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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| Zhou | Youwen | Biomarkers in cancer and inflammation, Genetics and genomics of skin diseases, Melanoma, vitiligo, hyperhidrosis, and skin lymphoma, Innovative therapeutic development | Any time / year round |
(1). Treating cancer by targeting tumor microenvironment |
Outstanding candidates can expect a full funding package offer |
| Zhang | Gaoheng | Migration and Diaspora Studies, Mobility Studies , Postcolonial Studies , Gender and Masculinity Studies, Race Theory, Film and Media Studies, Rhetoric and Communication Studies , Cultural Theory, Italian-Chinese 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; |
Applicants need to be self-funded |
| Yoon | Dongwook | Human-computer interaction (HCI), Multimodal interaction, Interaction and interface design, Computer supported cooperative work (CSCW), Educational technology, Speech, touch, multitouch, stylus, gesture, augmented reality, virtual reality, 3d interaction | 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... Read More |
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| Wylie | Alison | philosophy of social science, philosophy of the historial sciences, feminist philosophy, philosophy of archaeology, research ethics (non-medical) | Any time / year round |
Feminist standpoint theory; epistemic implications of community based collaborative practice (especially in archaeology); content effects of systemic inequities in the sciences. |
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| Wright | Handel | (post)multiculturalism and multicultural education, cultural studies, youth studies, Critical Race Theory, identity, citizenship and belonging, Africana studies, postcolonialism and decolonization | Any time / year round |
(post)multiculturalism; youth identity and belonging; cultural studies and education; Africana identity |
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| Winstanley | Catharine | Behavioural neuroscience, Gambling disorder, Addiction, Decision making, Impulsivity, Traumatic brain injury | 2018, 2019, 2020 |
Exploring the neural, neurochemical and molecular basis of impulsivity and risky decision making, particularly as these cognitive traits relate to addiction disorders. Most of the work we do uses rat models of cognitive behaviour, but we are starting to translate our findings into human subjects. |
Some financial support is available |
| Wilkinson | David | Electrochemistry, electrocatalysis, electrochemical power sources, advanced electrolysis, , hydrogen production and storage, waste water and drinking water treatment, solar fuels, carbon dioxide conversion, clean and sustainable energy and water | 2017, 2018 | ||
| Whitton | Jeannette | Plant evolution, Plant systematics, Evolutionary ecology, Conservation policy, Species at risk | 2018 | Some financial support is available | |
| Whitehead | Lorne | Applied physics, especially novel geometrical approaches, Applied optics, Illuminating engineering and display technology | Any time / year round | ||
| Wellington | Cheryl Lea | Alzheimer's Disease, Traumatic Brain Injury, Tissue Engineering, Biomarkers, Drug Discovery, Apolipoprotein E, Cerebrovascular function | Any time / year round |
Relationship of biomechanics to pathology in TBI animal models |
Outstanding candidates can expect a full funding package offer |
| Weis | Dominique | Earth Sciences, Geochemistry, Oceanic islands and mantle plumes, Environmental geochemistry, High-precision/sensitivity geochemical analyses | 2017, 2018 | Some financial support is available | |
| Webb | P. Taylor | Education policy, Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, Neoliberalism, Governmentality, Micropolitics , Biopolitics, Subjectivity | 2018 |
*Education policy, especially enactments and problematizations *Governmentality studies in education, particularly micropolitics and subjectivities *Methodological uses of fieldwork in philosophy and post-qualitative approaches |
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| Wasteneys | Geoff | Plant Growth and Development, Microtubule Dynamics and Organization, Trafficking of Membrane Receptors and Transporters, Cellulose Biosynthesis, Plant Cell Walls in Cell Shape and Tissue Function | 2017, 2018, 2019 |
1) The role of Microtubule-Associated Proteins in Microtubule Dynamics 2) Mechanisms of Cell Wall Construction and Modification in Plant Organ Morphogenesis 3) Microtubule-mediated turnover of membrane receptors and transporters |
Applicants need to be self-funded |
| Warfield | Andrew | Cloud Computing, Big Data, Data Storage, Virtualization, Computer Security, Computer Networks | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
Scalable computation, computational support for genomics and scientific processing, in-memory and nonvolatile data management. |
Outstanding candidates can expect a full funding package offer |
