Research Projects
Currently Open Research Projects
| Position Title | Supervisor(s) | Faculty | Research Classification | Deadline |
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| Postdoctoral Researcher - Particle Physics - PIONEER experiment | Douglas Bryman | Faculty of Science | Particle physics, experimental, Engineering and technology | |
| MSc positions Cardiopulmonary Exercise Physiology Laboratory | Jordan Guenette | Faculty of Medicine | Kinesiology, Physical therapy, Exercise physiology, Respiratory diseases | |
| PhD positions Cardiopulmonary Exercise Physiology Laboratory | Jordan Guenette | Faculty of Medicine | Kinesiology, Physical therapy, Exercise physiology, Respiratory diseases | |
| PhD positions Cardiopulmonary Exercise Physiology Laboratory | Jordan Guenette | Faculty of Medicine | Kinesiology, Physical therapy, Exercise physiology, Respiratory diseases | |
| MSc positions Cardiopulmonary Exercise Physiology Laboratory | Jordan Guenette | Faculty of Medicine | Kinesiology, Physical therapy, Exercise physiology, Respiratory diseases | |
| Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Drug Safety and Effectiveness | Faculty of Medicine | Drug discovery, design and delivery | ||
| Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Wound Healing | David Granville | Faculty of Medicine | Other basic medicine and life sciences |
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.
| Last Name | First Name | Research Interests | Desired start dates | Potential research project areas |
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| Rea | Christopher | Chinese literature; Cinema; Print culture; translation; Humor; Chinese literature, Cinema, Print culture, Translation, Humor | Any time / year round | Modern Chinese literature, cinema, cultural history, print culture, translation |
| Reynolds | Graham | Intellectual property law; Copyright law; property law; Intellectual property and human rights; Intellectual property and climate change; Intellectual property and social justice; Technology and access to justice; Intellectual property law, Copyright law, Property law, Intellectual property and human rights, Intellectual property and climate change, Intellectual property and social justice, Technology and access to justice | Any time / year round | Intellectual property and human rights |
| Rieseberg | Loren | adaptation; crops; invasive plants; plant evolutionary biology; speciation; weeds; Adaptation, Crops, Invasive plants, Plant evolutionary biology, Speciation, Weeds | Any time / year round | Adaptation, Speciation, Evolution of Crops and Weeds, Bioinformatics |
| Rodrigues | Brian | Diabetes; Cardiomyopathy; Heart Failure; Energy Metabolism; Cardiovascular metabolism; Diabetes; Endothelial cell - cardiomyocyte crosstalk; Vascular Endothelial Growth factors; Diabetes, Nutrition & Metabolism (Nutrition & Metabolism), diabetic heart disease, , Biomedical field, diabetes and health implications | Any time / year round | The objective of our study is to examine the biology of lipoprotein lipase (LPL) during diabetes. To do this, we will use models of diabetes and various cellular approaches. Given the disturbing news that diabetes is rampant across the globe, and that its incidence will double in Canada by 2016, results from these studies will help in gaining more insight into the mechanism(s) by which… more |
| Routh | Supriya | Asian legal studies; Human rights including international human rights; Jurisprudence, legal theory, and critical studies; Labour and employment law including international labour law; law and development; Law and social justice; Law and society; Asian legal studies, Human rights including international human rights, Jurisprudence, legal theory, and critical studies, Labour and employment law including international labour law, Law and development, Law and social justice, Law and society | Any time / year round | social justice and law, law and development, legal theory, labour and sustainable development, public law |
| Sadarangani | Manish | Antimicrobial resistant bacteria; Bacterial Vaccines; Childhood infections; Epidemiology; Immune System; Vaccine Development; Vaccine immunity; Clinical trials and observational studies; Antimicrobial resistant bacteria, Bacterial Vaccines, Childhood infections, Epidemiology, Immune System, Vaccine Development, Vaccine immunity, Clinical trials and observational studies | Any time / year round | The overall goal of my research is to protect children from infections by improving vaccines, vaccination strategies, and building evidence-informed policy and public health initiatives. My research program encompasses laboratory, clinical, and population-based investigations in three complementary focus areas in an innovative molecule-to-population approach. Focus 1 - Vaccine… more |
