Below is a sample of research projects that you can consider as part of your graduate degree program. Please ensure to review the departmental websites of all potential faculty members by using the supervisor search.
Last name |
First name | Research Interest | Desired start dates: | Project areas | Financial support options: |
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| Altshuler | Douglas | flight control, visual guidance, visual neuroscience, neuroethology, avian biomechanics, aerodynamics, wing morphing, motor control | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 | Some financial support is available | |
| Anderson | David | Museum Education, Visitor Studies, Informal Learning, Metacognition, Science Education, Long-term Memory, Nostalgia | 2017, 2018, 2019 | Applicants need to be self-funded | |
| Angert | Amy | evolutionary ecology, population biology, biological responses to climate change, conservation biology | 2018, 2019, 2020 | Applicants need to be self-funded | |
| Arcese | Peter | Ecology, Conservation Biology, Evolutionary Biology | 2017, 2018 | ||
| Auld | Vanessa | development, nervous system, permeability barriers, glia , cell biology , genetics | 2018 |
development of the nervous system with a focus on how glia and neurons interact during the development of the peripheral nervous system |
Some financial support is available |
| Avramidis | Stavros | wood physics, momentum, heat and mass transfer in wood, wood dielectrics, wood drying optimization, dielectric heating, drying, phytosanitation, wood thermodynamics, non destructive evaluation, NIR wood species ID , application of neural networks to properties prediction, modeling of wood drying, cell-wall architecture, sorption characteristics of wood | 2018, 2019, 2020 | Outstanding candidates can expect a full funding package offer | |
| Bamji | Shernaz | synapse biology, primary neuronal cultures, transgenic mouse models, neurodevelopmental disease | 2017, 2018 |
genetic causes of autism and intellectual disability |
Outstanding candidates can expect a full funding package offer |
| Barbic | Skye | mental health, measurement , recovery, community integration, Rasch Measurement Theory, Implementation Science, Patient Engagement, Supported Employment, Individual Placement Support, assessment, health and well-being, metrology, occupational therapy, youth | Any time / year round | Some financial support is available | |
| Bayrampour Basmenj | Hamideh | Maternal Mental Health, Pregnancy Outcomes, Perinatal Anxiety | Any time / year round | Applicants need to be self-funded | |
| Beauchamp | Mark | Physical Activity, Health Psychology, Exercise Psychology, Sport Psychology, Group Processes, Leadership, Intervention, Social Cognition, Older Adults, Children | Any time / year round, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
Peer-Leadership and Physical Literacy Intervention with Children |
Some financial support is available |
| Bedi | Robinder | Substance use counselling, Counselling/psychotherapy in India, Counselling/mental health with Indo-Canadians, Counselling psychology disciplinary and professional issues | Any time / year round |
See my website: http://ecps.educ.ubc.ca/person/robinder-bedi/ See my lab website as well: http://bedi.ecps.educ.ubc.ca/ |
Applicants need to be self-funded |
| Belliveau | George | Theatre, Arts-based research | 2019 |
research-based theatre, applied theatre |
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| Berciu | Mona | condensed matter theory, strongly correlated systems, polarons, bipolarons | 2018 | Outstanding candidates can expect a full funding package offer | |
| Berlinguette | Curtis | CO2 conversion and utilization, clean energy , advanced solar cells, electrochromic windows, dynamic windows, hydrogen fuels production, catalysis | Any time / year round |
See this site for more information: https://groups.chem.ubc.ca/cberling/research/ |
Applicants need to be self-funded |
| Beschastnikh | Ivan | cloud computing, distributed systems, software engineering, software analysis | Any time / year round | Outstanding candidates can expect a full funding package offer | |
| Beznosov | Konstantin | usable security and privacy, mobile security and privacy, computer security and privacy, online social networks security and privacy | Any time / year round |
Security and privacy for mobile devices, privacy for online teenagers, enterprise security and privacy. |
Outstanding candidates can expect a full funding package offer |
| Bi | Xiaotao | Biomass and Bioenergy, Multiphase Chemical Reactors, Fluidization, Particle technology, Electrostatics of Powders, Life Cycle Analysis, Green Engineering, Industrial Symbiosis, Fuel Cells Water Management | 2018, 2019, 2020 |
