Our Research Clusters
Institute of Biochemistry Research
Research discoveries in biochemistry span several fields, with emphasis on three research clusters:
- Agri-food
- Environmental Toxicology
- Biomedical & Therapeutics
Biotechnology innovations provide tangible solutions across those same fields, improving the health of humans and of the environment.
The listings below indicate which field of application each researcher is focused in.
Agri-Food
- Dr. Tyler Avis – (Plant Microbiology, Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture)
- Dr. Shelley Hepworth – (Plant biotechnology, Agriculture, Crop Breeding)
- Dr. Yaxi Hu – (Agri-food System, Food Integrity, Analytical Chemistry)
- Dr. Heath MacMillan – (Insect Mass Rearing)
- Dr. David McMullin – (Natural Toxins)
- Dr. Owen Rowland – (Crop Protection, Sustainable Agriculture, Engineering Biology)
- Dr. Apollinaire Tsopmo – (Food Chemistry, Food Bioactive Compounds, Structures, Functions and Mechanisms)
- Dr. Tim Xing – (Biotechnology, Plant Protection)
Environmental Toxicology
- Dr. Jenny Bruin – (Diabetes, Islet Biology, Toxicology)
- Dr. Daniel Gregoire – (Bioremediation, Biogeochemistry, Microbial Physiology)
- Dr. David McMullin – (Metabolites in the Environment)
- Dr. Amy Rand – (Forever Chemicals, Exposure, Fate)
Biomedical & Therapeutics
- Dr. Kyle Biggar – (Peptide Therapeutics, Machine Learning)
- Dr. Jenny Bruin – (Diabetes, Islet Biology, Toxicology)
- Dr. Heath MacMillan – (Microplastics and Nanoplastics)
- Dr. David Sabatino – (Precision Oncology)
- Dr. Jeffrey Smith – (Lipidomics, Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry)
- Dr. Bill Willmore – (Stress Biology, Tissue Engineering)