Name		Department	Email	Research Topics
	Susan Allen		Earth and Ocean Sciences	sal…@eos.ubc.ca	Modelling the underlying fluid dynamical structures in the ocean using idealized numerical models, laboratory experiments, and mathematical analysis
	Richard Anstee		Mathematics	ans…@math.ubc.ca	Discrete mathematics; extremal set theory; graph theory; matching theory
	Uri Ascher		Computer Science	asc…@cs.ubc.ca	Scientific computation, particularly involving differential equations with constraints; data inversion in geophysics, 3D electromagnetic simulations; modeling and simulation for physical systems in virtual environments [selected publications]
	Phil Austin		Earth and Ocean Sciences	paus…@eos.ubc.ca	Cloud physics; understanding the processes that determine the radiative properties of layer clouds; formation, lifetime and dissipation of stratus and cirrus clouds; influence of clouds on the global climate
	Mattia Bacca		Mechanical Engineering	mba…@mech.ubc.ca	Microstructural evolution under severe plastic deformation, dry adhesion, cell mechanics, homogenization, multi-scale mechanics, acoustic metamaterials.
	Susan Baldwin		Chemical and Biological Engineering	sbal…@interchange.ubc.ca	Bioprocess engineering and modelling of physiological processes
	Neil Balmforth		Mathematics / Earth and Ocean Sciences	n…@math.ubc.ca	Geophysical and astrophysical fluid mechanics
	Martin Barlow		Mathematics	bar…@math.ubc.ca	Probability theory, fractal sets; cluster growth models, in particular diffusion limited aggregation (DLA)
	Roger Beckie		Earth and Ocean Sciences	rbec…@eos.ubc.ca	The role of scale in site characterization and modeling of groundwater systems
	George Bluman		Mathematics	blu…@math.ubc.ca	Similarity and perturbation methods, Stefan problems
	Robert Bridson		Computer Science	rbri…@cs.ubc.ca	Computer graphics and animation, geometric modeling and implicit surfaces, scientific computing, numerical PDEs, sparse matrix methods, mesh generation
	David Brydges		Mathematics	d…@math.ubc.ca	Statistical mechanics, quantum field theory, functional integration, probability
	W. Kendal Bushe		Mechanical Engineering	w…@mech.ubc.ca	Combustion, turbulence, numerical simulation, computational fluid dynamics, IC engines, thermal power generation
	Matt Choptuik		Physics and Astronomy	chop…@physics.ubc.ca	Numerical relativity
	James Colliander		Mathematics	coll…@math.ubc.ca	partial differential equations using tools from harmonic analysis and dynamical systems
	Anne Condon		Computer Science	con…@cs.ubc.ca	Computational complexity theory and biomolecular computing, biomolecular computation
	Daniel Coombs		Mathematics	coo…@math.ubc.ca	Mathematical biology: cell signaling
	Elizabeth Croft		Mechanical Engineering	ecr…@mech.ubc.ca	Robotics; high level planning and control; sensor integration and artificial intelligence applications to robotics, machine vision, industrial automation, and computer-integrated manufacturing
	Eric Cytrynbaum		Mathematics	cyt…@math.ubc.ca	Mathematical biology: cell biology, cardiac electrophysiology
	Michael Doebeli		Mathematics / Zoology	doeb…@math.ubc.ca	Theoretical ecology and evolution; integration of ecological and population genetic modeling approaches; ecology and evolution of spatially structured populations
	Roger Donaldson		Mathematics	rdon…@math.ubc.ca	Industrial Mathematics
	Ivar Ekeland		Mathematics / Economics	ekel…@math.ubc.ca	Mathematical finance: demand theory, contract theory, hedonic models
	Gwynn Elfring		Mechanical Engineering	gelf…@mech.ubc.ca	Theoretical Fluid Mechanics, Complex Fluids, Cell Biomechanics, Capillary Phenomena, Applied Mathematics
	Jimmy Feng		Chemical and Biological Engineering / Mathematics	jfe…@math.ubc.ca	Fluid dynamics and rheology of complex fluids
	Michael P. Friedlander		Computer Science	m…@cs.ubc.ca	Numerical optimization, numerical linear algebra, design and implementation of algorithms for constrained optimization, scientific computing
	Joel Friedman		Mathematics	j…@math.ubc.ca	Laplacians, eigenvalues, and expansion, primarily on graphs; explicit construction questions, primarily from theoretical computer science
	Ian Frigaard		Mathematics / Mechanical Engineering	frig…@math.ubc.ca	Non-Newtonian fluid mechanics, visco-plastic fluids, non-Darcy flows with limiting pressure gradients, mathematical modelling of metal sprayforming