| Sadatsafavi | Mohsen | Epidemiology; Biostatistics; Respiratory Research; Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Respiratory Research | Any time / year round | My lab (Respiratory Evaluation Sciences Program - https://resp.core.ubc.ca/) is looking for a brilliant graduate student (MSc or PhD) for exciting projects in predictive analytics and decision modeling. The project is part of the $2M The Canadian Institutes of Health Research-funded IMPACT study (… more |
| Sakakibara | Brodie | Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy; Gerontology; rehabilitation; Physical Activity; Physical Rehabilitation; Stroke Rehabilitation; Chronic disease self-management and prevention; Telehealth in people with stroke and cardiovascular disease; Complex behavioural intervention development; Clinical trial methodologies; Participatory and patient-oriented research; Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Gerontology, Rehabilitation, Physical Activity, Physical Rehabilitation, Stroke Rehabilitation, Chronic disease self-management and prevention, Telehealth in people with stroke and cardiovascular disease, Complex behavioural intervention development, Clinical trial methodologies, Participatory and patient-oriented research | Any time / year round | Chronic disease management telehealth/rehabilitation Stroke recovery Chronic care |
| Schabas | Margaret | History and Philosophy of Economics; Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies; science studies; History of Early Modern Philosophy; British Empiricists; History and Philosophy of Economics, Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies, Science Studies, History of Early Modern Philosophy, British Empiricists | Any time / year round | History and Philosophy of Economics; Philosophy of Nature; Environmental Philosophy; Early Modern Philosophy; British Nineteenth-Century Philosophy; Science and Technology Studies |
| Schaeffer | David | Bioinformatics; cancer genetics; Cancer biology; Genomic rearrangements; genomics; Pancreas; Pathology; patient derived models; Bioinformatics, Cancer Genetics, Cancer biology, Genomic rearrangements, Genomics, Pancreas, Pathology, Patient derived models | Any time / year round | We conduct translational cancer research and have various ongoing projects focusing on Pancreatic Cancer. We are looking for students interested in a bioinformatics and bench top project studying genomic alterations and rearrangements and students interested in the development and use of patient deterived organoid models for translational research including drug screening,… more |
| Schmidt | Julia | Trauma / Injuries; cognition; Neurological diseases; Cognitive impairment; neuroscience; rehabilitation; Self-awareness; Self-identity; Traumatic Brain Injury; Trauma / Injuries, Cognition, Neurological Diseases, Cognitive impairment, Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Self-awareness, Self-identity, Traumatic brain injury | Any time / year round | Dr. Schmidt's research investigates the alteration in a person’s life and brain after traumatic brain injury. Specifically, she is interested in self-awareness and self-identity changes after injury and neurological underpinnings of injury and recovery. Additionally, she aims to determine effective rehabilitation strategies and mechanisms of recovery for people with brain impairment. |
| Schoof | Christian | Ice and Snow; Transformation and Evolution of the Earth Surface; Fluid mechanics; Hydraulic; Asymptotic and Classical Applied Analysis; Differential Equation; applied mathematics; glacier hydrology; Glaciology; ice sheet dynamics; Ice and Snow, Transformation and Evolution of the Earth Surface, Fluid Mechanics, Hydraulic, Asymptotic and Classical Applied Analysis, Differential Equation, Applied mathematics, Glacier hydrology, Glaciology, Ice sheet dynamics | Any time / year round | Glacier surging, glacier and ice sheet hydrology, modelling ice sheet dynamics |
| Scott | Douglas | Cosmology; Science and Knowledge; Cosmology, Science and Knowledge | Any time / year round | A wide range of topics within observational and theoretical cosmology |
