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Faculty Members Recruiting Students
This list shows a selection of faculty members who are currently looking for new graduate students. They may have specified particular projects they wish to fill. Please ensure to review the departmental profile of each faculty member to learn more about their research interests and to ensure a good fit to your intended studies at UBC.
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First name | Research Interests | Desired start dates: | Project areas |
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| Daniels | Megan | Classical religion; Archaeology of Greece and the broader eastern Mediterranean; Late Bronze Age to Hellenistic Period; Ancient religion, sanctuaries, votive objects; Cross-cultural interaction; Ancient economies and trade; Divine kingship; Digital/data science approaches to the ancient world, particularly ancient religion; Migration and mobility across Eurasia; Phoenician culture; Ceramic analysis |
Ancient Mediterranean, 3000-100 BCE; ancient Greek religion; ancient economies, trade, and exchange; migration and mobility in the ancient Mediterranean; cross-cultural interaction in antiquity; archaeological ceramics; diversity and inclusion in teaching ancient history and archaeology |
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| Damascelli | Andrea | Electronic and magnetic properties of condensed matter and supraconductivity; Electronic Structure of Quantum Materials | Any time / year round |
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| Daley | Denise | Bioinformatics; Asthma; Complex Trait Genetics; Epigenetics; gene-gene and gene-environment interactions; Genetic Diseases; genetic epidemiology; Genetics of Aging; statistical genetics; Susceptibility Genes | Any time / year round |
Genetics and epigenetics of common complex diseases including peanut allergy, food allergy, asthma, atopy, healthy aging, aortic valve stenosis. Longitudinal analyses of childhood birth cohorts. The lab is currently initiating several targeted whole genome bisulfate sequencing projects and we plan on integrating data from a variety of omics approaches. We are also developing genetic risk... Read More |
| d'Arcy | Mitch | Earth and related environmental sciences; Geomorphology; Climate/palaeoclimate; Sedimentology; Geochronology; remote sensing | Any time / year round, 2021 |
Projects could involve field work, geochronology, geochemistry, modelling and remote sensing depending on what the student finds exciting and interesting. I’m particularly seeking students interested in working on these topics (but I’m open to other suggestions, too):
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| Cui | Wei | International trade law; Tax law; Tax law and policy; Carbon pricing and climate policy; industrial policy; Taxation and international trade; Chinese legislative system; Clean energy subsidies; Law and political economy; tax and development; Geo-economics | Any time / year round |
The history of international taxation in light of the evolution of international trade Compare redistributive policies in democratic v. authoritarian countries Carbon pricing Geo-economics |
| Cronk | Quentin Charles | Plant biology; botany; taxonomy; systematics; genomics | 2026 |
Molecular basis of dioecy and monoecy in flowering plants Taxonomy, systematics and evolution of tropical plant genera Taxonomy, systematics and evolution of plant genera in the Pacific Northwest |
| Cretu | Edmond | Nano-technology; Electronics; Medical and biomedical engineering; microsystems and nanotechnology; sensor clusters and networks; Signal processing and control; Ultrasound Imaging; Microinstrumentation; Inertial measurement units; wearable systems | Any time / year round |
- Polymer-based transducer arrays for ultrasound imaging - applications in biomedical imaging, or for non-destructive testing of materials and structures - Advanced microsystems for inertial navigation - Sensor microinstrumentation systems - Signal processing and modern control applied to MEMS transducers - Wearable body sensor systems |
| Cornelis | Jean Thomas | Earth and related environmental sciences; Pedology; Biogeochemistry; Soil-Plant Interactions | 2022 |
- determine the extent to which changes in soil processes controlling carbon storage and (micro)nutrient supply are driven by land use - understand soil abiotic controls on microbial and root nutrient-acquisition strategies and their role in agroecosystem resilience and food quality - determine agroecosystem adaptation to climate change via bio-weathering processes induced by... Read More |
| Coops | Nicholas Charles | Forestry sciences; Telemetry (Remote Sensing, Radar); Space Techniques; Forestry Technology and Equipment; Plants and Forests | Any time / year round |
Application of remote sensing technologies to forest productivity and conservation issues |
| Cookson | Tara | Public policy; Development; Social protection; Care work; Gender equality | Any time / year round |
Gender and development; social protection; care economy |
| Ciocca | Valter | Auditory System; Perception and Representation; Recognition of Speech; Speech and Language Development Disorders; Auditory grouping of speech and non-speech sounds, also known as "auditory scene analysis"; perception and production of normal and disordered speech | Any time / year round |
Auditory scene analysis; perception and production of disordered speech |
| Chrostowski | Lukas | Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering; Optics and Photonics; Micro and Nanoelectronics; Nanotechnologies; Manufacturing Processes; biophotonics; biosensors; optics; optoelectronics; photonics; quantum computing; semiconductor lasers; silicon photonics | Any time / year round |
silicon photonic device and circuit design, nanofabrication, quantum computing, single photon devices |
| Chen | Jiahua | Statistical theory and modeling; empirical likelihood; finite mixture model; sample survey; asymptotic theory; imputation | 2025, 2026 |
I have research problems related to empirical likelihood, mixture models, and survey sampling. It is up to students to explore and take adventures. Approaching retirement age, I do not expect to supervise many but a few students. |
| Chen | Jingyi | Algebraic and differential geometry; Differential Geometry, Partial Differential Equations | 2022 |
Geometric Analysis |
| Chen | Frances | Health psychology; social connection; social support; stress; coping; conflict and negotiation; hormones; Neuroendocrinology | Any time / year round |
I am currently recruiting postdocs interested in:
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| Chapman | Mary Ann | Arts and Cultural Traditions; Arts and Literary Policies; Arts and Technologies; Arts, Literature and Subjectivity; Social Determinants of Arts and Letters; Artistic and Literary Marginality; Artistic and Cultural Heritage; Artist or Author Social Identity; Artistic and Literary Movements, Schools and Styles; Artistic and Literary Theories; Literary or Artistic Work Analysis; Literary or Artistic Work Dissemination or Reception Contexts; Literary or Artistic Works Analysis; Writing and Literary Experimentation; Poetry; Novel and Short Story; Essays; Gender Relationship; Audiences and Mass Media; Media and Democratization; Media and Society; Media Influence on Behavior; Civil and Social Responsibilities of Media; Stereotypes; Electoral System; Printing Art; Persuasion Strategies; Social Movements; Publics; Performance and Theatrical Productions; Social Networks; American Literature; Asian American Literature; Asian Canadian Literature; Suffrage; Public Pedagogy of the Arts; Public Humanities |
Sui Sin Far (Edith Eaton); Onoto Watanna (Winnifred Eaton); US literature; American Literature; print culture; periodicals; suffrage literature, literature of social movements; 20th century American poetry; 19th-century American literature; race, class and gender; Asian American literature; public humanities; public pedagogy; alt-ac careers
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| Chan | Kai | Natural environment sciences; Human Ecology; Ecology and Quality of the Environment; Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection; Applied Ethics; Values and Lifestyles; Sustainable Development; conservation finance; Conservation science; cultural ecosystem services; Ecosystem services; environmental assessment; environmental values; incentive programs; payments for ecosystem services; resilience; social-ecological systems; sustainability science | ||
| Cavell | Richard Anthony | English language; Media and Society; Media Influence on Behavior; Media Types (Radio, Television, Written Press, etc.); media studies; media theory | Any time / year round |
Media and literature |
| Carvalho | Rick | Other health sciences, n.e.c.; Biomaterials; materials interfaces; bonding to hard tissues; materials development | 2025 |
Development and testing of innovative materials for dental and other medical applications |