	Richard Froese		Mathematics	rfro…@math.ubc.ca	Mathematical physics, spectral and scattering theory of Schrödinger operators and Laplacians resonances
	Nassif Ghoussoub		Mathematics	nas…@math.ubc.ca	Nonlinear analysis and partial differential equations
	Bhushan Gopaluni		Chemical and Biological Engineering	gopa…@chbe.ubc.ca	Process modelling and control with applications to oil and gas industry, biomedical engineering, and pulp and paper industry
	Sheldon Green		Mechanical Engineering	gre…@mech.ubc.ca	Fluid dynamics: twin wire blade forming, pulp fibre separation, cavitation, marine propellers, wing tip vortices; biomechanics: blood vessel dynamics, glaucoma
	Chen Greif		Computer Science	gre…@cs.ubc.ca	Scientific computing, numerical linear algebra
	Eldad Haber		Earth and Ocean Sciences / Mathematics	hab…@math.ubc.ca	Scientific computing in geophysical and medical imaging
	Nick Harvey		Computer Science	nick…@cs.ubc.ca	Combinatorial optimization, discrete algorithms and randomized algorithms
	Christoph Hauert		Mathematics	hau…@math.ubc.ca	Evolutionary game theory in structured populations
	Nancy E. Heckman		Statistics	nan…@stat.ubc.ca	Functional data analysis, applications in evolutionary biology, nonparametric regression, shapes of regression function
	Wolfgang Heidrich		Computer Science	heid…@cs.ubc.ca	Interactive computer graphics, shading and lighting
	Felix Herrmann		Earth and Ocean Sciences	fher…@eos.ubc.ca	Theoretical aspects of exploration and global reflection seismology
	Holger Hoos		Computer Science	h…@cs.ubc.ca	Empirical algorithmics, stochastic search, artificial intelligence, bioinformatics, combinatorial auctions, computer music
	Mark Jellinek		Earth and Ocean Sciences	mjel…@eos.ubc.ca	Application of experimental and theoretical fluid dynamics and field and laboratory observations to the understanding of the formation and thermal evolution and differentiation of planets
	Harry Joe		Statistics	har…@stat.ubc.ca	Multivariate models and dependence, extreme value inference, statistical computing, random utility models
	Leah Keshet		Mathematics	kes…@math.ubc.ca	Mathematical biology: dynamics of actin filaments in the cytoskeleton, swarming behaviour, type 1 diabetes
	David Kirkpatrick		Computer Science	k…@cs.ubc.ca	Computational complexity, combinatorial algorithms, computational geometry, parallel and distributed computation
	Vikram Krishnamurthy		Electrical and Computer Engineering	vikr…@ece.ubc.ca	Statistical signal processing, hidden Markov models, stochastic optimization, re-inforcement learning, time-series analysis, applications in defense and telecommunications
	Rachel Kuske		Mathematics	rac…@math.ubc.ca	Chaotic dynamical systems, modulated two-dimensional patterns in reaction-diffusion systems
	Greg Lawrence		Civil Engineering	lawr…@civil.ubc.ca	Environmental fluid mechanics, hydraulics, hydrodynamic stability and mixing, physical limnology, water quality management
	Dong Li		Mathematics	d…@math.ubc.ca	Analysis of nonlinear partial differential equations, especially on the fundamental wellposedness/illposedness issues, and long time asymptotic behavior of solutions
	Yue-Xian Li		Mathematics	y…@math.ubc.ca	Calcium signalling in neuroendocrine cells, fertilization calcium waves in oocytes, synchrony in neuroendocrine cells and rhythmogenesis in hormonal signals
	Philip Loewen		Mathematics	l…@math.ubc.ca	Calculus of variations, optimal control theory, nonsmooth analysis, mathematical programming
	C. Kevin Lyons		Forest Resources Management	kevl…@interchg.ubc.ca	Continuum mechanics, logging mechanics, operations research
	Brian Marcus		Mathematics	mar…@math.ubc.ca	Coding and information theory, symbolic dynamics, ergodic theory and dynamical systems
	Colin Macdonald		Mathematics	c…@math.ubc.ca	The Closest Point Method, Time-stepping for PDEs, WENO spatial discretizations, the Predicted Sequential Regularization Method
	Mark Martinez		Chemical and Biological Engineering	mart…@chml.ubc.ca	Hydrodynamics and heat transfer in paper machines
	Ian Mitchell		Computer Science	mitc…@cs.ubc.ca	PDE methods for control, level set methods, hybrid and embedded systems, verification, mathematical software
