Our People

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

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Professor

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Phone: 519-824-4120 x53286

Email: hkunze@uoguelph.ca

Office: MacN 507

Keywords: Applied Analysis, Fractal-based Methods in Analysis, Inverse Problems, Mathematical imaging

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Professor

Department of Physics

Phone: (519) 824-4120 x53991 (Chair's Office) / x52540 (Personal Office)

Email: skycia@uoguelph.ca

Office: MACN 324

Keywords: Condensed Matter, Nanoscience, Atomic Structure, Diffraction, Expitaxial Systems, Protein Crystals, Quasicrystals, X-ray Diffraction Techniques

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Professor

Department of Physics

Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext. 53989

Email: vladizha@uoguelph.ca

Office: SSC 1251

Keywords: Biophysics, Membrane proteins, Protein Structure, Protein Dynamics, Protein Folding, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Anna Lawniczak

Professor

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext. 53287

Email: alawnicz@uoguelph.ca

Office: MacN 522

Keywords: Mathematical modeling of complex systems, Individually-based simulation models, Agent-based simulations, Cognitive agents, Artificial Intelligence, Computational intelligence, Cellular automata, Lattice gas cellular automata, Autonomous robots, Autonomous vehicles, Highway traffic, Spread of epidemics

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Associate Professor

School of Engineering

Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext. 53922

Email: leil@uoguelph.ca

Office: THRN 2407

Keywords: Electrical Engineering, Machine Learning, Deep Reinforcement Learning, Internet-of-Things (IoT), Internet of Vehicles, Mobile Cloud Computing, Mobile Edge computing, Smart Grid

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Associate Professor

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext. 56908

Email: klevere@uoguelph.ca

Office: MACN 539

Keywords: Inverse Problems, Optimal Control, Dynamical Systems and Modelling, Fractal-based Methods in Analysis, Fractional Calculus, Numerical Methods, Optimization, Mathematical Preparedness for University, Numeracy Initiatives, Delivery of Entry-level Mathematics

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Associate Professor

School of Engineering

Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext. 58327

Email: jlevison@uoguelph.ca

Office: THRN 3505

Keywords: Water Resources Engineering, Groundwater, Numerical Modelling, Rural Water Quality and Quantity, Source Water Protection, Subsurface Contamination, Sustainable Water Supply

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Assistant Professor

School of Engineering

Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext. 54699

Email: huiyanli@uoguelph.ca

Office: THRN 1333

Keywords: Biomedical engineering, Biological engineering, Biosensing, Lab-On-a-Chip, Proteomics, Exosomes, Extracellular Vesicles, Micro and Nanofabrication, Optical Biosensors, Electrochemical Biosensors, Cancer, Diseases

Headshot of Xiaodong Lin

Professor

School of Computer Science

Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext. 53889

Email: xlin08@uoguelph.ca

Office: Reynolds 2210

Keywords: Communication Security, Computer and Network Security, Digital Forensics, Privacy, Software Security, Applied Cryptography

David Lubitz

Associate Professor

School of Engineering

Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext. 54387

Email: wlubitz@uoguelph.ca

Office: THRN 1340

Keywords: Environmental Engineering, Area Heads, AI Affiliated Faculty, Archimedes screws, Environmental aerodynamics, Grain drying, Greenhouse microclimate, Hydropower, Renewable energy systems, Wind engineering, Wind resource assessment

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Professor

School of Engineering

Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext. 54058

Email: smahmud@uoguelph.ca

Office: THRN 3519

Keywords: Mechanical Engineering, Clean Energy Conversion, Battery Thermal Management, Thermal Energy Storage, Thermoacoustic Engine and Refrigeration Systems, Flexible Power Drive, Magnetohydrodynamic Convection, Thermoelectric Power Generation and Refrigeration, Thermovibrational Convection, Transport in Porous Media

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Professor

Department of Chemistry

Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext. 53963

Email: rmanderv@uoguelph.ca

Office: SSC 3243

Keywords: Organic Chemistry, Biochemical Toxicology, Biosensing, Fluorescence, DNA Damage, Nucleic Acids

Headshot of Ferdinando Manna

Assistant Professor

School of Engineering

Phone: 519 824-4120 ext. 58612

Email: fmanna@uoguelph.ca

Office: RICH 1511

Keywords: Groundwater, Hydrogeology, Groundwater Recharge, Unsaturated Zone, Environmental Tracers, Isotope hydrology, Catchment Hydrology, Fractured Aquifers

Headshot of Mike Massa

Assistant Professor and Academic Counsellor

Department of Physics

Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext. 52625

Email: massam@uoguelph.ca

Office: MacN 328

Keywords: Condensed Matter, Physics Education

Headshot of Pascal Matsakis

Professor

School of Computer Science

Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext. 58270

Email: pmatsaki@uoguelph.ca

Office: REYN 3305

Keywords: Spatial Relation, Relative Position, Visual Descriptor, Image Analysis, Computer Graphics, Pattern Recognition, Fuzzy Set Theory, Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence