Contact
Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation (VPRI)
Okanagan Campus
ADM006 – 1138 Alumni Way
Kelowna, BC Canada V1V 1V7
vpresearch.ok@ubc.ca
Office Hours
Monday to Friday
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
*Please note we are currently working a hybrid schedule and are on-campus on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
VPRI TEAM
Dr. Philip Barker
Vice-Principal & Associate Vice-President, Research and Innovation
ADM006M
philip.barker@ubc.ca
Daniela Hetrea
Executive Assistant to the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation
250-807-9042 | ADM006 (WK15)
daniela.hetrea@ubc.ca
Dr. Paul van Donkelaar
Associate Vice-Principal, Research
250-807-8858 | ADM006K
paul.vandonkelaar@ubc.ca
office of the vice-principal, research and innovation
Anas Qartoumeh
Finance Manager
250-807-8347 | ADM006J
anas.qa@ubc.ca
Nicole Bennett
Internal Programs Manager
250-807-8408 | ADM006 (WK14)
nicole.bennett@ubc.ca
Pierre Rondier
Institutional Programs Officer (CFI/BCKDF)
250-807-9438 | ADM006 (WK17)
pierre.rondier@ubc.ca
Cory Habermehl
Communications Manager
250-807-8035 | ADM006H
cory.habermehl@ubc.ca
Jenny Matechuk
Events & Engagement Officer
250-807-8142 | ADM006 (WK16)
jenny.matechuk@ubc.ca
Andrea Osachoff
Administrative Coordinator
250-807-8602 | ADM006J
andrea.osachoff@ubc.ca
Derek Gratz
Associate Director
250-807-9853 | ADM006D
derek.gratz@ubc.ca
James McCartney
Industry Project Officer
604-722-4772 | ADM006 (WK10)
James.McCartney@ubc.ca
Jacqui Brown
Administrative & Special Projects Coordinator
250-807-8195 | ADM006Z
jacqui.brown@ubc.ca
Partnership Development
Janice Larson
Interior University Research Coalition (IURC)
250-807-8025 | ADM006 (WK11)
janice.larson@ubc.ca
Candice Loring
Director, Business Development Indigenous Community Engagement (Mitacs)
Cell 778-392-8581 | ADM006 (WK08)
cloring@mitacs.ca
Cherie Dawn
Director, Business Development (Mitacs)
Applied Science, Engineering | Cell 778-952-4324
cdawn@mitacs.ca
John Devitt
Director, Business Development (Mitacs)
Humanities, Social Sciences, Medicine| Cell 778-392-6527
jdevitt@mitacs.ca
Entrepreneurship@UBCO
Sandra Spencer
Innovation Manager
Cell 780-722-6663
On campus | ADM006 (WK19)
Innovation UBC Hub | #203-460 Doyle Ave
sandra.spencer@ubc.ca
Sarah Sutherland (on maternity leave)
Program Facilitator
Cell 250-869-9718
Innovation UBC Hub | #203-460 Doyle Ave
s.sutherland@ubc.ca
Office of Research Services (ORS)
Kristen Korberg
Associate Director
250-807-8832 | ADM006G
kristen.korberg@ubc.ca
Lisa Shearer
Associate Manager
Behavioural Research Ethics
250-807-8289 | ADM006 (WK02)
lisa.shearer@ubc.ca
Rachel Howard
Major Awards and Compliance Officer
250-807-9412 | ADM006 (WK01)
rachel.howard@ubc.ca
Jenna Fletcher
Grants Clerk
jenna.fletcher@ubc.ca
POSITION VACANT
Indigenous Community Liaison
250-807-8187 | ADM006 (WK04)
Denise Maines
Research Development Officer
Natural Sciences and Engineering
250-807-8510 | ADM006 (WK03)
denise.maines@ubc.ca
Brianna Wells
Research Development Officer
Social Sciences and Humanities
250-807-8520 | ADM006 (WK06)
brianna.wells@ubc.ca
POSITION VACANT
Research Development Officer (Health)
250-807-8861 | ADM006 (WK05)
survive and thrive applied research (star) initiative
Dr. Keith Culver
Director
250-807-9875 | EME 4153
keith.culver@ubc.ca
Patrick Gall
Research Network Facilitator
Cell 403-478-6066 | EME 2131
patrick.gall@ubc.ca
Ryan Mandau
Laboratory Technician V
Cell 250-575-1095 | EME 2131
ryan.mandau@ubc.ca
VPRI Directory
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Phil Barker | Vice-Principal, Research | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation, Research & Innovation Office (VPRI) | philip.barker@ubc.ca | 250.807.9582 | ADM006M
Graduate student supervisor
Research Interests: Neurodegenerative disease, signal transduction, neurotrophin biology, cell biology, fly and mouse genetics.