	Wayne Nagata		Mathematics	nag…@math.ubc.ca	Dynamical systems, especially bifurcation theory and applications
	Michael Novak		Faculty of Land and Food Systems	n…@interchange.ubc.ca	The energy and mass-flow interactions between the soil and the lower atmosphere, and the ways that these are affected by surface modifications such as covering the soil with a mulch
	Doug Oldenburg		Earth and Ocean Sciences	d…@eos.ubc.ca	Development of rigorous and approximate methods to invert geophysical data and to apply those techniques to solve practical problems
	Carl Ollivier-Gooch		Mechanical Engineering	c…@mech.ubc.ca	Creating a general framework for solving PDEs on unstructured meshes, and unstructured mesh generation; application areas of particular interest include computational fluid dynamics, external aerodynamics, and aerodynamic/hydrodynamic optimization
	Sally Otto		Zoology	o…@zoology.ubc.ca	Population genetics and evolutionary biology
	Dinesh Pai		Computer Science	p…@cs.ubc.ca	Robotics, graphics, modeling, and simulation; Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IRIS)
	Marc Parlange		Civil Engineering	Marc…@ubc.ca	Water Resources; Atmospheric Boundary Layer; Wind engineering; Evaporation; Turbulence; Large Eddy Simulation; Soil and snow physics; Environmental wireless sensor networks; Watershed and eco-hydrology; Lidar.
	Mauricio Ponga		Mechanical Engineering	mpo…@mech.ubc.ca	Multiscale modeling of materials; temporal and spatial coarse grained molecular dynamics; coarse grained density functional theory; large scale computer simulations.
	Anthony Peirce		Mathematics	pei…@math.ubc.ca	Asymptotic and numerical methods, modeling fracture processes in rocks, reactive flows in porous media, control of quantum molecular systems
	Ed Perkins		Mathematics	perk…@math.ubc.ca	Random processes which model the distribution of a population undergoing random migration and reproduction; Brownian motions and random walks on “fractals” and discrete graphs
	A. Srikantha Phani		Mechanical Engineering	srik…@mech.ubc.ca	Dynamics of Multiscale Materials, Structures and Devices; Applied Mechanics; Micromechanics; MEMS and Biomedical Applications of Lattice Devices
	Yaniv Plan		Mathematics	yan…@math.ubc.ca	Applied probability, high-dimensional inference, geometric functional analysis, random matrix theory, compressive sensing, matrix completion, and big data analysis
	Steven Plotkin		Physics and Astronomy	ste…@physics.ubc.ca	Dynamics and disorder in the theory of protein folding and function, genetic and phylogenetic networks, pattern formation and symmetry breaking in morphogenesis
	Babak Pourbohloul		UBC Centre for Disease Control / Health Care and Epidemiology	Baba…@bccdc.ca	Modeling the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases, impact of different control strategies on disease dynamics, designing optimal public health policy
	Marty Puterman		Sauder School of Business	mar…@coe.ubc.ca	Markov decision processes, statistical models for discrete data, applied statistics and forecasting
	Andrew Rechnitzer		Mathematics	andr…@math.ubc.ca	Random knotting; the combinatorics of lattice animals, polyominoes and self-avoiding walks; exact solutions, series expansions and simulations of such objects; the relationships between these objects and chemical and physical models; kettle arithmetic.
	Nimal Rajapakse		Mechanical Engineering	raja…@mech.ubc.ca	Theoretical and computational modelling of fracture and domain switching of ferroelectrics for applications in adaptive structures; computational modeling of superelastic behaviour and fatigue of shape memory alloys; SMA reinforced composites; computer-aided analysis of guyed towers and latticed towers
	Rosemary Redfield		Zoology	redf…@interchange.ubc.ca	Study of molecular signals that induce DNA uptake, examination of earliest precursors of real meiotic sex in eukaryotes, mathematical analysis and computer-simulation modelling
	Valentina Radic		Earth and Ocean Sciences	vra…@eos.ubc.ca	Global climate change: climate change impact studies, the contribution of glaciers to sea level rise, estimates of present and future glacier mass changes on regional and global scale, downscaling of global and regional climate models, and the evaluation of climate model performance.
