John Frostad

University of California, Santa Barbara, PhD

University of Washington, BS

Interfacial Phenomena, Functional Foods, Emulsions and Foams, Novel Instrumentation, Complex Fluids

For information about research positions please see: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/researcher/15618-frostad

See Google Scholar for a full list of publications.

Frostad, J.M., Tammaro, D., Santollani, L., Bochner de Araujo, S., Fuller, G.G. Dynamic fluid-film interferometry as a predictor of bulk foam properties. – Soft Matter 12, 9266-9279 (2016). (Featured on Cover).

Noyes, A., Basha, J., Frostad, J.M., Millard, D., Mullin, J., LaCasse, D., Wright, R.S., Cook, S., Huffman, B., Fahrner, R., Godavarti, R., Titchener-Hooker, N., Sunasara, K., Mukhopadhyay, T. A modular approach for the ultra scale-down of depth filtration. Journal of Membrane Science. – in press doi:10.1016/j.memsci.2015.07.010 (2015).

Frostad, J.M., Collins, M.C., Leal, L.G. Direct measurement of the interaction of model food emulsion droplets adhering by arrested coalescence. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 441, 459465 (2014).

Frostad, J.M., Seth M., Bernasek, S.M., Leal, L.G. Direct measurement of interaction forces between charged, multilamellar vesicles. Soft Matter 10, 7769-80 (2014).

Frostad, J.M., Collins, M.C., Leal, L.G. Cantilevered-capillary force apparatus for measuring multi-phase fluid interactions. Langmuir 29, 47154725 (2013).

Frostad, J.M., Walter, J., Leal, L.G. A scaling relation for the capillary-pressure driven drainage of thin films. Physics of Fluids 25, 052108 (2013).

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David Fraser

April 16, 2018

David Fraser

Professor Emeritus

604–822–2040

david.fraser@ubc.ca

MacMillan 183, 2357 Main Mall

University of Glasgow, PhD, Zoology

University of Toronto, BA, Psychology

Please note that Prof. Fraser is no longer accepting new graduate students.

From his childhood on a farm in southern Ontario, David Fraser has maintained a fascination with animals throughout his 48-year research career. After a degree in psychology (Toronto) and a PhD in zoology (Glasgow), Prof. Fraser did research on the welfare of farm animals (Edinburgh School of Agriculture, 1971-1975) and on the behaviour and management of moose (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, 1975-1981) before developing a research team on farm animal welfare and behaviour at the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa (1981-1997). He joined UBC in 1997 as NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Animal Welfare.

Prof. Fraser has worked with many organizations to find practical ways to improve the lives of animals. He was one of the original members of the Animal Welfare Working Group of the World Organisation for Animal Health (Paris) which develops global animal welfare standards on behalf of the 180 member nations. He chaired the expert consultation on animal welfare of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Rome). Within Canada he was elected one of the original members of the National Farmed Animal Health and Welfare Council and led the development of the Council’s national strategy for farm animal welfare. He has served on advisory committees for many institutions, research programs and companies in various countries.

His published papers include scientific studies on improved housing and handling of animals, theoretical contributions to animal welfare science, and papers on the practical and cultural dimensions of applying ethics to animal issues.

In addition to his professional work, Prof. Fraser is an enthusiastic cyclist, a sometime contributor of light verse to Canadian radio, a bad pianist, a father of four, grandfather of three, and mentor to a wide range of valued students and colleagues. He was appointed Member of the Order of Canada in 2005 for his work as ‘a pioneer in the field of animal welfare science’.

At UBC, Prof. Fraser works in the Animal Welfare Program.

