Faculty
Teaching/Research Faculty
BALBINOT, DR. GUSTAVO
Assistant Professor
Movement Neurorehabilitation and Neurorepair laboratory (MoveNN)
Email: gustavo_balbinot@sfu.ca
Room: K8634
Lab: K9608
Research Interests: Neurorehabilitation, Neurorepair, Neuroplasticity, Movement analysis, Regenerative rehabilitation.
Blaber, Dr. Andrew
Professor
Aerospace Physiology Lab
Phone: (778) 782-3276
Email: ablaber@sfu.ca
Room: K9646
Interview: here
Research Interests: Environmental and Aerospace Physiology
Bio References
BROOKS-WILSON, DR. ANGELA
Professor, Dean of Science
Cancer Genetics Lab
Phone: (604) 675-8156
Email: arw6@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Cancer Genetics, genetics of healthy aging, lymphoma, human genetics
Clarke, Dr. David
Associate Professor
Phone: (778) 782-9777
Email: dcclarke@sfu.ca
Room: K9632
Claydon, Dr. Tom
Professor
Molecular Cardiac Physiology Group
Phone: (778) 782-8514
Email: thomas_claydon@sfu.ca
Room: L8005
Interview: here
Research Interests: Cardiac ion channel biophysics and physiology, cardiac rhythm, pathophysiological modulation of ion channel function, fluorescence-based electrophysiology
Claydon, Dr. Victoria
Professor
Cardiovascular Physiology Lab
Phone: (778) 782-8513
Email: victoria_claydon@sfu.ca
Room: L8006
Interview: here
Research Interests: Cardiovascular physiology and pathophysiology; altitude physiology; cerebrovascular control; autonomic nervous system; spinal cord injury; syncope.
Coates, Dr. Alexandra
Assistant Professor
Exercise Physiology and Performance Lab
Email: alexandra_coates@sfu.ca
Room: K9638
Research Interests: exercise physiology, training monitoring, cardiovascular physiology, overtraining, energy availability, wearable technology
Cooke, Dr. Dylan
Associate Professor
Sensorimotor Neuroplasticity Lab
Phone: (778) 782-7667
Email: dfcooke@sfu.ca
Room: L8001
Research Interests: Development and plasticity of brain organization, motor skill, recovery from brain injury, individual variation of cortical maps of the body, brain evolution
Doesburg, Dr. Sam
Professor
Phone: (778) 782-3737
Email: sam_doesburg@sfu.ca
Research Interests:
Magnetoencepalographic (MEG) brain imaging of typical and atypical brain oscillations and networks, Translational research in autism, Brain oscillations and networks in cognition and development
Donelan, Dr. Max
Professor
Locomotion Lab
Phone: (778) 782-7100
Email: max_donelan@sfu.ca
Room: K9640
Interview: here
Research Interests: Locomotion Neuromechanics
Finegood, Dr. Diane
Professor, Centre for Dialogue
Phone: (778) 782-9101
Email: finegood@sfu.ca
Room: HC 3305
Research Interests: complexity, systems thinking, obesity & chronic disease prevention, modeling, population and public health, knowledge translation and implementation
Hoffer, Dr. Andy
Professor
Neurokinesiology Lab
Phone: (778) 782-3141
Email: hoffer@sfu.ca
Room: L9003
Interview: here
Research Interests: Neuroprosthetic rehabilitation of movement disorders, diaphragm pacing
Krieger, Dr. Charles
Professor
Brain Research Lab
Phone: (778) 782-3753
Email: ckrieger@sfu.ca
Room: K9636
Interview: here
Research Interests: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, protein kinase, neurological disease, neuron death, motoneuron
Mackey, Dr. Dawn
Associate Professor, Graduate Program Chair
Aging and Population Health Lab
Phone: (778) 782-9330
Email: dmackey@sfu.ca
Room: K8629
Interview: here
Research Interests: Aging, mobility, disability, physical activity & function, osteoporosis, falls, epidemiology
MCINTOSH, DR. RANDY
Professor
BC Leadership Chair in Neuroscience and Technology Transfer Across the Lifespan
Director, Institute for Neuroscience and Neurotechnology
Phone: (778) 782-3889
