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Biology

Department Head

M. Rheault

Professors

P. A. Barker, B.Sc. (Simon Fraser), Ph.D. (Alta.)
M. K. Deyholos, B.Sc. (Alta.), Ph.D. (McG.)
D. Gibson, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Vic.(Br.Col.))
M. Hart, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Guelph)
K. Hodges, B.A., Ph.D. (Br.Col.)
A. Klegeris, M.Sc. (R.S.M.U.), Ph.D. (Exeter)
L. Parrott, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (McG.) Joint appointment with Geography and Earth and Environmental Sciences
M. A. Russello, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Columbia)

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Professor Emeriti

D. Buszard, B.Sc. (Bath), Ph.D. (Ldn.)
M. Jones, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Tor.)
L. Nelson, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Calg.)
I. Walker, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Simon Fraser), Joint appointment with Earth and Environmental Sciences

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Associate Professors

A. Ford, B.Sc. (Vic.(Br.Col.)), M.Sc. (Careton), Ph.D. (Br.Col.)
S. Ghosh, B.Pharm., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Br.Col.)
R. Lalonde, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Simon Fraser)
S. Mahmoud, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Calg.)
N. Pelletier, B.Sc. (Vic.(Br.Col.)), MES., Ph.D. (Dal.) Joint appointment with Management
J. Pither, B.Sc. (Waterloo), M.Sc. (Acadia), Ph.D. (Qu.), Joint appointment with Geography
S. D. Reid, B.Sc., Ph.D. (McM.)
M. Rheault, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (McM.)

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Associate Professor Emeriti

W. Bates, B.Sc. (Guelph), M.Sc. (W.Ont.), Ph.D. (Tx.)
J. Boon, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Br.Col.)
P. Dill
D. Durall, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Calg.)
M. Forrest, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Br.Col.)
J. Harding
L. Hooker, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Br.Col.)
B. Mathieson, B.A., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Ott.)
B. Nilson, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Vic.(Br.Col.))
D. W. Smith, B.Sc. (A.S.Coll.)

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Assistant Professors

K. Bergstrom, B.Sc. (N.Br.Col.), Ph.D. (Br.Col.)
L. Grieneisen, B.Sc. (Will. & Mary Coll.), M.Sc. (Bucknell), Ph.D. (Notre Dame)
C. Mason, B.Sc. (Flor.), Ph.D. (Ga.)
M. Noonan, Ph.D. (Oxf.), B.Sc. (Concordia)
E. Osei, B.Sc. (Kwame Nkrumah Tech.), M.Sc. (Cranfield), Ph.D. (Br.Col.)
S. Purcell, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Florida State), Ph.D. (Alta.)

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Affiliate Professors

C. Egan, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Br.Col.)
M. Ferraz, D.V.M. (São Paulo), M.Sc. (Barcelona), Ph.D. (Utrecht)
K. Larsen, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Vic.(Br.Col.)), Ph.D. (Alta.)

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Affiliate Assistant Professor

B. Pickles, B.Sc. (Edin.), M.Sc. (Aberdeen), Ph.D. (Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen)

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Associate Professor of Teaching

R. Plunkett, B.Sc., Ph.D. (New Mexico)
Z. Soon, B.Ed., B.Sc. (Br.Col.), M.Sc. (Sussex), Ph.D. (York (U.K.))

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Assistant Professor of Teaching

R. Young, B.Sc. (McM.), M.Sc. (Montreal), Ph.D. (Br.Col.)

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Adjunct Professors

B. Bhowmik, B.Sc. (Bd.Agri.), M.Sc. (Kagawa), Ph.D. (Ehime)
C. Bishop, B.Sc. (Guelph), M.Sc. (York), Ph.D. (McM.)
P. Bowen, B.Sc, M.Sc. (Br.Col.), Ph.D. (Calif.)
P. N. Brown, B.Sc. (Dal.), M.Sc. (Simon Fraser), Ph.D. (Br.Col.)
C. Buesching, Ph.D. (Oxf.), M.Sc. (DPZ, Germany)
R. DeClerk-Float, B.Sc. (Laurentian), M.Sc. (Sask.), Ph.D. (N.Ariz.)
F. Doyle, RPBio, M.Sc. (Br.Col.)
D. Ensing, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Br.Col.), Ph.D. (Qu.)
T. Forge, B.Sc. (Kansas State), Ph.D. (Wisc.)
P. Govindarajulu, B.Sc., M.Sc. (McG.), Ph.D. (Vic.(Br.Col.))
K. Hannam, B.Sc. (Vic.(Br.Col.)), M.Sc. (Br.Col.), Ph.D. (Alta.)
D. Henderson, B.Sc. (Sask.), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Alta.)
R. Irvine, B.Sc. (Guelph), Ph.D. (Calg.)
T. Lowery, B.Sc, M.Sc. (Guelph), Ph.D. (Br.Col.)
C. Moffatt, B.Sc. (Vic.(Br.Col.)), M.Sc. (Br.Col.), Ph.D. (New Brun.)
D. Neilsen, B.Sc. (Ldn.), M.Sc. (Qu.), Ph.D. (McG.)
C. Neufeld, B.Sc. (Vic.(Br.Col.)), Ph.D. (Alta.)
R. O’Brien, B.Sc. (St.Francis Xavier), Ph.D. (Carleton)
M. C. Paterson, B.Sc. (Ryl.Military), M.Sc. (Qu.), Ph.D. (Tenn.)
L. Phillips, B.Sc. (Thomp.Riv.), Ph.D. (Sask.)
J. Polfus, B.A. (Dartmouth Coll.), M.Sc. (Mont.State), Ph.D. (Manit.)
R. Serrouya, B.Sc. (McG.), M.Sc. (Br.Col.), Ph.D. (Alta.)
M. Sharifi, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Isfahan)
A. Singh, B.Sc. (Gujarat), M.Sc. (Anand Agri.), Ph.D. (Guelph)
J. Souter, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Sask.)
R. Steenweg, B.Sc. (McG.), M.Sc. (N.Br.Col.), Ph.D. (Mont.State)
D. Theilmann, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Qu.), Ph.D. (Tex.A&M)
H. Thistlewood, B.Sc. (U.K.), M.P.M., Ph.D. (Simon Fraser)
J. R. Urbez-Torres, Master of Viticulture, Enology, and Wine Marketing (ISSC, Spain), Ph.D. (Calif., Davis)
H. Ward, B.Sc. (Br.Col.), Ph.D. (Alta.)
J. Zhang, B.Sc. (Beijing), M.Sc. (Weizmann Sc.), Ph.D. (Guelph)

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