Current courses:

Animals and Society (APBI 314). An introduction to the place of animals in society and culture, and their use for agriculture, biomedical research, companionship and other areas. Co-taught with Marina von Keyserlingk.
Animal Welfare and the Ethics of Animal Use (APBI 315). An interdisciplinary course that introduces students to the scientific study of animal welfare and many of the ethical issues surrounding the use of animals in agriculture, science, and society. Co-taught with D.M. Weary.
Animals and Global Issues (APBI 414). A fourth-year seminar course that examines global issues such as the expansion of world animal production, the role of animals in new human infectious diseases, and the role of animal products in human nutrition. This course revolves around independent research, discussion and essay-writing.
Graduate Courses in Animal Welfare (ANSC 515, 550, 551). For specific course information view the Animal Welfare Program website.

Fraser, D. and Weary, D.M. 2021. Applied animal behavior and animal welfare. Pages 251-280 in J.J. Bolhuis, L.-A. Giraldeau and J.A. Hogan (editors), The Behavior of Animals: Mechanisms, Function and Evolution, Second edition. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford.

Molnár, M. and Fraser, D. 2020. Protecting farm animal welfare during intensification: farmer perceptions of economic and regulatory pressures. Animal Welfare, 29: 133-141.

Fraser, D. 2018. Why we need a new ethic for animals. Journal of Applied Animal Ethics Research 1: 6-20.

Fraser, D., Koralesky, K.E. and Urton, G. 2018. Toward a harmonized approach to animal welfare law in Canada. Canadian Veterinary Journal 59: 293-302.

Dubois, S., Fenwick, N., Ryan, E., Baker, L., … and Fraser, D. 2017. International consensus principles for ethical wildlife control. Conservation Biology 31: 753–760.

Fraser, D. and Nicol, C.J. 2017. Preference and motivation research. Pages 213-231 in M.C. Appleby, I.A.S. Olsson and F. Galindo (editors), Animal Welfare, Third Edition. CABI, Wallingford UK.

Fraser, D. 2014. Could animal production become a profession? Livestock Science 169: 155–162.

Fraser, D., Duncan, I.J.H., Edwards, S.A., et al. 2013. General principles for the welfare of animals in production systems: The underlying science and its application in practice and standards. The Veterinary Journal 198: 19-27.

Fraser, D. 2012. A “practical” ethic for animals. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 25: 721-746.

Fraser, D. 2012. Animal ethics and food production in the 21st century. Pages 190-213 in D. Kaplan (editor) Philosophy of Food. University of California Press, Berkeley.

Fraser, D. 2010. Toward a synthesis of conservation and animal welfare science. Animal Welfare 19: 121-124.

Fraser, D. (editor). 2010. Conservation and animal welfare science. Special issue of Animal Welfare 19: 121-192.

Fraser, D. 2009. Animal behaviour, animal welfare and the scientific study of affect. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 118: 108-117.

Fraser, D. 2009. Assessing animal welfare: different philosophies, different scientific approaches. Zoo Biology 28: 1-12.

Fraser, D. 2008. Understanding Animal Welfare: The Science in its Cultural Context. 324 pages. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford.

Fraser, D. 2008. Toward a global perspective on farm animal welfare. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 113: 330–339.

Weary, D.M., Niel, L., Flower, F.C. and Fraser, D. 2006. Identifying and preventing pain in animals. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 100: 64-76.

Fraser, D. 2006. Caring for farm animals: pastoralist ideals in an industrialized world. Pages 547-555 in P. Waldau and K. Patton (editors), A Communion of Subjects: Animals in Religion, Science and Ethics. Columbia University Press, New York.

Fraser D. and Preece, R. 2004. Animal ethics and the scientific study of animals: Bridging the “is” and the “ought". Essays in Philosophy 5 (2): http://sorrel.humboldt.edu/~essays/fraser.html

Fraser, D. 2003. Assessing animal welfare at the farm and group level: the interplay of science and values. Animal Welfare 12: 433-443.

Preece, R. and Fraser, D. (editors), 2002. Dix Harwood's "Love for animals and how it developed in Great Britain", 1928. Edwin Mellen Press, Lampeter.