| Semenoff | Gordon Walter | Moedal experiment, Large Hadron Collider, CERN; String theory, quantum field theory, statistical mechanics; Theoretical and mathematical physics, the physics of elementary particles, condensed matter physics; Moedal experiment, Large Hadron Collider, CERN, String theory, quantum field theory, statistical mechanics, Theoretical and mathematical physics, the physics of elementary particles, condensed matter physics | Any time / year round | quantum field theory, string theory |
| Sladen | Douglas | cochlear implantation among children and adults; cochlear implantation among children and adults | Any time / year round | Setting up a new virtual reality test environment |
| Sly | Laura | Inflammatory bowel disease; Inflammation; macrophages; Innate immunity; Cell signalling; inflammatory bowel disease, inflammation, macrophages, innate immunity, cell signalling | Any time / year round | Immunometabolism and gut health |
| Speller | Camilla | Archeological Data Analysis; Molecular Genetics; Ancient DNA Analysis (paleogenetics); Ancient proteins (paleoproteomics); Animal Domestication; Bioarchaeology; Environmental Archaeology; Marine Ecosystems; Archeological Data Analysis, Molecular Genetics, Ancient DNA Analysis (paleogenetics), Ancient proteins (paleoproteomics), Animal Domestication, Bioarchaeology, Environmental Archaeology, Marine Ecosystems | Any time / year round |
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| Stefanska | Barbara | Epigenetics, Cancer epigenetics, Nutritional epigenomics; Nutrition and Cancer, Breast Cancer, Hepatic Diseases, Gene Regulation and Expression, Epigenetics, Cancer epigenetics, Nutritional epigenomics | Any time / year round | Epigenetics refers to the molecular events controlling gene expression that are independent of changes in the underlying DNA sequence. These events include DNA methylation, covalent histone modifications, and non-coding RNA-related mechanisms. Epigenetic modifications of DNA, namely DNA methylation, have been shown to contribute to the etiology of chronic diseases with cancer at the forefront… more |
| Suttle | Curtis | Biological Oceanography; Environmental Virology; Marine Environment; Marine Microbiology; Microbial Diversity; Phage; Viral Discovery; Viruses; Biological Oceanography, Environmental Virology, Marine Environment, Marine Microbiology, Microbial Diversity, Phage, Viral Discovery, Viruses | Any time / year round | post-doctoral scholars will normally need fellowship support |
| Tessier | Anne-Michelle | Constraint-based grammars; Phonological acquisition; L2 production and perception in childhood; Lexical avoidance; Phonological theories; Shitgibbons; Constraint-based grammars, Phonological acquisition, L2 production and perception in childhood, Lexical avoidance, Phonological theories, Shitgibbons | Any time / year round | Constraint-based approaches to phonological development Phonological learnability L1 morpho-phonological learning |
| Todesco | Marco | Genetic and molecular basis of adaptation; Plant genomics; Chromosomal structural variation; Crop improvement and bioengineering; Wild sunflowers ecology and evolution; Cannabis diversity and domestication; Genetic and molecular basis of adaptation, Plant genomics, Chromosomal structural variation, Crop improvement and bioengineering, Wild sunflowers ecology and evolution, Cannabis diversity and domestication | Any time / year round | Genetic basis of adaptation in wild sunflower species Characterization of adaptation genes/haploblocks Cannabis genetics and genomics Use of wild relatives for crop improvement Development of genomics techniques Wild berries in the PNW
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| Torres Cruz | Luis | Geotechnical stability of Tailings Storage Facilities; Tailings management; Geotechnical engineering; Remote sensing of tailings facilities; In situ and laboratory geotechnical testing; Geotechnical stability of Tailings Storage Facilities, Tailings management, Geotechnical engineering, Remote sensing of tailings facilities, In situ and laboratory geotechnical testing | Any time / year round |
