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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Eberle, Wilson

Engineering (Okanagan)
distributed energy

https://engineering.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/wilson-eberle/

El-Kassaby, Yousry

Forestry (Vancouver)
Forest and Conservation Sciences
Genetics, genomics, tree breeding , biodiversity, conservation

https://forestry.ubc.ca/faculty-profile/yousry-el-kassaby

Elliott, Sinikka

Arts (Vancouver)
Sociology
Family, social inequality, and social policy; intersecting inequalities;

https://sociology.ubc.ca/profile/sinikka-elliott/

Ellis, Naoko

Applied Science (Vancouver)
Chemical and Biological Engineering
CO2 capture and utilization, thermochemical conversion of biomass

https://www.chbe.ubc.ca/profile/naoko-ellis/

Ellis, Shona

Science (Vancouver)
Botany
Sustainability teaching & learning; Biodiversity

https://botany.ubc.ca/people/shona-ellis

Eltis, Lindsay

Science (Vancouver)
Microbiology and Immunology
Bacterial catabolic enzymes and pathways responsible for the degradation of aromatic compounds and steroids; Lindsay’s research has important implications for the development of novel biocatalysts for more sustainable processes

http://www.microbiology.ubc.ca/research/labs/eltis/pi

Englezos, Peter

Applied Science (Vancouver)
Chemical and Biological Engineering
CO2 capture and storage, water treatment, Novel materials from forest bio-resources

https://www.chbe.ubc.ca/profile/peter-englezos/

Ervin, Ruth

Education (Vancouver)
Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education
Systems Change, Prevention and Intervention Strategies in Special Education.

https://ecps.educ.ubc.ca/person/ruth-ervin/

Eskelson, Bianca

Forestry (Vancouver)
Forest Resources Management
Biometrics, ecological monitoring, ecology, ecosystems, forest measurements, modelling, sampling design, stand dynamics

https://forestry.ubc.ca/faculty-profile/bianca-eskelson

Eskicioglu, Cigdem

Engineering (Okanagan)
resource recovery from wastewater, micropollutants, waste minimization

https://engineering.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/cigdem-eskicioglu/

Evans, Mike

FASS (Okanagan)
CCGS
regional food systems

https://ccgs.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/mike-evans/

Evenden, Matthew

Arts (Vancouver)
Geography
Environmental history and water history, with a regional specialization in Canada, particularly Alberta and British Columbia

https://www.geog.ubc.ca/persons/matthew-evenden/

Fallon, Gerald

Education (Vancouver)
Educational Studies
Notions of Sustainability in Educational Policies in in Canada

https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/facultystaff/gerald-fallon/

Fan, Grace

Management (Okanagan)
Indigenous-led sustainability, social and environmental inequity

https://management.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/grace-fan/

Farrell, Anthony

Land and Food Systems (Vancouver)
Land and Food Systems
Integrative and comparative animal physiology; Salmon migratory passage, exercise / handling stress and recovery, sustainable aquaculture, aquatic toxicology.

https://www.landfood.ubc.ca/anthony-farrell/

Fatmi, Mahmudur

Engineering (Okanagan)
Transportation and residential emissions and energy modelling

https://engineering.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/mahmudur-fatmi/

Faulkner, Guy

Education (Vancouver)
School of Kinesiology
Community and public health; Health behaviour interventions; Health interventions; Health promotion

https://kin.educ.ubc.ca/person/guy-faulkner/

Fisher, Kevin

Arts (Vancouver)
Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies
Ecological impact of human activities, the socioeconomic and political impact of climate change, the long-term health consequences of human dietary practices and subsistence strategies, and the role of cultural conflict in affecting social and political change

https://cnrs.ubc.ca/people/kevin-fisher/

Flynn, Alexandra

Peter A. Allard School of Law (Vancouver)
Peter A. Allard School of Law
Legal relationship between First Nations and municipal governments;

https://allard.ubc.ca/about-us/our-people/alexandra-flynn

Ford, Laurie

Education (Vancouver)
Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education
Child, family, school, and neighbourhood/community factors that promote early school readiness, transition, and success; early childhood assessment; family and community-based services for preschool and school-age children, youth and their families; family-school-health professional relationships; family-school-professional communication for students with chronic health and special needs; and interdisciplinary practice.

https://ecps.educ.ubc.ca/person/laurie-ford/

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