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:
2024 Recipients
| Fellow | Supervisor | Faculty |
|---|---|---|
| Giada Ferrucci | Amanda Grzyb | Faculty of Information & Media Studies |
| Olivia Ghosh-Swaby | Lindsay Nagamatsu | Faculty of Health Sciences |
| Anqi Hu | Ryan Stevenson | Faculty of Social Science |
| Kristen Lucibello | Eva Pila | Faculty of Health Sciences |
| Rubina Malik | Emma Duerden | Faculty of Education |
| Corinne Lajoie | Carolyn McLeod | Faculty of Arts & Humanities |
| Myrna Moretti | Alison Hearn | Faculty of Information & Media Studies |
| Loyce Mrewa | Valerie Oosterveld | Faculty of Law |
| Abdolvahed Narmashiri | Brian Corneil | Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry |
| Julia Pastor | Vojislava Grbic | Faculty of Science |
| Chuyan Qu | Daniel Ansari | Faculty of Education |
| Alessia Romani | Joshua Pearce | Faculty of Engineering |
| Rena Roussin | Emily Abrams Ansari | Don Wright Faculty of Music |
| Camille-Mary Sharp | Kirsty Robertson | Faculty of Arts & Humanities |
| Emmanuela Wroth | Edmund Goehring | Don Wright Faculty of Music |
| Jenny Zhong | Shun-Cheng Li | Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry |
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 | Don Wright 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 | Faculty of Information and Media Studies |
| Nicolyn Charlot | Claire Houston | Faculty of Law |
| Diana Dima | Yalda Mohsenzadeh | Faculty of 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 Singh | Emily Abrams Ansari | Office of Indigenous Initiatives / Don Wright Faculty of Music |
| Alex Veinot | Paul Ragogna | Office of Indigenous Initiatives / Faculty of Science |
| 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 | Faculty of Social Science |
| Zhandong Huang | Jun Yang | Faculty of Engineering |
| Vasudeva Bhat | Alison Allan | Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry |
| Erin Brandt | Natasha Mhatre | Faculty of Science |
| Namis Amiresmaeili | Brent Sinclair | Faculty of Science |
| Ruizhi Yu | Xueliang Sun | Faculty of Engineering |
| Rebecca Livernois | Eric Desjardins | Faculty of Arts & Humanities |
| Ed Baggs | Michael Anderson | Faculty of Arts & Humanities |
| Ethan Schaefer | Catherine Neish | Faculty of Science |
2018 Recipients
| Fellow | Supervisor | Faculty |
|---|---|---|
| Roberta Bgeginski | Michelle Mottola | Faculty of Health Sciences |
| Conrad Giresse Tetsassi Feugmo | Mikko Karttunen | Faculty of Science |
| Chris Forgaard | Paul Gribble | Faculty of 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 | Faculty of Social Science |
| Kuppuraj Sengottuvel | Lisa Archibald | Faculty of Health Sciences |
| Ashley Sisco | Brent Debassige | Faculty of Education |
| Leticia Soares | Elizabeth MacDougall-Shackleton | Faculty of Science |