Biomass catalytic pyrolysis and torrefaction in pilot fluidized bed reactors. |
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| Black | Jennifer | nutrition, public health, food environments, social determinants of health | 2019, 2020 | Some financial support is available | |
| Black | Thomas Andrew | Biometeorology, Soil physics, Microclimate modification | Any time / year round |
Measurement of greenhouse gas fluxes in agricultural systems |
Some financial support is available |
| Bowers | Katherine | Russian literature, Russian culture, literary culture, genre, narrative, imagined geography, digital media, Dostoevsky, gothic literature | Any time / year round |
Russian literary studies; comparative literary studies; literary culture; genre; narrative |
Applicants need to be self-funded |
| Brauer | Michael | air pollution, environmental health, built environment, environmental epidemiology | 2017, 2018 | Some financial support is available | |
| Brooks-Wilson | Angela | human genetics, cancer genetics, cancer families, longevity, Super seniors, genetic susceptibility | Any time / year round |
Genetics of healthy aging. Genetics of lymphoid cancers in families. |
Some financial support is available |
| Bryman | Douglas | Experimental Particle Physics, Applied physics | 2017, 2018, 2019 |
Particle physics experiments at CERN, Geneva. |
Outstanding candidates can expect a full funding package offer |
| Bullard | Julia | classification systems, metadata, values-in-design | 2018, 2019, 2020 | ||
| Campbell | Suzanne | simulation nursing education, interprofessional health professional education, health communication, lactation support, leadership in nursing | Any time / year round |
Use of simulation for health care professionals education and evaluation in health communication. |
Some financial support is available |
| Carleton | Bruce | Pharmacogenomics, Adverse drug reactions (ADRs), Drug safety and effectiveness, Clinical pharmacology, Pharmacovigilance | Any time / year round |
There are numerous opportunities for pursuing doctoral and post-doctoral research using state of the art genotyping and sequencing platforms to identify the genetic determinants of severe adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in paediatric and adult populations. In close collaboration with the CPNDS active surveillance network, genetic association and validation studies are being performed to define... Read More |
Some financial support is available |
| Castonguay-Belanger | Joel | The Enlightenment and the French Revolution, History of the book and print culture, Science and literature, Québec literature and culture | Any time / year round | Some financial support is available | |
| Choptuik | Matthew | Theoretical physics, Relativity/Computational Physics | Any time / year round | Outstanding candidates can expect a full funding package offer | |
| Christen | Andreas | Climatology, Atmospheric Sciences, Greenhouse gases, Micrometeorology, Climate change science, Urban climatology, Atmospheric boundary layer, Micrometeorology, Wind, Turbulence, Biogeochemical cycling, Arctic, Atmospheric physics, Atmospheric instrumentation, Atmosphere | 2018, 2019, 2020 | Outstanding candidates can expect a full funding package offer | |
| Clarke | Laura | aging, ageism, sociology of aging, social gerontology, body image, embodiment, chronic conditions, health, disability, assistive technology, appearance work, femininity and masculinity, physical activity, qualitative methods, LGBTQ older adults | Any time / year round |
I am looking for potential graduate students who want to do further training in socio-cultural studies around topics such as physical activity in later life, the experience of health and illness, ageism, body image, beauty and appearance work (e.g anti-aging practices), disability, gender and aging, the use of assistive technologies, mobility, leisure, and masculinity/femininity and the body... Read More |
Some financial support is available |
| Condon | Anne | Algorithms, Molecular Programming | 2018 | Outstanding candidates can expect a full funding package offer | |
| Coombs | Daniel | Mathematical biology, Cell biophysics, Immune cell signalling, Disease models | Any time / year round | Some financial support is available | |
| Cui | Wei | tax and development, law and development, tax policy, Chinese legislative system, Chinese administrative law | Any time / year round |
Research in Chinese law that focuses on the legislative and executive branches; |
