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,
Dr. Carolina Tropini, PhD, PLEng
Assistant Professor
Microbiome, microbiota, inflammatory bowel disease, IBD, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, microbiology, biophysics, bioengineering, biomedical engineering,
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.
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
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
Prof. Christopher Overall, BDS, BSc (Hons), MDS, PhD, FCAHS, FRSC
Professor
Canada Research Chair on Protease Proteomics and Systems Biology
Proteomics, human proteome project, protease, degradomics, viral protease, SARS-CoV-2 protease activity and drug targets, COVID-19 3CLpro (3CLMain protease), antiviral drugs, interferon, spike, immunodeficiency, molecular corrector drugs, macrophages,
Dave McClung
Professor
Snow and avalance mechanics, avalanche dynamics and engineering, avalanche prediction and forecasting
Hadi Dowlatabadi
Professor
Energy technologies and policy, climate change mitigation, adaptation and policy, complex systems, sustainable development, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases
Dr. Sean Fleming
Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Applied R&D Technical Lead, National Water and Climate Center, US Department of Agriculture
Water resources, hydrology, flooding, water supply, water quality, rivers, groundwater, forecasting, prediction, computational modeling, artificial intelligence, machine learning, statistics, climate variability, climate change, contaminated sites, environmental remediation, mountain glaciers, geophysics, practical applications, environmental monitoring, environmental management, water resource management, environmental policy, public engagement, science and society,
Naoko Ellis, PhD
Professor
Chemical reaction engineering, multiphase reactors, CO2 capture, bioenergy, sustainability education and leadership, science outreach, sustainable development, systems approach, energy transition, transdisciplinarity, collaborative learning
Dr. Meaghan Thumath
Clinical Assistant Professor
Overdose, Substance Use, Addiction, Mental Health, Opioid Crisis, Drug Use, Harm Reduction, Homelessness, Gender, Women Drug Use, Child Welfare, Child Custody, Maternal Mortality, Marginalized Women, Vulnerable Women, Drug Treatment, Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Communicable Disease Control, Outbreaks, COVID, Monkeypox, HIV, AIDS, Sexual Health, Contraception, Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STIs), syphilis, congenital syphilis, Nursing, Nurses, Global Health, WHO, Ebola, International Health, Health Equity
Dr. Matthew Mitchell
Assistant Professor
Ecosystem services, biodiversity conservation, landscape ecology, urban ecology, agrobiodiversity, bat ecology
Dr. Johan Foster, PhD
Professor
NSERC Canfor Industrial Research Chair in Advanced Bioproducts
mask, masks, biodegradable, fibers, biomaterials, bioproducts, polymers, plastics, implantable materials, wound healing, materials, engineering, fibre, pulp, packaging, extrusion, foreign body response, lightweight materials, bio-sourced materials, compostable, filtration, drug delivery, smart materials, stimuli responsive, composites, breathability,
Dr. Sarah Henderson, BASc, PhD
Senior Scientist
BC Centre for Disease Control
wildfire smoke, air pollution, extreme hot weather, public health, epidemiology, environmental health
Dr. Steven Taylor
Professor
Psychology of pandemics, anxiety disorders, stress and coping, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, health anxiety, vaccination attitudes, social distancing, anti-facemask attitudes, pandemic-related conspiracy theories, cognitive-behaviour therapy,
Andrew Trites
Professor, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Director, Marine Mammal Research Unit
Professor, Dept. of Zoology
Marine mammals, seals, sea lions, whales, dolphins, fisheries competition, population biology, ecology, marine life
Richard Hamelin
Professor
Forest pathology, genomics, fungi, tree diseases, plant pathology, mycology
Allan L. Carroll
Professor
Director, Forest Sciences Undergraduate Program
Climate change, mountain pine beetle, bark beetles, forest disturbance, integrated pest management, insect ecology, population dynamics, insect-plant interactions, biological diversity, sustainable development, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases