May 4th, 2017
Trevor Pitcher will begin a one-year term as acting executive director of the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research on July 1.
Daniel Heath
A public meeting Wednesday will provide an update on the progress of a project to monitor sanitary conditions on Essex County’s recreational beaches.
Some of the University of Windsor scientists who presented their research findings at the North American Ornithological Congress last week in Washington, DC.
Aug 25th, 2016
The University of Windsor made a world-class showing of ornithological expertise last week during the North American Ornithological Congress.
UWindsor researcher Subba Rao Chaganti participated in a pop-up display May 18 on Parliament Hill.
May 24th, 2016
The Council of Ontario Universities organized the Research Matters Pop-up Research Park, May 18 on Parliament Hill.
Daniel Heath with a DNA sequencer.
Mar 2nd, 2016
A grant of $500,000 will allow a UWindsor team to analyze bacterial DNA from water samples.
Dean of science Marlys Koschinsky congratulates Daniel Heath on his lifetime achievement award.
Apr 9th, 2015
The 15th Annual Faculty of Science Celebration of Success, April 1 in the CAW Student Centre, recognized the extraordinary achievements of its educators and researchers, says dean Marlys Koschinsky.
“Whether it be a high impact publication, a prestigious grant or award, demonstrated teaching effectiveness, or superlative efforts on a special project,” she said, “I want to recognize and celebrate the impact of what we do in science, and to share our accomplishments with the University of Windsor community and beyond.”
The public is invited to the Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Symposium, April 9 and 10 at the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research.
Apr 8th, 2015
Areas as varied as animal behaviour, genetics and toxicology will come under the microscope this week at a GLIER symposium.
From left, Trevor Pitcher, Dan Heath and Dennis Higgs are shown here at the Yellow Island Aquaculture facility on Vancouver Island.
Feb 3rd, 2014
Three UWindsor biologists will receive a Synergy Award for Innovation today from NSERC.
The Great Lakes are under constant stress from pollution, habitat loss, climate change, invasive species and over-exploitation, but a group of University of Windsor researchers have received about $6.7 million in research dollars to find ways to improve and preserve their health.
Forward-thinking municipalities may one day be able to generate revenue from an unavoidable process on which they already spend millions of dollars if a UWindsor scientist can develop a process to create eco-friendly fuel from organic waste.
Subba Rao Chaganti, who works in professor Dan Heath’s lab at the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, is examining a microbial battery which can convert solid municipal waste in to ethanol.