Faculty
The faculty for the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology program are listed below:
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PhD (University of British Columbia); MSc and BSc Hons., (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)
- Assistant Professor
Phone: 250-960-5191Email: daniel.erasmus@unbc.caOffice Number: 8-407Areas of expertise: biochemistry, microbiology, aquatic entomology, genetics, genomics, wine chemistry, wine microbiology
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BSc Hons., Biochemistry (Texas A&M University, 1991); PhD, Biochemistry (Iowa State University, 2000); Post-doctoral work at Pennsylvania State University under J.G. Ferry
- Associate Professor
Phone: 250-960-6217Email: andrea.gorrell@unbc.caOffice Number: LAB 8-406 -
PhD (Simon Fraser University), BSc (University of Calgary)
- Professor
- ESM Undergraduate Coordinator
Phone: 250-301-0827Email: huber@unbc.caOffice Number: 8-248Areas of expertise: Arthropods, insects, beetles, integrated pest management, chemical ecology, ecology, conservation, biodiversity, genomics
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PhD Flinders University, BSc Hons I University of New South Wales
- Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Phone: 250-960-5413Email: chow.lee@unbc.caOffice Number: NHSC 9-356Areas of expertise: cancer biology, RNA biochemistry and biology, natural products drug discovery, mushrooms, and polysaccharide science
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PhD, Chemistry (University of British Columbia)
- Assistant Professor
Phone: 250-960-5709Email: kalindi.morgan@unbc.caOffice Number: 8-411Areas of expertise: Natural Product Chemistry, Structure Elucidation
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PhD (McMaster University), MSc, BSc (University of Alberta)
- Professor
Email: brent.murray@unbc.caAreas of expertise: Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Conservation Genetics, Biodiversity, Environmental DNA
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PhD, MSc (Queen's University), BSc (University of British Columbia)
- Professor
- Chair, Ecosystem Science and Management
- Co-Chair, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Phone: 250-960-5019Email: ken.otter@unbc.caOffice Number: 8-341Areas of expertise: Animal communication, reproductive strategies, behavioural ecology, avian ecology, urban & disturbance ecology
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PhD, Biophysics (University of California, San Francisco); BA, Biology and Chemistry (Swarthmore College)
- Professor
Phone: 250-960-6216Email: stephen.rader@unbc.caOffice Number: NMP 9-355Areas of expertise: RNA, RNA biochemistry, pre-mRNA splicing, splicing evolution, transcriptomics, Cyanidioschyzon merolae, algae, extremophiles, biotechnology
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Ph. D. University of Alberta, Eng. L. EGBC
- Dean, Faculty of Science and Engineering
Phone: 250-960-5205Email: deborah.roberts@unbc.caOffice Number: 10-2532Areas of expertise: environmental microbiology, biological treatment processes, extreme wastewater treatment, laboratory skills
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PhD (UBC)
- Professor
Phone: 250-960-5991Email: mark.shrimpton@unbc.ca -
PhD (University of Victoria), BSc Hons. with Co-op (University of Victoria)
- Professor
- Chair, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering
- Co-Chair, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Phone: 250-960-6678Email: todd.whitcombe@unbc.caOffice Number: LAB 8-439Areas of expertise: Inorganic Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Kinetics and Reaction Mechanisms, Electron Transfer Reactions, Metal Ion Mobility in Soils
Adjunct Faculty
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Postdoctorate (University of Calgary), PhD (University of Regina), MSc (Hyderabad Central University, India)
- Adjunct Professor, Environmental Science
- HPC Senior Lab Instructor
Phone: 250-960-5808Email: nikhil.aravindakshan@unbc.caOffice Number: 8-451 / 8-452Areas of expertise: Data science, physical chemistry, computational chemistry, molecular modelling, molecular dynamics simulations, high-performance computing.
