UBC evolutionary biologist Dr. Dolph Schluter named AAAS Fellow
Internationally renowned evolutionary biologist Dr. Dolph Schluter has been elected to the newest class of American Association for the...
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With access to master’s and doctoral degrees through nine departments and 350 research groups, our graduate students work with world-class faculty to explore the basic sciences, and to pursue interdisciplinary and applied research across departments and units. UBC’s research excellence in environmental science, math, physics, plant and animal science, computer science, geology and biology is consistently rated best in Canada by international and national ranking agencies.
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UBC Science houses a wide range of prestigious NSERC Collaborative Research and Training Experience and related industry programs: from atmospheric aerosols to high-throughput biology, from biodiversity research and ecosystems services to plant cell wall biosynthesis, from quantum science and new materials to applied geochemistry. The options for enriched graduate training in industry related fields are almost endless.
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Our affiliated institutes and centres include UBC's Michael Smith Laboratories, Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute, Biodiversity Research Centre, Life Sciences Institute, Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences, Mineral Deposit Research Unit, and TRIUMF, Canada’s national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics.
Top research talent
UBC Science boasts more than 50 Canada Research Chairs, 12 fellows of the Royal Society of London, and has been home to two Nobel Laureates. Our graduate students have won 15 prestigious Vanier Scholarships.
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UBC Science is committed to excellence, collaboration and inclusion. Women account for 41 per cent of the Faculty's graduate enrollments, and the percentage of international students has increased to 50 per cent over the past decade.
Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology
Computational Sciences and Mathematics
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Genomics and Biological Sciences
Human-Computer Interaction
Life Sciences
Chemistry and Materials Science
Physics
Sustainability
Designed to inspire collaboration and creativity across disciplines, the new Earth Sciences Building (ESB) lies at the heart of the science precinct on UBC’s Vancouver Campus. The $75 million facility is home to Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Statistics, the Pacific Institute of the Mathematical Sciences, and the dean’s office of the Faculty of Science. ESB’s updated teaching facilities will help Canada meet the challenges of a transforming and growing resource sector. Just as importantly, the researchers and students working and learning in the new facility will offer a valuable flow of well-trained talent, new ideas, and fresh professional perspectives to industry.
Receiving more than $120 million in annual research funding, UBC Science faculty members conduct top-tier research in the life, physical, earth and computational sciences. Their discoveries help build our understanding of natural laws—driving insights into sustainability, biodiversity, human health, nanoscience and new materials, probability, artificial intelligence, exoplanets and a wide range of other areas.
UBC Science boasts 50 Canada Research Chairs and 10 fellows of the Royal Society of London, and has been home to two Nobel Laureates.
This is an incomplete sample of recent publications in chronological order by UBC faculty members with a primary appointment in the Faculty of Science.
Year | Citation | Program |
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2013 | Dr. Kravchenko has performed theoretical work in the area of physical chemistry. She created computer models describing the behaviour of fluids, a fundamental problem that requires large computational power. The outcomes of this research are relevant to a wide range of research areas, from atmospheric chemistry to industrial aerosols. | Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry (PhD) |
2013 | Dr. Luo studied ocean processes such as circulation and carbon flux with chemical tracers. His research improved the methods we use, to better understand the role that oceans play in climate change. This work provides several promising future research perspectives for oceanography, which are especially beneficial to scientists who study climate change. | Doctor of Philosophy in Oceanography (PhD) |
2013 | Dr. Goyal developed accurate models and scalable algorithms for social influence analysis. This research assists us in understanding the flow of information in online social networks like Facebook and Twitter, in addition to improving applications like viral marketing and recommender systems. | Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science (PhD) |
2013 | Dr. Dragomir studied super-Earth extrasolar planets by monitoring the decrease in brightness they cause as they transit in front of their host stars. The observations were acquired with MOST, the first Canadian space telescope. Her research contributes to the still sparse understanding of the structure and composition of these exotic planets. | Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy (PhD) |
2013 | Dr. Yeo developed a computational model showing how movement is generated from muscle, how it interacts with the skeleton, and then how it is controlled by the brain. His work revealed a movement mechanism which was not well understood before, and an efficient way to simulate it which can be used in computer animation and movement neuroscience. | Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science (PhD) |
2013 | Dr. Atcheson designed a digital system for recording real-world gas flows, such as vapour trails, using ordinary, consumer-grade cameras. The techniques developed to calibrate the cameras have proven useful in other computer graphics applications. This research advances the state of the art in capturing fluid motion for the visual effects industry. | Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science (PhD) |
2013 | Dr. Imanian studied symbiosis in unicellular organisms. Symbiosis occurs when the lives of two cells tie together and, in the process, both cells change over many generations. His research on two oceanic phyto-planktons, one living inside the other, shows that despite their long-term relationship and unlike other cases, they have changed very little. | Doctor of Philosophy in Botany (PhD) |
2013 | Dr. Khan's work focuses on artificial intelligence. He developed fast and accurate algorithms for data analysis, which in turn contributes to the design of smart computers. His work enables intelligent computing in a wide variety of areas such as robotics, genetics, multimedia, economics, social science, and education. | Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science (PhD) |
2013 | Dr. Timmers' research concerns probability theory and the physics of phase transitions such as transitions from liquid to gas. He developed a new method for proving the existence of phase transitions for systems of interacting particles. His research contributes to the field of statistical mechanics. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics (PhD) |
2013 | Dr. Sun completed his research on ways to make organic compounds more efficiently. His studies focussed on developing new methods to generate novel molecules that are important in the pharmaceutical and material industries. His research has the potential to benefit scientists who are developing more effective drugs. | Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry (PhD) |