Email: randy_mcintosh@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Cognitive and computational neuroscience, neuroimaging, aging & dementia
Marigold, Dr. Dan
Professor
Sensorimotor Neuroscience Lab
Phone: (778) 782-3499
Email: daniel_marigold@sfu.ca
Room: K8625
Research Interests: Neural control of movement, visuomotor control, locomotion, falls
NAPIER, DR. CHRIS
Assistant Professor
Email: cnapier@sfu.ca
Room: L8002
Research Interests: Running biomechanics; injury prevention; footwear; wearable sensors
Parkhouse, Dr. Wade
Professor & Vice-Provost and Associate VP, Academic
Metabolic Biochemistry Lab
Phone: (778) 782-4109
Email: parkhous@sfu.ca
Room: L8002
Research Interests: Exercise physiology and biochemistry
Poburko, Dr. Damon
Associate Professor
Molecular Cardiac Physiology Group
Phone: (778) 782-9464
Email: dpoburko@sfu.ca
Room: L8004
Interview: here
Research Interests: Vascular Smooth Muscle Structure-Function Relationships & Physiology, Mitochondrial Physiology, Synaptic Physiology
Reynolds, Dr. Steve
Term Practitioner Faculty, Associate Professor (Jan. 1, 2022 to Dec. 31, 2026)
T.B. Vets Charitable Foundation
Email: screynol@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Critical care
Robinovitch, Dr. Stephen
Professor, Department Chair
Injury Prevention and Mobility Lab
Phone: (778) 782-3566
Email: stever@sfu.ca
Room: K9642
Interview: here
Ruben, Dr. Peter
Professor
Molecular Cardiac Physiology group
Email: pruben@sfu.ca
Interview: here
Research Interests: Biophysics of ion channels, congenital heart disease, congenital epilepsy, congenital skeletal muscle disease, ion channel evolution
Tibbits, Dr. Glen
Professor
Molecular Cardiac Physiology group
Phone: (778) 782-3658
Email: tibbits@sfu.ca
Room: K9630
Interview: here
Research Interests: Molecular cardiac physiology, cardiac contractility, congenital heart disease, calcium regulation in the heart
ROHRS, DR. ELIZABETH
Term Practitioner
Phone:
Email: elizabeth_rohrs@sfu.ca
Vieira, Dr. Amandio
Associate Professor
Nutrition and metabolism research Lab
Phone: (778) 782-4251
Email: avvieira@sfu.ca
Room: K9634
Interview: here
Research Interests: Nutrition and metabolism, dietary antioxidants and phytochemicals, cellular and nutrient transport
Wakeling, Dr. James
Professor
Neuromuscular Mechanics Lab
Phone: (778) 782-8444
Email: wakeling@sfu.ca
Room: K9644
Interview: here
Research Interests: Neuromusclar Mechanics
White, Dr. Matthew
Associate Professor
Lab for Exercise and Environment Physiology
Phone: (778) 782-3344
Email: matt@sfu.ca
Room: K8636
Interview: here
Research Interests: Human temperature regulation, control of breathing and energy expenditure
Wiesman, Dr. Alex
Assistant Professor
Scientific Director - ImageTech Lab Core Facility
Email: wiesman@sfu.ca
Room: K9628
Research Interests: cognitive neuroscience, magnetoencephalography, aging, neurodegenerative disorders, neural oscillations
Teaching Faculty
Arnold, Anne-Kristina
Senior Lecturer
Phone: (778) 782-5213
Email: aarnolda@sfu.ca
Room: L8003
Research Interests:
Ergonomics, design, occupational environments, RSIY
Bedoya, Diana
Senior Lecturer
Phone: (778) 782-6623
Email: dbedoya@sfu.ca
Room: K8623
Research Interests: Obesity, behaviour change, weight management
bott, carmen
Lecturer
Phone:
Email: bott@sfu.ca
Room: K8628
Carter, Dr. Jim
Lecturer
Phone: (778) 782-4231
Email: carter@sfu.ca
Room: K8632
Dill, Ryan
Senior Lecturer, Associate Chair, Operations
Email: ryand@sfu.ca
Associate Chair Email: bpkaco@sfu.ca
Room: L8002
Wicks, Dr. Nadine
Senior Lecturer, Undergraduate Program Chair
Phone: (778) 782-3615
Email: nwicks@sfu.ca
Room: K8627
Research Interests: Ion channel biophysics and channelopathies, signal transduction and calcium handling dysfunction in disease, synaptic modelling and neuroplasticity.
