Environment

Dr. Charles Menzies

Dr. Charles Menzies

Professor

Fisheries crises, traditional ecological knowledge, local ecological knowledge, social inequality, neo-liberalism, Tsimshian, Brittany, Ireland, maritime communities, coastal communities, ethnoecology, First Nations land claims

Judith Myers, PhD

Judith Myers, PhD

Professor Emerita

Insect ecology, biological control, invasive species, population cycles, insect outbreaks, population ecology, insect pests, women in science

Nicholas Coops, PhD

Nicholas Coops, PhD

Professor

Canada Research Chair in Remote Sensing (I)

Optical remote sensing, LIDAR, computer visualization, biodiversity, climate change, forest mapping, biological diversity, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases

Madjid Mohseni, PhD, PEng

Madjid Mohseni, PhD, PEng

Professor

Scientific Director, RES’EAU Centre for Mobilizing Innovation

Water treatment, ultraviolet (UV), ozone, advanced oxidation technologies, environmental pollution control, bioenergy from waste

Gregory Dipple

Associate Professor

Carbon sequestration, geologic fluid flow, mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions

Dr. John Richardson, PhD

Dr. John Richardson, PhD

Professor

water, endangered species, species at risk, freshwater, conservation, wildlife, ecology, populations, ecosystems, invertebrates,

Dr. William Rees, PhD, FRSC

Dr. William Rees, PhD, FRSC

Professor Emeritus

ecological economics, ecology, human ecology, human population dynamics, human environmental behaviour, ecological footprint analysis, climate change, cognitive barriers to sustainability, urban prospects, energy futures, renewable energy, societal collapse,

Hanspeter (Hans) Schreier, PhD

Hanspeter (Hans) Schreier, PhD

Professor Emeritus

Watershed management, water pollution, water and food, urban stormwater

Mark Schaller

Mark Schaller

Professor

Psychological process underlying the advancement of science, psychological processes in the formation of group stereotypes and intergroup prejudice, psychological foundations of culture

David G. Duff

David G. Duff

Professor

Director, Centre for Business Law

Tax law and policy, environmental taxation, comparative and international taxation

Siegfried (Sigi) F. Stiemer, PhD

Siegfried (Sigi) F. Stiemer, PhD

Professor

Telescope and observatory enclosure design, steel structures, adaptive structures, artificial intelligence in design, alternative energy machines

Anthony R.E. Sinclair

Anthony R.E. Sinclair

Professor Emeritus

Global biodiversity, African ecology, Australian ecology, biological diversity

Marcello Veiga, PhD

Marcello Veiga, PhD

Associate Professor

Effects of metals in the environment, pollution caused by mining, social effects of mining on communities, mercury pollution on fish

Michael Byers

Professor

Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law

Politics, government, defense, military, Arctic, sovereignty, United States, human rights, civil liberties, terrorism, international, United Nations, NATO, Middle East, arms control, nuclear, treaties, diplomacy, environment, climate change, law

Eric Taylor

Eric Taylor

Professor; Curator, UBC Fish Museum

Possible threats to native fish, native BC fish biodiversity, fish biology and conservation, evolution, biological diversity

James A. Olson, PhD

James A. Olson, PhD

Professor

Dean of Applied Science

Fluid mechanics, turbulent suspension flows, pulp, paper, forest products engineering

Pierre Bérubé, PhD, PEng

Pierre Bérubé, PhD, PEng

Professor

Water quality assessment and treatment, membrane and other filtration related technologies, focus on potable water and seawater

Rob Kozak

Rob Kozak

Professor and Dean

Forest products marketing and management, value-added wood products, forest dependent communities, forests and poverty alleviation, sustainable development,

Dominique Weis, PhD

Dominique Weis, PhD

Professor

Canada Research Chair (Geochemistry of the Earth’s Mantle)

Isotopic geochemistry, mass spectrometry, environmental geochemistry, mantle plumes, large igneous provinces, volcanoes, sea research, Kerguelen, Hawaii

Stuart Sutherland, PhD

Stuart Sutherland, PhD

Professor of Teaching

Paleontology, fossils, extinction, geology, rocks, plate tectonics, geological activity, history of planet Earth