Fraser, D. 2001. The “New Perception” of animal agriculture: legless cows, featherless chickens, and a need for genuine analysis. Journal of Animal Science 79: 634-641.

Preece, R. and Fraser, D. 2000. The status of animals in Biblical and Christian thought: a study in colliding values. Society and Animals 8: 245-263.

Schuppli, C.A. and Fraser, D. 2000. A framework for assessing the suitability of different species as companion animals. Animal Welfare 9: 359-372.

Fraser, D. 1999. Animal ethics and animal welfare science: bridging the two cultures. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 65: 171-189.

Fraser, D., Duncan, I.J.H., 1998. ‘Pleasures’, ‘pains’ and animal welfare: toward a natural history of affect. Animal Welfare 7: 383–396.

Fraser, D., D.M. Weary, E.A. Pajor and B.N. Milligan. 1997. A scientific conception of animal welfare that reflects ethical concerns. Animal Welfare 6: 187-205.

Fraser, D. 1995. Science, values and animal welfare: Exploring the "inextricable connection". Animal Welfare 4: 103-117.

Fraser, D., Kramer, D.L., Pajor, E.A. and Weary, D.M. 1995. Conflict and cooperation: sociobiological principles and the behaviour of pigs. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 44: 139-157.

Fraser, D., Friendship, R.M. and Martineau, G.-P. 1994. Aristotle on pigs: husbandry, health and natural history of pigs in ancient Greece. Pig News and Information 15: 77N-80N.

Fraser, D. and Thompson, B.K. 1991. Armed sibling rivalry by domestic piglets. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 29: 9-15.

Fraser, D. 1987. Mineral deficient diets and the pig's attraction to blood: Implications for tail biting. Canadian Journal of Animal Science 67: 909 918.

Fraser, D. 1985. Selection of bedded and unbedded areas by pigs in relation to environmental temperature and behaviour. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 14: 117 126.

Fraser, D. 1984. The role of behavior in swine production: A review of research. Applied Animal Ethology 11: 317 339.

Fraser, D. 1984. A simple relationship between removal rate and age sex composition of removals for certain animal populations. Journal of Applied Ecology 21: 97 101.

Fraser, D., Chavez, E.R. and Paloheimo, J.E. 1984. Aquatic feeding by moose: Selection of plant species and feeding areas in relation to plant chemical composition and characteristics of lakes. Canadian Journal of Zoology 62: 80 87.

Fraser, D. and Thomas, E.R. 1982. Moose vehicle accidents in Ontario: Relation to highway salt. Wildlife Society Bulletin 10: 261 265.

Fraser, D. and Reardon, E. 1980. Attraction of wild ungulates to mineral rich springs in central Canada. Holarctic Ecology 3: 36 40.

Fraser, D. 1980. A review of the behavioural mechanism of milk ejection of the domestic pig. Applied Animal Ethology 6: 247 255.

Fraser, D., Ritchie, J.S.D. and Fraser, A.F. 1975. The term "stress" in a veterinary context. British Veterinary Journal 131: 653 662.

Fraser, D. 1975. The effect of straw on the behaviour of sows in tether stalls. Animal Production 21: 59 68.

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Anthony Farrell

April 16, 2018

Anthony Farrell

Professor Emeritus

604–822–6602

tony.farrell@ubc.ca

BIOL 3325, 6270 University Blvd

University of British Columbia, PhD, Zoology

University of Gothenburg, Honorary Doctorate

Bath University, BSc, 1st Honours, Biology

Integrative and comparative animal physiology–cardiorespiratory dynamics, myocardial oxygen supply, coronary physiology and coronary pathology, blood flow regulation
Salmon migratory passage, exercise / handling stress and recovery, aquatic toxicology

Please visit http://tonyfarrell.landfood.ubc.ca/ for more information.

UBC Dairy Education and Research Centre

Stecyk, J.A.W., Farrell, A.P., Vornanen, M. 2017. Na+/K+-ATPase activity in the anoxic turtle (Trachemys scripta) brain at different acclimation temperature. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology – Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology 206, 11-16.