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| Currie | Leanne | Informatics | 2019, 2020 | Some financial support is available | |
| Davies | Hugh William | Occupational Health, Noise and Chrnoic Disease | Any time / year round | Some financial support is available | |
| De Angelis | Franco | Ancient Greek world history, environment, urbanism, developmnet of societies, colonization, economics, ancient literature | Any time / year round | ||
| Devlin | Angela | obesity, children, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, developmental programming | Any time / year round | Applicants need to be self-funded | |
| Diamond | Adele | executive functions , prefrontal cortex, dopamine, working memory, self-control, self-regulation, cognition, COMT gene, sex differences, stress, ACEs, resilience, social determinants of health, ADHD, depression, PTSD, physical activity, the arts, mindfulness | 2018, 2019, 2020 |
In traumatized youth, can prefrontal cortex communication with the amygdala be restored by a stress-reduction program (e.g., Niroga’s yoga-based mindfulness program)? Are the benefits of music for improving executive functions (EFs), mood, and quality of life greater when the experience of listening to the music is socially shared? Can the benefits of listening to the spoken word... Read More |
Applicants need to be self-funded |
| Ellis | Jason | History of education, Education policy, Politics of education, Special education, Disability, History of childhood and youth, Urban and suburban history, Canadian history, American history, Educational administration | Any time / year round, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 | ||
| Englezos | Peter | Clathrate (gas) hydrate science, engineering and novel applications , Clathrates-applications: natural gas storage & transport, CO2 capture & storage, water treatment), Thermodynamics of fluids and super-hydrophobic surfaces,, Novel materials from forest bio-resources, High-value papermaking | 2018, 2019 |
Clathrate hydrate science and engineering fundamentals and novel applications |
Outstanding candidates can expect a full funding package offer |
| Enns | James | attention, action kinematics, social perception | 2018, 2019, 2020 | Applicants need to be self-funded | |
| Eskelson | Bianca | Forest Biometrics, Forest Modelling, Disturbance Effects | Any time / year round | Outstanding candidates can expect a full funding package offer | |
| Evans | William | theoretical computer science, computational geometry, graph drawing, program compression | 2018, 2019, 2020 | Some financial support is available | |
| Farrer | Matthew | human genetics, population genetics, neurology, neuroscience, neurobiology of disease, cell biology (primary murine culture and iPSC), genomics, neurodegeneration, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Epilepsy | Any time / year round, 2017, 2018 |
Disease gene mapping in population isolates. Linkage analysis within families afflicted by neurodevelopmental and/or neurodegenerative Mendelian disorders. Bioinformatic and statistical analyses of high-throughput sequencing (Illumina, Ion Proton and PACBio SMRT). Correlative genomic analysis of brain tissues (genetic, epigenetic and expression) in normal and disease states. Neuronal cell... Read More |
Some financial support is available |
| Faulkner | Guy | physical activity and public health, mental health, physical activity interventions, exercise psychology, behavioral medicine | Any time / year round |
Physical activity and public health - intervention development and evaluation |
Outstanding candidates can expect a full funding package offer |
| Feng | James Jingtao | Complex fluids, Biophysics, Mathematical biology | Any time / year round | Outstanding candidates can expect a full funding package offer | |
| Field | Thalia | stroke, clinical trials, cerebral venous thrombosis, cerebral small vessel disease, cognition | Any time / year round | Some financial support is available | |
| Folk | Joshua | Quantum devices, Majorana fermions , Strongly correlated electronics, Topological phenomena, Fractional quantum Hall effect, Vanderwaals heterostructures | Any time / year round |
Topological quantum computing |
Outstanding candidates can expect a full funding package offer |
| Ford | Nancy | micro-computed tomography, physiological gating, models of respiratory disease, image-based measurements, dental imaging, x-ray imaging | 2017, 2018, 2019 |
I accept students in the following Programs: |
Some financial support is available |
| Frackman | Kyle | German studies, gender studies, sexuality studies, literature, film, East Germany, Scandinavia | Any time / year round | Applicants need to be self-funded |