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| Turvey | Stuart | Asthma; Immune System; Immunodeficiencies; Microbiome cohort studies; Precision Medicine; Primary Immune Deficiencies; Asthma, Immune System, Immunodeficiencies, Microbiome cohort studies, Precision medicine, Primary immune deficiencies | Any time / year round | Genetics of Susceptibility to Childhood Infection Until very recently, clinical immunologists have focused most attention on patients with a ‘noisy clinical phenotype’—multiple, severe and recurrent infections. Indeed, the origin of primary immunodeficiencies is generally attributed to Bruton’s 1952 description of X-linked agammaglobulinemia in a boy whose repeated pneumococcal infections… more |
| Upham | David Chester | Energy Transformation and Energy Using; catalysis; Energy; Greenhouse gas mitigation; Energy Transformation and Energy Using, Catalysis, Energy, Greenhouse gas mitigation | Any time / year round | Catalysts for CO2 conversion Methane pyrolysis New ways to electrically heat thermochemical reactors with low-GHG electricity Carbon fiber synthesis High temperature hydrogen separation membranes Ammonia as a hydrogen carrier Technoeconomic analysis
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| Van de Panne | Michiel | simulation of human movement; computer animation; Robotics; deep reinforcement learning; motor control; computer graphics; computer graphics, Computer graphics, robotics, computer animation, novel interface techniques, physics-based modelling and stimulation, motor control, motor learning | Any time / year round | simulation of agile human motion, robotics, motion planning, sensorimotor control, dexterous manipulation, computer animation, machine learning, computer graphics, novel interfaces |
| Van Petegem | Filip | Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms; Genetic Diseases; Calcium signaling; Cardiac arrhythmia; electrical signaling; electrophysiology; Epilepsy; Ion channels; Structural Biology; Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms, Genetic Diseases, Calcium signaling, Cardiac arrhythmia, Electrical signaling, Electrophysiology, Epilepsy, Ion channels, Structural Biology | Any time / year round | 1) Muscle excitation-contraction coupling: How does an electrical signal in a muscle cell get transmitted into contraction? We investigate the membrane proteins involved in this process (L-type calcium channels, Ryanodine Receptors), as well as the various proteins that modulate these channels. Projects include solving crystal and cryo-EM structures of these channels in complex with the… more |
| Vedam | Saraswathi | Home Birth; Place of Birth; Provider Attitudes; Respectful Maternity Care; Midwifery; Interprofessional relationships; Person-Centered Care; Patient Autonomy; Institutional Racism in Maternity Care; Maternal and Newborn Outcomes; Maternity care for diverse populations; Transdisciplinary engagement in health care; Mistreatment; Gestation / Parturition, Human Rights and Liberties, Collective Rights, Right and Access to Information, Home Care Services, Law and Health, Social Contract and Social Justice, Community Health / Public Health, Breast Feeding and Infant Nutrition, Family and Child Services, Home Birth, Place of Birth, Provider Attitudes, Respectful Maternity Care, Midwifery, Interprofessional relationships, Person-Centered Care, Patient Autonomy, Institutional Racism in Maternity Care, Maternal and Newborn Outcomes, Maternity care for diverse populations, Transdisciplinary engagement in health care, Mistreatment | Any time / year round | Active analysis and knowledge translation projects: qualitative and quantitative data generated by participatory maternity care research: Changing Childbirth in BC, Giving Voice to Mothers - US (participatory research on experiences of maternity care and disparities), Access and Integration Maternity Care Mapping study (links between regulatory frameworks and disparities), Giving Voice to… more |
| Velenosi | Thomas | Pharmacometabolomics; Pharmacology; Metabolomics; Lipidomics; mass spectrometry; Cancer; Stable isotope tracing; Bioinformatics; Pharmacometabolomics, Pharmacology, Metabolomics, Lipidomics, Mass spectrometry, Cancer, Stable isotope tracing, Bioinformatics | Any time / year round | Metabolites directly reflect genetic, physiological, and environmental changes and can provide a reliable readout for therapeutic effectiveness. Pharmacometabolomics refers to the study of measuring metabolite changes in response to drug therapy. In the assessment of cancer, metabolites excreted from tumors can be measured by routine non-invasive sampling of plasma and urine. Projects in the… more |