Rosalind A. Leggatt, Carlo A. Biagi, Dionne Sakhrani, Robert Dominelli, Erika J. Eliason, Anthony P. Farrell, Robert H. Devlin 2017. Fitness component assessments of wild-type and growth hormone transgenic coho salmon reared in seawater mesocosms. Aquaculture 473: 31-42.

Poletto J, Cocherell D, Baird S, Nguyen T, Cabrera-Stagno V, Farrell, AP & Fangue, NA. 2017. Unusual aerobic performance at high temperatures in juvenile Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha. Conservation Physiol 5: 10.1093/conphys/cow067.

Alderman S, Feng L, Farrell AP, Kennedy CJ & Gillis T. 2017. Effects of diluted bitumen exposure on juvenile sockeye salmon: from cells to performance. Environ Toxicol Chem 136: 354–360.

Cox GK, Brill RW, Bonaro KA & Farrell AP (2017). Determinants of coronary blood flow in the sandbar shark Carcharhinus plumbeus. J Comp Physiol B. 187: 315-327.

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Christopher Chanway

April 16, 2018

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Ronaldo Cerri

April 16, 2018

Ronaldo Cerri

Professor, Applied Biology

Office: 604–822–5056
Cell: 604-345-3776

ronaldo.cerri@ubc.ca

MacMillan 185, 2357 Main Mall

University of Florida, 2010, Post-Doc

University of California, Davis, 2008, PhD

University of California, Davis, 2004, MSc

Sao Paulo State University, 2001, DVM

My research aims to discover and develop solutions to fertility issues that affect dairy and beef cattle. Our laboratory has focused on sustainable technologies to improve reproduction efficiency in cattle, such as the use of automated methods for detection of estrus and ovulation. Moreover, we try to better understand the effects of inflammation and health disorders on the cross-communication between the uterus and the embryo. The laboratory actively collaborates with colleagues in Canada and overseas to complement different areas of study and maximize the strengths within each group.

APBI 312: Animal Physiology II
APBI 410: Applied Animal Health and Physiology

For a full list of publications, please visit Dr. Cerri’s Google Scholar page.

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Simone Castellarin

April 16, 2018

Simone Castellarin

Associate Dean, Research
Professor, Applied Biology
Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Viticulture
Associate Director, Wine Research Centre

604–827–2667

simone.castellarin@ubc.ca

FNH 211, 2205 East Mall

Castellarin Lab

University of Udine, PhD, Agricultural Science and Biotechnology

University of Udine, BSc, Agricultural Science and Technology

My research focuses on viticulture and grapevine physiology. Particularly, it considers the physiological and molecular aspects that underlay fruit ripening and the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites, and how they are modulated by the environment and viticultural practices.

My laboratory currently uses a multidisciplinary approach that combines field and greenhouse experiments and targeted and untargeted analysis of metabolites and transcripts.

The laboratory has a robust partnership with top scientists in the field of viticulture, grapevine physiology and applied genomics in North America and Europe.

My research is shaped by my agriculture-oriented background and considers those aspects of grapevine physiology that are relevant for improving fruit quality in vineyards.

PROJECTS

Some recent and forthcoming research projects are:

Characterization of molecular and physiological mechanisms that activate and modulate fruit ripening in grapevine
Analysis of the genetic and environmental control of secondary metabolites in grapevine
Analysis of the effect of water deficit on fruit physiology in white and red grapevine varieties
Analysis of the effect of canopy management techniques on fruit physiology and wine quality

I am interested in working with undergraduate students, graduate students and postdocs with strong interest in molecular viticulture and with outstanding training in one or more of the following subjects: plant molecular biology, genomics, bioinformatics, plant physiology and viticulture.

