Zoology
Master of Science
Department of Zoology
The Department of Zoology at UBC is internationally renowned for its research in a variety of modern biological sciences, including ecology, evolution, physiology, neurobiology, cell biology and development. The department has many strong interdisciplinary connections between different areas of research.
The Department offers graduate programs leading both to M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees.
Graduate Degree Programs
Research Supervisors
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Abraham, Ninan | Mammals, pathogens, genetic analysis, proper cell funtion, development, maintenance and proper functioning of T- and B-cells |
| Altshuler, Doug | Zoology; flight control; visual guidance; visual neuroscience; neuroethology; avian biomechanics; aerodynamics; wing morphing; motor control |
| Angert, Amy | Plant biology; Zoology; Biodiversity and Biocomplexity; biogeography; biological responses to climate change; Conservation Biology; Ecological and Ecophysiological Processes; evolutionary ecology; population biology |
| Auld, Vanessa | Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Zoology; Cell; Cell Biology; Development; Developmental Genetics; epithelia; Genetics; glia; in vivo imaging; Molecular Genetics; nervous system; Neurogenesis and Gliogenesis; permeability barriers |
| Aviles, Leticia | Community ecology (except invasive species ecology); Animal behaviour |
| Benson-Amram, Sarah | |
| Brauner, Colin | Gas exchange, ion regulation and acid-base balance in fish, Evolution and comparative physiology |
| Bruce, Heather | Evolution of developmental systems; Evolutionary developmental biology (evo devo); Arthropods; Novel structures; Production of morphological diversity by genetic networks; Evolution of genetic networks over hundreds of millions of years; Evolution of morphology over hundreds of millions of years; Appendages |
| Doebeli, Michael Walter | Mathematical ecology and evolution, evolution of diversity, adaptive speciation, evolution of cooperation, game theory, experimental evolution in microorganisms |
| Gaynor, Kaitlyn | behavioral responses of animals to human presence; effects of anthropogenic disturbance on predator-prey and other species interactions; socio-ecological dynamics of conservation and coexistence |
| Germain, Rachel | Ecology; evolution |
| Gordon, Michael | Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Zoology; Chemosensation; Drosophila; Feeding; Gustation; Neural circuits; Neuronal Systems; neuroscience; Sensory systems; Taste |
| Harley, Christopher | Fisheries sciences; Zoology; climate change; community ecology; Ecology and Quality of the Environment; marine algae; marine invertebrates |
| Irwin, Darren | Zoology; evolutionary genetics; genomic differentiation; hybridization; ornithology; seasonal migration; speciation |
| Jankowski, Jill | Ecology |
| King, Kayla | host-microbial parasite/pathogen systems |
| Kremen, Claire | Natural environment sciences; Zoology; agroecological farming systems; Reconciliation of agricultural land use with biodiversity conservation; sustainable landscapes |
| Leander, Brian | Plant biology; Zoology; Comparative organismal biology; Evolutionary morphology; Evolutionary protistology; Marine biodiversity; Marine invertebrate zoology; Phylogenetic biology; Species discovery |
| Mank, Judith | evolution; How selection acts on males and females within a species; How the genome responds to contradictory selection to encode sexually dimorphic traits; Sex chromosomes; Gene regulation; Sexual conflict |
| Marshall, Katie | Animal physiology, environmental stress; Environmental Change; Marine biodiversity; Population Ecology; invertebrates and temperature adaptation |
| Matsuuchi, Linda | Intracellular signaling, signal transduction, receptor and membrane biology; Cell Biology; Immunology |
| Matthews, Philip | Animal physiology, respiration; Insect biology; Animal physiology, biophysics; Comparative biomechanics; Animal physiological ecology; Comparative Physiology; biomechanics; Insect physiology; Respiratory Physiology |
| Matthews, Benjamin | Genomics; Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Zoology; Aedes aeygpti mosquitoes; Arboviral pathogens; Chikungunya; Comparative Physiology; Dengue fever; Genome of mosquitoes; Yellow fever; Zika |
| Mizumoto, Kota | Cell and Developmental Biology |
| O'Connor, Mary | climate change, ocean, seafood, seagrass, eelgrass, invertebrate, ecology, environment, |
| Otto, Sarah | evolution, mathematical modeling, population genetics, genomic evolution, evolution of sex, yeast experimental evolution, Population genetics and evolutionary biology, yeast |
| Pante, Nelly | Molecular trafficking pathways within the cell |
| Parfrey, Laura | Microbial ecology, microbial diversity, microbiome, protists |
| Pauly, Daniel | World fisheries; Marine life; Global catch; Management of fisheries; Fish growth and ecophysiology |
| Ramer, Matthew | Pain, Plasticity, Regeneration, Sensory neurons, Sympathetic neurons |
| Richards, Jeffrey | Adaptive significance of the mechanisms coordinating cellular responses to stress |
| Schluter, Dolph | Biological adaptation; Speciation (evolutionary processes); Natural selection and sexual selection; evolution; Origin of species; evolutionary genetics; Adaptive radiation |
| Schulte, Patricia | Molecular biology, biochemistry, physiology, genomics, population genetics, and evolutionary biology to address the question, what are the physiological adaptations that allow animals to live in particular environments? |
| Srivastava, Diane | Community ecology (except invasive species ecology); community ecology, food webs, tropical conservation, metacommunities, open science, data syntheses, |
| Sugioka, Kenji | Basic medicine and life sciences; Cell division; Animal morphogenesis; Cytoskeletal dynamics |
| Taylor, Eric | possible threats to native fish; native BC fish biodiversity; fish biology and conservation; evolution, Evolution and conservation of fishes |
| Tetzlaff, Wolfram | Neural development and regeneration |
| Tseng, Michelle | Population ecology; Community ecology (except invasive species ecology); Evolutionary impacts of climate change; Biological adaptation; Ecological impacts of climate change; Insect & plankton ecology; Community and evolutionary ecology; Community responses to warming; Urban biodiversity |
| Wei, Kevin | Cell and Developmental Biology; evolution |
| Whitlock, Michael | Evolution, forces which control the nature and distribution of genotypes in subdivided populations and how does this affect the outcome of other evolutionary processes |
