Supervisors Actively Recruiting Students/Applicants for Research Opportunities

Supervisor Name	Research Interests	Specific Projects	Student Type	Skills/Education/Qualifications Required	Funding Opportunities Available	Contact Method
Madeline Whetung	Indigenous Geographies, Legal Geographies, Emotional Geographies, Embodied Practice, Place-based research, Autoethnographic methods, Anticolonial methods, Queer Care Practices, Anishinaabe Care Politics, Queer world-building, Queer and Indigenous climate change responses	Queering Community Care for Collective Climate Responsive Future: Carers and their Dependents at the Centre of our Circle	MASc or PhD	Critical thinking, reading and writing skills; Event organization; Community-based work, Knowledge and practice on care, dependent responsibilities, Queer theory, interest in experimental research methods, and exploring alternative conceptions and responses to climate change	Unknown at this time.	email: madeline.whetung@torontomu.ca
Elsayed Elbeshbishy	Anaerobic Digestion of Biosolids Greenhouse Gas Emission from Wastewater Treatment Plant Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence	1. Biogas Production from Municipal Solid Wastes 2. Monitoring GHG Emissions from Wastewater Treatment Plant	MASc or PhD	Strong Background in Wastewater Treatment and sludge management	Yes - Stipend Funding	Email: Elsayed.elbeshbishy@torontomu.ca
Claire Oswald	Watershed hydrology; water quality; urban water systems; wastewater surveillance	Classification of urban land use features; hydrological processes in urban greenspaces; isotopic characterization of urban waters; inter-watershed comparisons of urban hydrological processes (all dependent on funding)	MASc or PhD	Undergraduate or Masters in physical geography, environmental science, or related discipline; experience with environmental fieldwork, GIS, coding (R or equivalent), and quantitative data analysis.	Research Assistantship	email: coswald@torontomu.ca
Carina Rebello	Pedagogy, STEM education, communication	Retrieval practice, 21st century workforce skill development, teaching pedagogy	MASc or PhD		Research Assistantship	email: rebellocm@torontomu.ca
Lesley Campbell	Sustainable Agriculture; Plant Response to Environment; Genotype by Environment Interactions	Development of net-zero agricultural methods; refining agricultural practices to result in less fertilizer, pesticide or energy used; plant communication; supply chain management and pricing of food (all dependent on funding)	PhD	Undergraduate or Masters in Plant Biology, Agriculture, or related discipline; experience with horticulture, coding (R or equivalent), and quantitative data analysis.	Stipend Funding	email: lesley.g.campbell@torontomu.ca
Nima Khakzad	Fire safety at chemical and process plants; Risk-informed decision making and optimization; Impact assessment of natural disasters (flood, wildfire, etc.) on industrial facilities	(i) Optimal fire protection and firefighting at process plants; (ii) Risk assessment of methane explosions at wastewater treatment plants	MASc or PhD	Familiarity with the following techniques is an asset but not required as can be acquired during the research: Quantitative techniques; Statistics and probability; Risk assessment and management	Research Assistantship	nima.khakzad@torontomu.ca
Songnian Li	Geospatial information systems, environmental modeling with GIS, public-participated GIS and spatial decision-making in environmental impact assessment, geospatially-integrated environmental management systems, 3D GIS for land-surface-subsurface modeling, urban solar energy modeling and mapping.	digital twin for environment assessment; SDG assessment and monitoring using geospatial technologies	MASc or PhD	Geomatics engineering, GIS modeling	Stipend Funding	snli@torontomu.ca
Ehsan Behzadfar	Sustainable polymers, sustainable materials design and processing	Aerogels from renewable resources for medical cold chain packaging	MASc or PhD	Strong knowledge of polymer chemistry and processes, knowledge of biogenic polymers, passionate about developing sustainable solutions for specialty packaging products	Yes-Research Assistantship	behzadfar@torontomu.ca
Lu Wang	Health and healthcare access among immigrants, ageing and health, neighbourhood and health	Projects concerning immigrant health and healthcare, neighbourhood and health, spatial mobility.	MASc or PhD	Strong writing and communication skills. Statistical methods. GIS and spatial analysis, mixed-methods approach	Yes-Research Assistantship	luwang@torontomu.ca
Rachel Dodds	Sustainable tourism, destination management and marketing, climate change and tourism	Various. Please contact faculty member for more information.	MASc or PhD		Unknown at this time	r2dodds@torontomu.ca
Matthias Sweet	Transportation policy, travel behavior, transportation planning, environmental assessment, transportation finance	The Future of Transportation Finance in Ontario (FTF-Ontario) Partnership: Interpreting the new federal role considering transportation funding and GHG reduction goals	MASc or PhD	Transportation interests & demonstrated commitment/preserverance	Yes - Research Assistantship	matthiassweet@torontomu.ca
Chun-Yip Hon	Occupational health and safety, exposure assessment, evaluation of interventions,	n/a	MASc or PhD	Interest in occupational health and safety	No	cyhon@torontomu.ca
Mustafa Koc	Food security, sustainability, food policy	Sustainable urban food systems, disaster planning, rural development	MASc or PhD	Academic background	No	mkoc@torontomu.ca
Julia Lu	Analytical chemistry, environmental chemistry/science	Study of reactivity, mobility, bioavailability and toxicity of chemicals in the environment (air, water, soil...)	MASc	BSc in Science with keen interest in the project	Yes - Stipend Funding	julialu@torontomu.ca
Seth Dworkin	Geothermal heating and cooling	Modelling, optimization, AI applications with ground source heat pumps	MASc or PhD	Scientific and mathematical background	Yes - Stipend Funding	seth.dworkin@torontomu.ca