Plant-Insect Ecology & Evolution Lab

Wong DCJ, *Lopez Gutierrez R, Gambetta GA, Castellarin SD (2017) Genome-wide analysis of cis-regulatory element structure and discovery of motifdriven gene co-expression networks in grapevine. DNA Research 24 (3), 311-326.

Ariani P, Regaiolo A, Lovato A, Giorgetti A, Porceddu A, CamioloS , Wong DCJ, Castellarin SD, Vandelle E, Polverari A (2016) Genome-wide characterisation and expression profile of the grapevine ATL ubiquitin ligase family reveal biotic and abiotic stress-responsive and development-related members. Scientific Reports 6, 38260.

Hochberg U, Herrera JC, Degu A, Fait A, Castellarin SD, Peterlunger E, Alberti G, Lazarovitch N (2016) Evaporative demand determines the relative transpirational sensitivity of deficit-irrigated grapevines. Irrigation Science 35 (1), 1-9.

Loyola R, Herrera D, Mas A, Wong DCJ, Höll J, Cavallini E, Amato A, Azuma A, Ziegler T, Aquea F, Castellarin SD, Bogs J, Tornielli GB, Peña-Neira A, Czemmel S, Alcalde JA, Matus JT, Arce-Johnson P. The photomorphogenic factors UV-B RECEPTOR 1, LONG HYPOCOTYL 5 and HY5 HOMOLOG are part of the UV-B signalling pathway in grapevine and mediate flavonol accumulation in response to the environment. Journal of Experimental Botany 67 (18): 5429-5445.

Wong DCJ; Schlechter R, Vannozzi A, Höll J, Hmmam I, Bogs J,Tornielli GB, Castellarin SD, Matus JT (2016) A systems-oriented analysis of the grapevine R2R3-MYB transcription factor family uncovers new insights into the regulation of stilbene accumulation. DNA Research 23 (5), 451-466.

Sivilotti P, Herrera JC, Lisjak K, Česnik HB, Sabbatini P, Peterlunger E, Castellarin SD (2016) Impact of leaf removal, applied before and after flowering, on anthocyanin, tannin, and methoxypyrazine concentrations in ‘Merlot’ (Vitis vinifera L.) grapes and wines. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Accepted

Wong DCJ, Lopez Gutierrez R, Dimopoulos N, Gambetta GA, Castellarin SD (2016) Combined physiological, transcriptome, and cis-regulatory element analyses indicate that fruit size influences key aspects of ripening, metabolism, and transcriptional program in grapes (Vitis vinifera L.). BMC Genomics Accepted

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Awards & Honours

2009 Rudolf Hermanns Award (Geisenheim, Germany) ‒ Outstanding scientific achievements in all fields of viticulture and horticulture
2007 Sigismondo Douglas Attems Petzenstein Award (Cormons, Italy) ‒ Best PhD thesis in Viticulture and Enology
2004 Sigismondo Douglas Attems Petzenstein Award (Cormons, Italy) ‒ Best MSc thesis in Viticulture and Enology

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Juli Carrillo

April 16, 2018

Juli Carrillo

Associate Professor, Applied Biology

604–827–5039

juli.carrillo@ubc.ca

MCML 333

Please see Google Scholar for a full list of publications.

Wu, H., Carrillo, J., and J. Ding. (2017) Species diversity and environments determinants of aquatic and terrestrial communities invaded by Alternanthera philoxeroides, Science of the Total Environment, 581-582:666-675.

Carrillo, J. and E. Siemann. (2016) A native plant competitor mediates the impact of above- and belowground damage on an invasive tree, Ecological Applications, 26(7):2060-2071.

Wu, H., Carrillo, J., and J. Ding. (2016) Invasion by alligator weed, Alternanthera philoxeroides, is associated with decreased species diversity across the latitudinal gradient in China, Journal of Plant Ecology, 9(3):311-319.

