With over 400 faculty investigating sustainability-related topics at UBC, it can be hard to know where to start. We’ve curated a list of researchers with expertise across a wide range of disciplines.

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Ritland, Kermit

Forestry (Vancouver)
Forest and Conservation Sciences
Beaty Biodiversity Research Centre; cofounder of Treenomix (a foundation of genomics knowledge; promotes forest health and sustainable forest stewardship for future generations)
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Mawani, Renisa

Arts (Vancouver)
Sociology
Colonial Legal History; Critical Theory; Race and Racism; Oceans and Maritime Worlds; Focused on global food production, climate change, and forms of war, this project draws from anticolonial...

Sheppard, Stephen

Forestry (Vancouver)
Forest Resources Management
Climate change planning, outreach, and community engagement; visioning methods and visualization of climate change causes, impacts, and mitigation/adaptation; low-carbon future scenarios visualized...

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Beschastnikh, Ivan

Science (Vancouver)
Computer Science
Distributed systems, networks, software engineering,

https://www.cs.ubc.ca/people/ivan-beschastnikh

Bi, Tony

Applied Science (Vancouver)
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Biomass and Bioenergy, Life Cycle Analysis, Green Engineering, Industrial Symbiosis, Fuel Cells Water Management

https://www.chbe.ubc.ca/profile/xiaotao-bi/

Bigazzi, Alexander

Applied Science (Vancouver)
Civil Engineering | School of Community and Regional Planning
Urban bicyclists' uptake of traffic-related air pollution; transportation emissions; air quality; active travel behavior (walking and cycling); emerging human-electric hybrid vehicles (e-bikes); traffic management and modeling; the effects of urban transportation systems on health

https://www.civil.ubc.ca/faculty/alex-bigazzi

Black, Andrew

Land and Food Systems (Vancouver)
Land and Food Systems
Biometeorology, Soil physics, Microclimate modification; measuring forest–atmosphere CO2 exchange; processes controlling the carbon balance of forests.

https://www.landfood.ubc.ca/andrew-black/

Black, Jennifer

Land and Food Systems (Vancouver)
Land and Food Systems
Social determinants of health and dietary choices; examine the impact of a community food hub program on food bank members’ nutritional status and experiences of food insecurity; neighbourhood-level socioeconomic status, demographic factors, land use and access to food in British Columbia.

https://www.landfood.ubc.ca/jennifer-black/

Black, Kerry

School of Engineering (Okanagan)
Civil Engineering
Indigenous community-based research; Sustainable Infrastructure; Water and wastewater management; Cross-disciplinary & community-based research

https://engineering.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/kerry-black/

Blackburn, Carole

Arts (Vancouver)
Anthropology
Relationship between Indigenous peoples and settler states; how Indigenous nations assert their rights and sovereignty in struggles over land and political recognition, and the consequences for Indigenous people of engaging states in legal and political arenas.

https://anth.ubc.ca/faculty/carole-blackburn/

Boedhihartono, Agni

Forestry (Vancouver)
Forest and Conservation Sciences
Biodiversity, communities and livelihoods, conservation, human behaviour, land-use change, social impact, social science, sustainability, tropical landscapes and livelihoods

https://forestry.ubc.ca/faculty-profile/agni-klintuni-boedhihartono

Bohlmann, Jörg

Forestry (Vancouver)
Forest and Conservation Sciences
Forest health, bark beetle, mountain pine beetle, natural products, Conifer genomics, Chemical ecology of conifer, insect interactions

https://forestry.ubc.ca/faculty-profile/jorg-bohlmann/

Bombardini, Matilde

Arts (Vancouver)
Vancouver School of Economics
International trade, political economy, applied microeconomics, international macroeconomics

https://economics.ubc.ca/faculty-and-staff/matilde-bombardini/

Bowie, William

Medicine (Vancouver)
Division of Infectious Diseases
Climate change, environmental degredation, inequities and infection, Social, economic and environmental factors which put people at risk for infection

http://id.med.ubc.ca/person/william-bowie/

Boyd, David

Science (Vancouver)
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability | School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
Environmental justice, environmental rights and responsibilities, the rights of nature, the debate between regulation and economic instruments, urban environmental issues

http://ires.ubc.ca/person/david-boyd/

Brauer, Mike

Medicine (Vancouver)
School of Population and Public Health
Air quality research in environmental and occupational exposure assessment with regards to health effects. Air pollution from transportation, vegetation fires and indoor, the air quality in Asia and the development of sampling and analysis methods for air pollutants.

https://www.spph.ubc.ca/person/michael-brauer/

Brauner, Colin

Science (Vancouver)
Zoology
Environmental adaptations (both mechanistic and evolutionary) in relation to gas-exchange, acid-base balance and ion regulation in fish

https://www.zoology.ubc.ca/person/colin-j-brauner

Brinkerhoff, Joshua

School of Engineering (Okanagan)
Mechanical Engineering
Healthy and efficient buildings; Human/atmosphere interactions; Laminar-to-turbulent transition; Turbomachinery in the LNG industry; Multiphase turbulent flows; Air quality simulation; Biofluid mechanics; dispersion of atmospheric pollutants in urban and agricultural environments and in buildings employing passive ventilation systems.

https://engineering.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/joshua-brinkerhoff/

Brondani, Mario

Dentistry (Vancouver)
Oral Health Sciences
Community Health / Public Health; Social Determinants of Health; Dental Public Health; Access to care; Outreach initiatives within marginalised communities, community engagement/participatory research, and oral health promotion and policy development

https://www.dentistry.ubc.ca/faculty-profiles/a-e/mario-brondani/

Brown, Helen

Applied Science (Vancouver)
School of Nursing
Ethics and equity in relation to neonatal and maternity care and community health promotion in rural communities; trauma and social inequity for vulnerable rural women, Indigenous knowledge and community health action

https://nursing.ubc.ca/our-people/helen-brown

Brown, Loch

Arts (Vancouver)
Geography
Theory and practice of sustainable development; development-related challenges facing Sub-Saharan Africa; human environment interactions; sustainability

https://www.geog.ubc.ca/persons/loch-brown/

Brown, Sandra

Land and Food Systems (Vancouver)
Land and Food Systems
Soil science education, climate change, water resources, water governance

https://www.landfood.ubc.ca/sandra-brown/

Browne, Annette

Applied Science (Vancouver)
School of Nursing
Health inequalities, indigenous peoples, women's health, cultural safety, primary health care interventions to improve health outcomes, marginalized populations, health policy

https://nursing.ubc.ca/our-people/annette-browne

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