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
VPRI Leadership
Dr. Suzie Currie
Vice-Principal and Associate Vice-President,
Research and Innovation
ADM006M
suzie.currie@ubc.ca
Daniela Hetrea
Executive Assistant to the Vice-Principal,
Research and Innovation
ADM006 (WK16)
250-807-9042 | daniela.hetrea@ubc.ca
Special Advisors
Dr. Miranda Hart
Special Advisor to the Vice-Principal,
Research and Innovation
miranda.hart@ubc.ca
Dr. Rob Shave
Special Advisor to the Vice-Principal,
Research and Innovation
rob.shave@ubc.ca
Katelyn Singler
Finance Manager
ADM006J
katelyn.singler@ubc.ca
Annamaria Soth
Finance Clerk
250-807-8272 | ADM006 (WK13)
annamaria.soth@ubc.ca
Cory Habermehl
Communications Manager
250-807-8035 | ADM006H
cory.habermehl@ubc.ca
Shanley Hutchinson
Communications Strategist
ADM006 (WK11)
shanley.hutchinson@ubc.ca
Stacy Penner (on leave)
Communications Strategist
ADM006 (WK11)
stacy.penner@ubc.ca
Sandra Spencer
Innovation Manager
Cell 780-722-6663
On campus | ADM006 (WK19)
Landmark 4 | #604-1628 Dickson Ave
sandra.spencer@ubc.ca
Fernanda Alves
Program Support and Engagement Assistant
On campus | ADM006
Landmark 4 | #601-1628 Dickson Ave
fernanda.alves@ubc.ca
Kayla Cartlidge
e@UBCO Program Manager
Cell 780-655-8454
On campus | ADM006 (WK12)
Landmark 4 | #602-1628 Dickson Ave
kayla.cartlidge@ubc.ca
Darnel St Pierre
e@UBCO Community Coordinator
Cell 250-681-1645
On campus | ADM 006 (WK10)
Landmark 4 | #602-1628 Dickson Ave
darnel.stpierre@ubc.ca
Amanda Sheehan
Partnership Development Specialist
Cell 250-300-1249
On campus | ADM006
Landmark 4 | #601-1628 Dickson Ave
amanda.sheehan@ubc.ca
Research Administration and Compliance
Lisa Shearer
Manager, Administration and Compliance
250-807-8832 | ADM006G
lisa.shearer@ubc.ca
Rachel Howard
Research Ethics and Compliance Officer
250-807-8467 | ADM006 (WK02)
rachel.howard@ubc.ca
Meredith Levorson
Grants Administrator
250-807-9412 | ADM006 (WK10)
meredith.levorson@ubc.ca
Ricardo Villegas S.
Grants Clerk
250-807-9412 | ADM006 (WK10)
ricardo.solano@ubc.ca
Research Development
Denise Maines
Manager, Research Development
250-807-8510 | ADM006 (WK04)
denise.maines@ubc.ca
Joyceline Amoako (on leave)
Research Development Officer,
Health
250-807-8861 | ADM006 (WK06)
joyceline.amoako@ubc.ca
Melanie Fenton
Research Development Officer, Natural Sciences and Engineering
250-807-8289 | ADM006 (WK03)
melanie.fenton@ubc.ca
Chris Hendershot
Research Support Specialist
250-807-9412 | ADM006 (WK06)
chris.hendershot@ubc.ca
Hanna Paul
Indigenous Research Facilitator
ADM006 (WK07)
hanna.paul@ubc.ca
Brianna Wells
Research Development Officer,
Social Sciences and Humanities
250-807-8520 | ADM006 (WK05)
brianna.wells@ubc.ca
Pierre Rondier
Manager, Strategic Initiatives and Operations
250-807-9438 | ADM006I
pierre.rondier@ubc.ca
Nicole Bennett
Internal Programs Manager
250-807-8408 | ADM006 (WK15)
nicole.bennett@ubc.ca
Nishat Tasnim
Institutional Programs Officer
250-807-9451 | ADM 006 (WK18)
nishat.tasnim@ubc.ca
Derek Gratz
Associate Director
250-807-9853 | ADM006D
derek.gratz@ubc.ca
James McCartney
Industry Project Officer
604-722-4772 | ADM006 (WK14)
James.McCartney@ubc.ca
Angela Perry
Administrative & Special Projects Coordinator
250-807-8604 | ADM006 (WK01)
angela.perry@ubc.ca
Natalie Rodriguez
Director, Interdisciplinarity and Operations x̌əl sic snpax̌nwixʷtn
natalie.rodriguez@ubc.ca
VPRI Directory
Role:
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Joyceline Amoako, PhD | Research Development Officer, Health (On Leave) | Office of Research Services (ORS), Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation | joyceline.amoako@ubc.ca | 250.807.8861 | ADM006 (WK06)
Enjulie Bedi, MEB | Project Manager | Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation | enjulie.bedi@ubc.ca
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 | Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation | nicole.bennett@ubc.ca | 250-807-8408 | ADM006 (WK15)
