Our People

To learn more about the faculty's specific research areas, please consult their profile pages or go to our research section to search by research category.

We have over 100 technical staff supporting the school at any given time.  We have listed here permanent technical staff that work for the school.  Additional technical staff tied to research programs, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows can be found by using the University of Guelph directory.

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Associate Professor

Phone: (519) 824-4120 Ext. 52190

Email: prosserr@uoguelph.ca

Office: Bovey Bldg., Rm 2226

Keywords: Mollusk biology, ecotoxicology, ecological risk assessment, aquatic toxicology, soil toxicology

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Professor / Rebanks Family Chair in Pollinator Conservation

Phone: (519) 824-4120 x52103 Room: ECBL 2226

Email: nraine@uoguelph.ca

Office: Bovey

Keywords: pollinator conservation, pollinator behaviour, impacts of environmental stressors on bees, pollination ecology

Professor; Executive Director, Canadian Network of Toxicology Centres; Coordinator, NSERC Metals in the Human Environment Strategic Network; Fellow, Academy of Toxicological Sciences

Phone: (519) 824-4120 Ext.52980

Email: lritter@uoguelph.ca

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Associate Professor

Phone: (519) 824-4120 Ext.52573

Email: nrooney@uoguelph.ca

Office: Edmund C. Bovey Building, Room 2017

Keywords: food web stability, biodiversity environmental assessment, aquaculture, agricultural effects

Director's Assistant

Phone: +1 519 824 4120 Ext. 52661

Email: jscarrow@uoguelph.ca

Office: Bovey Building 1107

Adjunct Professor

Phone: (519) 824-4120 Ext.53966 Room: JH 164; ALEX 225

Email: jonschm@uoguelph.ca

Office: Johnston Hall

Keywords: insect sensory and hormonal physiology, biological control, Collembolan ecotoxicology, spiders in agroecosystems

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Adjunct Professor/College Professor Emeritus

Phone: (519) 824-4120 Ext.52477

Email: cscottdu@uoguelph.ca

Office: Bovey Building 2110

Keywords: integrated pest management, entomology, greenhouse and field crops, biocontrol, sterile insect technique, cannabis IPM

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Email: ashaw20@uoguelph.ca

Office: Alexander Hall, Room 125

Keywords: Applied Quaternary Geosciences, modern glacial and fluvial processes, glaciohydrogeology at sediment–bedrock interface, sustainable management of subsurface natural resources

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Director

Phone: (519) 824-4120 Ext. 52707 Room: ECBA 2103

Email: psibley@uoguelph.ca

Office: Bovey Building

Keywords: toxicology, ecology, water quality, risk assessment

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Assistant Professor, Field Crop Entomology

Phone: 519-674-1500 x63551

Email: jocelyn.smith@uoguelph.ca

Office: Animal & Poultry Science Building, Ridgetown Campus, Rm 122

Keywords: integrated pest management, Insect Resistance Management, Field Crop Entomology

Instrument Laboratory Manager

Phone: (519) 824-4120 Ext.53507

Email: smithp@uoguelph.ca

Office: Alexander Hall

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University Professor Emeritus; Fellow, ATS, Fellow SETAC

Phone: (519) 824-4120 Ext 58792

Email: ksolomon@uoguelph.ca

Office: Bovey Building, Room 2120

Phone: (519)824-4120 Ext.54912

Email: coralie.sopher@uoguelph.ca

Senior Research Associate

Phone: (519) 824-4120 Ext.54844

Email: mstasiak@uoguelph.ca

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Phone: 1- (519) 824-4120 Ext.54801

Email: atariq02@uoguelph.ca

Office: Alexander Hall, Room 111

Keywords: climate change adaptation, climate smart agriculture, GHG mitigation, sustainable agriculture, nutrient cycling

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Adjunct Professor (Retired Associate Professor)

Phone: (519) 824-4120, Ext. 52565

Email: nthevath@uoguelph.ca

Office: Alexander Hall, Room 121

Keywords: agroforestry, soil health, water quality, carbon sequestration

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Research Associate

Email: mtosi@uoguelph.ca

Keywords: microbiology, ecology, soil, environment, agriculture

University Professor Emeritus

Phone: 519-824-4120

Email: jtrevors@uoguelph.ca

Office: SES Bovey

Administrative Officer

Phone: 519-824-4120 Ext. 52500

Email: sesadmin@uoguelph.ca

Office: Alexander Hall 268

Professor

Phone: 519 674-1500 x63644 Ridgetown Campus

Email: lvaneerd@uoguelph.ca

Office: Ridgetown Campus

Keywords: sustainable soil management, agriculture, cover crops, nitrogen biogeochemical cycling, soil health

Professor Emeritus (College)

Phone: (519) 824-4120 Ext.52454

Email: pvanstra@uoguelph.ca

Office: Alexander Hall

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Research Project Manager

Phone: +1 (519) 824-4120 Ext. 52491

Email: lvasiluk@uoguelph.ca

Office: Alexander Hall Room 318

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Professor

Phone: (519) 824-4120 Ext.53057 Room: ALEX 217

Email: pvoroney@uoguelph.ca

Office: Alexander Hall

Keywords: soil organic matter stocks, soil carbon modeling, soil phosphorus availability

Professor

Phone: (519) 824-4120 Ext.52787 Room: ALEX 110

Email: cwagnerr@uoguelph.ca

Office: Alexander Hall

Keywords: soil-plant-atmosphere exchange, micrometeorology, biogeochemical cycling

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Associate Dean (Academic), OAC

Phone: (519) 824-4120 Ext.53492

Email: jwarland@uoguelph.ca

Keywords: agricultural meteorology, measurement and modelling of atmospheric turbulent transport, environmental instrumentation, agricultural physics

Adjunct

Phone: 519-400-6478

Email: warren01@uoguelph.ca

Office: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, 1 Stone Road West

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Assistant Professor

Email: andrew.young@uoguelph.ca

Keywords: insect diversity, taxonomy, systematics, flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae), native pollinators

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Professor

Phone: (519) 824-4120 Ext. 52741

Email: yzheng@uoguelph.ca

Office: Bovey Building Room 2220

Keywords: cannabis production, controlled environment agriculture, greenhouse production, environmental horticulture