Biology Faculty & Staff

Faculty

Suzanne Gray, PhD
Department Chair | Associate Professor
Areas of Research:

Courses Taught
BIO 1220 Human Physiology
BIO 3610 Biology of Fishes

email | lab website
Ph: 902-894-2846

Brent Robicheau, PhD
Assistant Professor
Areas of Research: Microbiology, Oceanography, Genomics

Courses Taught
BIO 1060 Intro. Microbiology for Health Sciences
BIO 2060 Microbiology
BIO 3520 Molecular Biology Research Techniques
BIO 3750 Medical Microbiology

email | lab website
Ph: 902-620-5231

Christian Lacroix, PhD
Professor
Areas of Research: Developmental Plant Morphology, Foliar and Floral Development, Biology of Gulf of St. Lawrence Aster

Courses Taught
BIO 2020 Botany
BIO 3110 Plants and People
BIO 3120 History of Biology
BIO 3140 Plant Community Ecology
BIO 4660 Plant-Animal Interactions

email
Ph: 902-566-0551

Robert Deziel, PhD
Assistant Professor
Areas of Research: Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (SoTL)

Courses Taught
BIO 1310 Genes, Cells & Macromolecules
BIO 1320 Organisms and Environment
BIO 2250 Human Biochemistry

email | lab website
Ph: 902-620-5455

Emma Ladouceur, PhD
Assistant Professor
Areas of Research: Quantitative Ecology, Biodiversity Change, Disturbance and Restoration Ecology, Conservation Biology, Biogeography

Courses Taught
ACC3100 Climate Change Impacts on Biodiversity & Ecosystems
BIO 4520 Biogeography & Macroecology
BIO 4540 Biodiversity & Conservation Biology
ESC 8020 Communication Strategies

email | lab website
Ph: 902-566-6040

J. Pat Murphy, PhD
Associate Professor
Areas of Research:

Courses Taught
BIO 4710 Molecular Biotechnology

email | lab website
Ph: 902-566-6059

Pedro Quijon, PhD
Professor
Areas of Research: Coastal Ecology, Species Interactions, Marine Invasions, Coastal Stressors, Biodiversity

Courses Taught
BIO 2040 Zoology
BIO 3910 Marine Biology
BIO 3270 Field Coastal Ecology
BIO 4650 Marine Community Ecology
ESC 8650 Advances in Marine ecology

Marva Sweeney-Nixon, PhD
Professor | Associate VP Research & Dean of Grad Studies
Areas of Research:

Courses Taught

email | lab website
Ph: 902-566-6009

Joel Ross, PhD
Associate Professor
Areas of Research: Gene regulation, stem cells, neurodevelopment, functional genetics, cell engineering

Courses Taught
BIO 2210 Cell and Molecular Biology
BIO 3310 Research Methods and Communications in Biology
BIO 3720 Virology
BIO 4030 Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
ESC 8800 Advanced Applications of Molecular Biotechnology

email | lab website
Ph: 902-620-5369

Désirée Seib, PhD
Assistant Professor | Lévesque Research Chair in Human Health
Areas of Research: Behavioural Neuroendocrinology, Neurodevelopment, Neurogenesis, Nutritional Psychiatry

Courses Taught
BIO 3260 Organismal Cell Physiology
BIO 4020 Comparative Environmental Vertebrate Physiology
BIO 4050 Medical Biology
BIO 4750 Basic and Clinical Immunology

email
Ph: 902-566-0602

Marina Silva-Opps, PhD
Associate Professor
Areas of Research:

Courses Taught
BIO 1010 Current Issues Enviro. Biology
BIO 2220 Ecology

email | lab website
Ph: 902-566-0380

Stevan Springer, PhD
Associate Professor | Undergraduate Biology Honours Coordinator
Areas of Research: Computational and Molecular Evolution

Courses Taught
BIO 2230 Genetics
BIO 3230 Advanced Genetics
BIO 3350 Animal Behavior
BIO 3820 Evolutionary Biology