Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Contacts

The Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies office provides support and resources for LFS students. For program specific questions, please contact your respective graduate advisor.

Graduate Administrative Support

Our office is located in HR MacMillan Building (MCML), 2357 Main Mall, UBC-Vancouver campus. Students are welcome to visit or send an email to connect.

Graduate Advisors & Program Directors 

Graduate Advisors (research programs) 

Program  Degrees Offered  Graduate Advisor  
Applied Animal Biology (AABI)  MSc, PhD  Dr. Alexandra (Sasha) Protopopova, a.protopopova@ubc.ca   
Food Science (FOOD)  MSc, PhD  Dr. Vivien Measday,
vivien.measday@ubc.ca   
Human Nutrition (HUNU)  MSc, PhD  Dr. Michael Zulyniak,
michael.zulyniak@ubc.ca  
Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems (ISLFS)  MSc, PhD  Dr. Hannah Wittman,
hannah.wittman@ubc.ca   
Plant Science (PLNT)  MSc, PhD  Dr. Risa Sargent,
risa.sargent@ubc.ca   
Soil Science (SOIL)  MSc, PhD  Dr. JT Cornelis,
jt.cornelis@ubc.ca   

Graduate Program Directors (professional programs) 

Program / Degree  Graduate Program Director  
Master of Food Science (MFS)  Dr. Jerzy Zawistowski,
jerzy.zawistowski@ubc.ca  
Master of Food and Resource Economics (MFRE)  Dr. Kelleen Wiseman,
kelleen.wiseman@ubc.ca   
Master of Land and Water Systems (MLWS)  Dr. Les Lavkulich,
lml@mail.ubc.ca   
Master of Nutrition and Dietetics (MND)  Dr. Tamara Cohen,
tamara.cohen@ubc.ca