.

Chelsea Little

Zoology

2019 Killam Postdoctoral Fellow Chelsea Little is looking at the linkages between ecosystems and how this can contribute to their functioning.

Stefan Honisch

Department of Theatre and Film

2018-2019 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Stefan Honisch is examining Helen Keller’s musical legacy as a deafblind woman, grappling with the relationship between her musical activism and the frequent exclusion of disabled people from public life.

Jason Olsthoorn

Civil Engineering

2018 Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellow Jason Olsthoorn applies a fundamental fluid mechanics approach to understand the convective processes occurring under the ice.

Tahia Devisscher

Forest Resources Management

2017-2018 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Tahia Devisscher research is studying the role of urban forests to increase urban resilience as a nature-based solution to climate change.

Kirstin Brink

Oral Health Sciences

2017-2018 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Kirstin Brink is researching the development of tooth shape differences and replacement patterns in leopard geckos and green anoles, uncovering the mysteries of life-long, continuous tooth replacement in these animals.

Kenjiro Shirane

Medical Genetics

2017-2018 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Kenjiro Shirane, using using mouse genetics and state-of-the-art sequencing technology, is researching the molecular basis of several human overgrowth syndromes, which will potentially lead to new avenues for treatment of these diseases.

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Spotlight

Ryan Hoiland

Doris Chow

Francesco Gentile

Anja-Xiaoxing Cui

Steve Renette

Jennifer Hinnell

Jayesh Kulkarni

Céline Marie Laumont

Guillaume Peterson St-Laurent

Vivitskaia Tulloch

Corliss Bean

Kristie Flannery

Thomas Vranken

Joshua Tremblay

Britt Drogemoller

Chelsea Little

Stefan Honisch

Jason Olsthoorn

Tahia Devisscher

Kirstin Brink

Kenjiro Shirane

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