| Victoriano | Ramon Antonio | Hispanic Caribbean Literatures and Cultures; Latin American Contemporary Novel and Short Story; Caribbean Literatures; Latin American literatures; Hispanic Caribbean Literatures and Cultures, Latin American Contemporary Novel and Short Story, Caribbean Literatures, Latin American literatures | Any time / year round | Blackness in the Hispanic Caribbean. Cultural History of Hispanic Caribbean printed media. |
| Wachs | Anthony | Fluid mechanics; Particle-laden flows; Non Newtonian flows; Heat and mass transfer; Numerical simulation; High performance computing; Multi-scale modelling; Fluid mechanics, Particle-laden flows, Non Newtonian flows, Heat and mass transfer, Numerical simulation, High performance computing, Multi-scale modelling | Any time / year round |
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| Wang | Yuzhuo | Prostate Cancer; Modeling the Progression of Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer; Tumor dormancy; Anti-Cancer Drug Development; Prostate Cancer, Modeling the Progression of Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer, Tumor dormancy, Anti-Cancer Drug Development | Any time / year round | Guided by my own vision of building a cancer-fear free world, my research program addresses some of the most pressing challenges in advanced prostate cancer. I explore tumor dormancy to understand how cancer cells evade therapy and later reignite disease. I lead the development of lactic acid suppression therapy, targeting the metabolic vulnerabilities of tumors through first-in-class lactic… more |
| Wang | Fei | Educational administration and leadership in K-12 setting; Leadership; the role of the school principals; social justice and diversity; comparative policy studies; Education and Training Management; Ideology and Social Policy; Social Contract and Social Justice; Offshore school and its leadership; educators' health and wellbeing; Educational administration and leadership in K-12 setting, Leadership , The role of the school principals, Social justice and diversity, Comparative policy studies, Education and Training Management, Ideology and Social Policy, Social Contract and Social Justice, Offshore school and its leadership, educators' health and wellbeing | Any time / year round | My research lies in the areas of educational leadership and administration, social justice and diversity, “subversive” leadership, leadership in cross-cultural settings, and educational policy studies in K-12 settings. I explore how principals negotiate policies and practices that they consider socially unjust to students and how they “creatively” cope with conflicts between moral and ethical… more |
| Wasserman | Wyeth | Creation of computational methods for the analysis of genome sequences (bioinformatics); Study of cis-regulatory elements controlling gene transcription; Applied analyses of genome sequences (genomics); Indigenous genomics; Creation of computational methods for the analysis of genome sequences (bioinformatics), Study of cis-regulatory elements controlling gene transcription, Applied analyses of genome sequences (genomics), Indigenous genomics | Any time / year round | Gene Regulation Amongst the most important challenges of this era of life science research is understanding the regulation of gene expression, a process that allows an incredible diversity of cells to be produced from the same genome sequence. During development and across physiological conditions, a set of proteins, called Transcription Factors (TFs), interact with the… more |
| Wasteneys | Geoff | Cell signaling; Hormones and Growth Factors; Molecular Genetics; Cellulose Biosynthesis; Microtubule Dynamics and Organization; Plant Cell Walls in Cell Shape and Tissue Function; Plant Growth and Development; Plant Responses to Abiotic Stress; Trafficking of Membrane Receptors and Transporters; Cell Signaling, Hormones and Growth Factors, Molecular Genetics, Cellulose Biosynthesis, Microtubule Dynamics and Organization, Plant Cell Walls in Cell Shape and Tissue Function, Plant Growth and Development, Plant Responses to Abiotic Stress, Trafficking of Membrane Receptors and Transporters | Any time / year round |
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| Weidberg | Hilla | Cell Biology; Genetics; Biochemistry; molecular biology; Organelle biology; Mitochondria; Mitochondrial stress; Protein quality control; Metabolism; Neurodegenerative diseases; Cell biology, Genetics, Biochemistry , Molecular biology , Organelle biology , Mitochondria , Mitochondrial stress, Protein quality control, Metabolism , Neurodegenerative diseases | Any time / year round |
