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Home / 2021 / January / 14 / 2021 Principal’s Research Chair Announcement

2021 Principal’s Research Chair Announcement

By Jenny Matechuk on January 14, 2021

 

UBCO Announces Four New Principal’s Research Chairholders

UBC Okanagan is pleased to announce the second cohort of appointments under the Principal’s Research Chairs (PRC) program.

Deans submitted nominations for the second PRC call in December 2020, which were jointly reviewed by the Provost and Vice-President Academic and the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation in January 2021.  We are pleased to announce that four UBCO faculty have been designated Principal’s Research Chairholders by Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal.

 

2021 Principal’s Research Chairholders

Tier Chair Title Recipient Faculty/School Stream Effective
Tier 1 Cerebrovascular Physiology in Health, Exercise and Disease Prof. Phil Ainslie School of Health and Exercise Sciences Retention April 2021
Tier 1 Resilient and Green Infrastructure Prof. Shahria Alam School of Engineering Retention April 2021
Tier 2 Social Innovation for Health Equity and Food Security Assoc. Prof. Eric Li Faculty of Management Retention April 2021
Tier 2 Energy Storage Technology Asst. Prof. Jian Liu School of Engineering Retention April 2021

These new appointments are evidence of the importance and quality of research on our campus. We anticipate that the research findings and creative scholarly activities of these outstanding researchers will translate into tangible benefits to our region and global society.

 

2021 PRC Recruitment Allocations:

Three additional PRC positions have been allocated to enable new recruitments.

Tier Chair Title Recipient Faculty/School Stream Start Date
Tier 1 Computational Chemistry TBD Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science Attraction by Dec 15, 2021
Tier 2 Watershed Science TBD Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science Attraction by Dec 15, 2021
Tier 1 Women in Engineering TBD School of Engineering Attraction by Dec 15, 2021


About the PRC Program:


The Principal’s Research Chairs (PRC) program provides internal funding support for top-tier researchers engaged in outstanding research or creative scholarship.

Supported by the UBC Okanagan Excellence Fund, the goals of the PRC program are to:

  • Enable recruitment of outstanding new faculty
  • Retain top researchers
  • Promote research intensification
  • Generate international recognition of research achievements

The requirements of the PRC program are aligned with the Tier 1 and Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) program criteria and recipients of the award are appointed to a renewable five-year term.

View Chairholders


Contact:


Should you have questions regarding the Principal’s Research Chairs (PRC) or Canada Research Chairs (CRC) programs, please contact Christine Humphries.

 

Best regards,

Ananya Mukherjee Reed
Provost and Vice-President Academic, UBC Okanagan

Philip Barker
Vice-Principal and Associate Vice-President, Research and Innovation, UBC Okanagan

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