Jacquetta Benard | Administrative Assistant | Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention (IHLCDP ) | jacquetta.benard@ubc.ca | 250.807.8072 | ART 223
Nicole Bennett | Internal Programs Manager | Research & Innovation Office (VPRI) | nicole.bennett@ubc.ca | 250-807-8408 | ADM006WK14
Joan L. Bottorff | Professor | Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention (IHLCDP), School of Nursing | joan.bottorff@ubc.ca | 250.317.0810 | Arts 223A
Graduate student supervisor
Research Interests: Health promotion, health behaviour change, healthy lifestyles, community health, gender influences, cancer prevention, smoking cessation, harm reduction, men's health, family health, knowledge translation
Courses & Teaching: Qualitative research, research methods, nursing theory
Mark Button | Lab Manager | Research Scientist | Fipke Laboratory for Trace Element Research (FiLTER), Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation | mark.button@ubc.ca | 250.807.8645 | FIP 147
Jolene Campbell | Administrative Assistant | Materials and Manufacturing Research Institute (MMRI) | jolene.campbell@ubc.ca | 250.807.8085 | EME 2131
Joanne Carey | Research Administrator | Institute for Community Engaged Research (ICER) | joanne.carey@ubc.ca | 250.807.9667 | Arts 223A
Keith Culver | Associate Dean, Regional Innovation Practice; Professor; Director, UBC STAR | Faculty of Management, Survive and Thrive Applied Research (STAR) | keith.culver@ubc.ca | 250.807.9875 | EME 4153
Tammy Durand | Animal Care Technician | Animal Care | tammy.durand@ubc.ca | 250.807.8019 (Facility Phone: 250.807.9814) | Animal Care Services, 3187 University Way, Kelowna BC
Patrick Gall | Research Network Facilitator | Survive and Thrive Applied Research (STAR) | patrick.gall@ubc.ca | EME 1203
Derek Gratz | Associate Director | University-industry Liaison Office (UILO) | derek.gratz@ubc.ca | 250.807.9853 | ADM006D
Miranda Hart | Professor | Biology | miranda.hart@ubc.ca | 250.807.9398 | ASC 372
Graduate student supervisor
Research Interests: Microbial ecology of soil microbes; the role and the applications of microbes in sustainable agriculture, viticulture, and ecological restoration.
Courses & Teaching: Botany; ecology; microbial ecology; microbiology.
Rachelle Hole | Professor | Canadian Institute for Inclusion and Citizenship (CIIC), Community, Culture and Global Studies, Faculty of Health and Social Development, Social Work | rachelle.hole@ubc.ca | 250-807-8741 | ARTS 368
Graduate student supervisor
Research Interests: Rachelle’s research programme is informed by two complementary streams: 1) a substantial focus on the socio-cultural practices that promote social inclusion and equity, and 2) a methodological focus on community based participatory research methods. Critical disability studies is central to the first stream informing Rachelle’s research in the area of community living and intellectual disability.
Rachel Howard | Major Awards and Compliance Officer | Office of Research Services (ORS) | rachel.howard@ubc.ca | 250.807.9412 | ADM006WK001
Kristen Korberg | Associate Director | Office of Research Services (ORS) | kristen.korberg@ubc.ca | 250.807.8832 | ADM006G
Kyle Larson | Professor | Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences, Fipke Laboratory for Trace Element Research (FiLTER) | kyle.larson@ubc.ca | 250.807.8564 | FIP 353
Graduate student supervisor
Research Interests: Structural geology; tectonics; petrology; microstructures; geochronology; the geology of the Himalaya-Tibet-Karakorm system; tectonics of Southwestern British Columbia.
Courses & Teaching: Structural geology; regional geology/tectonics.
