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Department of Zoology

J. G. Richards, Head

Professor

N. Abraham, B.Sc. (Dal.), M.Sc. (McG.), Ph.D. (Ott.)
D. Altshuler, B.A. (Calif., S.Cruz), M.Sc. (Purdue), Ph.D. (Tx.)
A. Angert, B.A., Ph.D. (Wash.), Ph.D. (Mich. State)
V. J. Auld, B.Sc. (Br.Col.), Ph.D. (Tor.)
L. Aviles, Lic. Biol. Sci. (P.U.C., EC), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Harv.)
C. Brauner, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Br.Col.)
M. Doebeli, Ph.D. (Basel): Mathematics
M. Gordon, B.Sc. (McM.), Ph.D. (Stanford)
C. D. G. Harley, B.S. (Brown), Ph.D. (Wash.)
D. E. Irwin, B.S. (Stanford), Ph.D. (Calif., San Diego), Curator of Cowan Vertebrate Museum
K. C. King, B.Sc. (Br.Col.), M.Sc. (Concordia), Ph.D. (Indiana)
C. Kremen, B.S. (Stanford), Ph.D. (Duke): Resources, Environment and Sustainability
B. S. Leander, B.S. (Calif. Poly.), B.S., M.A. (Humboldt), Ph.D. (Georgia): Botany
J. Mank, B.A. (Flor.), M.Sc. (Penn.), Ph.D. (Georgia)
L. Matsuuchi, A.B. (Barnard), M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. (Col.)
M. I. O'Connor , B.Sc. (Brown), Ph.D. (N. Carolina)
S. Otto, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Stanford), FRSC
N. Panté, B.A. (Simon Bolivar), M.Sc. (Venezuela Sc.), Ph.D. (Brandeis)
D. Pauly, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Kiel), FRSC: Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
J. G. Richards, B.Sc. (Wilfred Laurier), M.Sc. (Waterloo), Ph.D. (McM.)
D. Schluter, B.Sc. (Guelph), Ph.D. (Mich.)., F.R.S., F.R.S.C.
P. Schulte, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Br.Col.), Ph.D. (Stanford)
T. P. Snutch, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Simon Fraser)., FRSC: Michael Smith Labs
D. Srivastava, B.Sc. (Dal.), M.Sc. (Tor.), Ph.D. (McM.)
W. Tetzlaff, M.D., Ph.D. (Calg.), Man-in-Motion Spinal Cord Chair
M. Whitlock, B.Sc. (Baylor), Ph.D. (Vanderbilt)

Professor Emeritus

M. L. Adamson, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Guelph)
J. D. Berger, A.B., A.M., Ph.D. (Indiana)
H. W. Brock, B.Sc. (Br.Col.), D.Phil. (Oxf.)
A. P. Farrell, B.Sc. (Bath), Ph.D. (Br. Col.)
C. L. Gass, A.B., B.Sc. (Calif., Chico), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Oregon)
T. A. Grigliatti, B.S. (Calif., Santa Clara), M.A. (Calif., S.Fran.), Ph.D. (Br.Col.)
C. J. Krebs, M.A., Ph.D. (Br.Col.), D.Sc. (Lund), F.R.S.C.
N. R. Liley, M.A., D.Phil. (Oxf.)
W. Maddison, B.Sc. (Tor.), Ph.D. (Harv.), Curator, Spencer Entomological Museum
W. K. Milsom, B.Sc. (Alta.), M.Sc. (Wash.), Ph.D. (Br.Col.)
D. G. Moerman, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Simon Fraser)
J. H. Myers, B.Sc. (Chatham Coll.), M.Sc. (Tufts), Ph.D. (Indiana)
A. M. Perks, M.A. (Camb.; Oxf.), Ph.D., D.Sc. (St.Andrews), F.R.S.(Med.) (Ldn.)
R. Redfield , B.Sc. (Monash), M.Sc. (McM.), Ph.D. (Stanford)
J. Roskams, B.Sc. (Swansea), M.Dip. (Idaho), Ph.D. (Penn. State)
R. Shadwick, B.Sc. (W.Ont.), Ph.D. (Br.Col.)
A. R. E. Sinclair, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Oxf.), FRSC
J. D. Steeves, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Manit.)
D. Suzuki, O.C., B.A. (Amherst), Ph.D. (Chic.), LL.D. (Prince Edward Isl.), D.Sc. (Acadia), FRSC
E. B. Taylor, B.Sc. (Qu.), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Br.Col.), Curator, Ichthyological Museum
C. J. Walters, B.S. (Calif. Poly. Humboldt), M.S., Ph.D. (Colorado), FRSC
K. Zeiler, B.A., Ph.D. (S.Flor.)