Rachel Dodds	sustainable tourism, climate change, sustainability reporting, business CSR	Currently working on a study about tourism development over a 15 year period in Tofino as well as a study looking at indicator development for sustainability	MASc or PhD	Could use someone who is good at writing and synthesizing information as need a literature review updated. They must be familiar with sustainability and be a good writer with good referencing skills and ability to cite properly. My need is immediate and I have about $1000 - 2000 to use up in the next couple of months	Yes - Stipend Funding	r2dodds@torontomu.ca
Nima Khakzad	System safety; fire safety	Improving the safety of chemical plants via optimal fire protection	MASc or PhD	Probabilistic techniques; Quantitative risk assessment	Yes - Research Assistantship	nima.khakzad@torontomu.ca
Matthias Sweet	transportation policy & planning	The Future of Transportation Finance in Ontario Partnership Development Grant	MASc or PhD	interest in transportation, skills in either a) inferential statistics, spreadsheet analysis, hypothesis testing, or b) qualitative methods, interviews, thematic analysis,	Yes - Research Assistantship	matthiassweet@torontomu.ca
Vadim Bostan	Limnology, phosphorus cycle	Internal phosphate loadings	MASc	Bachelor of Science	Unknown at this time	vbostan@torontomu.ca
Janice Rudkowski	Maker culture, makerspaces and the circular economy; sustainability practices in retail sector (e.g., fashion and other categories); frontline retail employees as brand influencers; retailers' roles as community builders	Maker culture, makerspaces and their circular economy practices	MASc or PhD	Understanding of makerspaces and circular economy best practices	Yes - Research Assistantship	jrudkowski@torontomu.ca
Afsoon Soudi	Responsible machine learning and artificial Intelligence, Audience analytics and computational social science, climate communication	Analysis of climate change content on social media and its impact on audience behaviour	MASc or PhD	Critical thinking, literature review and academic writing Familiarity with python, Interest in machine learning and sentiment analysis and communication theories	Yes - Stipend Funding	afsoon.soudi@torontomu.ca
Chris Wellen	Hydrology and Water Quality in Urban and Agricultural Areas; Water Quality Modelling; Soils and water quality	Mapping urban soils with UAVs; Urban contaminant concentration-discharge dynamics; tracer aided models to understand agricultural and urban flowpaths; the source and fate of road salt in Lake Simcoe; beneficial management practices in Lake Simcoe	MASc or PhD	Undergraduate or Masters in physical geography, environmental science, or related discipline; GIS, coding (R or equivalent), and quantitative data analysis.	Stipend, Research Assistantship	christopher.wellen@torontomu.ca
David Atkinson	Biophysical Remote Sensing Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge Indigenous Conservation Ecosystem Assessment Drone Based Remote Sensing	Indigenous Led Area Based Conservation - Saskatchewan First Nations Communities Indigenous Led Natural Climate Solutions - Saskatchewan First Nations Communities Drone Based Biophysical Remote Sensing of Arctic Ecosystems - Cape Bounty	MASc or PhD	Environmental Science - Biogeochemical cycling, Carbon exchange, Hydrological modeling Physical/Environmental Geography Remote Sensing GIS Indigenous Methodologies Indigenous Knowledges Statistical Analysis	Yes - Stipend Funding	datkinson@torontomu.ca
Songnian Li	Big Geospatial Data, Urban Mobility, Digital Twin, Crowdsourcing, GeoCollaboration, SDGs, Cultural Heritage Preservation	City Digital Twin to Support Low-altitude Economy, Digital Twin for Heritage Preservation, Geospatial-enabled SDGs Assessment and Monitoring	MASc or PhD	geoinformatics background with strong skills in 3D modeling, spatial modeling and analysis, and programming	Yes - Stipend Funding	snli@torontomu.ca
Cheryl Teelucksingh	Critical energy policy, environmental justice, and climate justice	The successful applicant will be a doctoral student who will work with a larger interdisciplinary team of researchers and students in a project led by the University of Toronto, with participation from several universities across Canada, (including McMaster University and Toronto Metropolitan University), to develop innovative, socially informed energy storage solutions to help Canada advance towards its goal of net-zero emissions by 2050. The qualified applicant will have (1) qualitative methods skills (including the ability to analyze interview and focus group data and (2) an interest in critical energy policy.	MASc or PhD	The applicant will report to Dr. Cheryl Teelucksingh (teeluck@torontomu.ca) at Toronto Metropolitan University. • The ideal candidate will have a strong interest in, and potentially work experience related to, renewable energy transitions and justice from a social science perspective. • Applicants must have a relevant master’s degree (e.g., political science, geography, environmental studies, or a related discipline) completed before the start date. • Be open to interdisciplinary research and working as part of an academic team • Interested in learning approaches and theories of community engagement and energy and sustainability transitions, • have an interest in policy analysis, sustainability, and social justice; • are familiar with social science methods such as qualitative interviews, surveys and/or statistics; • are proficient in English; • are motivated to work independently. • are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion in the workspace.	Yes - Stipend Funding	teeluck@torontomu.ca
Jay Park	Sustainable Packaging Systems and Design, Industrial Ecology, Circular Economy Waste Management, Life cycle assessment	- Optimization of fresh produce packaging system and format for sustainability - Environmental analysis of the interactions between packaging and food waste - Development of sustainable packaging format for electric battery cells - Environmental assessment of different packaging system and formats in eCommerce supply chains - Development of smart eco-label systems and design for efficient environmental communications	MASc or PhD	Education in sustainability, industrial/mechanical engineering, packaging science, food science, consumer behavior, supply chain management, or related fields.	Unknown at this time	jaypark@torontomu.ca

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