LEADERS
Discovery the world needs is rooted in knowledge, skill, technique and rigour. Our students and faculty are a vibrant cohort of scientists and scholars inspired by the opportunities our university affords. These are tomorrow’s leaders and today’s trailblazers driven by a spirit of curiosity, a willingness to test boundaries, and a belief in humanity’s potential to shape the future.
Expertise Spotlight
USask scientists and scholars are winning awards and breaking new ground in research.
Angela Bedard-Haughn
Angela Bedard-Haughn is dean and professor from the College of Agriculture and Bioresources whose areas of specialization include applied pedology, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, wetland soils, digital soil mapping and soil information management.
Andrew Grosvenor
Andrew Grosvenor is professor of chemistry from the College of Arts and Science whose research focuses on how structural and compositional changes affect the electronic structure of rare-earth (and transition-metal) oxides, silicates, and pnictides using X-ray spectroscopy using the Canadian Light Source and the Advanced Photon Source.
Holly Graham
Holly Graham is Indigenous Research Chair in Nursing and associate professor from the College of Nursing whose strength-based research focuses on Indigenous health, mental health, and wellness. A member of the Thunderchild First Nation, SK, she maintains an active practice as a Registered Doctoral Psychologist, working primarily with individuals who have experienced trauma and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Ajay Dalai
Ajay Dalai is Canada Research Chair of Bioenergy and Environmentally Friendly Chemical Processing & Distinguished Professor Chemical and Biological from the College of Engineering. His research areas include chemical reaction design, heterogeneous catalysis, biomass and bioenergy, petroleum processing, materials synthesis and characterization, gas processing, hydrotreating, sustainable energy, value-added processing, nanotechnology, gasification, and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis.
Corinne Schuster-Wallace
Corinne Schuster-Wallace is associate professor of geography and planning with the College of Arts and Science and a member of the Global Institute for Water Security. Her research areas include local water security for health, water, disease and climate change, water and sustainable development, and couple systems approaches.
Arinjay Banerjee
Arinjay Banerjee is a research scientist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) and adjunct professor in the department of Veterinary Microbiology with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine. His work investigates emerging bat-borne zoonotic viruses, such as coronaviruses, along with deciphering the immunological consequences of infection in reservoir species (e.g., bats) and spill over mammalian species (humans and agricultural animals).
Heather Foulds
Heather Foulds is the Heart & Stroke/CIHR Indigenous Early Career Women’s Heart and Brain Health Chair and Co-Scientific Director of aen mamawii kiiayaahk (Healing Together) Métis Health and Wellness Research Network, as well as associate professor in the College of Kinesiology. Her research areas include Indigenous wellness, healthy aging and management of chronic conditions, and human performance.
Steven Rayan
Steven Rayan is professor in Mathematics & Statistics, College of Arts and Science, as well as director of the Centre for Quantum Topology and Its Applications (quanTA). He specializes in pure mathematics and its relationship to physics and quantum science. His research areas include algebraic geometry, topology, quantum materials, and quantum computing. He leads the Quantum Innovation Signature Area on campus.
Shelley Kirychuk
Shelley Kirychuk is associate professor from the College of Medicine and the Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture. She is the Co-PI and Director of the CIHR-STIHR Public Health and the Agricultural Rural Ecosystem Training Program (PHARE). Her clinical interests include epidemiology of rural and agricultural related exposures and respiratory health outcomes.
Allyson Glenn
Allyson Glenn is associate professor of painting and drawing in the Department of Art & Art History from the College of Arts and Science. Her research area is contemporary figurative painting with a specialization in portraiture and the figure. Other areas include painting, drawing, 2D animation, and virtual and augmented reality.
Ken Coates
Ken Coates is professor and Canada Research Chair in Regional Innovation from the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy. His research areas include regional innovation, university education and higher education generally, Indigenous rights and land claims, science and technology policy, Japan and Canada-Asia relations, northern governance and development, and circumpolar affairs.
Erika Dyck
Erika Dyck is professor and Canada Research Chair in the History of Medicine from the College of Arts and Science whose research areas include the history of health and medicine, the history of madness and psychiatry, the history of eugenics, LSD and psychedelic drugs, and the history of reproductive rights.
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