	Tim Salcudean		Electrical and Computer Engineering	t…@ece.ubc.ca	Robotics and teleoperation; design, modelling and control of electro-mechanical devices; optimization-based CAD of control systems
	Gary Schajer		Mechanical Engineering	scha…@mech.ubc.ca	Appropriate use of renewable resources, advanced processes for grading lumber, dynamics and stability of circular and band saws, computational methods for residual stress analysis
	Mark Schmidt		Computer Science	schm…@cs.ubc.ca
	Dominik Schötzau		Mathematics	scho…@math.ubc.ca	Numerical methods for partial differential equations, finite element methods, discontinuous Galerkin methods
	Christian Schoof		Earth and Ocean Sciences	csch…@eos.ubc.ca	Non-Newtonian fluid dynamics in geophysics, ice sheet dynamics
	Gordon Semenoff		Physics and Astronomy	gord…@physics.ubc.ca	Superstring theory, quantum field theory, statistical mechanics, elementary particle physics; gauge field theories, large N limits, effective string theories of confinement; conformal field theory, renormalization theory and the conformal bootstrap; chiral symmetry breaking by strongly coupled gauge theories
	Brian Seymour		Mathematics	seym…@math.ubc.ca	Linear and nonlinear wave propagation, fluid mechanics, elasticity, acoustics, meteorology
	Alla Sheffer		Computer Science	she…@cs.ubc.ca	Digital geometry processing, parameterization of mesh surfaces
	Gordon Slade		Mathematics	sla…@math.ubc.ca	Probability theory and statistical mechanics
	Douw Steyn		Earth and Ocean Sciences	dst…@eos.ubc.ca	Observational studies and mathematical modelling of micro- and mesoscale flow and turbulence phenomena in the atmospheric boundary layer; atmospheric pollution
	Jozsef Solymosi		Mathematics	soly…@math.ubc.ca	Combinatorics, Graph Theory, Discrete Geometry, and Combinatorial Number Theory
	Nicholas Swindale		Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences	swin…@interchange.ubc.ca	Pattern formation and visual cortex models
	Mark Thachuk		Chemistry	thac…@chem.ubc.ca	Dynamics of chemical reactions/processes using mathematical and computational techniques [selected publications]
	Reza Vaziri		Civil Engineering	reza…@ubc.ca	Mechanics of composite materials, impact dynamics, nonlinear finite element analysis, constitutive modelling of materials, plasticity, damage mechanics, numerical studies in impact and processing of fibre-reinforced composite structures
	Anthony Wachs		Mathematics; Chemical and Biological Engineering	wac…@math.ubc.ca	Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, Multiphase Flows and High Performance Computing
	Patrick Walls		Mathematics	pwa…@math.ubc.ca	TBA
	Alexander Wang		Chemistry	yaw…@chem.ubc.ca	Quantum chemistry, ab initio methods, density-functional theory, computational chemistry, computational chemical biology
	Michael Ward		Mathematics	w…@math.ubc.ca	Applied analysis, singular perturbations, mathematical modeling and scientific computation [selected publications]
	Jun-Cheng Wei		Mathematics	jcw…@math.ubc.ca	Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, Semilinear Elliptic Equations, Applied Analysis, Mathematical Biology, Singular Perturbation Problems, Phase Transition
	Brian Wetton		Mathematics	wet…@math.ubc.ca	Numerical analysis of finite difference methods with applications to computational fluid dynamics, particularly to incompressible flow, and to interface problems
	Michael Whitlock		Zoology	whit…@zoology.ubc.ca	Evolution in structured populations: What are the forces that control the nature and distribution of genotypes in subdivided populations? How does this affect the outcome of other evolutionary processes? These and other questions are addressed in a variety of ways, from theoretical analyses to experimental lab model systems to field research
	Stephanie van Willigenburg		Mathematics	ste…@math.ubc.ca	Coxeter group, representation theory, graded operation on posets, quasisymmetric function, Schur function, Schur P function, Macdonald polynomial
	Matthew J. Yedlin		Electrical and Computer Engineering	mat…@ece.ubc.ca	Acoustic wave propagation; applied digital signal processing
	Özgür Yilmaz		Mathematics	oyil…@math.ubc.ca	Applied harmonic analysis, wavelets, signal processing, information theory
	Bruno D. Zumbo		Statistics / Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education	brun…@ubc.ca	Statistical theory and quantitative methods for conducting research, testing, and evaluation