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Our People

UBC Vantage One Faculty & Staff

The faculty who teach in the Vantage One program hold appointments in the UBC Faculties of Arts, Science, Applied Science, and Management, or directly at UBC Vantage College. They include many Killam Teaching Prize winners and bring extensive scholarly and teaching experience. Many of our faculty have international teaching experience, and speak other languages in addition to English (including Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Korean, Mandarin, Persian, Serbian, and Spanish).

Juan Abelló Associate Professor of Teaching, Mechanical Engineering
abello@mech.ubc.ca
Meghan Allen Associate Professor of Teaching, Computer Science
meghana@cs.ubc.ca
Alireza Bagherzadeh Assistant Professor of Teaching, Chemical & Biological Engineering (Chair, APSC)
alireza.bagherzadeh@ubc.ca
Caitlin Donnelly Lecturer, SCIE 113
caitlin.donnelly@ubc.ca
Nicola Fameli Lecturer, Physics
nicola.fameli@ubc.ca
Alfredo Ferreira Lecturer, AEP 604.827.2586
alfredo.ferreira@ubc.ca
Joanne Fox Principal 604.827.0339
joanne.fox@ubc.ca
Roza Ghaemi Lecturer, Chemical and Biological Engineering
roza.ghaemi@ubc.ca
Brett Gilley Associate Professor of Teaching, EOS 604.822.2619
Ernest Goh Assistant Professor of Teaching, Engineering (UBCO)(on leave) 250.807.8863
seach-chyr.goh@ubc.ca
Suzie Lavallee Academic Director
suzie.lavallee@ubc.ca
Anka Lekhi Associate Professor of Teaching, Chemistry (Chair, Science)
anka@chem.ubc.ca
Jing Li Lecturer, Engineering (UBCO)
jing.li@ubc.ca
Fatimah Mahmood Sessional Lecturer, AEP 604.827.5748
fatimah.mahmood@ubc.ca
Noosha Mehdian Sessional Lecturer, AEP
noosha.mehdian@ubc.ca
Saloome Motavas Lecturer, Electrical and Computer Engineering
smotavas@ece.ubc.ca
Fawad Najam Lecturer, Engineering (UBCO)
fawad.najam@ubc.ca
Siamak Najarian Sessional Lecturer, Electrical and Computer Engineering
siamak.najarian@ubc.ca
Shandin Pete Assistant Professor of Teaching, EOSC
spete@eoas.ubc.ca
John Pringle Sessional Lecturer, AEP 604.827.2585
john.pringle@ubc.ca
Vladan Prodanovic Associate Professor of Teaching, CHBE & Mech 604.827.4239
vladan.prodanovic@ubc.ca
Andrew Rechnitzer Professor, Math 604.822.2666
andrewr@math.ubc.ca
Daniel Riccardi Lecturer, AEP
daniel.riccardi@ubc.ca
Georg Rieger Associate Professor of Teaching, Physics
rieger@physics.ubc.ca
Weaver Shaw Lecturer, AEP 604.827.2600
weaver.shaw@ubc.ca
Anne Thomas Laboratory Program Director 604.822.5342
athomas@chem.ubc.ca
Brett Todd Lecturer, AEP (on leave) 604.827.2581
brett.todd@ubc.ca
Beth Volpov Sessional Lecturer, SCIE 113
b.volpov@oceans.ubc.ca
Jennifer Walsh Marr Lecturer, AEP 604.827.1753
jennifer.walshmarr@ubc.ca
Sandra Zappa-Hollman Director, Academic English Program 604.827.3764
sandra.zappa@ubc.ca

Find Staff

Tina Chan Academic Advisor, Applied Science 604 827 3761
tina.chan@ubc.ca
Beth Dennis Academic Advisor, Science 604.827.2605
beth.dennis@science.ubc.ca
Atul Gadhia Academic Advising Manager 604.827.2069
atul.gadhia@ubc.ca
Daniela Hajdukovic Communications & Marketing Manager 604.827.0303
daniela.hajdukovic@ubc.ca
Susanne Schmiesing Director, Business Development & Operations 604.822.5212
susanne.schmiesing@ubc.ca
Astor Tsang Administrative Assistant 604.827.0337
admin.assistant@vantagecollege.ubc.ca
Oscar Tsiu AV Technician 604.314.4776
oscar.tsiu@ubc.ca
Brian Wilson Curriculum Manager & Faculty Liaison 604.827.2206
brian.wilson@vantagecollege.ubc.ca
Jen-Mai Wong Registered Psychologist 604.822.3811; Vantage: 604.827.0343
wellbeing@vantagecollege.ubc.ca
Lynn Zhang Operations Administrator 604.827.3762
lynn.zhang@ubc.ca

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