The BioProducts Institute is changing the way our society collaborates with nature for a sustainable and renewable future.
Bringing together state of the art research and resources in a unique innovative ecosystem, BPI aims to unlock the power of nature to make a positive impact on all sectors from transportation to building to healthcare.
Unlocking Nature for Sustainable Solutions
The BioProducts Institute (BPI) is an innovative ecosystem of high-impact fundamental and applied researchers working on solutions to today’s climate and environmental challenges. The Institute brings together inter- and multi-disciplinary researchers comprised of scientists, engineers, and market and policy experts to unlock the full potential of materials, chemicals and fuels produced in nature. Based on the guiding principles of circularity, sustainability and renewability, BPI seeks to reduce society’s footprint and tackle rampant environmental challenges such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions and plastic waste.
Our research themes center around biocatalytic transformation and engineering of biomass, bio-nanoparticle enabled materials, bio-based polymers and carbon materials and Biorefinery & biofuels systems. By conducting research, we are able to transform our findings into bioproducts that will serve as catalysts to launch Canada's bioeconomy. With increasing demands for low carbon fuel, plastic alternatives and degradable materials, the BioProducts Institute looks forward to being a world leader in the green economy sector.
| Name | Role | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Baldwin, Susan | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Bioprocess engineering, bioremediation, biomedical reaction modelling |
| Bi, Xiaotao | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Biomass and Bioenergy; Electrostatics of Powders; Fluidization; Fuel Cells Water Management; Green Engineering; Industrial Symbiosis; Life Cycle Analysis; Multiphase Chemical Reactors; Particle technology; Biomass and Bioenergy, Electrostatics of Powders, Fluidization, Fuel Cells Water Management, Green Engineering, Industrial Symbiosis, Life Cycle Analysis, Multiphase Chemical Reactors, Particle technology |
| Bohlmann, Joerg | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | plant biochemistry, forestry genomics, forest health, conifers, poplar, bark beetle, mountain pine beetle, natural products, secondary metabolites, terpenes, floral scent, grapevine, Conifer genomics Forest health genomics Mountain pine beetle, fungus, pine interactions and genomics Chemical ecology of conifer, insect interactions |
| Brumer, Harry | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms; biomass; carbohydrates; cellulose; Chemical Synthesis and Catalysis; Enzymes; microbiota; plant cell walls; polysaccharides; Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms, Biomass, Carbohydrates, Cellulose, Chemical Synthesis and Catalysis, Enzymes, Microbiota, Plant cell walls, Polysaccharides |
| Cranston, Emily | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Bio-based materials and nanocellulose; Atomic force microscopy (forces, adhesion, friction, imaging); Colloid and interface science; Polymer chemistry; Cellulose nanocrystals; Bioproducts; Foams, emulsions, aerogels; Bio-based materials and nanocellulose, Atomic force microscopy (forces, adhesion, friction, imaging), Colloid and interface science, Polymer chemistry, Cellulose nanocrystals, Bioproducts, Foams, emulsions, aerogels |
| Dahmen, Joseph | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | technical methods and cultural effects of resource use at the scales of architecture and territory. |
| Dee, Derek | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Protein Folding; protein stability; protein aggregation; protein engineering; funtional amyloid; bacterial amyloid; protein nanofibrils; food proteins; legume proteins; aspartic proteases; psychrophilic enzymes; precision fermentation; Biophysics; food chemistry; alternative food proteins; optical tweezers; single molecule force spectroscopy; cryoEM; Proteomics; protein folding, protein stability, protein aggregation, protein engineering, funtional amyloid, bacterial amyloid, protein nanofibrils, food proteins, legume proteins, aspartic proteases, psychrophilic enzymes, precision fermentation, biophysics, food chemistry, alternative food proteins, optical tweezers, single molecule force spectroscopy, cryoEM, proteomics |
| Ellis, Naoko | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Chemical Processes; CO2 capture and utilization; Interdisciplinary teaching and learning; multiphase systems; thermochemical conversion of biomass; Chemical Processes, CO2 capture and utilization, Interdisciplinary teaching and learning, Multiphase systems, Thermochemical conversion of biomass |
