TRU Science

Physical Sciences Faculty

Chemistry

Department chair

Trent HammerCo-Chair and Assistant Teaching Professor

Faculty

Dr. Jessica AllinghamAssistant Teaching Professor
Dr. Jessica AllinghamAssistant Teaching Professor

I am an organic chemist with a specialization in radiochemistry, tracer development and medicinal chemistry. I am infatuated with the workings of the brain, drugs and improving health as a whole. I am also passionate about science communication, science...

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Dr. Lindsay BlackstockAssistant Teaching Professor
Dr. Sharon BrewerAssociate Professor
Dr. Bruno CinelAssociate Professor
Dr. Kingsley DonkorProfessor
Dr. Kingsley DonkorProfessor

My research focuses on developing rapid and sensitive analytical methods in capillary electrophoresis, chromatography, and mass spectrometry for the characterization of antimicrobial peptides, food, agricultural, and environmental samples as well as application of chemometric approaches to evaluating chemical data.

Dr. Heidi Huttunen-HennellyAssociate Professor

Multi-drug resistant pathogens are a worldwide health concern. The discovery or synthesis of new antibiotics is a challenging task. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), often referred to as "nature's antibiotics," are one class of antimicrobials. My research group is interested in...

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Christina MohrLab Coordinator
Christina MohrLab Coordinator

Christina Mohr teaches Chemistry in Open Learning. Her teaching interest lies in practical skills development in chemistry. In her spare time, Christina likes to spend time with her family and her dog and enjoys the outdoors.

Dr. Nelaine Mora-DiezProfessor
Robert MothersoleAssistant Teaching Professor
Dr. Dipesh PremaAssociate Professor

Synthetic organometallic/inorganic chemistry and catalysis; science and law; equity, diversity and inclusion in chemistry education; accessibility in chemistry education; use of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to investigate and quantify the fatty acid composition of forage, meat and dairy...

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Lab technician

Michelle BohamLab Technician
Isaac StephensLab Technician

University instructors and sessionals

Beth AndrucsonSessional Faculty
JinGyu LeeSessional Faculty
Francis OgunyemiSessional Faculty

Geology

Department chair

Dr. Mark PaetkauCo-Chair and Associate Teaching Professor
Dr. Mark PaetkauCo-Chair and Associate Teaching Professor

I am interested in all research topics where physics meets other disciplines.

Faculty

Dr. Mateus FandinoAssistant Teaching Professor
Dr. Robin KleivAssistant Teaching Professor
Dr. Robin KleivAssistant Teaching Professor

Describe your areas of expertise: I am a theoretical particle physicist working on hadronic physics. I am currently working on research projects related to exotic hadrons (e.g., hadrons that are neither mesons nor baryons) and on hadronic contributions to...

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Colin TaylorAssistant Teaching Professor
Dr. Nancy Van WagonerProfessor
Dr. Anusha VenkataramanAssistant Teaching Professor

My educational and professional background encompasses expertise in semiconductor devices, fabrication, molecular integrated circuit design, computational modelling of quantum-molecular electronic devices and related materials used in engineering nanoelectronic devices.

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University instructors and sessionals

Dr. Jacqueline BlackwellSessional Faculty
Steve Van WagonerSessional Faculty

Physics

Department chair

Dr. Mark PaetkauCo-Chair and Associate Teaching Professor
Dr. Mark PaetkauCo-Chair and Associate Teaching Professor

I am interested in all research topics where physics meets other disciplines.

Faculty

Dr. Abedin AbedinLab Coordinator
Dr. Abedin AbedinLab Coordinator

My research is primarily focused on understanding how planetary systems form and evolve, in particular the solar system. That involves investigation of the dynamical evolution and collisional history of planets and small solar system bodies (comets, asteroids and meteoroids)...

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Dr. Mateus FandinoAssistant Teaching Professor
Dr. Robin KleivAssistant Teaching Professor
Dr. Robin KleivAssistant Teaching Professor

Describe your areas of expertise: I am a theoretical particle physicist working on hadronic physics. I am currently working on research projects related to exotic hadrons (e.g., hadrons that are neither mesons nor baryons) and on hadronic contributions to...

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Colin TaylorAssistant Teaching Professor
Dr. Anusha VenkataramanAssistant Teaching Professor

My educational and professional background encompasses expertise in semiconductor devices, fabrication, molecular integrated circuit design, computational modelling of quantum-molecular electronic devices and related materials used in engineering nanoelectronic devices.

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University instructors and sessionals

Jaskirin KaurSessional Faculty
Justin MuffordSessional Faculty
Owen PaetkauSessional Faculty