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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Nasiopoulos, Panos

Applied Science (Vancouver)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
The People & Planet Friendly Home is a large-scale, multidisciplinary research endeavour spearheaded by ICICS that seeks to develop a unique sustainable housing solution that is both environmentally friendly and improves the quality of life for the occupants of these spaces. Interrelated foundational research in communications, energy management, health and wellness, and home operations is being carried out by 37graduate students and 22 UBC faculty members from 4 different faculties. Phase II will address research in additional areas, including weather-specific water/energy harvesting roofing and cladding; electric-car wireless charging/home energy storage; landscaping; waste management (including air/sewage heat recovery systems; accessibility; interchangeable window systems; interior natural lighting systems; integrated sensors for structural, seismic, moisture, temperature monitoring; etc. http://ppfhinitiative.com/index.html

https://www.ece.ubc.ca/faculty/panos-nasiopoulos

Nason, Dory

Arts (Vancouver)
Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies
Contemporary Indigenous Feminisms and related Native women’s intellectual history and literature

https://fnis.arts.ubc.ca/persons/dory-nason/

Nathan, Lisa

Arts (Vancouver)
School of Information
Information & Climate Justice; Information in Times of Crisis; Indigenous-led information initiatives; Information policy/ethics; Human-computer interaction; Multi-lifespan information systems

https://slais.ubc.ca/profile/lisa-nathan/

Na’zinek Jimmie, Mandy

FASS (Okanagan)
CCGS
Indigenous language revitalization

https://ccgs.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/mandy-nazinek-jimmie/

Neimanis, Astrida

FASS (Okanagan)
CCGS
feminist environmental humanities

https://ccgs.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/astrida-neimanis/

Nelson, Harry

Forestry (Vancouver)
Forest Resources Management
Analyzing natural and environmental resource policy with an emphasis on forestry and in developing new policy options that can help enhance the long run sustainability of Canadian forests and the communities and businesses that rely upon them; what role Ecosystem Services could provide as an alternative business model for indigenous groups managing forest lands in BC; assessing the impacts of climate change on how we manage our forests and exploring adaptation options; Aboriginal Forestry, Climate Change, Conservation, Economics, Ecosystem Services, Forest Management, Forest Policy, Human Behaviour, International Trade, Sustainability;

https://forestry.ubc.ca/faculty-profile/harry-nelson

Nesbit, Susan

Applied Science (Vancouver)
Civil Engineering
Engineering education for sustainable development; Engineering education as a socio-curricular system;

https://www.civil.ubc.ca/faculty/susan-nesbit

Newell, Ramey

FCCS (Okanagan)
Creative Studies

Ng, Dave

Science (Vancouver)
Michael Smith Laboratories
Societal, cultural, corporate, political, economic, and ethical nuances of the general sciences, and life sciences in particular.

https://www.msl.ubc.ca/people/dr-dave-ng/

Nichol, Craig

FoS (Okanagan)
EEGS
hydrogeology, surface water and groundwaterr interactions

https://eegs.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/craig-nichol/

Noack, Frederik

Land and Food Systems (Vancouver)
Land and Food Systems
Interaction of economic development and the environment; how improved market access and property rights affect rural welfare and natural resources such as forests, fish stocks and biodiversity

https://www.landfood.ubc.ca/frederik-noack/

Nojeh, Alireza

Applied Science (Vancouver)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Nanodevices; carbon nanotubes; nanofabrication; interaction of light with nanoscale structures; electron emission phenomena; vacuum nanoelectronics and electron microscopy

https://www.ece.ubc.ca/faculty/alireza-nojeh

Noonan, Michael

FoS (Okanagan)
Biology
conservation, macro-ecology and statsitical ecology

https://biology.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/michael-j-noonan/

Norton, Bonny

Education (Vancouver)
Language and Literacy Education
Identity, Imagined Communities, and Language Learning; Literacy and International Development; English as an International Language; Critical Literacy and Popular Culture; Critical Language Assessment; Qualitative Research

https://lled.educ.ubc.ca/profiles/bonny-norton/

O'Connor, Mary

Science (Vancouver)
Zoology
Climate change, ecology, environment

https://www.zoology.ubc.ca/person/mary-oconnor

O'Leary, Stephen

Engineering (Okanagan)
solar cells

https://engineering.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/stephen-oleary/

Obeegadoo, Nikhita

FCCS (Okanagan)
Languages and World Literatures
environmental humanities

https://fccs.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/nikhita-obeegadoo/

Oberg, Gunilla

Science (Vancouver)
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
Use of knowledge in environmental decision making, Chlorine biogeochemistry in soil

http://ires.ubc.ca/person/gunilla-oberg/

Oelke, Nelly

FHSD (Okanagan)
Nursing
climate change and mental health, rural health

https://nursing.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/nelly-oelke/

Oelke, Nelly

FHSD (Okanagan)
Nursing

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