Mark Button | Lab Manager | Research Scientist | Fipke Laboratory for Trace Element Research (FiLTER) | 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
Kayla Cartlidge | e@UBCO Program Manager | Entrepreneurship@UBCO, Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation | kayla.cartlidge@ubc.ca | 780-655-8454 | ADM006(WK12)
Keith Culver (On Leave) | Senior Associate Dean; Professor; Director, UBC STAR | Faculty of Management, Survive and Thrive Applied Research (STAR) | keith.culver@ubc.ca | 250.807.9875 | EME 4153
Suzie Currie | Vice-Principal and Associate Vice-President, Research and Innovation | Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation | suzie.currie@ubc.ca | ADM006M
Research Interests: Comparative animal physiology, focused on understanding how fish will cope with ongoing climate warming.
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
Melanie Fenton, MA | Research Development Officer, Natural Sciences and Engineering | Office of Research Services (ORS), Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation | melanie.fenton@ubc.ca | 250.807.8289 | ADM006 (WK03)
Adam Ford | Associate Professor | Biology, Okanagan Institute for Biodiversity, Resilience, and Ecosystems Services (BRAES) | adam.ford@ubc.ca | 250.807.9773 | SCI 109
Graduate student supervisor
Research Interests: Wildlife ecology and conservation; mammals; temperate forests, grasslands, and tropical savannas.
Courses & Teaching: Animal ecology
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
Cory Habermehl | Communications Manager | Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation | cory.habermehl@ubc.ca | ADM006H
Miranda Hart | Professor | Biology, Biotechnology, Okanagan Institute for Biodiversity, Resilience, and Ecosystems Services (BRAES) | miranda.hart@ubc.ca | 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.
Chris Hendershot | Research Support Specialist, NSERC Portfolio | Office of Research Services (ORS), Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation | chris.hendershot@ubc.ca | 250-807-9412 | ADM006 (WK06)
Daniela Hetrea | Executive Assistant to Vice-Principal and Associate Vice-President, Research and Innovation | Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation | daniela.hetrea@ubc.ca | 250.807.9042 | ADM006 (WK16)
Rachelle Hole | Professor | Canadian Institute for Inclusion and Citizenship (CIIC), 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 | Research Ethics and Compliance Officer | Office of Research Services (ORS), Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation | rachel.howard@ubc.ca | 250.807.8467 | ADM006 (WK02)
Shanley Hutchinson | Communications Strategist | Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation | shanley.hutchinson@ubc.ca | ADM 006 (WK11)
Jennifer Jakobi | Professor | Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation, School of Health and Exercise Sciences | jennifer.jakobi@ubc.ca | 250.807.9884
Graduate student supervisor
Research Interests: The long term objective of Jakobi's research program is to develop prehabilitation programs that focus on maintaining functional independence in older adults.
Andrew Jirasek | Analytics in Medical Sciences (AiMs) Institute | andrew.jirasek@ubc.ca | 250.807.8812 | ASC 354
Graduate student supervisor
Research Interests: Director, Analytics in Medical Sciences (AiMS) Institute. Medical physics; radiation oncology physics; Raman spectroscopy; 3D radiation dosimetry.
Courses & Teaching: Medical physics; quantum mechanics; data and image processing.
Ruth King | Coordinator, Wine Research Centre | Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation | ruth.king@ubc.ca | ADM 0062
Kyle Larson | Department Head, Professor | Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences, Fipke Laboratory for Trace Element Research (FiLTER) | kyle.larson@ubc.ca | 250.807.8564 | SCI 398
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.