| Wang | Fei | Educational administration and leadership, social justice and diversity, comparative policy studies, the role of the school principals | 2018 |
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. 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 obligations and... Read More |
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| Wachs | Anthony | Fluid mechanics, Particle-laden flows, Non Newtonian flows, Heat and mass transfer, Numerical simulation, High performance computing, Multi-scale modelling | Any time / year round |
* Development of massively parallel codes for granular and particle-laden flow simulation |
Some financial support is available |
| Vilarino-Guell | Carles | Multiple sclerosis, Neuromyelitis optica, Neurological disorders | Any time / year round |
- Study of the genetic factors contributing to the onset of familial multiple sclerosis and its clinical presentations. - Biological and behavioral characterization of the first animal model of multiple sclerosis based on human etiology. |
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| 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 | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
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, Access and Integration Maternity Care Mapping study (links between regulatory frameworks and disparities) |
Some financial support is available |
| Van Raamsdonk | Catherine | Human Cancer Genetics, Developmental Genetics, Mouse Genetics and Transgenesis, Mutation, Cell Migration, Melanocytes | 2018, 2019 |
Identification and validation of somatic and germline mutations in human cancer. Cell migration in development and metastasis. Investigation of the developmental biology of neural crest lineages using transgenic mice. Culturing, FACS sorting, and transcriptome analysis of melanocytes from the skin, eyes, and metastatic sites. Testing therapeutics and signaling pathways for uveal melanoma. |
Outstanding candidates can expect a full funding package offer |
| Van Petegem | Filip | Ion channels, electrical signaling, Cardiac arrhythmia, Epilepsy, Calcium signaling, Structural Biology, electrophysiology | Any time / year round |
Disease-related projects: 2) Epilepsy 3) Skeletal muscle disorders |
Outstanding candidates can expect a full funding package offer |
| Turvey | Stuart | Microbiome cohort studies, 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... Read More |
Some financial support is available |
| Turin | Mark | Nepal, Tibet, Sikkim, Bhutan, First Nations, Bella Bella, Heiltsuk, Indigeneity | Any time / year round | Some financial support is available | |
| Traboulsee | Anthony | multiple sclerosis, magnetic resonance imaging, neuromyelitls optica (NMO) | Any time / year round | ||
| Taylor | Eric | biodiversity, speciation, fishes, conservation, biogeography | 2018 |
Genetics of speciation in sympatric char |
Some financial support is available |
| Taubert | Stefan | Transcription, Gene regulation, C. elegans, Metabolism, Aging, Stress responses , Molecular Genetics, Mouse | 2017 |
My lab is interested in gene regulation by the so-called Mediator complex, which is mutated or deregulated in various human diseases. Using primarily the powerful C. elegans model (aka the worm) as well as mice, we employ classic and state-of-the-art genetic, molecular, ad genomic approaches to define how individual Mediator subunits interact with cellular signalling pathways to prevent... Read More |
Outstanding candidates can expect a full funding package offer |
| Taghipour | Fariborz | Solar Fuels, Artificial Photosynthetic Systems, UV Photoreactors, UV-LED Reactors, UV Microplasma, Modeling of Chemical and Biochemical Reactors, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) | 2017, 2018 |
Artificial Photosynthetic Systems: Artificial photosynthesis involves capturing energy from the sun and storing it in the form of chemical fuels. The focus of this research is to create engineered solar fuel generators for the photocatalytic production of hydrogen, a leading candidate for the fuel of the future. Our team develops photoelectrochemical cells and multifunctional photocatalysts... Read More |
Outstanding candidates can expect a full funding package offer |
| Stephens | Christopher | philosophy of biology, philosophy of science, rationality, Why be rational?, scientific philosophy | Any time / year round |
philosophical debates about evolutionary biology, topics in philosophy of science concerning the nature of evidence, the nature and justification of rationality. Evolutionary approaches to philosophical topics. |
Outstanding candidates can expect a full funding package offer |
| Stacey | Jocelyn | Environmental Law, Public Law, Regulatory and Legal Theory | 2017, 2018 | ||
| Song | Weihong | Down Syndrome, Mental Health | 2018, 2019, 2020 |
Alzheimer's disease; Down syndrome; neuropsychiatric disorders; Neurogenesis. |
Outstanding candidates can expect a full funding package offer |
