Prof. Anna Blakney, PhD
Assistant Professor
RNA, messenger RNA, self-amplifying RNA, vaccines, therapeutics, protein replacement, immunology, antibody, lipid nanoparticles, polyplex, polymer, drug delivery, biomaterials, nucleic acid, gene therapy, gene delivery, immunoengineering,
Maria (Maite) Maldonado, PhD
Professor
Canada Research Chair II (Phytoplankton Trace Metal Physiology)
Phytoplankton, toxic algal blooms, iron fertilization, copper, trace elements, marine primary productivity, biological oceanography, microscopic algae, ocean science
Douglas Justice
Associate Director
botany, taxonomy, dendrology, trees, garden plants, cherry trees, maple trees, rhododendrons,
Michiel van de Panne, PhD
Professor
Associate Head for Research and Faculty Affairs
Computer animation, computer graphics, robotics
Gordon Richard Lovegrove, PEng, MBA, PhD, FITE
Associate Professor
Principal Investigator, Sustainable Transport Safety Research Laboratory
Chair, Sustainable Development Committee and Canadian Society of Civil Engineers
Sustainability, sustainable transportation, transportation planning, sustainable road safety, sustainable communities, transportation demand management, safety audits, macro-level collision prediction models, social cost benefit analyses, sustainable development, public transport, public transit
Dharma Wijewickreme, PhD
Professor
Buried pipelines engineering, soil pipe interaction, earthquake liquefaction of soils, geotechnical earthquake engineering, foundation engineering, soil mechanics
Prof. Karen Cheung, PhD
Professor
Biotechnology, MEMS and BioMEMS, Microtechnology, Lab-on-a-Chip, Microfluidics, neural implants, biomedical engineering, 3D printing, tissue engineering,
William Koty, MA
Director, UBC Continuing Studies Centre for Sustainability
Sustainability continuing education, sustainability professional development, lifelong learning, adult education, climate change education
Dr. Tiffany Potter, PhD
Professor of Teaching
eighteenth-century British literature and theatre (1660-1820), television, popular culture, women and popular culture (current and historical), eighteenth-century captivity narratives, “The Wire,” “Battlestar Galactica,” teaching, research on university teaching,
Dr. Victoria Lemieux, CISSP
Associate Professor
Blockchain and distributed ledger technology, digital trust, IT security, data privacy, records management, information governance, archival science,
Navin Ramankutty
Professor
sustainable agriculture, food systems, climate change, global environmental change, global data, global models,
Nisha Malhotra
Senior Instructor
Poverty and child malnutrition, Gender and domestic violence, International Trade, Trade Agreements, WTO Disputes, University Teaching, Higher Education.
Sara Dubois, MSc, PhD
Adjunct Professor
Animal welfare, conservation, Wild animals, animal welfare, animal science, biology of urban wildlife, oil spill, trophy hunting, wildlife management, exotic animals, zoos, aquariums, captive wildlife, animal cruelty, human dimensions, values, public engagement, humane pest control, wildlife contraception, animals in research, teaching and testing
Paulo Tchen, MBA
Lecturer and Course Coordinator, Pharmacist
Experiential education, community outreach, community-engaged learning, pharmacy practice, practicums, practice education
Edward Slingerland
Professor, Dept. of Asian Studies
Canada Research Chair in Chinese Thought and Embodied Cognition
Director, Cultural Evolution of Religion Research Consortium
Co-Director, Centre for the Study of Human Evolution, Cognition and Culture
Associate Member, Depts. of Philosophy and Psychology
Asian Studies, Chinese philosophy, philosophy, religion, religion and conflict, secularism, spontaneity, ethics, science-humanities integration, interdisciplinarity, interdisciplinary research
Dr. Minghao Li
Associate Professor
timber engineering, mass timber, structural design, cross laminated timber, seismic resilience,
Emily Cranston
Associate Professor
President’s Excellence Chair in Forest Bioproducts
Bio-based materials, cleantech, value-added products from the forest, nanocellulose, circular bioeconomy, plastic replacements, polymers, plastics, bio-products, nanotechnology, microscopy, green chemistry and engineering, sustainability, nano biocomposites, cellulose
Brian L. Job
Professor, Political Science
Faculty Associate, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
International relations of Asia Pacific countries, especially political/security matters, Canadian political/security interests and policies vis-a-vis Asia, Asian politics