Kaplan, I., Carrillo, J., Garvey, M. and P. Ode. (2016) Indirect plant-parasitoid interactions mediated by changes in herbivore physiology, Current Opinion in Insect Science, 14:112-119.

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Sandra Brown

April 13, 2018

Sandra Brown

Associate Professor of Teaching, Applied Biology
Associate Dean, Academic

604–822–5965

sandra.brown@ubc.ca

MacMillan 229, 2357 Main Mall

Soil, Water & Sustainability Group

International Development Research Centre (IDRC), 1998, Post-Doc, Gender and resources in the Middle Mountains of Nepal

University of British Columbia, 1997, PhD, Interdisciplinary Studies in Resource Management

University of British Columbia, 1990, MSc, Soil Physics

University of British Columbia, 1984, BSc, Physical Geography

Adaptación al cambio climático en Colombia Rural: el papel de la gobernanza del agua

Complementarity of teaching approaches in Soil Science Education
Catalysts: learning modules addressing content and language gaps in soil science education
Water Metabolism in Extractive Frontiers of Colombia

Recent projects:

Inventario de plantas – pequeños humedales del Quindio Colombia

Graduate Students

Current:

Parisa Rinaldi (joint PhD with Universidad de los Andes). Thesis - Transdisciplinary water research in extractive frontiers.

Alumni:

Clara Roa-Garcia (PhD, 2009-2018, co-supervised with Dr. Maja Krzic). Thesis - Soil properties and land use affecting soil water dynamics in Andisols and Inceptisols at two mid-elevation sites in the Colombian Andes.

Roa, C., S. Brown, M. Krzic, L.M. Lavkulich. 2021. Relationship of soil water retention characteristics and soil properties: a case study from the Colombian Andes. Canadian Journal of Soil Science https://doi.org/10.1139/cjss-2020-0066

Krzic M., S. Brown, A. Bomke. 2020. Combining problem-based learning and team-based learning in a sustainable soil management course. Natural Sciences Education 49(1): https://doi.org/10.1002/nse2.20008

Roa García M.C., Brown S. 2017. Assessing equity and sustainability of water allocation in Colombia. Local Local Environment 22(9): 1080-1104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2015.1070816

Roa García M.C., Brown S. 2016. Caracterización de la acumulación de carbono en pequeños humedales Andinos en la cuenca alta del Río barbas (Quindío, Colombia); Characterization of carbon storage in small Andean wetlands of the upper Barbas watershed (Quindio Colombia). Caldasia 38(1): 117-135. http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/issue/view/4534

Krzic M., Bomke A., Sylvestre M., Brown S. 2015. Teaching sustainable soil management: a framework for using problem-based learning. Natural Sciences Education. 44: 34-42. doi 10.4195/nse2014.07-0015

Brown S., Schreier H., Lavkulich L.M. 2011. Developing indicators for regional water quality assessment: an example from British Columbia community watersheds. Canadian Water Resources Journal 36(3): 271-284.

Roa García M.C., Brown S., Schreier H., Lavkulich L.M. 2011. The role of land use and soils in regulating water flow in small headwater catchments of the Andes. Water Resources Research 47(5): W05510, doi:10.1029/2010WR00958

Awards & Honours

Richards Faculty Service Award , 2016
UBC Soil Science Teaching and Mentorship Award , 2013
AUCC Canada-Latin America Research Exchange Grant , 2006
IDRC postdoctoral grant , 1997

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Andrew Black

April 13, 2018

Andrew Black

Professor, Applied Biology

604–822–2730

andrew.black@ubc.ca

MacMillan 135, 2357 Main Mall

I have worked at UBC since 1969, when I joined the Department of Soil Science as a biometeorologist. I received my Ph.D. degree that year from the University of Wisconsin. I was fortunate to work there as a graduate student in Dr. Champ Tanner’s agrometeorology/soil physics group. Champ stressed the importance of using first principles and the ability to design and build agrometeorological instrumentation. While I was there I worked on net radiometers, infrared thermometry, lysimetry, Bowen ratio apparatus and eddy correlation sensors. I also worked closely with Wilford Gardner on drainage and evaporation in bare soils. While at UBC the emphasis of my research has been the energy and water balance of forests. For many years I’ve also had an interest in plant water relations. More recently I have become extremely interested measuring forest–atmosphere CO2 exchange (even on a long-term basis which may be foolish) and in trying to understand the processes controlling the carbon balance of forests.