Meredith Levorson | Grants Administrator | Office of Research Services (ORS), Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation | meredith.levorson@ubc.ca | 250.807.9412 | ADM006 (WK10)
Denise Maines | Manager, Research Development | Office of Research Services (ORS), Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation | denise.maines@ubc.ca | 250.807.8510 | ADM006 (WK04)
Ryan Mandau | Technician | Survive and Thrive Applied Research (STAR) | ryan.mandau@ubc.ca | 250.575.1095 | EME 1203
James McCartney | Industry Project Officer | Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation, University-industry Liaison Office (UILO) | james.mccartney@ubc.ca | ADM006 (WK14)
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
Samantha Olivier | Plant Growth Facility Manager | Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation | samantha.olivier@ubc.ca
Hanna Paul, MA | Indigenous Research Facilitator | Office of Research Services (ORS), Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation | hanna.paul@ubc.ca | ADM006 (WK07)
Stacy Penner | Communications Strategist (on leave) | Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation | stacy.penner@ubc.ca | ADM006 (WK11)
Angela Perry | Administrative & Special Projects Coordinator | angela.perry@ubc.ca | 250.807.8604 | ADM006 (WK01)
Natalie Rodriguez | Director, Interdisciplinarity and Operations x̌əl sic snpax̌nwixʷtn | Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation | natalie.rodriguez@ubc.ca | 250.317.7263 | 006WK19
Pierre Rondier | Manager, Strategic Initiatives and Operations | Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation | pierre.rondier@ubc.ca | 250.807.9438 | ADM006I
Christine Schreyer | Associate Professor | Anthropology | christine.schreyer@ubc.ca | 250.807.9314 | ART 368C
Graduate student supervisor
Research Interests: Linguistic anthropology; First Nations language and culture; land claims and Aboriginal Title; ethnolinguistics, ethnohistory, social memory, oral history, landscape, and traditional land use studies; works with First Nations communities on language issues such as language maintenance and revitalization of endangered languages
Courses & Teaching: Linguistic anthropology; language documentation and revitalization
Lisa Shearer | Manager, Administration and Compliance | Office of Research Services (ORS), Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation | lisa.shearer@ubc.ca | 250.807.8832 | ADM006G
Amanda Sheehan | Partnership Development Specialist | Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation | amanda.sheehan@ubc.ca | 250.300.1249 | ADM006 | Landmark 4 #601-1628 Dickson Ave
Sudip Shrestha | Lab Manager | Research Scientist | Fipke Laboratory for Trace Element Research (FiLTER), Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation, Research & Innovation Office (VPRI) | sudip.shrestha@ubc.ca | 250.807.8097 | FIP 151
Katelyn Singler | Finance Manager | Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation | katelyn.singler@ubc.ca | ADM006J
Ricardo Solano V. | Grants Clerk | Office of Research Services (ORS), Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation | ricardo.solano@ubc.ca | 250.807.9412 | ADM006 (WK10)
Annamaria Soth | Finance Clerk | Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation | annamaria.soth@ubc.ca | ADM006 (WK10)
Sandra Spencer | Innovation Manager | Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation | sandra.spencer@ubc.ca | 780.722.6663 | ADM006(WK19)
Darnel St.Pierre | Community Coordinator, e@UBCO (On Leave) | Entrepreneurship@UBCO, Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation | darnel.stpierre@ubc.ca | ADM006 (WK10)
Nishat Tasnim | Institutional Programs Officer | Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation | nishat.tasnim@ubc.ca | 250.807.9451 | ADM 006 (WK18)
Tanja Voegel, Dr. rer. nat. | BRAES Coordinator | Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation, Okanagan Institute for Biodiversity, Resilience, and Ecosystems Services (BRAES) | tanja.voegel@ubc.ca | SCI 377
Brianna Wells, PhD | Research Development Officer, Social Sciences and Humanities | Office of Research Services (ORS), Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation | brianna.wells@ubc.ca | 250.807.8520 | ADM006 (WK05)
Naomi Winckler | Operations Manager (Animal Care) | Animal Care | naomi.winckler@ubc.ca | 250.807.8450 (Facility Phone: 250.807.9814) | Animal Care Services, 3187 University Way, Kelowna BC