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24 professors and academic leaders celebrated so far, cited on every card. In pursuit of every professor, everywhere.
Professor of Forest Ecology
Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences
Her Mother Tree research revealed how forests share resources through underground fungal networks, and she shares it with the world in 'Finding the Mother Tree'.
Professor, Order of Canada
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
His lipid nanoparticle platform made mRNA vaccines possible and has delivered approved medicines to billions of people.
University Killam Professor, Head of the Division of AIDS
Department of Medicine
He pioneered Treatment as Prevention, showing that antiretroviral therapy both saves lives and stops HIV transmission.
University Killam Professor
Department of Medical Genetics
He founded the UBC Centre for Huntington Disease and has helped families facing genetic disease for more than four decades.
Professor, BC Leadership Chair in Cultures and Ecosystems at Risk
Department of Anthropology
A former National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, he brings distant cultures to life with wonder and deep respect for the people who hold them.
Professor of Economics
Vancouver School of Economics
One of the world's foremost labour economists, he has deepened our understanding of why earnings inequality rises and how policy can respond.
Professor of Economics
Vancouver School of Economics
Her decomposition methods and research on the gender pay gap have shaped how economists measure the economic progress of women.
Professor of Economics
Vancouver School of Economics
His research on taxes and the economics of children and the elderly makes Canadian public policy sharper and more humane.
Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychology
Her experiments on how money, time, and giving shape happiness, shared in 'Happy Money', reach far beyond the lab.
Professor, Canada Research Chair in Behavioural Sustainability
Department of Psychology and Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
She turns psychology into practical solutions for poverty and the environment, including research showing cash transfers can reduce homelessness.
Professor, Distinguished University Scholar, Officer of the Order of Canada
Department of English Language and Literatures and Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies
A citizen of the Cherokee Nation and Royal Society of Canada Fellow, he illuminates Indigenous literatures and the many ways people find belonging.
University Killam Professor, Canada Research Chair in Theoretical and Experimental Evolution
Department of Zoology
A MacArthur Fellow and Royal Society Fellow, she uses mathematics to reveal how evolution shapes the diversity of life.
Peter Wall Distinguished Professor
Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
A founder of cellular microbiology, he has spent his career showing how microbes shape health, from infection to the human microbiome.
Professor of Computer Science
Department of Computer Science
An ACM and AAAI Fellow, he has taught game theory to over a million learners online while advancing AI for markets and algorithms.
Professor of Chemistry and Chemical and Biological Engineering
Department of Chemistry
A Royal Society of Canada Fellow, he builds reactors and self-driving labs that turn carbon dioxide and sunlight into clean fuels.
Professor of Mathematics, Distinguished University Scholar
Department of Mathematics
He founded the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences and the Banff International Research Station, building homes for mathematicians across the world.
Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Department of Physics and Astronomy
As principal investigator of the CHIME telescope, he measures the earliest light in the universe to map how the cosmos grew.
Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Department of Physics and Astronomy
A Royal Society of Canada Fellow, she uses pulsars as cosmic clocks to test Einstein's theory of gravity with astonishing precision.
Professor Emeritus
Department of Zoology
A UBC geneticist from 1963 to 2001, he became one of the world's most trusted voices for science and the environment.
Professor Emeritus of Computer Science
Department of Computer Science
A former AAAI president and the founding father of RoboCup, he helped lay the foundations of constraint-based AI.
Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
The first woman to become an engineering professor in British Columbia, she went on to lead the IEEE Signal Processing Society and win its Fourier Award.
Professor of Law
Peter A. Allard School of Law
A Rhodes Scholar and former Supreme Court clerk, he wrote 'The Corporation' and asks hard, honest questions about power and the public good.
W.M. Young Professor of Finance, Canada Research Chair in Corporate Governance
Finance Division
A Royal Society of Canada Fellow, she studies how corporate governance shapes company performance, from gender and competition to creditor rights.
President and Vice-Chancellor
Office of the President
A neuropsychologist and UBC's 17th president, he leads the university while speaking openly about mental health to help others feel less alone.
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A celebration of the faculty and academic leaders of University of British Columbia, assembled entirely from public information as an act of credit and gratitude. It is not a claim of endorsement, affiliation, sponsorship, or partnership by anyone featured or by the university. Every person is real and publicly documented, with a cited source of truth on their card; we never invent a person or a claim, and we prize accuracy over speed. Anyone featured can ask to be updated or removed at any time. Names and marks belong to their owners.