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| Weijs | Steven | Water; Hydrological Cycle and Reservoirs; Drinking Water; Fresh Water; Information; Hydroelectricity; Ice and Snow; control of water systems; droughts; experimental hydrology; floods; Hydrological Prediction; Hydrology; information theory; mountain hydrology; sensors; uncertainty; water resources management; Water, Hydrological Cycle and Reservoirs, Drinking Water, Fresh Water, Information, Hydroelectricity, Ice and Snow, Control of water systems, Droughts, Experimental hydrology, Floods, Hydrological Prediction, Hydrology, Information theory, Mountain hydrology, Sensors, Uncertainty, Water resources management | Any time / year round | Projects regarding new measurement techniques for catchment hydrology |
| Wilton | Steven | Integrated Circuits; Computer Architecture; Computer Hardware; Computer-Aided Design Algorithms; Field-Programmable Gate Arrays; High-Level Synthesis; Integrated Circuits, Computer Architecture, Computer Hardware, Computer-Aided Design Algorithms, Field-Programmable Gate Arrays, High-Level Synthesis | Any time / year round | Debug for FPGAs FPGA Architectures CAD for FPGAs |
| Wisnovsky | Simon | glycobiology; carbohydrates; Tumor immunology; Functional genomics; CRISPR screening; Glycomics; Biochemistry; Molecular Genetics; Cell Biology; Cancer; Glycobiology, Carbohydrates, Tumor immunology, Functional genomics, CRISPR screening, Glycomics, Biochemistry, Molecular Genetics, Cell Biology, Cancer | Any time / year round, 2021, 2022 | Dr. Wisnovsky's lab studies the cell surface glycome, a dense network of sugar molecules that coats the surface of every living cell. The glycome plays a fundamental role in regulating the activity of our immune system, helping immune cells to distinguish normal, healthy cells from abnormal cells and invading pathogens. In diseases like cancer, the structure of… more |
| Wu | Lyndia | Injury biomechanics; Soft Tissue Biomechanics; Traumatic Brain Injury; Sleep Biomechanics; Sensors and Instrumentation; Data Mining and Machine Learning; Wearable Sensing; Injury Biomechanics, Soft Tissue Biomechanics, Traumatic Brain Injury, Sleep Biomechanics, Sensors and Instrumentation, Data Mining and Machine Learning, Wearable Sensing | Any time / year round, 2021 | Please refer to simpl.mech.ubc.ca for project areas and opportunities. |
| Wylie | Alison | feminist philosophy; philosophy of archaeology; philosophy of science; philosophy of the social and historial sciences; Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies; research ethics (non-medical); science studies; Feminist philosophy, Philosophy of archaeology, Philosophy of science, Philosophy of the social and historial sciences, Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies, Research ethics (non-medical), Science studies | Any time / year round | Feminist standpoint theory; community based collaborative practice; Indigenous/science; content effects of systemic inequities in the sciences. |
| Yadav | Vikramaditya | Bioactive Molecules; Biocatalysis; Bioinformatics; Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms; Biomass (Energy); Biomaterials; Bioprocess engineering; Bioremediation; Biotechnology; drug delivery; Drug discovery & development; Medical biotechnology; Metabolic engineering; Structural Tissue Engineering / Biomaterials; Synthetic biology; Technoeconomics; Tissue Engineering; Vaccines; Bioactive Molecules, Biocatalysis, Bioinformatics, Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms, Biomass (Energy), Biomaterials, Bioprocess engineering, Bioremediation, Biotechnology, Drug delivery, Drug discovery & development, Medical biotechnology, Metabolic engineering, Structural Tissue Engineering / Biomaterials, Synthetic biology, Technoeconomics, Tissue engineering, Vaccines | Any time / year round | My research group utilizes metabolic & enzyme engineering to investigate and customize novel biosynthetic enzymes that can convert biomass-derived feedstocks into value-added chemicals. We have published highly acclaimed papers on model-guided enzyme engineering, process development, enzyme discovery using metagenomics and engineering metabolic control schemes that bridge with bioprocess… more |
