Board members represent key academic units at the University of Guelph whose work is directly relevant to the CBG’s mission. They provide advice on institutional alignment, help to recruit HQP, and leverage university expertise
Interim Dean, College of Biological Science
Dr. Holloway’s research focuses on understanding the regulation of mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation in skeletal and cardiac muscle, which can be influenced by 1) the transport of fat into mitochondria and 2) mitochondrial content. Holloway’s lab applies this knowledge to the study of human exercise performance as well as type 2 diabetes.
Professor, Statistics
Director, Master of Data Science
An overarching theme of Dr. Ali’s research is studying complex systems in high dimensional settings, but the specific projects are quite diverse. Her approach to all of these problems is by first considering the associated data generating mechanism and relating it to a graphical Markov model.
Chief Information Officer
Devries brings more than 25 years of valuable leadership experience in information technology across the public and private sector to his role of Chief Information Officer (CIO) at the University of Guelph. Rob previously served in various technology leadership roles within the Ontario government, including Assistant Deputy Minister – Digital Platforms with the Ontario Digital Service, and CIO for Government and Consumer Services.
Associate Professor & Canada Research Chair
Director, Bioinformatics Graduate Program
Dr. Geddes-McAlister’s research program focuses on understanding the interactions between a host and a pathogen during disease. She uses quantitative proteomics to profile changes in protein production to define how the host changes in response to the pathogen and how the pathogen evades the host defence mechanisms.
Associate Professor, Sociology
Dr. McIlwraith works with Indigenous peoples in British Columbia, Canada, to document territoriality, food and resource harvesting practices, and to identify the Indigenous rights to land. These days, this usually means an effort to understand contemporary Indigenous land use in the context of mining and logging.
