Michael Fryzuk, PhD
Professor & Head
Energy, fuel cells, hydrogeny economy, nitrogen fixation
Charles Haynes, PhD
Professor and Department Head
Biotechnology, genomics, translation, biophysics, bioengineering, biomolecular engineering, enzymology, computational modeling, cell delivery, macromolecular biochemistry, protein chemistry, biomaterials and biomechanics, catalysis, drug delivery, protein design
Christian Kastrup, PhD
Assistant Professor
Hemorrhage, coagulation, biomaterials, nanomedicine, platelets, blood, combat casualty care, clots, bleeding
Dr. Stephen McNeil, PhD
Associate Professor
chemistry education, science education, teaching and learning, active learning strategies, curriculum development, student success,
Dr. Vassilis Kontogiorgos
Associate Professor in Food Chemistry
Food Chemistry, Plant proteins, Gels
Dr. Ilsa Cooke, PhD
Assistant Professor
astrochemistry, physical chemistry, interstellar medium, radio astronomy, molecular spectroscopy, laboratory astrophysics, reaction kinetics and dynamics, ultrahigh vacuum, photovchemistry,
Jamie Peck, PhD
Canada Research Chair in Urban and Regional Political Economy
Professor of Geography
Creative cities, urban policy, labour market and welfare programs, temporary employment, outsourcing
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
Orlando Rojas, PhD
Professor and Canada Excellence Research Chair in Bioproducts
Scientific Director, Bioproducts Institute
Director, Pulp and Paper Center
Biobased Colloids and Materials, Renewable Nanomaterials, Bioproducts
Rena Sharon, MMus
Professor of Collaborative Piano Studies
Chamber music and conflict resolution, art song / lieder, young artist experience summer camp
Villy Christensen, PhD
Professor, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Director, Global Ocean Modeling
Ecosystem modeling, global ocean, IPBES, Ecopath, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases
Peter Cole
Associate Professor
Ecojustice and sustainability education, Indigenous education, advanced research methodology, indigenizing research, Indigenous community engagement, research with St’at’imc and Kichwa-lamista (high Amazon in Peru) and Cusco-sacred valley area of Peruvian Andes, First Nations and settler relations, language and cultural regeneration, ecotechnology, ecopedagogy, ecoliteracy, environmental studies, researching with Indigenous peoples, human nonhuman and more-than-human relationalities and Indigenous peoples, aboriginal and northern studies, Indigenous rituals and ceremonies, indigeneity and essentialism, cultural appropriation, appropriation of voice, intellectual property appropriation, aboriginal and Indigenous knowledges in the academy, academic colonization, aboriginal peoples and the performing and visual arts, Indigenous traditions in education, Indigenous healing and wellness modalities, Indigenous peoples and genocide, Indigenous peoples and place-based education, sustainable development
Dr. Wendy V. Norman, MD, CCFP, FCFP, DTM&H, MHSc
Professor, Dept. of Family Practice
Associate Member, School of Population and Public Health
Associate Member, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Sexual and reproductive health, health policy and service research, Public health, Contraception, Abortion services and methods, Population health intervention research, Family planning implementation research, Health professional task sharing research,
Dr. Carolina Tropini, PhD, PLEng
Assistant Professor
Microbiome, microbiota, inflammatory bowel disease, IBD, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, microbiology, biophysics, bioengineering, biomedical engineering,
Hanspeter (Hans) Schreier, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Watershed management, water pollution, water and food, urban stormwater
Prof. Karen Cheung, PhD
Professor
Biotechnology, MEMS and BioMEMS, Microtechnology, Lab-on-a-Chip, Microfluidics, neural implants, biomedical engineering, 3D printing, tissue engineering,
Curtis A. Suttle, PhD
Professor
Bacteria, viruses, marine microbiology, Arctic microbiology, environmental microbiology, bacteriophage
Dharma Wijewickreme, PhD
Professor
Buried pipelines engineering, soil pipe interaction, earthquake liquefaction of soils, geotechnical earthquake engineering, foundation engineering, soil mechanics
Dennis Danielson
Professor
Cosmology, science and religion, John Milton, Copernicanism
Dr. Judy Illes, CM, PhD
Professor
Distinguished University Scholar
UBC Distinguished Scholar in Neuroethics
Ethics, brain, biomedicine, bioethics, neuroscience,
Dr. Illes is a world-reknowned pioneer of the field of neuroethics that was formally established in early 2000 to directly align biomedical ethics with neuroscience in research, clinical practice, and the commercialization of brain health. She received her PhD from Stanford University, and holds faculty appointments at UBC, the University of Washington in Seattle, and Clare Hall at Cambridge University in England. She is co-lead of the Canadian Brain Research Strategy of the International Brain Initiative, and sits on numerous advisory boards, including the Standing Committee on Ethics and the Institute for Neuroscience Mental Health and Addiction of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. She also is a newly appointed Director-at-Large of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Dr. Illes is often asked to provide expert consultation and testimony on ethics matters involving conflict of interest, neuroprivacy, and ownership of research data, governance, and regulation. She received the Order of Canada, the country’s highest citizen award, in 2017.