Faculty

Faculty Staff Post Doctoral Fellows/Research Associates

Stavros Avramidis

Professor and Head
Wood Physics and Drying
Phone: (604) 822-6153
E-mail: stavros.avramidis@ubc.ca

Rodger Beatson

BCIT
Adjunct Professor
Pulp & Paper Chemistry

Carellin Brooks

Lecturer
Communication Strategies
Phone: (604) 827-2793
E-mail: c.brooks@ubc.ca

Julie Cool

Associate Professor
Wood Machining
Phone: (604) 827-0639
E-mail: julie.cool@ubc.ca

Emily Cranston

Associate Professor and President’s Excellence Chair
Bio-based Nanomaterials
Phone: (604) 827-0627
Email: emily.cranston@ubc.ca

Chunping Dai

Associate Professor
Wood and Bamboo Composite Materials
Phone: (604) 827-6047
E-mail: chunping.dai@ubc.ca

Christine Dean

Adjunct Professor
Forest Products
Genomics Technology
and Biotechnologies

Jörn Dettmer

Assistant Professor of Teaching, Wood Products Design and Manufacturing
Phone: (604) 822-5997
E-mail:
jorn.dettmer@ubc.ca

Simon Ellis

Associate Professor
Wood Anatomy & Quality
Phone: (604) 822-3551
E-mail: simon.ellis@ubc.ca

Phil Evans

Professor
BC Leadership Chair Wood Protection and Finishing
Photoprotection & Modification of Wood
Phone: (604) 822-0517
E-mail: phil.evans@ubc.ca

Haibo Feng

Assistant Professor
Sustainable Timber-Built Environment – Building Science & Technology
Phone: (604) 827-0659
E-mail: haibo.feng@ubc.ca

Robert Fürst

Associate Professor of Teaching
Manufacture of Secondary Wood Products
Phone: (604) 822-0034
E-mail: robert.fuerst@ubc.ca

Christopher Gaston

Associate Professor
Forest Products Marketing & Economics

Phone: (604) 827-1417
E-mail: chris.gaston@ubc.ca

Feng Jiang

Assistant Professor
Canada Research Chair in Advanced Carbohydrate Chemistry &
Sustainable Functional Biomaterials

Phone: (604) 822-7667
E-mail: feng.jiang@ubc.ca

Jaya Joshi

Assistant Professor
Bioproducts Biotechnology

Phone: (604) 827-4418
E-mail: jaya.joshi@ubc.ca

Kwang Ho Kim

Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Adjunct Professor
Biomass Conversion Engineering

Robert Kozak

Professor and Dean
Sustainable Business Management
Phone: (604) 822-2402
E-mail: rob.kozak@ubc.ca

Frank Lam

Professor
Senior Chair in Wood Building Design & Construction
Timber Engineering
Phone: (604) 822-6526
E-mail: frank.lam@ubc.ca

Vincent Leung

Associate Professor of Teaching
Director, Wood Products Processing Program
Computer-Aided Design & Manufacture of Wood Products
Phone: (604) 827-2661
E-mail: vincent.leung@ubc.ca

Neil Leveridge

Assistant Professor of Teaching
Communications Strategist
Phone: (604) 822-1334
E-mail: neil.leveridge@ubc.ca

Minghao Li

Associate Professor
Sustainable Timber-Built Environment
Phone: 604-822-2434
E-mail: minghao.li@ubc.ca

Cristiano Loss

Assistant Professor
Associate Chair in Wood Building Design & Construction
Phone: (604) 822-6716
E-mail:
cristiano.loss@ubc.ca

Shawn Mansfield

Professor
Biotechnology and Chemistry of Wood Fibres
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Phone: (604) 822-0196
E-mail: shawn.mansfield@ubc.ca

Marjan Popovski

FPInnovations
Adjunct Professor
Advanced Building Systems

Alan Potter

Innovation Management
Adjunct Professor
Forest Sector Transformation & Development

Scott Renneckar

Professor
Canada Research Chair in Advanced Renewable Materials
Phone: (604) 827-0637
E-mail: scott.renneckar@ubc.ca

Orlando Rojas

Professor
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Biobased Colloids and Materials
Phone: (604) 822-3457
Email: orlando.rojas@ubc.ca

Jack Saddler

Professor
Forest Products Biotechnology/Bioenergy
Phone: (604) 822-9741
E-mail: jack.saddler@ubc.ca

Gregory Smith

Professor
Wood Composites
Phone: (604) 822-0081
E-mail: greg.smith@ubc.ca

Rod Stirling

FP Innovations
Adjunct Professor
Sustainable Construction Materials