| Simpson | Elizabeth | Gene therapy for brain and eye diseases, In vivo gene augmentation and genome editing (CRISPR/CAS9), CRISpies (CRISPR therapies), Aniridia, Rare diseases, Congenital blindness, MiniPromoters for restricted expression | Any time / year round |
Please visit my laboratory research page at: |
Some financial support is available |
| Silberman | Lior | Metric geometry, Number theory, Automorphic forms, Analysis on manifolds, Topology of symmetric spaces, Homogenous dynamics, Representation Theory | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
Mathematics, almost any field |
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| Semenoff | Gordon Walter | Theoretical and mathematical physics, the physics of elementary particles, condensed matter physics, String theory, quantum field theory, statistical mechanics, Moedal experiment, Large Hadron Collider, CERN | Any time / year round |
String theory, quantum field theory |
Some financial support is available |
| Scott | Douglas | Cosmology | Any time / year round |
A wide range of topics within observational and theoretical cosmology |
Some financial support is available |
| Scott | Alexander | musculoskeletal, sports medicine, physiotherapy, physical therapy, orthopaedics | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
Development and execution of clinical studies; tendinopathy |
Outstanding candidates can expect a full funding package offer |
| Samuels | Anne Lacey | plant cell biology, plant cell walls | 2018 | ||
| Russell | Kelly | volcanology, rheology, geochemical thermodynamics | Any time / year round |
1) Glaciovolcanism as a tool for paleo-environmental reconstruction. |
Some financial support is available |
| Rubin | Julia | security and privacy in mobile applications, energy-efficiency in mobile and cloud software, compositional and collaborative software development | Any time / year round | Outstanding candidates can expect a full funding package offer | |
| Rottler | Joerg | Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Soft Matter | Any time / year round | ||
| Ross | E. Wayne | Curriculum Studies, Critical Pedagogy, Social Studies Education, Social Justice in Education | 2018 | ||
| Rogers | Theresa | Education, Literacy, Youth Studies, Children's and Adolescent Literature, Digital Literacies | 2018 |
Youth Literacies |
Outstanding candidates can expect a full funding package offer |
| Rodrigues | Brian | Cardiovascular metabolism, Diabetes, Endothelial cell - cardiomyocyte crosstalk | Any time / year round |
The objective of our study is to examine the biology of 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 cardiac LPL is regulated.... Read More |
Some financial support is available |
| Robinson | Wendy | Genetics, Development, Epigenetics, miRNA, Preterm Birth, Placenta, Mosaicism, Fetal Growth | Any time / year round |
Evaluating the role of genetic errors in fetal growth and developmental abnormalities |
Outstanding candidates can expect a full funding package offer |
| Ripeanu | Radu | Distributed systems, peer-to-peer systems, high-performnace computing | 2018, 2019, 2020 | Outstanding candidates can expect a full funding package offer | |
| Rieseberg | Loren | plant evolutionary biology, adaptation, speciation, crops, weeds, invasive plants | Any time / year round |
Adaptation, Speciation, Evolution of Crops and Weeds, Bioinformatics |
Applicants need to be self-funded |
| Rideout | Elizabeth | Sex differences, Metabolism, Cell Signaling Pathways, Development, Lifespan and Aging, Stress Responses, Drosophila melanogaster | 2017, 2018 | Some financial support is available | |
| Richman | Joy Marion | Developmental biology, craniofacial development, Evo-Devo, reptilian tooth development, chicken embryo limb development, orofacial clefting | 2017, 2018, 2019 |
The role of non-canonical WNT signaling in facial and limb development in the chicken embryo |
Applicants need to be self-funded |
| Richardson | John | ecology, freshwater biology, food webs, streams | Any time / year round | Some financial support is available | |
| Radic | Valentina | Glaciology, Meteorology, Climate Science | 2018 | Some financial support is available | |
| Quandt | Jacqueline | Neuroinflammation in damage and repair relevant to multiple sclerosis and other nervous system disorders | Any time / year round | Outstanding candidates can expect a full funding package offer | |
| Puterman | Eli | Health psychology, Stress physiology, Acute exercise, Exercise interventions, Physical activity, Physical literacy, cellular aging, telomeres, chronic stress | Any time / year round, 2018, 2019 |
Our Fitness, Aging and Stress Lab at UBC is currently actively engaged in several different laboratory and community studies. In the laboratory, we are examining the impact of different lengths and intensities of exercise on biological and psychological responses to acute stressors. We are also examining the flip side of this - how chronic and acute stress impact biological and psychological... Read More |
Some financial support is available |