| Eltis, Lindsay | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Bacterial catabolism of steroids and lignin; biocatalyst development; Enzymes and Proteins; Metabolism (Living Organisms); Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Bacterial catabolism of steroids and lignin, Biocatalyst development, Enzymes and Proteins, Metabolism (Living Organisms), Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| Feng, Haibo | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | BIM; Construction; LCA; sustainability; Wood Products; Zero energy / caron building; BIM, Construction, LCA, Sustainability, Wood products, Zero energy / caron building |
| Frostad, John | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Emulsions; Physics of Soft Matter; Agricultural Sprays; Food Physics; Interfacial Rheology; Novel Instrumentation; Foams; Emulsions, Physics of Soft Matter, Agricultural Sprays, Food Physics, Interfacial Rheology, Novel Instrumentation, Foams |
| Gates, Derek | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Inorganic chemistry, materials science, polymer chemistry, catalysis |
| Grecov, Dana | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Rheology, Rheometry, Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, Computational Fluid Mechanics, Liquid Crystals, Biolubricants, Lubricants, Journal Bearings, Multi-Phase Flow, Synovial Joints, Synovial Fluid, Arthrithis, Liquid crystals and nanomaterials, Biofluid Mechanics |
| Green, Sheldon | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | building ventilation; railroads; papermaking; Pulp and Paper, Aerodynamics, Liquid Sprays, Papermaking, Biomechanics, Building Ventilation, Fluid Mechanics |
| Hallam, Steven | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Microbial ecology; metagenomics; Biological engineering; Synthetic biology; Bioinformatics; Machine Learning; Entrepreneurship; Microbial ecology, Metagenomics, Biological engineering, Synthetic Biology, Bioinformatics, Machine learning, Entrepreneurship |
| Hatzikiriakos, Savvas | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Polymer melt and suspension rheology, food rheology, polymer melt processing, superhydrophobicity, surface science, winter sports expert, ski/skate performance and snow/ice friction. |
| Hudson, Zachary | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Luminescent materials; Organic electronics; Polymer chemistry; Organic chemistry; Organic light-emitting diodes; Luminescent materials, Organic electronics, Polymer chemistry, Organic chemistry, Organic light-emitting diodes |
| Jetter, Reinhard | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Analytical Chemistry; Biological Chemistry; Molecular Genetics; Plant Biochemistry; Plant Ecophysiology; Analytical Chemistry, Biological Chemistry, Molecular Genetics, Plant Biochemistry, Plant Ecophysiology |
| Jiang, Feng | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | bio-based nanomaterials, carbohydrate chemistry, chemistry, sustainability, wood science |
| Kozak, Rob | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Forest-dependent communities in transition, international development & poverty alleviation, value-added strategies, forest certification & corporate social responsibility, forest sector sustainability & competitiveness, marketing, management & consumer behaviour |
| MacLachlan, Mark | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Supramolecular Chemistry; Nanomaterials; Biomaterials; Cellulose nanocrystals; Chitin; Materials Chemistry; Inorganic Chemistry; Supramolecular Chemistry, Nanomaterials, Biomaterials, Cellulose nanocrystals, Chitin, Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry |
| Mansfield, Shawn | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | plant metabolism, cellulose biosynthesis, lignin biosynthesis, wood formation, wood quality, cell wall biochemistry, tree biotechnology, transgenics, Tree biotechnology |
| Mehrkhodavandi, Parisa | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds; Polymers; Chemical Synthesis and Catalysis; Bio-based polymers; Bioproducts; catalysis; Green Chemistry; Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry; Polymer Chemistry and Characterization; Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds, Polymers, Chemical Synthesis and Catalysis, Bio-based polymers, Bioproducts, Catalysis, Green Chemistry, Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry and Characterization |
| Mohn, William | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | pollutant biodegradation, pollutant bioremediation, biological treatment of forest industry effluents and wastes, microbial ecology, environmental biotechnology, forest soil microbial ecology, tuberculosis, microbial genomics, Microbial ecology |
| Mohseni, Madjid | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Drinking Water; Chemical Pollutants; Used Water; Clean Technologies; Advanced oxidation; Drinking water quality and treatment; Electrochemical water treatment processes; UV based water purification and treatment; Water re-use; Per- and Poly-fluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS); Drinking Water, Chemical Pollutants, Used Water, Clean Technologies, Advanced oxidation, Drinking water quality and treatment, Electrochemical water treatment processes, UV based water purification and treatment, Water re-use, Per- and Poly-fluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) |