Stacey Leavitt | Research Development Officer | Office of Research Services (ORS) | stacey.leavitt@ubc.ca | ADM006WK005
Denise Maines | Research Development Officer | Office of Research Services (ORS) | denise.maines@ubc.ca | 250.807.8510 | ADM006 (WK003)
Ryan Mandau | Technician | Survive and Thrive Applied Research (STAR) | ryan.mandau@ubc.ca | 250.575.1095 | EME 1203
Jenny Matechuk | Events & Engagement Officer | Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation | jenny.matechuk@ubc.ca | 250.807.8142 | ADM006 (WK16)
Abbas Milani | Professor | Mechanical, School of Engineering | abbas.milani@ubc.ca | 250.807.9652 | EME4203
Graduate student supervisor. Only considering applications with exceptional academic record.
Research Interests: Textile Composites/Biocomposites; Materials Constitutive Relations; Finite Element Modelling; Robust Inverse Methods; Material Selection for End-of-Life Design Strategies; Multiple Criteria Decision Making; Design and Analysis of Computer & Physical Experiments; Surrogate Models for Process Optimization; Industry 5.0
Courses & Teaching: Mathematical Methods in Modelling Engineering Materials; Multi-Objective Optimization and Decision-Making; Continuum Mechanics; Composite Materials; Engineering Vibrations
Muneeb Arshad Muhammad | Animal Care Technician | Animal Care, Research & Innovation Office (VPRI) | arshad4@mail.ubc.ca | 250.807.8783 | Animal Care Services, 3187 University Way, Kelowna BC
Samantha Olivier | Plant Growth Facility Manager | Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation, Research & Innovation Office (VPRI) | samantha.olivier@ubc.ca
Andrea Osachoff | Administrative Coordinator | Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation, Research & Innovation Office (VPRI) | andrea.osachoff@ubc.ca | 250.807-8602 | ADM006J
Lael Parrott | Professor | Biology, Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences, Okanagan Institute for Biodiversity, Resilience, and Ecosystems Services (BRAES) | lael.parrott@ubc.ca | 250.807.8122 | ASC 451
Research Interests: Understanding ecosystems and landscapes as complex systems in which human and biophysical processes are coupled across multiple scales of space and time; incorporating complexity into natural resource management approaches; regional-scale landscape modelling; social-ecological networks; agent and individual-based modelling approaches; landscape science and scenario building.
Courses & Teaching: Dynamic modelling of coupled human-environment systems.
Tiara Porter | Marketing & Engagement Assistant | Entrepreneurship@UBCO, Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation | tiara.porter@ubc.ca | ADM
Carolina Restrepo | Coordinator | Okanagan Institute for Biodiversity, Resilience, and Ecosystems Services (BRAES) | carolina.restrepo@ubc.ca | 250.807.9023 | SCI 361
Pierre Rondier | Institutional Programs Officer | Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation, Research & Innovation Office (VPRI) | pierre.rondier@ubc.ca | 250.807.9438 | ADM006 (WK17)
Angela Sali (On Leave) | Administrative Coordinator | Research & Innovation Office (VPRI) | angela.sali@ubc.ca | 250.807.8195 | ADM006 (WK18)
Lisa Shearer | Associate Manager, Behavioural Research Ethics Board | Office of Research Services (ORS) | lisa.shearer@ubc.ca | 250.807.8289 | ADM006 (WK02)
Sudip Shrestha | Lab Manager | Research Scientist | Fipke Laboratory for Trace Element Research (FiLTER), Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation | shsudip@mail.ubc.ca | 250.807.8097 | FIP 151
Sarah Sutherland (On Leave) | Program Facilitator | Entrepreneurship@UBCO | s.sutherland@ubc.ca | 250.869.9718 | The Innovation Center, 203-460 Doyle Avenue, Kelowna BC
Paul van Donkelaar | Professor | School of Health and Exercise Sciences | paul.vandonkelaar@ubc.ca | 250.863.3230 | ADM006K
Graduate student supervisor
Research Interests: Dr. van Donkelaar's research focuses on gaining a better understanding of traumatic brain injury (TBI) due to sports concussion or intimate partner violence.
Dr. van Donkelaar is currently not accepting any new graduate students.
Brianna Wells | Research Development Officer | Office of Research Services (ORS) | brianna.wells@ubc.ca | 250.807.8520 | ADM006 (WK005)
Naomi Winckler | Technician V (Facility Supervisor Animal Care) | Animal Care | naomi.winckler@ubc.ca | 250.807.8450 (Facility Phone: 250.807.9814) | Animal Care Services, 3187 University Way, Kelowna BC
Charvie Yadav | Data & Information Assistant | Entrepreneurship@UBCO, Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation | charvie.yadav@ubc.ca | ADM