Dr. Robert Xiao, PhD
Assistant Professor
Human-Computer Interaction, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Computer Security, Privacy,
Laura Stankiewicz, BASc
PhD Student
bioengineering, tissue engineering, regenerate medicine, stem cell, cellular immunotherapeutics,
Dr. Mohammad Shahrad, PhD
Assistant Professor
cloud computing, computing systems, serverless computing,
Dr. Andrew Almas
Assistant Professor of Teaching
Urban Forestry, Native Species, Urban Ecology, Canadian Environmental Governance, Assisted Migration, Canadian Environmental Assessment, Environmental Site Assessment,
Dr. Shandin Pete
Assistant Professor of Teaching
Indigenous science, Indigenous research methodology, hydrology, ethnohydrology, hydrogeology, surface water/groundwater interaction, culturally congruent instruction, ethnography, Indigenous astronomy, Indigenous philosophies,
Dr. Willow Verkerk, PhD
Lecturer in Continental Philosophy and Social Philosophy
Friendship, gender, sexual difference, love, feminism, mimesis, Friedrich Nietzsche, Judith Butler, Adriana Cavarero, continental philosophy, European philosophy, objectification, reification,
Dr. Gregory Paradis, RPF, P.Eng.
Assistant Professor
forest management and planning, harvest scheduling, timber harvesting, climate change mitigation, forest carbon modelling, forest industry, supply chain planning, forest resource analysis, landscape-level modelling, forest economics, operations research, optimization, industrial engineering, business analytics,
Dr. Aastha Mehta
Assistant Professor
systems security, operating systems, data privacy, distributed systems, side channels,
Dr. Anthony Fong, MD CCFP(EM)
Clinical Assistant Professor
Family and Emergency Physician
emergency medicine, emergency room, emergency doctor, emergency physician, family medicine, family doctor, rural medicine, remote medicine, doctor, general practitioner, coronavirus, COVID, COVID-19, disaster response, health emergency, global emergency, disaster relief, Chinese, Chinese Canadian, racism,
Dr. Hessam Dehghani, PhD
Assistant Professor of Teaching Persian Language of Culture
Teaching:
Teaching Languages, Content-based, project-based teaching,
Research
Persian literature, Sufism and Islamic Studies, Philosophy and Phenomenology of Religious Experience,
Dr. Lea Caragata, PhD
Associate Professor
Poverty, gender, development, single mothers, policy, welfare systems, resilience, youth,
Dr. Jean-Thomas Cornelis
Assistant Professor in Soil Science
soil science, soil chemistry, terrestrial biogeochemistry, soil and climate, soil and food quality, biochar, soil carbon,
Dr. Alyssa Alexander, PhD
Lecturer
care work, parenthood, gender wage inequality, gender, work-family, family structure, childhood outcomes,
Dr. Louis Maraj , PhD
Assistant Professor
race, antiracism, rhetoric, Black studies, digital media, antiracist pedagogy, activism, gender,
Dr. Amy Wilson, PhD, DVM
Adjunct Professor
Ecological and anthropogenic factors influencing wildlife health and disease, role of domestic animals in the transfer of disease between humans and wildlife, conservation ecology of bats in British Columbia,
Dr. Lakshmi Yatham, MBBS, FRCPC, MRCPsych (UK), MBA (Exec)
Professor and Head, UBC Department of Psychiatry
Regional Head and Regional Program Medical Director, Vancouver Coastal Health & Providence Health Care
Bipolar Disorder, Major Depression, Mood Disorders, Mental Health, Mental Health Care, Mental Illness, Psychiatry, Biological Psychiatry, Psychiatric Research, Leadership,
Dr. Salman Soleimani-Dashtaki, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow & Sessional Lecturer
Seismic retrofit strategies for low-rise unreinforced masonry, Ecofriendly Ductile Cementitious Composite (Earthquake-Resistant Concrete or EDCC), structural engineering, earthquake engineering, Structural Health Monitoring (SHM), vibrations of structures, structural rehabilitation, building condition assessment, civil infrastructure repair & strengthening, innovative construction materials, advanced concrete technology, Non-Destructive Testing (NDT), high performance materials,
Dr. Tony T.Y. Yang, PhD, PEng
Professor
Seismic behaviour and design of steel, concrete and composite structures, seismic behaviour and design of tall buildings,
Ingrid Jarvis
PhD candidate
urban natural environments, ecosystem services, and human health and well-being,
Dr. Helena Wu, PhD
Assistant Professor of Hong Kong Studies
Hong Kong, Hong Kong culture, cinema, and literature, identity, popular culture, media, spectatorship, community,