| Yoon | Dongwook | Computer Science and Statistics; design; Educational Technologies; Augmented reality; computer supported cooperative work (CSCW); Educational technology; Human-computer interaction (HCI); Interaction and interface design; Multimodal interaction; Speech, touch, multitouch, stylus, gesture, mixed-reality, 3d interaction; Virtual Reality; Computer Science and Statistics, Design, Educational Technologies, Augmented Reality, Computer supported cooperative work (CSCW), Educational technology, Human-computer interaction (HCI), Interaction and interface design, Multimodal interaction, Speech, touch, multitouch, stylus, gesture, mixed-reality, 3d interaction, Virtual Reality | Any time / year round | My research lies at the intersection of human-computer interaction (HCI), computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW), computer-mediated communication (CMC), and educational technology. My primary research focus is to build rich collaboration systems that offer expressive multimodal interactions, i.e., interactions through multiple communication channels (e.g., speech, gesture, and grasp). My… more |
| Zerriffi | Hisham | Biomass (Energy); Energy Transformation and Energy Using; International development; Environment and Society; Ideological, Political, Economical and Social Environments of Social Transformations; Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection; energy poverty; Biomass (Energy), Energy Transformation and Energy Using, International Development, Environment and Society, Ideological, Political, Economical and Social Environments of Social Transformations, Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection, Energy poverty | Any time / year round | I do not have current funding for additional graduate students or post-doctoral scholars but am generally interested in modeling of energy access in developing countries, assessment of socio-ecological linkages in energy use, household choice and welfare implications related to energy use, and synergies and tradeoffs in meeting sustainable development goals in forestry, energy and land-use.… more |
| Zhang | Gaoheng | Migration Studies; Mobility Studies ; Cultural Studies; Food Studies; Fashion Studies ; Film and Media Studies; Gender and Masculinity Studies; Rhetoric and Communication Studies ; China-Italy Cultural Relations ; China-Africa-Europe Cultural Relations; Italy's Global Networks ; Modern and contemporary Italian literature and culture; Migration Studies, Mobility Studies , Cultural Studies, Food Studies, Fashion Studies , Film and Media Studies, Gender and Masculinity Studies, Rhetoric and Communication Studies , China-Italy Cultural Relations , China-Africa-Europe Cultural Relations, Italy's Global Networks , Modern and Contemporary Italian Literature and Culture | Any time / year round | Migration, postcolonial, and tourism studies relating to Italy and Europe; Networks between Italy and China, and Europe and East Asia; China-Africa and/or Africa-Europe cultural relations; global history. |
| Zhang | Wei | Health Policies; Pharmacoeconomics; Economic evaluation; Health economics; Health Policies, Pharmacoeconomics, Economic Evaluation, Health Economics | Any time / year round | Work productivity loss measurement; Economic evaluation of health interventions; Pharmaceutical policy |
| Zhou | Youwen | Translation research; Genetics and genomics of skin diseases; Vitiligo, pigmentation diseases, eczema; Innovative therapeutic development; Translation research, Genetics and genomics of skin diseases, Vitiligo, pigmentation diseases, eczema, Innovative therapeutic development | Any time / year round |
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| Ziels | Ryan | Anaerobic digestion; Biological nutrient removal; Environmental engineering; Environmental Systems Engineering; Microbial biotechnology; Microbial ecology; Multi-omics; Resource recovery; Sustainable biological wastewater treatment; Anaerobic digestion, Biological nutrient removal, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Systems Engineering, Microbial biotechnology, Microbial ecology, Multi-omics, Resource recovery, Sustainable biological wastewater treatment | Any time / year round | The Environmental Microbial Biotechnology for Resource Recovery (EMBeRR) Lab (https://emberrlab.civil.ubc.ca/) at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC, Canada) is seeking a PhD student to start in September, 2025, focusing on anaerobic biotechnology for resource recovery from wastes. The research project will involve the development of… more |