| Carlsten | Christopher | Environment and Respiratory Diseases | Any time / year round |
We have several projects running at any given time (see the lab website and publications for a sense of what we do). |
| Caragata | Lea | Social oppression and marginalization; Counselling, welfare and community services; Social policy; welfare systems; Poverty; labour markets; lone mothers; social policy; youth provisioning | Any time / year round |
Current SSHRC on youth provisioning in low income lone mother led families |
| Cao | Yankai | Chemical engineering; Machine Learning; optimization; Renewable energy systems; Process Control | Any time / year round |
My research group focuses on the design and implementation of large-scale local and global optimization algorithms to tackle problems that arise in diverse decision-making paradigms such as machine learning, stochastic optimization, and optimal control. Our algorithms combine mathematical techniques and emerging high-performance computing hardware to achieve computational scalability. ... Read More |
| Campbell | Kristin | Clinical oncology; Physical therapy; Rehabilitation medicine; Biomarkers; Breast Cancer; Exercise Physiology; oncology; physical function; Physiology; Quality of Life and Aging; rehabilitation |
The role of exercise and physical therapy in oncology treatment and oncology care. |
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| Cameron | Maxwell | Political science; Political Regimes (Democracy, Authoritarianism=; The State, Political Systems; Comparative Politics; Democratization; Latin America; Practical wisdom | Any time / year round |
Democratization in Latin America |
| Byers | Michael | International relations; Public international law (except international trade law); international law; international relations; Outer Space; Arctic; Law of the Sea; Laws of War; International Human Rights; International Environmental Law | Any time / year round |
Governance of Outer Space; Sustainable Development of Outer Space; International Space Law; Astrophysics See: outerspaceinstitute.ca |
| Burton | Cole | Forestry sciences; Ecology and Quality of the Environment; Ecological Trends; Animal; Biodiversity and Biocomplexity; Landscape and Restoration; Environment Management and Protection; Biodiversity conservation; Ecological Monitoring; Landscape ecology; Mammal Ecology; Population and Community Ecology; Wildlife Management |
Terrestrial mammal conservation; wildlife population and community modelling; animal movement simulation; cumulative environmental impact assessment; adaptive management; human-wildlife coexistence; biodiversity trends |
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| Bryman | Douglas | Particle physics, experimental; Experimental Particle Physics; Applied physics; physics | Any time / year round |
Particle physics experiments at CERN, Geneva, TRIUMF, and the Paul Scherr Institut (Villigen, Swtizerland); advanced detector technology development; data analysis and machine learning projects. |
| Bryce | Benjamin | Historical studies; Argentina; Canada; Education; health; migration; Race and ethnicity; The Americas; Transnational history | Any time / year round |
Latin American history History of migration History of Argentina |
| Brunham | Liam | Medical, health and life sciences; Lipids; Genetics; Pharmacogenomics; Cardiovascular diseases | Any time / year round |
1. SAVE BC (www.savebc.ca) is a provincial study of families with extremely premature cardiovascular disease, aimed at identifying molecular causes of this condition and reducing the burden of premature cardiovascular disease. 2. Pharmacogenomics of adverse drug reactions. We are using human stem cells to study the pharmacogenetic mechanisms of specific... Read More |
| Bruce | Heather | Evolution of developmental systems; Evolutionary developmental biology (evo devo); Arthropods; Novel structures; Production of morphological diversity by genetic networks; Evolution of genetic networks over hundreds of millions of years; Evolution of morphology over hundreds of millions of years; Appendages | 2026, 2027 |
My research is in evolutionary developmental biology (evo devo) using mainly the crustacean Parhyale, the beetle Tribolium, and the millipede Oxidus, but also sometimes horseshoe crab, tarantula, silverfish, sea spider, and other arthropods. My lab uses molecular, morphological, and embryological approaches to investigate arthropod appendages like legs, wings, and gills as a model to... Read More |