Associate Professor

S. Benson-Amram, B.A. (Cornell), Ph.D. (Mich.State)
R. Germain, B.Sc., (Guelph), Ph.D. (Tor.)
J. Jankowski, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Purdue), Ph.D. (Flor.)
K. Marshall, B.Sc. (Acadia), Ph.D. (W.Ont.)
P. Matthews, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Adelphi)
K. Mizumoto, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Kobe)
L. Parfrey, B.Sc. (N.Y. State, Al.), M.A. (New Mexico), Ph.D. (Mass., Amherst)
M. Ramer, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Qu.)
M. Tseng, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Tor.), Ph.D. (Ind.)

Associate Professor Emeritus

T. H. Carefoot, M.Sc. (Br.Col.), Ph.D. (Wales)
H. E. Kasinsky, B.A. (Columbia), Ph.D. (Calif.)

Assistant Professor

H. Bruce, B.Sc. (Arizona), Ph.D. (Calif., Berkeley)
K. Gaynor, B.A. (Columbia), Ph.D. (Calif., Berkeley)
A. Leeks, B.A., Ph.D. (Oxf.)
B. Matthews, B.Sc. (Cal.Tech.), Ph.D. (Col.)
K. Sugioka, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Tokyo), Ph.D. (Kobe)
K. Wei, B.Sc., (McG.), Ph.D. (Cornell)
C. Yee, B.Sc. (Waterloo), M.Sc. (Tor. Metro.), Ph.D. (McG.)

Affiliate Assistant Professor

D. Leitch, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Vanderbilt)

Professor of Teaching

P. Kalas, Lic.Biol., Dip.Biol. (Geneva), Ph.D. (Br.Col.)
C. Leander, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Calif. Poly., Humboldt), Ph.D. (Ga.)

Professor of Teaching Emeritus

K. M. Nomme, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Br.Col.)
C. Pollock, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Manit.), Ph.D. (Br.Col.)

Associate Professor of Teaching

C. Berezowsky, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Sask.), Ph.D. (Guelph)
L. Chen, B.Sc., M.Sc. (McM.), Ph.D. (Tor.)
B. Couch, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Tor.)
J. Klenz, B.S.A. (Sask.), Ph.D. (Mass., Amherst)
A. M. A. Lacombe, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Bretagne Occidentale), D.E.A. (C.R.S.), Ph.D. (Br.Col.)
A. O'Neill, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Br.Col.)
B. Steinwand, B.Sc. (Co., Fort Collins), Ph.D. (N. Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Assistant Professor of Teaching

V. Baliga, B.A. (Calif., Berkeley), Ph.D. (Calif., S.Cruz)
S. Lee, B.Sc., M.Sc., (Br.Col.), Ph.D. (Dartmouth)

Lecturer

I. Ballagh, B.Sc. (Otago), M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. (Col.)
T. Blanchard, B.Sc. (Ott.), M.Sc. (Guelph), Ph.D. (Br.Col.)
C. Fung, B.Sc. (Calg.), M.Sc. Candidate (Br.Col.)
V. Lam, B.Sc., B.Ed., and Ph.D. (Br.Col.)
M. Mousavi, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Br.Col.)
L. Odendaal, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Cape Town)
L. F. Norman, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Vic.(Br.Col.))
C. Sun, B.Sc. (UNAL, Taiwan), M.Sc. (Minn.), Ph.D. (Wis.)
T. M. Z. Waise, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Dhaka), Ph.D. (Miyazaki)
R. Wilson, B.Sc. (Qu.), M.Sc. (Br.Col.)

Adjunct Professor

G. Iwama, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Br.Col.)
O. Johannsson, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Br.Col), Ph.D. (E.Anglia)
C. Wood, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Br.Col.), Ph.D. (E.Anglia)

Associate Member

V. Christensen, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, Graduate Studies
C. Hauert, Mathematics
J. Richardson, Forestry
D. Rosen, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
K. Soma, Psychology
A. W. Trites, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, Graduate Studies
A. Vincent, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, Graduate Studies

Research Associate

J. Garzke, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Kiel)
A. Geraldes, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Porto)
M. M. Gilbert, B.A. (Scripps), M.Sc. (Oregon), Ph.D. (Br.Col.)
O. Hulai, M.Sc. Ph.D. (State Agrarian, Podolia), Ph.D. (Inst. AEMNAS)
D. Metzger, B.A. (Ithaca Coll.), M.Sc. (Wash.), Ph.D. (Br.Col.)
W. van der Bijl, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Groningen), Ph.D. (Stockholm)

Honorary Research Associate

E. Adamczyk, B.S., M.S. (Calif., S.D.), Ph.D. (Br.Col.)
R. Beyers, B.Sc. (Maastricht), M.Sc. (Antwerp), Ph.D. (Br.Col.)
D. Brink, B.S. (Long Island), M.S. (Calif., Irvine), Ph.D. (Or.) 
M. Lilllie, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Qu.), Ph.D. (W.Ont.)
J. MeKenzie, B.Sc. (Vic.(Br.Col.)), M.Sc. (Tex.A&M), Ph.D. (Br.Col.) 
M. Prentice, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Trent) 
R. Suarez, B.S. (Ateneo de Manila), M.S. (Philippines), Ph.D. (Br.Col)
L. Zhou, Ph.D. (Yokohama)


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