Our People

Meet the faculty in the College of Computational, Mathematical and Physical Sciences' four academic units: Department of Chemistry, School of Computer Science, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, and Department of Physics.

Headshot Elisabeth J. Nicol

Professor

Department of Physics

Phone: 519-824-4120 x53771

Email: enicol@uoguelph.ca

Office: MacN 329

Headshot of Denis Nikitenko

Assistant Professor

School of Computer Science

Phone: +1-519-824-4120 x52217

Email: dnikiten@uoguelph.ca

Office: REYN 3322

Keywords: Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Situational Visual Impairments (SVIs), Accessibility, Colour Vision & Measurement, Image Processing, Inclusive Design, Educational Research

Derek O'Flaherty Headshot

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

Email: doflaher@uoguelph.ca

Office: MACN 127

Keywords: Organic Chemistry, Oligonucleotide Synthesis, Modified Nucleic Acids, Nonenzymatic Genome Replication, Nucleic Acid Catalysis (ribozymes), Nucleic Acid Molecular Recognition, Origins of Life, Artificial Cells

Professor

School of Computer Science

Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext. 3310

Email: cobimbo@uoguelph.ca

Office: REYN 3310

Keywords: Intrusion detection, Privacy preservation, Cryptography, Algorithm analysis and design

Headshot of Joanne O'Meara

Professor

Department of Physics

Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext. 53987

Email: omeara@uoguelph.ca

Office: MACN 323

Keywords: Applied Physics, Atomic Physics, Planetary Surface Exploration, Physics Education, Science Communication, Science Outreach

Headshot of Rajesh Pereira

Associate Professor; Interim Chair, Department of Mathematics & Statistics

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext. 53552

Email: pereirar@uoguelph.ca

Office: MACN 519

Keywords: Analytic Theory of Polynomials, Classical Analysis, Matrix Analysis, Quantum Information

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Professor

Department of Physics

Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext. 53653

Email: epoisson@uoguelph.ca

Office: MACN 452

Keywords: Astrophysics, Gravitation, General Relativity, Black Holes, Neutron Stars

Kathryn Pruess

Professor; Chair, Department of Chemistry; Research Leadership Chair

Department of Chemistry

Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext. 56711

Email: kpreuss@uoguelph.ca

Office: MACN 335

Keywords: Inorganic Chemistry, Molecular Materials, Supramolecular Chemistry, Radical Ligands, Spin-based Electronics, Data Storage, Quantum Computing

Headshot of Xiaorong Qin

Associate Professor

Department of Physics

Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext. 53675

Email: xqin@uoguelph.ca

Office: MacN 449

Keywords: Condensed Matter, Nanoscience, Surfaces and interfaces, Interface formation mechanisms, Carrier transport, Scanning probe microscopy

Assistant Professor

School of Computer Science

Email: randhawg@uoguelph.ca

Office: REYN 3326

Keywords: Data Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Bioinformatics, Biodiversity Informatics, Genomics, Precision Agriculture, Sustainable Engineering

Headshot of Geordie Richards

Assistant Professor

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Phone: 519-824-4120 Ext. 53033

Email: grichards@uoguelph.ca

Office: MACN 547

Keywords: Partial differential equations, Probability theory, Dynamical systems, Mathematical Physics, Fluid Mechanics

Headshot of Joseph Sawata

Professor

School of Computer Science

Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext. 53277

Email: jsawada@uoguelph.ca

Office: REYN 2226

Keywords: Combinatorial Algorithms, De Bruijn Sequences, Universal Cycles, Gray Codes, Graph Theory

Headshot of Marcel Schlaf

Professor, Ph.D. (Toronto), Diplom-Chemiker (Würzburg)

Department of Chemistry

Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext. 53002

Email: mschlaf@uoguelph.ca

Office: MACN 339

Keywords: Homo- and Heterogeneous Catalysis, Green Chemistry, Sugar Chemistry, Hydrodeoxygenation, (Petro-) Chemicals from Renewable Carbon Sources.

Adrian Schwan

Professor

Department of Chemistry

Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext. 58781

Email: schwan@uoguelph.ca

Office: MACN 336

Keywords: Organic Synthesis, Organosulfur Chemistry, Lipid Chemistry, Pericyclic Reactions, Computational Chemistry

Headshot of Stacey Scott

Professor

School of Computer Science

Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext. 54153

Email: stacey.scott@uoguelph.ca

Office: Reynolds 3308

Keywords: Human-computer interaction, Emerging technology design, User-centred design, Computer-supported collaboration, Human-automation collaboration, User studies, Interdisciplinary sociotechnical system design, Precision livestock farming, Animal-computer interaction