Faculty Mentors

Each Integrated Sciences student must have a faculty mentor (as explained in the Degree Proposal Guidelines), who helps the student in planning and rationalizing her/his IntSci curriculum. There are approximately 150 faculty members mentoring Integrated Sciences students. Many of these faculty mentors are not listed on our website. Students are encouraged to search the UBC community for faculty members specializing in their area of interest.

Students may wish to consult the UBC experts guide to search for a potential faculty mentor: UBC Experts Guide or the following page on undergraduate research: Undergrad Research.

If there are no available faculty members at UBC that match your area of interest, you could consider a faculty member who you have already been in contact with but may not specialize in your area of interest (for example, through a course or through working in a lab). Please have your mentor confirm that he or she has agreed to be your mentor by sending an email to: intsci@science.ubc.ca. More information for prospective faculty mentors can be found here: Prospective Mentors.

The following is a sample list of a few UBC faculty members who can serve as mentors for IntSci students.

Photo Name Research Area Email Interview
Steven Wolfman Computer Science, Educational Technology wolf@cs.ubc.ca
Lee Groat Mineralogy, Geology groat@mail.ubc.ca Mentor Spotlight
Brett Eaton Geography, Geomorphology, Environmental Science brett.eaton@ubc.ca
Carl Michal Biophysics and Biological Materials michal@phas.ubc.ca
Santokh Singh Plant physiology and cell biology santokh@mail.ubc.ca
Bob Shadwick Comparative Physiology shadwick@zoology.ubc.ca
Celeste Leander Marine Biology cleander@mail.ubc.ca
Rik Blok Statistical physics, theoretical population dynamics rik.blok@ubc.ca Mentor Spotlight
Gail Hammond Nutrition gail.hammond@ubc.ca
Patrice Belleville Computer Science patrice@cs.ubc.ca
Jaymie Matthews Astronomy & Astrophysics matthews@astro.ubc.ca UBC news spotlight
Timothy Murphy Neuroscience tim.murphy@ubc.ca
Mark MacLean Geometry and Analysis maclean@math.ubc.ca
Rick Taylor Biodiversity, Molecular Ecology, Evolution, Conservation etaylor@zoology.ubc.ca
Patrick Martone Biomechanics, evolution, and functional morphology of marine macroalgae pmartone@mail.ubc.ca