| Brown | Carolyn Janet | Epigenetics and epigenomics; Other basic medicine and life sciences; Gene regulation and expression; Genomics; Developmental genetics (including sex determination); Applied Genetics; Chromosomes: Structure / Organization; DNA methylation; Epigenetic control of gene expression; Gene Regulation and Expression; Genes escaping X-chromosome inactivation; Long non-coding RNAs; X-chromosome inactivation; XIST RNA | 2025 |
X-chromosome inactivation occurs early during mammalian development to transcriptionally silence one of the pair of X chromosomes in females, thereby achieving dosage equivalence with males who have a single X chromosome and the sex-determining Y chromosome. Research in the Brown lab is directed towards understanding both the mechanisms involved in the inactivation process and the clinical... Read More |
| Brown | Kelly | Medical, health and life sciences; childhood rheumatic diseases; Inflammation; phagocytes | 2025 |
We are a highly collaborative, multidisciplinary team of scientists that are motivated to improve diagnosis, treatment and outcomes for children and youth with a rheumatic disease through the discovery of driving mechanisms and prognostic biomarkers. Priority rheumatic diseases are: vasculitis - which develops when blood vessels carring oxygen to critical organs in the body (inclusive of the... Read More |
| Brotto | Lori | Human reproduction and development sciences; Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Clinical psychology; mindfulness; Sexual Dysfunctions; sexual desire; treatment of sexual concerns; women's sexual health; asexuality; digital health interventions | Any time / year round |
Eye tracking studies of women with sexual dysfunction; online RCT of mindfulness-based treatment for sexual dysfunction Gynecologic cancer survivors and sexual health interventions |
| Brooks-Wilson | Angela | Bioinformatics; Clinical oncology; Genetic medicine; Genomics; cancer families; cancer genetics; genetic susceptibility; human genetics; longevity; Super seniors | Any time / year round |
Genetics of healthy aging. Genetics of lymphoid cancers in families. |
| Brondani | Mario | Dentistry and oral health; Community Health / Public Health; Dental Health; social determinants of health; Health Policies; Quality of Life and Aging; Adult Education and Continuing Education; Epidemiology; Access to care; Dental Education; Dental Geriatrics; Dental Public Health; Epidemiological data; Health Policy; Qualitative research | Any time / year round |
Dental Public Health (Underserved-access to care, Marginalization, Community-based participatory research, Stigma and Discrimination); Health Policy; Dental Education (Community Service Learning, Reflective Journaling, Teaching Pedagogies, Social Responsibility); Dental Geriatrics (Undergraduate and Graduate Education, Frailty, Access to care), COVID-19 (vaccine hesitancy). |
| Britton | Ben | Metals and alloy materials engineering; Manufacturing engineering; Materials characterisation & microstructure; Metallurgy; Electron diffraction & microscopy; Deformation; Microstructure/property models; Manufacturing | Any time / year round |
characterization of metals, ceramics and alloys scanning electron microscopy quantitative microscropy |
| Bouchard | Marie-Eve | Humanities and the arts; Sociolinguistics; Linguistic Anthropology; ethnography; language ideologies; Language and identity; migration; Language variation and change; Language contact; Creole languages | Any time / year round |
French minorities in Canada French-speaking immigrants of Africa Language attitudes among learners and teachers of French |
| Boerner | Katelynn | Pediatrics; Health equity; Gender and health relationship; Sex and gender-based analysis; Health psychology; Clinical child psychology; Developmental psychology; Patient and citizen engagement research; chronic pain; pediatric psychology; Qualitative research; intensive longitudinal methods; sex and gender based analysis; gender diversity; Autism; neurodiversity; clinical psychology; Health Equity; rehabilitation; chronic illness; eating disorders; medical trauma; Health Psychology; Development; Adolescence | 2025, 2026, 2027 |
Gender and Sex Influences on Pediatric Chronic Pain |
| Boedhihartono | Agni | Forestry sciences; Other studies in human society, n.e.c.; Visual arts and media arts, n.e.c.; Natural resource management; biodiversity; Communities and Livelihoods; conservation; Forest management; Land-use Change; social science; sustainability; Tropical Landscapes and Livelihoods; Arts and Conservaion; Landstewardship; Traditional Ecological Knowledge; Arts for Conservation; Visual anthropology; Forests and Societies | Any time / year round |
