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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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Baum, Bruce

Arts (Vancouver)
Political Science
Critical social theory (including critical “race” theory, feminist theory, critical hermeneutics, and issues of cross-cultural interpretation); the Politics of Equality, Identity, and Difference

https://politics.ubc.ca/persons/bruce-baum/

Baylis, Patrick

Arts (Vancouver)
Vancouver School of Economics
Climate Changes and Impacts; Economic Planning of Energy; environmental economics; climate change economics; energy economics

https://economics.ubc.ca/faculty-and-staff/patrick-baylis/

Belliveau, George

Education (Vancouver)
Language and Literacy Education
Art Education; Artistic and Aesthetic Development; Drama Education; Pedagogy; Teacher Research

https://lled.educ.ubc.ca/profiles/george-belliveau/

Ben-David, Shelly

FHSD (Okanagan)
Social Work

Benedet, Janine

Peter A. Allard School of Law (Vancouver)
Peter A. Allard School of Law
Criminal law, sex equality, discrimination law, sexual assault, sexual harassment, prostitution, pornography law, Criminal Law, Sex Equality, Employment Discrimination, Violence Against Women, Sexual Harassment Law

https://allard.ubc.ca/about-us/our-people/janine-benedet

Bennett, Nathan

Science (Vancouver)
Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Marine conservation, ocean governance, small-scale fisheries, sustainable livelihoods, coastal communities, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change, conservation social science, political ecology

https://oceans.ubc.ca/nathan-j-bennett/

Berlinguette, Curtis

Applied Science (Vancouver)
Chemical and Biological Engineering
CO2 conversion and utilization, clean energy, advanced solar cells, electrochromic windows, dynamic windows, hydrogen fuels production, catalysis

https://www.chbe.ubc.ca/profile/curtis-berlinguette/

Bertram, Allan

Science (Vancouver)
Chemistry
Chemical and physical processes important in the atmosphere; atmospheric aerosol particles and the role they play in urban air pollution, climate change and atmospheric chemistry; to better understand the role of human activity on the Earth'_s atmosphere

https://www.chem.ubc.ca/allan-bertram

Berube, Pierre

Applied Science (Vancouver)
Civil Engineering
Water treatment, trace organic contaminants, membrane and advanced oxidation technologies., Drinking water treatment, filtration/membrane processes for water and wastewater treatment, distribution system water quality, advanced oxidation, wastewater reuse

https://www.civil.ubc.ca/faculty/pierre-berube

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

Binfet, John-Tyler

Education (Okanagan)
kindness, social and emotional learning, therapy dogs, university student wellbeing

https://education.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/john-tyler-binfet/

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/

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/

Bottorff, Joan

FHSD (Okanagan)
Nursing
health promotion, healthy lifestyles, community health

https://nursing.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/joan-l-bottorff/

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