Mél Hogan, Queen's University

Research

DNA genomics infrastructure data centers energy environment plants cloud

Latest funding

Machine Learning or Learning Machines: Critical AI Futures in Education
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$111,678
Land, Sea, Sky: Digital Infrastructure and Transition in Northern Landscapes and Communities
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$86,063
Responsible governance of gene editing of animals: Situating and expanding debates in a Canadian context
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$39,575

All 6 grants and awards

Machine Learning or Learning Machines: Critical AI Futures in Education

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Singh, Sava Saheli

$111,678

Land, Sea, Sky: Digital Infrastructure and Transition in Northern Landscapes and Communities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Beer, Ruth S.

Keywords: digital infrastructure; research creation; sensory critical ethnography; digital geography; storytelling

$86,063

Responsible governance of gene editing of animals: Situating and expanding debates in a Canadian context

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Blue, Gwendolyn

Keywords: responsible governance; gene editing; animals; inclusive engagement; multispecies justice

$39,575

Learning to see space: Integrating spatial reasoning into mathematical practice

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Kobiela, Marta

Keywords: spatial reasoning; mathematical defining; elementary school geometry; design-based research; classroom research; longitudinal research

$72,213

Genomic Media: Tracking Sociotechnical Imaginaries of DNA Data Storage

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hogan, Mél

Keywords: DNA; genomics; infrastructure; data centers; energy; environment; plants; cloud

$73,621

Storing Genomic Data: New Media-Historical Contexts for "Coding Life"

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Hogan, Mél

Keywords: (1) infrastructure; (2) data; (3) storage; (4) genomics; (5) DNA; (6) big data; (7) media; (8) control; (9) ownership; (10) privacy

$27,980

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: DNA Dear Professor Hogan, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on dna connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Genomic Media: Tracking Sociotechnical Imaginaries of DNA Data Storage" (2021), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]