Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program

Minghan Xu

Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering

Dr. Xu specializes in the field of phase change heat transfer. By applying his research to engineering applications in cold climates, he hopes to provide viable innovative alternatives to fossil fuels for heating and cooling.

Jonah I. Garde

Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies (CENES)

Dr. Garde's work explores transgender history in early twentieth-century Germany, looking at archives, collective memory and their role in the construction of present trans identity and politics.

Marco Zenone

School of Public Policy and Global Affairs

Dr. Zenone's research looks at predatory cancer clinics which offer alternative or last-effort treatments to exploit families with a terminal diagnosis.

Ehsan Hamzehpoor

Chemistry

Dr. Hamzehpoor's work explores materials chemistry and how we can create materials capable of self-assembling into complex functional structures.

Codie Primeau

Physical Therapy (Medicine)

Dr. Primeau's research focuses on chronic pain within the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and the challenges they face - from accessing healthcare to experiencing negative reactions with healthcare providers.

Jesse Charlton

Kinesiology

Nicolas Graham

Sociology

Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships recipient, Dr. Nicolas Graham's research examines the construction and evolution of a 'clean growth' approach to climate change action in Canada.

Melissa Chen

Microbiology & Immunology

Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship recipient, Dr. Melissa Chen is working to identify ecological and evolutionary patterns of pathogenicity and protection in wild rhizosphere communities.

Alex Kent

UBC-O School of Nursing

Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship recipient Alex Kent's research works to advance anti-colonial implementation science and knowledge translation with the xaȼqanaǂ ʔitkiniǂ* (Many ways of working on the same thing) research team.

Dan Peach

Zoology

Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship recipient Dan Peach's research works to develop the necessary fundamental biological knowledge needed to make predictions about invasive mosquito species.

Karin van der Burg

Zoology

Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship recipient Karin van der Berg researches the evolution of diapause; a complex phenotype that allows insects to survive in harsh winters.

Litao Zhu

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

2020-2021 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Litao Zhu is researching machine learning assisted multiscale computational modeling of particle-laden flows for application to blood flow and targeted drug delivery.

Kyle Artelle

Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences

2020-2021 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Kyle Artelle is researching the food potential of ecologically intact landscapes.

Ania Bogoslowski

Medical Genetics

2020-2021 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Ania Bogoslowski is researching how neurons in tumours can suppress immune responses.

Tess Grainger

Zoology

2020-2021 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Tess Grainger is researching the effect of temperature on the speed of evolution.

Emma Morton

Psychiatry

2020-2021 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Emma Morton is researching digital health interventions for people living with bipolar disorder.

Kyra St. Pierre

Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries

2020-2021 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Kyra St. Pierre is researching the biogeochemical cycling at the land-ocean interface.

Céline Marie Laumont

Medical Genetics

2019-2020 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Céline Marie Laumont is researching B cell-mediated immunity in high-grade serous ovarian cancer.

Vivitskaia Tulloch

Department of Forest and Conservation Science

2019-2020 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Viv Tulloch is researching new solutions to prevent decline of threatened and endangered resident killer whales in multiple-use areas.

Stefan Honisch

Department of Theatre and Film

2018-2019 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Stefan Honisch is examining Helen Keller’s musical legacy as a deafblind woman, grappling with the relationship between her musical activism and the frequent exclusion of disabled people from public life.

Tahia Devisscher

Forest Resources Management

2017-2018 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Tahia Devisscher research is studying the role of urban forests to increase urban resilience as a nature-based solution to climate change.