Phil Barker | Vice-Principal, Research | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation, Research & Innovation Office (VPRI) |
philip.barker@ubc.ca | 250.807.9582 | ADM006M
Graduate student supervisor
Research Interests: Neurodegenerative disease, signal transduction, neurotrophin biology, cell biology, fly and mouse genetics.
Adam Ford | Okanagan Institute for Biodiversity, Resilience, and Ecosystems Services (BRAES) |
adam.ford@ubc.ca | 250.807.9773 | SCI 109
Graduate student supervisor
Research Interests: Wildlife ecology and conservation; mammals; temperate forests, grasslands, and tropical savannas.
Courses & Teaching: Animal ecology
Natasha Haskey | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Biology |
natasha.haskey@gmail.com | Internal UBC Phone #: 39206 | ASC 374
Research Interests: The effect of diet modification on clinical disease activity, the gut microbiome and immune response in inflammatory bowel disease.
Robyn Irvine | Adjunct Professor | Biology |
robyn.irvine@canada.ca | 778.361.0298
Research Interests: In my work with Parks Canada, I am researching how to best incorporate different streams of evidence into carrying out effective applied restoration ecology projects. This work is based on my research background and extensive experience in quantitative ecology, fisheries biology, invasive species biology and evidence-based conservation biology. I also do some consulting work on questions of mitigating impacts of development for First Nations, NGOs, government and industry.
Soheil Mahmoud | Associate Professor | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
soheil.mahmoud@ubc.ca | 250.807.8752 | SCI 312
Graduate student supervisor
Research Interests: Molecular, cellular, biochemical and environmental factors that regulate the quality and quantity of aromas and essential oils produced by herbal and medicinal plants; identification, cloning and characterization of structural and regulatory genes that are involved in the biosynthesis, inter- and intra-cellular trafficking, secretion and storage of monoterpenes in plants cells specialized for secondary metabolite production.
Courses & Teaching: Plant molecular biology and biochemistry; metabolism of natural products; plant biotechnology.
Chase M Mason | Assistant Professor | Biology |
chase.mason@ubc.ca | 250.807.9189 | SCI 385
Graduate student supervisor
Research Interests: Plant ecophysiology, plant-biotic interactions, plant secondary metabolism, genome-wide association mapping, functional trait evolution, crop biodiversity, crop-wild relatives, evolutionary ecology.
Courses & Teaching: Land Plants (BIOL 210), Plant Ecophysiology (BIOL 358)
Fabio Mologni | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Biology |
fabio.mologni@ubc.caResearch Interests: Currently investigating the cumulative effects of exotic invasive species in British Columbia’s foreshore and riparian ecosystems; I also explore the island biogeography of invasive plant species and the biogeography of humans.
Michael J Noonan | Assistant Professor | Biology, Mathematics |
michael.noonan@ubc.ca | 250.807.8667 | SCI 379
Graduate student supervisor
Research Interests: Animal movement, conservation, encounter theory, evolutionary processes, macro-ecology, and statistical ecology.
Courses & Teaching: Evolutionary Ecology (Biol 417); Statistical Modelling for Biological Data (Biol 520C)
Lael Parrott | Professor | Biology, Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences, Okanagan Institute for Biodiversity, Resilience, and Ecosystems Services (BRAES) |
lael.parrott@ubc.ca | 250.807.8122 | ASC 451
Research Interests: Understanding ecosystems and landscapes as complex systems in which human and biophysical processes are coupled across multiple scales of space and time; incorporating complexity into natural resource management approaches; regional-scale landscape modelling; social-ecological networks; agent and individual-based modelling approaches; landscape science and scenario building.
Courses & Teaching: Dynamic modelling of coupled human-environment systems.
Nathan Pelletier | Associate Professor | Biology, Faculty of Management |
nathan.pelletier@ubc.ca | 250.807.8245 | FIP 340
Graduate student supervisor
Research Interests: Sustainability measurement and management; life cycle thinking; environmental and social life cycle assessment of food, feed and biomass supply chains; resource efficiency; social license and market access; trade-based externalization of environmental and social risk.
Courses & Teaching: Sustainable food systems; sustainability measurement and management; ecological economics.
Zoë Soon | Associate Professor of Teaching | Biology |
zoeanne.soon@ubc.ca | 250.807.9400 (email is preferred) | SCI 158
Research Interests: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning; Research in Innovative Teaching Strategies designed for Higher Education
Courses & Teaching: Anatomy and Physiology, Lifespan Motor Growth and Development; Pathophysiology
Tanja Voegel | Research Associate | Biology |
tanja.voegel@ubc.ca | 250.807.9965 | SCI 103
Research Interests: Crown gall of grapevines caused by the bacterium Allorhizobium vitis results in economic losses for grape growers in cold-climate viticulture regions such as the Okanagan valley. My research focuses on biology, epidemiology and sustainable management practices to control this plant pest. Mayor control strategies include viticultural techniques and biocontrol applications.
Ian Walker | Professor Emeritus | Biology, Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences |
ian.walker@ubc.caResearch Interests: Environmental change; chironomid palaeoecology; quaternary palaeoecology and paleoclimatology; dynamics of arctic and alpine tree-line ecosystems; aquatic insect ecology; and biomonitoring; use of aquatic insects (living and fossil) as indicators of environmental change.
Courses & Teaching: Quaternary palaeoecology; limnology; freshwater plants and animals; non-vascular plants.
Robin Young | Assistant Professor of Teaching | Biology |
robin.young@ubc.ca | 250.807.8693 | SCI 159
Research Interests: Plant Cell Biology, Organelle morphology, Plant Cell Wall Synthesis.
Courses & Teaching: Introductory Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Biochemistry.