Diversified Agroecosystem Cluster
The Diversified Agroecosystems Research Cluster uses ecological and systems analysis perspectives for integrated research on sustainable food systems that can feed the world while cooling the planet, protecting biodiversity, and promoting food sovereignty. Our network brings together leading researchers worldwide to create novel, next-generation, grassroots generated and open-data food systems assessment strategies from citizen science to remote sensing.
Campus
Vancouver
Affiliated UBC Faculty & Postdocs
| Name | Role | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Black, Jennifer | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Community Health / Public Health, Nutrition, Public health, food environments, social determinants of health, food banks, school food environments |
| Borden, Kira | Postdoctoral Fellow | Ecology and Quality of the Environment, Agriculture, Plants and Forests, Crop Production, Biodiversity and Biocomplexity, Climate Changes and Impacts, Plant-soil interactions, climate change adaptation, Climate change mitigation, Nutrient management, Agroecology, Agroforestry, Plant and tree root ecology, Biogeochemistry, Cocoa (Theobroma cacao), Diversified agroecosystems |
| Carrillo, Juli | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Plant-insect interactions, Agroecology, Invasive species, evolution, Ecology, community ecology, Environmental Change, Plant evolution, Population Ecology |
| Castellarin, Simone | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | viticulture and grapevine physiology; physiological and molecular aspects that underlay fruit ripening and the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites, and how they are modulated by the environment and viticultural practices; molecular viticulture |
| Chan, Kai | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Human Ecology, Ecology and Quality of the Environment, Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection, Applied Ethics, Values and Lifestyles, Sustainable Development, Ecosystem services, sustainability science, Conservation science, cultural ecosystem services, environmental values, conservation finance, environmental assessment, social-ecological systems, resilience, payments for ecosystem services, incentive programs |
| Foster, Leonard | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms, Microbiology, Cell Signaling and Infectious and Immune Diseases, Immune System, Agriculture, Proteomics, Honey bees, host-pathogen interactions, antigen presentation, Systems Biology |
| Johnson, Mark | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Hydrological Cycle and Reservoirs, Land and Soil, Climate Changes and Impacts, Agriculture, Ecology and Quality of the Environment, Running Water Hydrosystem, Fresh Water, Ground Water and Water Tables, Ecohydrology, Carbon cycle, land use, Water and Sustainability, Biogeochemistry, data science |
| Johnson, James | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | diabetes, hormones, cell biology, signal transduction, apoptosis or programmed cell death, heart failure, heart disease, calcium signalling, pancreatic cancer, obesity, longevity, imaging, Causes of type 1 and type 2 diabetes at a molecular level discovery of genes and associated gene networks linked to diabetes risk and by known risk factors that predispose individuals to diabetes |
| Jovel, Eduardo | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Ethnobotany, mycology, natural product chemistry and Aboriginal health |
| Knox, Sara | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Ecological and Ecophysiological Processes, Ecosystem (Aquatic and Terrestrial), Climate Changes and Impacts, Atmosphere (Including Chemical Aspects), Micrometeorology, Biogeochemistry, Hydrology, Ecology, climate change |
| Kremen, Claire | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Reconciliation of agricultural land use with biodiversity conservation, agroecological farming systems, sustainable landscapes |
| Krzic, Maja | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Agriculture, Soil science, Soil science education, Integration of multimedia and soil science |
| Madden, John | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Functional and Intelligent Materials, artificial muscle, wearables, smart materials, electronic skin, supercapacitors, electrochemical devices, medical devices |
| Prescott, Cindy | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Ecological and Ecophysiological Processes, Ecosystem (Aquatic and Terrestrial), Landscape and Restoration, Land and Soil, ecological restoration, soil organic matter, nutrient cycling |
| Ramankutty, Navin | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Environment and Society, Agriculture, Climate Changes and Impacts, Global food security, Sustainable agriculture, Climate impacts, Land use change |
| Renwick, Kerry | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Teacher Education, Familial Contexts, Human and Social Ecology, Critical Pedagogy, Educational Policy, Home Economics, Health Education, Public health |
| Rieseberg, Loren | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | plant evolutionary biology, adaptation, speciation, crops, weeds, invasive plants |
| Riseman, Andrew | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | plant breeding; plant genetics; horticulture; roots; stress physiology, Plant breeding, intercrop interactions, nutrient use efficiency, root physiology, biotic/abtioic stressor |
| Smukler, Sean | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | agriculture, environment, sustainable development, ecosystem services |
| Spiegel, Jerry | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Global health, International health, environmental health, Cuba, Latin America, Effects of globalization on health, ecosystem approaches to human health, understanding and addressing influences of physical and social environments on health, global health and human security, the economic evaluation of interventions, and health and equity in Latin America |
| Vanwynsberghe, Robert | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Citizenship and democracy, Social justice, Sustainability; Sustainability; Environmental Education; Theory and Method |
| Wang, Siyun | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Agri-food Transformation Products, Microbiology, Bioactive Molecules, Food safety, Food microbiology |
| Wittman, Hannah | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Social Movements, Environment and Society, Dynamics of Social Transformations, Agriculture, food sovereignty, Sustainable agriculture, socio-ecological systems, agro-ecology |