Cross-Appointed Professors

C. Allen, B.Sc. (Ottawa), Ph.D. (McGill)
Faculty of Pharmacy (Assistant Professor)
Email: cj.allen@utoronto.ca; Website: http://phm.utoronto.ca/~allen/research.htmlResearch interest: Rational design and development of polymer-based drug delivery systems.

J. Audet, B.Sc., B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc. (Laval), Ph.D. (UBC)
Institute for Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (Assistant Professor)
Email: julie.audet@utoronto.ca; Website: http://individual.utoronto.ca/julie_audet/
Research interest: Stem cell bioengineering and single-cell proteomics.

W.C.W. Chan, Ph.D., B.Sc. (Illinois), Ph.D. (Indiana)
Institute for Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (Professor)
E-mail: warren.chan@utoronto.ca; Website: http://inbs.med.utoronto.ca

P.A. Cooper, B.Sc. (Toronto), M.Sc. (Oregon), B.Ed. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Faculty of Forestry (Professor)
Email: p.cooper@utoronto.ca

B. Cox, B.A., Ph.D. (Cambridge)
Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Professor)
Email: cox@ecf.utoronto.ca

J.E. Davies, B.Sc., Ph.D., D.D.S.
Institute for Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (Professor)
Email: davies@ecf.utoronto.ca

M.L. Diamond, Ph.D. (Toronto)
Department of Earth Sciences (Professor)
Room 207B; 45 St. George St.; Tel. 416-978-1586; Email: miriam.diamond@utoronto.ca
Research interest: Measuring and mathematical modelling of environmental contaminants from source to environmental fate to human and ecological exposure. Contaminants include metals and trace organic compounds, especially in urban areas, indoor environments and aquatic systems. Life cycle impact assessment. Research is closely linked to policy needs.

R. Fulthorpe, B.Sc. (Carleton), M.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Toronto & Carleton)
Department of Botany, U. of T. at Scarborough (Associate Professor)
Tel. 416-287-7221; Email: fulthorpe@scar.utoronto.ca
Research interest: Microbial evolution for the degradation of organic compounds.

M. Grynpas, Ph.D. (London),
Departments of Pathology, Medicine & Surgery (Professor)
U. of T. Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital
Room 840; Tel: 416-586-4800 ext 4464; Fax: (416) 586-1554;
Email: grynpas@mshri.on.ca; Website: http://www.mshri.on.ca/grynpas/
Research interest: Biomineralization, biomaterials, bone quality and bone fatigue, effect of drugs and trace elements on bone.

D.F. James, B.Sc., M.A., M.S., Ph.D. (Toronto)
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (Professor)
Email: james@mie.utoronto.ca

E. Kumacheva, FRSC
Department of Chemistry, Professor
Canada Research Chair in Advanced Polymer Materials
Lash Miller Building; Tel. 416-978-3576;
Email: ekumache@chem.utoronto.ca

M. Ojha, B.Sc. (McMaster), M.A.Sc., Ph.D.
Institute for Biomedical Engineering (Associate Professor)
Room 408; Tel. 416-978-7584; Email: ojha@ecf.utoroto.ca
Research interest: Arterial blood flow mechanics and convective mass transfer; histologic and morphometric analyses of coronary atherosclerosis and arterial bypass graft occlusion; hemodynamic evaluation of vascular prosthetic devices such as bypass grafts, heart valves, and vena cava filters needed to prevent pulmonary embolism.

M. Sain, Faculty of Forestry (Assistant Professor)
Faculty of Forestry (Professor)
Tel. 416-946-3191; Email: m.sain@utoronto.ca
Research interest: Natural fiber-polymer composites, industrial waste water treatment, surface chemistry of lignocellulosics. Research interests: natural fiber reinforced thermoplastics and thermosetting nanotechnology for fiber surface and paper sizing; microtoxicity removal from water, reactive pulping.

J.P. Santerre, B.Sc. (Dalhousie), M.Sc.E. (UNB), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Faculty of Dentistry (Professor); 124 Edward St. Room 464C/
Centre for Biomaterials; Mining Building Room 331; Tel. 416-979-4903 xtn. 4341;
Fax 979-4760; Email: paul.santerre@utoronto.ca; Web site: http://www.utoronto.ca/IBBME
Research interest: Polymer synthesis and characterization. Development of Bioactive Surface modifying coatings for medical device applications. Process and mechanism of polymer degradation by enzymes and white blood cells. Biostability of dental composite resins. Application of materials to cardiovascular support devices. Development of novel drug polymers.

W. Stanford, B.A. (Duke), Ph.D. (North Carolina)
Institute for Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (Professor)
Email: william.stanford@utoronto.ca; Website: http://www.wlstanfordlab.com/

M.J. Thomson,B.Eng. (McGill), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Berkeley, California)
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (Associate Professor)
Room 335; Tel. 416-580-3391; Email: thomson@mie.utoronto.ca;
Web site: http://www.mie.utoronto.ca/staff/profiles/thomson/
Research interest: Air Pollution Control: Experimental and computational studies of combustion generated pollutant formation; Combustion chemistry; Modeling with chemical kinetics and computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Development of laser systems for pollutant measurement; Development of new diesel fuel additives for reduced air pollution; Applications in the aircraft engine, automotive, steel, pulp and paper, energy and solid waste management industries.

S. Thorpe, B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)
Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Professor)
Mining Building, Room 212B; Tel. 416-978-8584; Email: thorpe@ecf.utoronto.ca;
Website: http://www.mse.utoronto.ca/contacts/Professors/Thorpe__Steven_J_.htm
Research interest: Electrochemistry and corrosion; Production, structural characterization and properties of amorphous and nanocrystalline materials; Electrocatalysis; Surface science; Electronic packaging; Surface modification and corrosion of biomaterials.

T.A. Utigard, B.Sc. (Oslo), M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)
Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Professor)
Email: utigard@ecf.utoronto.ca

F. Wania, Geook (Bayreuth, German), Ph.D.
Division of Physical Sciences, U. of T. at Scarborough (Associate Professor)
Room S517; Tel. 416-287-7225; Email: frank.wania@utoronto.ca
Research interest: Environmental phase partitioning and transport of organic contaminants, specifically global fate of persistent contaminants, and air-surface exchange of semi-volatile organic compounds. Measurements and estimation methods of physical-chemical properties and environmental phase equilibria. Numerical modelling of environmental chemical behaviour.

M. Winnik, B.A. (Yale), Ph.D. (Columbia)
Department of Chemistry (Professor)
Email: mwinnik@chem.utoronto.ca; Website: http://www.chem.utoronto.ca/peoples/faculty_profile.php?id=74

N. Yan, Ph.D.(Toronto)
Faculty of Forestry (Assistant Professor)
Earth Sciences Centre, Room 3037; Tel. 416-946-8070; Email: ning.yan@utoronto.ca
Research interest: Relationship between structure and end-use properties of wood composites and paper, impact of process parameters, influence of furnish characteristics such as fiber species, fiber dimension and strand size, dynamic and viscoelastic response of materials, surface texture identification, coating and print quality of paper, paper physics, and paper/printing interactions.

P.W. Zandstra, B.Sc. (McGill), Ph.D. (UBC)
Mary Gertrude I'Anson Tissue Engineering Chair, Canada Research Chair in Stem Cell Bioengineering.
Institute for Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (Associate Professor)
Roseburgh Bldg; Tel. 416-978-8888; Email: peter.zandstra@utoronto.ca
Research interest: The regeneration of functional tissues ex vivo from multipotent progenitor (stem cell) populations and the development and utilization of tools to modulate the responses of these cells.