Lee, Dr. Sabrina
Lecturer
Email:sabrina_sm_lee@sfu.ca
Room: K8638 Research Interests: Biomechanics, neuromuscular mechanics, rehabilitation, stroke, cerebral palsy, gait
Lunnie,Kevin
Lecturer
Email:kevin_lunnie@sfu.ca
Room:K8621
Ramer, Dr. Leanne
Senior Lecturer
Email: leanne_ramer@sfu.ca
Room: L9004
Sessionals and Term Lecturers
Ng, Dave
Term Lecturer
Email: yna10@sfu.ca
Associate Members
Dr. M. Faisal Beg
Engineering Science
Email: mfbeg@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Computational anatomy and medical image analysis
Dr. Bonnie Gray
Engineering Science
Email: bgray@sfu.ca
Research Interests:
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and microfluidics as applied to medicine and biology
Dr. Marinko V. Sarunic
Engineering Science
Email: msarunic@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Biomedical imaging, optical coherence tomography (OCT), microscopy, low-coherence interferometry, BioMEMS
Dr. Glenn Chapman
Engineering Science
Email: glennc@encs.sfu.ca
Research Interests: Building, techniques, and design of Large Area Restructurable Silicon Systems
Dr. Carlo Menon
Engineering Science
Email: cmenon@encs.sfu.ca
Research Interests: Robotics and Biomimetics
Dr. Edgar Young
Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Email: youngec@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Biochemistry
Dr. Jonathan Choy
Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Email: jonathan.choy@sfu.ca
Research Interests: T-cell biology, transplantation immunology, and vascular biology
Dr. Andrew Rawicz
Enginnering Science
Email: rawicz@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Reliability physics and engineering; optic device engineering; medical engineering; biomedical engineering
Adjunct Professors
Dr. Sam Goodchild
Xenon Pharmaceuticals, Canada
Email: sam.goodchild@gmail.com
Dr. James Reynolds
Kids Brain Health Network, Canada
Queens University, Canada
Email: jnr@queensu.ca
Dr. A. William Sheel
University of British Columbia, Canada
Email: bill.sheel@ubc.ca
Research Interests: Exercise, cardio-respiratory and environmental physiology
Dr. Kouhyar Tavakolian
University of North Dakota, USA
Email: kouhyart@gmail.com
Research Interests: Cardiac vibration signals, ballistocardiography and seismocardiography
Dr. Anita Cote
Trinity Western University, Canada
Email: anita.cote@twu.ca
Dr. Leif Hove-Madsen
Institut Català de Ciències Cardiovasculars, Spain
Email: LHove@csic-iccc.org
Research Interests: Cardiac physiology
Dr. Darren E. R. Warburton
University of British Columbia, Canada
Email: darren.warburton@ubc.ca
Research Interests: Cardio-respiratory physiology, environmental physiology and rehabilitation science
Dr. Vasily Vakorin
Behavioral & Cognitive Neuroscience Institute, Canada
Email: vasenka@gmail.com
Dr. Michael Koehle
University of British Columbia, Canada
Email: michaael.koehle@ubc.ca
Research Interests: Environmental physiology; intermittent hypoxia and acute mountain sickness
Dr. Igor Mekjavic
Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana
Email: mekjavic@icloud.com
Research Interests: Environmental physiology and ergonomics
Dr. Shubhayan Sanatani
BC Children's Hospital, Canada
Email: ssanatani@cw.bc.ca
Research Interests: Cardiovascular physiology and medicine
Dr. Xiaowei Song
Fraser Health Authority, Canada
Email: xiaowei.song@fraserhealth.ca
Research Interests: Aging and dementia, brain health and general health relationships, MRI techniques and applications
Dr. Deyar Asmaro
Langara College
Email: dasmaro@langara.ca
Research Interests: Neuroscience of addiction, cognitive/executive functioning in hypobaric environments
Emeritus and Retired Faculty
Dr. Josephine Anthony
Email: janthony@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Human Anatomy, Histology, Neuromuscular Anatomy
Dr. Parveen Bawa
Neurophysiology Lab
Email: bawa@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Neuroscience, spinal cord, reflexes, motoneuron
Dr. Allan Davison
Email: adavison@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Biochemistry, oxygen and antioxidant vitamins
Dr. Donald G. Hedges
Email: doctordon@shaw.ca
Dr. James Morrison
Email: jmorriso@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Bioengineering and environmental ergonomics
Tony Leyland
Email: leyland@sfu.ca
Craig Asmundson
Email: rasmunds@sfu.ca
Dr. Tom Calvert (Joint Appt with Cmpt, Ensc and Kines)
Email: tom@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Human figure animation (dance) and human computer interaction
Dr. John Dickinson
Email: johnlizatmb@hotmail.com
Research Interests: Motor learning and human factors
Dr. Christine MacKenzie
Human Motor Systems Lab
Email: christine_mackenzie@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Motor control, human skills, human-computer interaction, laparoscopic surgery, expression and music performance
Dr. William Ross
Phone: (604) 531-5049
Email: rosscraft@shaw.ca
Dr. Miriam Rosin
Email: rosin@sfu.ca
Stephen Brown
Email: sbrown@sfu.ca
Dr. Will Cupples
Email: wcupples@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Renal autoregulation and hypertensive renal disease
Dr. David Goodman
Email: goodman@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Motor control and learning
Dr. Ron Marteniuk
Email: ron_marteniuk@sfu.ca
Research Interests: Motor control, motor learning and interlimb coordination
Dr. Mike Walsh
Email: mwalsh@sfu.ca
Dr. Richard Ward
Email: richard_ward@sfu.ca