Vancouver Campus

Dr. Robert Xiao, PhD

Dr. Robert Xiao, PhD

Assistant Professor

Human-Computer Interaction, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Computer Security, Privacy,

Laura Stankiewicz, BASc

Laura Stankiewicz, BASc

PhD Student

bioengineering, tissue engineering, regenerate medicine, stem cell, cellular immunotherapeutics,

Dr. Mohammad Shahrad, PhD

Dr. Mohammad Shahrad, PhD

Assistant Professor

cloud computing, computing systems, serverless computing,

Dr. Andrew Almas

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

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

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.

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

Dr. Aastha Mehta

Assistant Professor

systems security, operating systems, data privacy, distributed systems, side channels,

Dr. Anthony Fong, MD CCFP(EM)

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

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

Dr. Lea Caragata, PhD

Associate Professor

Poverty, gender, development, single mothers, policy, welfare systems, resilience, youth,

Dr. Jean-Thomas Cornelis

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

Dr. Louis Maraj , PhD

Assistant Professor

race, antiracism, rhetoric, Black studies, digital media, antiracist pedagogy, activism, gender,

Dr. Amy Wilson, PhD, DVM

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)

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

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

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

Ingrid Jarvis

PhD candidate

urban natural environments, ecosystem services, and human health and well-being,

Dr. Helena Wu, PhD

Dr. Helena Wu, PhD

Assistant Professor of Hong Kong Studies

Hong Kong, Hong Kong culture, cinema, and literature, identity, popular culture, media, spectatorship, community,