Faculty Membership

Samuel Asokanthan
Professor, Mechanical and Materials EngineeringResearch Interests / Specializations: Exploration Technologies

Neil Banerjee
Associate Professor and Industrial Research Chair in Advanced Mineral Exploration
Pauline Barmby
Associate Professor, Physics and AstronomyResearch Interests / Specializations: Galactic and Stellar Processes

Shantanu Basu
Professor and Department Chair, Physics & AstronomyResearch Interests / Specializations: Galactic and Stellar Processes

Jerry Battista
Professor Emeritus, Department of Medical Biophysics (Former Chair), Department of Oncology
Nigel Blamey
Assistant Professor; Earth Sciences
Audrey Bouvier
Associate Professor & Canada Research Chair in Planetary Materials
Peter Brown
Professor, Physics & Astronomy, CRC in Meteor AstronomyResearch Interests / Specializations: Earth Observation, Monitoring, and Protection

Shauna Burke
Associate Professor; School of Health Studies
Jan Cami
Western Space Acting Associate Directror, Associate Professor, Physics & AstronomyResearch Interests / Specializations: Galactic and Stellar Processes

Margaret Campbell-Brown
Associate Professor, Physics & AstronomyResearch Interests / Specializations: Earth Observation, Monitoring, and Protection

Blaine Chronik
Professor; Physics and AstronomySayra Cristancho
Assistant Professor/Scientist - CERIResearch Interests / Specializations: Medical Biophysics
Biography: My research program overall looks at the processes of team adaptation in unexpected, acute and high-stakes situations. Up to now, my research has taken place in clinical contexts including trauma teams, surgical teams, intensive care teams, etc. As my research is informed by systems theories, including swarm intelligence, that have been applied in other contexts and very nascent in healthcare, I am currently interested in learning from teams who are required to perform in complex environments, such as SWAT teams earth and space exploration teams, and high-stakes business teams.

John de Bruyn
Professor; Physics and Astronomy
Roberta Flemming
Associate Professor, Earth SciencesResearch Interests / Specializations: Planetary Materials

Raymond Francis
Adjunct professor; EngineeringResearch Interests / Specializations: Scientific Applications Software Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

Sarah Gallagher
Associate Professor; Physics and AstronomyResearch Interests / Specializations: Black Holes

Richard Grieve
Adjunct Professor; Earth Science, Geological Survey of Canada
Wayne Hocking
Professor; Physics and Astronomy
Martin Houde
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Star Formation
Cindy Hutnik
Associate Professor, Depts of Ophthalmology and PathologyMila Kagan

Mehrdad Kermani
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer EngineeringResearch Interests / Specializations: Exploration Technologies

Fred Longstaffe
Distinguished University Professor & Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Stable Isotope Science Director, Laboratory for Stable Isotope Science
Phil McCausland
Assistant Professor, Earth SciencesResearch Interests / Specializations: Planetary Materials

Ken McIssac
Western Space Acting Director; Associate Professor Department Chair Electrical and Computer EngineeringResearch Interests / Specializations: Exploration Technologies

Stan Metchev
Associate Professor, Physics & Astronomy, and CRC in ExoplanetsResearch Interests / Specializations: Galactic and Stellar Processes

Sheri Molnar
Assistant Professor; Earth Sciences
Michael Naish
Associate Professor, Mechanical & Materials EngineeringResearch Interests / Specializations: Exploration Technologies

Catherine Neish
Assistant Professor, Earth Sciences
Gordon Osinski
Western Space Director; Professor, Department of Earth Sciences (cross appointed with Physics and Astronomy and Electrical and Computer Engineering), and NSERC/MDA/CSA/CEMI Industrial Research Chair in Earth and Space Exploration.Research Interests / Specializations: Planetary Processes, Planetary Materials

Rajni Patel
Distinguished University Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and CRC in Advanced Robotics and ControlResearch Interests / Specializations: Exploration Technologies

Els Peeters
Associate Professor, Physics and AstronomyResearch Interests / Specializations: carbonaceous molecules and dust (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon molecules, fullerenes, carbonaceous dust) galactic and extra-galactic star forming regions the interstellar and circumstellar medium
Howard Plotkin
Professor; Philosophy
Ilia Polushin
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer EngineeringResearch Interests / Specializations: Exploration Technologies

Jayshri Sabarinathan
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer EngineeringResearch Interests / Specializations: Exploration Technologies

Mariek Schmidt
Adjunct Professor; Earth Science
Robert Shcherbakov
Associate Professor & Graduate Chair; Earth Science
Sean Shieh
Associate Professor, Earth Sciences (adjunct with Physics & Astronomy)Research Interests / Specializations: Planetary Processes

Bob Sica
Professor, Physics & AstronomyResearch Interests / Specializations: Planetary Processes / Earth Observation, Monitoring, and Protection

Kamran Siddiqui
Research Interests / Specializations: Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Aaron Sigut
Associate Professor, Physics & AstronomyResearch Interests / Specializations: Galactic and Stellar Processes

Maxwell Smith
Assistant Professor; School of Health Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences
Elizabeth Steyn
Assistant Professor - Faculty of LawResearch Interests / Specializations: Indigenous theory; legal anthropology; natural resources law; public international law; comparative law
Biography: Elizabeth Steyn is Cassels Brock Fellow and Assistant Professor in Mining and Finance Law. She hold a doctorate in law (LLD) from the Université de Montréal and has been a Visiting Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle, Germany and at the Institute for European Law at the Universität des Saarlandes in Saarbrücken, Germany. She has previously lectured at the Université de Montréal and at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa.

Phil Stooke
Associate Professor, Dept. Geography (cross-appointed with Physics & Astronomy)Research Interests / Specializations: Planetary Processes

Adam Sirek
Adjunct Professor: Schulich Medicine & DentistryResearch Interests / Specializations: Family Medicine

Kim Tait
Associate Professor; Earth Science - University of Toronto
Livio Tornabene
Adjunct Professor, Earth SciencesResearch Interests / Specializations: Planetary Processes

Ana Luisa Trejos
Associate Professor; Engineering
Jonathan Vance
Distinguished University Professor; History
Rajiv Varma
Associate Professor Hydro One Chair, Power Systems, Engineering Electrical and Computer EngineeringResearch Interests / Specializations: Exploration Technologies

Jinfei Wang
Professor, GeographyResearch Interests / Specializations: Planetary Processes

Paul Wiegert
Associate Professor, Physics & AstronomyResearch Interests / Specializations: Galactic and Stellar Processes