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Science Faculty Research

The Faculty of Science is committed to the integration of teaching and research. Science research covers a broad spectrum of fields with a focus on extensive undergraduate student involvement.  Faculty are committed to the mentoring and training of undergraduate students in Directed Studies and Honours courses, and graduate students in the Master of Science in Environmental Sciences.

Active Research in Science

The following is a list of faculty who have active research projects with recent publications.

Biological Sciences:

Lyn Baldwin
Research Focus: How natural processes and anthroprogenic disturbances affect vascular and bryophyte plant communities and their conservation.
http://www.tru.ca/faculty/lbaldwin

Naowarat (Ann) Cheeptham
Research Focus: microbial diversity and the search for useful natural and biochemical products, with an emphasis on antibacterial and antifungal compounds.
http://www.tru.ca/faculty/ncheeptham/index.html

Lauch Fraser
Research Focus: testing the theories of community ecology, especially community composition, coexistence, complexity and species diversity.
http://lfraser.blog.mytru.ca/about-2

Louis Gosselin
Research Focus: the ecology of early juvenile marine invertebrates relating to population management in native and introduced species.
http://www.tru.ca/faculty/lgosselin/gosselinhome.htm

Matthew Reudink
Research Focus: the behavioural ecology of migratory birds, particularly the influence of seasonal interactions on life history and ecology.
http://www.tru.ca/faculty/mreudink/Home.html

Cynthia Ross Friedman
Research Focus: the anatomy of plants, specifically the reproductive development of dwarf mistletoe.
http://www.tru.ca/faculty/cross

Jonathan Van Hamme
Research Focus: the development of biocatalysts to aid in the degradation of environmental pollutants.
http://www.tru.ca/faculty/jvanhamme/index.htm

Chemistry:

Nelaine Mora-Diez
Research Focus: computational physical organic chemistry and its applications to environmental, pharmaceutical or biochemical problems.
http://www.tru.ca/faculty/nmora/index.htm

Kingsley Donkor
Research Focus: the study of binding characteristics of metal-lantibiotic complexes and the application of chemometric techniques in identifying sources of pollution.
http://kamino.tru.ca/experts/home/main/bio.html?id=kdonkor

Heidi Huttunen-Hennelly
Research Focus: the investigation of structure-activity relationships and mechanism of action in antimicrobial peptides through traditional & novel methods.
http://kamino.tru.ca/experts/home/main/bio.html?id=hhuttunen

Mathematics:

Mohamed Tawhid
Research focus: optimization, operations research, modeling and applied analysis.
http://kamino.tru.ca/experts/home/main/bio.html?id=mtawhid

Roger Yu
Research focus: graph theory and discrete optimization.
http://www.tru.ca/faculty/yu

Natural Resource Sciences:

Kevin Bladon
Research Focus: Ecohydrology: natural and Anthropogenic disturbance effects on water quantity, water quality, and aquatic ecology
http://kamino.tru.ca/experts/home/main/bio.html?id=kbladon or
http://kbladon.blog.mytru.ca

John Church
Research Focus: the exploration of innovative practices and technologies aimed at increasing sustainability and enhancement of the cattle industry.
http://kamino.tru.ca/experts/home/main/bio.html?id=jchurch

Lauch Fraser
Research Focus: testing the theories of community ecology, especially community composition, coexistence, complexity and species diversity.
http://lfraser.blog.mytru.ca/about-2/

Brian Heise
Research Focus: the effects of various land use practices on aquatic ecosystems, particularly streams.
http://kamino.tru.ca/experts/home/main/bio.html?id=bheise

Karl Larsen
Research Focus: the ecology of mammals, reptiles and amphibians, particularly dispersal in juveniles and conservation.
http://kamino.tru.ca/experts/home/main/bio.html?id=klarsen

TRU is a partner in the Canada Research Chairs program. It is the objective of the federal government to help universities become centers of leading-edge research and research training. Within the Faculty of Science, the position of Canada Research Chair in Community and Ecosystem Ecology is held by Dr. Lauch Fraser, Associate Professor, departments of Biological Sciences and Natural Resources Science.