Western Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Scholars

Supported by the Vice-President (Research), the Western Postdoctoral Fellowship Program provides funding to the very best postdoctoral applicants who will contribute positively to research excellence at the university and help advance Western's strategic plans. Recently awarded postdoctoral scholars in this program include:
2023 Recipients
Fellow |
Supervisor |
Faculty |
Abhimanyu Acharya |
Manina Jones |
Faculty of Arts & Humanities |
Tania Canas |
Amanda Grzyb |
Faculty of Information and Media Studies |
Qikun Feng |
Yang Zhao |
Faculty of Engineering |
Manda Fischer |
Ingrid Johnsrude |
Faculty of Social Sciences |
Kristin Franseen |
Edmund Goehring |
Faculty of Music |
Erin Iredale |
Matthew Hebb |
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry |
Maria Khan |
Jun Li |
Faculty of Education |
Yadira Lizama Mué |
Juan Luis Suárez |
Faculty of Arts & Humanities |
Idowu Olawoye |
Jennifer Guthrie |
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry |
Sananda Sahoo |
Joanna Redden |
Faculty of Information and Media Studies |
Peter Slovensky |
Yolanda Hedberg |
Faculty of Science |
Sajesh Vijayan |
Natasha Mhatre |
Faculty of Science |
Brent Wakefield |
Trevor Birmingham |
Faculty of Health Sciences |
Allie Wall |
Katreena Scott |
Faculty of Education |
2022 Recipients
Fellow |
Supervisor |
Faculty |
Olateju Ajanaku |
Isola Ajiferuke |
FIMS |
Nicolyn Charlot |
Claire Houston |
Law |
Diana Dima |
Yalda Mohsenzadeh |
Science |
Natalie Ein |
Don Richardson |
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry |
Laura Hallward |
Eva Pila |
Faculty of Health Sciences |
Uri Jacob |
James Grier |
Don Wright Faculty of Music |
Moynan King |
Spy Dénommé Welch |
Faculty of Education |
Raj Sing |
Emily Abrams Ansari |
Office of Indigenous Initiatives / Don Wright Faculty of Music |
Alex Veinot |
Paul Ragogna |
Office of Indigenous Initiatives / Faculty of Science |
Arun Vuppaladadiyam |
Ying Zheng |
Faculty of Engineering |
Ella Wind |
David Calnitsky |
Faculty of Social Science |
2019 Recipients
Fellow |
Supervisor |
Faculty |
Maryam Farzad |
Joy MacDermid |
Faculty of Health Sciences |
Daniel Miller |
Blake Butler |
Social Science |
Zhandong Huang |
Jun Yang |
Engineering |
Vasudeva Bhat |
Alison Allan |
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry |
Erin Brandt |
Natasha Mhatre |
Science |
Namis Amiresmaeili |
Brent Sinclair |
Science |
Ruizhi Yu |
Xueliang Sun |
Engineering |
Rebecca Livernois |
Eric Desjardins |
Arts & Humanities |
Ed Baggs |
Michael Anderson |
Arts & Humanities |
Ethan Schaefer |
Catherine Neish |
Science |
2018 Recipients
Fellow |
Supervisor |
Faculty |
Roberta Bgeginski |
Michelle Mottola |
Faculty of Health Sciences |
Conrad Giresse Tetsassi Feugmo |
Mikko Karttunen |
Science |
Chris Forgaard |
Paul Gribble |
Social Science |
Alexandra Giancarlo |
Janice Forsyth |
Faculty of Health Sciences |
Irshad Ahmed Hajam |
Mansour Haeryfar |
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry |
Roberto Limongi |
Lena Palaniyappan |
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry |
Gina Martin |
Jason Gililand |
Social Science |
Kuppuraj Sengottuvel |
Lisa Archibald |
Faculty of Health Sciences |
Ashley Sisco |
Brent Debassige |
Education |
Leticia Soares |
Elizabeth MacDougall-Shackleton |
Science |