Project details available on the Biomet – Biometeorology & Soil Physics Group of UBC website.

Musavi, T., Migliavacca, M., Reichstein, M., Kattge, J., Wirth, C., Black, T.A., Janssens, I., Knohl, A., Loustau, D., Roupsard, O., Varlagin, A., Rambal, S., Cescatti, A., Gianelle, D., Kondo, H., Tamrakar, R., Mahecha, M.D. 2017. Stand age and species richness dampen the interannual variation of ecosystem-level photosynthetic capacity. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 1: 0048. doi:10.1038/s41559-016-0048.

Meyer, G1., Black, T.A., Jassal, R.S, Nesic, Z., Grant, N., Spittlehouse, D., Fredeen, A.L., Christen, A., Coops, N., Foord, V.N., Bowler, R. 2017. Measurements and simulations using the 3-PG model of the water balance and water use efficiency of a lodgepole pine stand following mountain pine beetle attack. Forest Ecology and Management 393, 89–104.

Hawthorne, I1., Johnson, M.J., Jassal, R.S., Black, T.A., Grant, N.J., Smukler, S.M., 2017. Application of biochar and nitrogen influences fluxes of CO2, CH4 and N2O in a forest soil. Journal of Environmental Management 192, 203-214.

Thiel, B., Krzic, M., Gerge, S., Terpsma, C., Black, T.A., Jassal, R.S., Smukler, S.M. 2016. A comparison of CO2, N2O, and CH4 fluxes from production fields with planted and remnant hedgerows in the Fraser River Delta of British Columbia. Agroforestry Systems, doi 10.1007/s10457-016-9990-3.

Zhou, Y., Wu, X., Ju, W., Chen, J.M., Wang, S., Wang, H., Yuan, W., Black, T.A., Jassal, R.S. et al. 2016a. Global parameterization and validation of a two-leaf light use efficiency model for predicting gross primary production across FLUXNET sites. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences, 121, 1045-1072, DOI: 10.1002/2014JG002876.

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Jennifer Black

April 13, 2018

Jennifer Black

Associate Professor, Food, Nutrition and Health

604–822–6869

j.black@ubc.ca

FNH 242, 2205 East Mall

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New York University, PhD

Columbia University, MSc

Registered Dietician, R.D.

University of Toronto, BSc (Hon.)

My research focuses broadly on the social determinants of health and dietary choices. I am interested in how attitudes and behaviours related to eating, cooking, food selection, body image and body weight status are shaped by socio-cultural and neighbourhood-level factors. My research is shaped by my background as a registered dietitian and fuses methods and theory from nutrition education, public health, sociology and geography.

Projects

Some of my recent and forthcoming research projects include:

Working with the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society to examine the impact of a community food hub program on food bank members’ nutritional status and experiences of food insecurity
Examining the connections between the food environment inside and surrounding Vancouver schools with students’ dietary practices, knowledge, skills and self-efficacy related to food, nutrition and food policy.
Assessing the relations between neighbourhood-level socioeconomic status, demographic factors, land use and access to food in British Columbia.
Examining trends and the social determinants of dietary choices, obesity and body image using national health surveys such as the Canadian Community Health Survey version 2.2.
Mapping food access and opportunities and barriers to physical activity in New York City.

LFS 150 Scholarly Writing and Argumentation in Land and Food Systems
FNH 398 Research Methods in Human Nutrition
LFS 350 Land, Food, and Community II
FNH Graduate Seminar