Learning from local & customary governance in tropical landscapes, Use of Arts for Conservation, Conservation and development trade-offs, Impact of infrastructure development to environment and livelihoods, Community forests and land stewardship |
| Black | Thomas Andrew | Biometeorology; Soil physics; Microclimate modification | Any time / year round |
Measurement of greenhouse gas fluxes in agricultural systems |
| Bizzotto | Dan | Electroanalytical chemistry; Electrochemistry; Colloid and surface chemistry; Electrochemical Systems; Surface Characterization; Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Layers; Sensors and Devices; Electrochemical and Fuel Cells; biosensors; electrocatalysis; fluorescence microscopy; interfacial analysis; self assembled monolayers; spectroelectrochemistry | Any time / year round |
Characterizing modified electrochemical interfaces Electrochemical biosensors Electrocatalysis Spectroelectrochemical studies of DNA modified electrodes |
| Bigazzi | Alex | Civil engineering; Transport planning; active transportation; Pedestrians; bicycles; travel behaviour; Transportation Systems; motor vehicle emissions; Climate impacts | 2026, 2027 |
Please see information here: https://reactlab.civil.ubc.ca/prospective-students/ |
| Bi | Xiaotao | Chemical engineering; Biomass and Bioenergy; Electrostatics of Powders; Fluidization; Fuel Cells Water Management; Green Engineering; Industrial Symbiosis; Life Cycle Analysis; Multiphase Chemical Reactors; Particle technology |
Biomass catalytic pyrolysis and torrefaction in pilot fluidized bed reactors. |
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| Beznosov | Konstantin | Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering; computer security and privacy; mobile security and privacy; online social networks security and privacy; usable security and privacy | Any time / year round |
Security and privacy for mobile devices, privacy for online teenagers, enterprise security and privacy. |
| Bettinger | Julie | Public and population health; Epidemiology; Vaccination; Infectious diseases; Health Promotion; Community Health / Public Health; Infectious disease epidemiology; vaccine clinical trials; Vaccine hesitancy; vaccine programs; vaccine safety |
Vaccine preventable disease epidemiology, vaccine safety, vaccine hesitancy, both qualitative and quanitative methodologies. |
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| Berlinguette | Curtis | Combinatorial Chemistry; CO2 conversion and utilization; clean energy; advanced solar cells; electrochromic windows; dynamic windows; hydrogen fuels production; catalysis; robotics and automation; machine learning / artificial intelligence | Any time / year round |
See this site for more information: https://groups.chem.ubc.ca/cberling/research/ |
| Benedet | Janine | Law and legal practice; Penal Law; Labor Standards and Laws; Human Rights and Liberties, Collective Rights; prostitution and pornography; sexual abuse of girls; sexual harassment in employment and education; sexual violence against women | 2024, 2025 |
Criminal justice system responses to sexual assault of women across the lifespan Best practices toward the elimination of the demand for the prostitution of women |
| Bedke | Matthew | Philosophy; Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies; Foundations of Ethics; Social Organization and Political Systems; Ethics and Fundamental Issues of Law and Justice; epistemology; ethics; metaethics; philosophy of law; political philosophy | Any time / year round |
The nature of normativity, expressivism, moral epistemology, moralism |
| Bedi | Robinder | Counselling psychology; Investigating counselling and psychotherapy as Western cultural healing practices; Counselling psychology disciplinary and professional issues in Canada; Heterodox issues in counselling psychology that challenge its dominant narratives and sacred ideas; Counselling/psychotherapy/mental health with Punjabi/Sikh individuals; Neglected topics in the Psychology of Men and Masculinity | Any time / year round |
Please see my websites for further information:
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| Bedaiwy | Mohamed | Other clinical medicine; Recurrent Pregnancy Loss; Endometriosis; Minimally Invasive Surgery; Assisted Reproductive Technologies | Any time / year round |
Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Endometriosis Minimally Invasive Surgery Assisted Reproductive Technologies |