A doctoral citation summarizes the nature of the independent research, provides a high-level overview of the study, states the significance of the work and says who will benefit from the findings in clear, non-specialized language, so that members of a lay audience will understand it.
| Year | Citation | Program |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Dr. Song showed how the fluctuations in ultracold atomic gases lead to a new class of spin correlations and coherent dynamics. His studies improve our understanding of the fluctuation-driven phenomena in a wide variety of physical systems. | Doctor of Philosophy in Physics (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Moreau explored manipulation of insect behaviour as an alternative to pesticides for management of greenhouse whiteflies on sweet pepper crops. She found that whiteflies can be diverted away from the crop using combinations of traps and reduced risk sprays. Her work provides greenhouse growers with whitefly management options that have lower environmental impacts and greater compatibility with biological control programs. | Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Science (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Robert investigated the role and molecular-genetic underpinning of terpenoid compounds in Sitka spruce resistance to white pine weevil. Because of weevil attack, Sitka spruce is no longer planted for commercial reforestation in British Columbia. Her research supports tree breeding to re-introduce Sitka spruce as a valuable asset for sustainable forestry. | Doctor of Philosophy in Botany (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Escueta explored the contribution that popular education makes to collective recovery and reconstruction from trauma. This participatory action-research project illustrates new psychoeducational approaches to addressing not just individual but also systemic and structural sources of trauma through united action. | Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies (PhD) |
| 2010 | Using various chemical and cell-based methods, Dr. Samaranayaka studied the potential of fish protein-derived peptides to act as antioxidative agents and their structure activity relationships. Findings from this work will aid development of functional foods that target reducing oxidative stress and various free radical-induced diseases in the human body. | Doctor of Philosophy in Food Science (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Zhou developed a computer model to simulate the formation process of engineered wood products. His model improves understanding of the wood product manufacturing process and may be useful for optimizing manufacturing operations in industry. | Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Robertson examined how university field education coordinators address the challenge of assessing the professional suitability of social work students. Her research highlights the critical role field education coordinators play and generated recommendations for improving collaboration between university administrators, social work faculty and field educators. | Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership and Policy (EdD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Prystajecky's research focused on developing molecular epidemiological tools to assess the health risk potential of waterborne protozoa. These tools were successfully integrated into routine water testing and contributed to knowledge regarding pathogen dynamics in watersheds. Her work will have significant impact on drinking water surveillance and public health policy. | Doctor of Philosophy in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Varto researched ideas of kinship in the burials, housing, and genealogical writing of early Greece. She found that kinship involved ideas of biology, multi-generational households, and descent. This research illuminates kinship's role in social, political, and economic differentiation, power, and change in the developing Greek city-state. | Doctor of Philosophy in Classics (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Whitwick conducted a comprehensive study of the surface morphology of gallium arsenide grown with Molecular Beam Epitaxy. In this study he successfully linked the micro-scale surface morphology to atomic-scale processes. This work provides a guide for the fabrication of opto-electrical devices. | Doctor of Philosophy in Physics (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Chen studied transition metal doped systems and the hyperfine coupling constants of muoniated radicals. The studies help the development of new transition metal based materials and enhance the understanding of EPR spectra at the molecular level. | Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Hoskinson developed a method to triple the peak brightness, contrast and dynamic range of projection displays. The projector's light is reallocated and directed away from dark regions towards bright regions of the image being displayed by using a custom-designed array of steerable micromirrors and novel image-processing algorithms. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Liu studied the role of chemokines in the migration of immune cells across the monolayer of endothelial cells that line the cerebral blood vessels. He showed that unique chemokine-receptor interactions mediate the binding and migration of specific immune cell subsets across activated endothelium to initiate central nervous system inflammation. | Doctor of Philosophy in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Huang developed robust three-dimensional statistical and geometric models to analyze brain tissues from magnetic resonance images. He subsequently applied his methods to study both normal tissues and white matter lesions in patients with multiple sclerosis pathology, thus enabling fully automated quantitative brain volumetric analyses using conventional structural MRI. | Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Wilson studied a natural phenomenon by which the mineral waste from some mines traps and stores atmospheric carbon dioxide. She developed a protocol that allows trapping of carbon dioxide in mine tailings to be verified and quantified so that mines can better account for their greenhouse-gas emissions. | Doctor of Philosophy in Geological Sciences (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Winters' research investigates how children and adults construct meaning In various contexts. Meaning can be designed or represented through media like print, drama, illustrations, or songs. She proposes that the process of authorship is not a linear phenomenon because it is always bound up with other semiotic and social meanings that interanimate each other. | Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Carrasco-Teja studied displacement flows of viscoplastic fluids in narrow, horizontal, eccentric annuli. The main application was the primary cementing of horizontal oil and gas wells. Using different mathematical methods, she characterised the process, providing rules to improve the process. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Ge studied the role of synaptic plasticity in spatial memory, and how synaptic plasticity is modulated by AMPA receptor trafficking. Her work provides a better understanding of how different forms of synaptic plasticity contribute to the process of spatial memory formation. | Doctor of Philosophy in Neuroscience (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Derkatch studied articles in medical journals and the popular press to examine how such articles persuade us about what does and does not count as legitimate medicine. Her study provides new insight into how language shapes medicine as a profession, and shapes roles for practitioners and patients within it. | Doctor of Philosophy in English (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Franklin showed that the genetic structure of a migratory insect, the cabbage looper, has been modified by the expansion of greenhouse production of vegetables in British Columbia. This provides an over-wintering environment for the previously transitory insect and strong genetic selection through the extensive use of a microbial insecticide. | Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Vasudevan investigated the effects of testosterone on the development of insulin resistance and hypertension. His identification of two key testosterone-dependent biochemical pathways furthers our understanding of the role of sex hormones in regulating the actions of insulin and the resultant changes in blood pressure. | Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Sciences (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Ye developed a framework for improving information integration in the construction industry. The research shows how the framework can leverage existing information technologies to move beyond current system interoperability towards information aggregation and a much higher level of construction management integration. | Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Bueno carried out a high precision test of the Standard Model of particle physics. Using the TRIUMF facility on UBC campus he measured the decay properties of the muon, a subatomic particle which is just a heavy electron. The final result allows the physics community to rule out new particle processes at an unprecedented level. | Doctor of Philosophy in Physics (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Escobar used Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy to study DAXX, a human protein that helps to control the growth and division of the cells in our bodies. Most importantly, Dr. Escobar determined the first three-dimensional structure of the protein which provides a "molecular blueprint" for understanding how it interacts with other proteins that are fundamental in diseases such as cancer. | Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry (PhD) |
| 2010 | Dr. Tedder investigated common pool resources and how rules and customs emerge to coordinate their consumption. The research sought to understand why, when and how intervention in this market is necessary to overcome a "Tragedy of the Commons" outcome. The resulting intervention framework is novel in the way it links theory with practice. | Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD) |