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A diverse range of highly ranked programs
With access to master’s and doctoral degrees through nine departments and 350 research groups, our graduate students work with world-class faculty to explore the basic sciences, and to pursue interdisciplinary and applied research across departments and units. ÑÇÖÞÌìÌÃ’s research excellence in environmental science, math, physics, plant and animal science, computer science, geology and biology is consistently rated best in Canada by international and national ranking agencies.
Committed to outstanding graduate training
ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Science houses a wide range of prestigious NSERC Collaborative Research and Training Experience and related industry programs: from atmospheric aerosols to high-throughput biology, from biodiversity research and ecosystems services to plant cell wall biosynthesis, from quantum science and new materials to applied geochemistry. The options for enriched graduate training in industry related fields are almost endless.
World-class research infrastructure
Our affiliated institutes and centres include ÑÇÖÞÌìÌÃ's Michael Smith Laboratories, Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute, Biodiversity Research Centre, Life Sciences Institute, Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences, Mineral Deposit Research Unit, and TRIUMF, Canada’s national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics.
Top research talent
ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Science boasts more than 50 Canada Research Chairs, 12 fellows of the Royal Society of London, and has been home to two Nobel Laureates. Our graduate students have won 15 prestigious Vanier Scholarships.
A diverse, supportive community of scholars
ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Science is committed to excellence, collaboration and inclusion. Women account for 41 per cent of the Faculty's graduate enrollments, and the percentage of international students has increased to 50 per cent over the past decade.
Mission
Research Centres
Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology
Computational Sciences and Mathematics
Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
- Lithoprobe: Canada's National Geoscience Project
Genomics and Biological Sciences
- Geomatics for Informed Decisions Network
Human-Computer Interaction
- Vancouver Institute for Visual Analytics
Life Sciences
Chemistry and Materials Science
Physics
- ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà ATLAS Project at Large Hadron Collider
Sustainability
Research Facilities
Designed to inspire collaboration and creativity across disciplines, the (ESB) lies at the heart of the science precinct on ÑÇÖÞÌìÌÃ’s Vancouver Campus. The $75 million facility is home to Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Statistics, the Pacific Institute of the Mathematical Sciences, and the dean’s office of the Faculty of Science. ESB’s teaching facilities will help Canada meet the challenges of a transforming and growing resource sector. Just as importantly, the researchers and students working and learning in the facility will offer a valuable flow of well-trained talent, new ideas, and fresh professional perspectives to industry.
Research Highlights
Receiving more than $120 million in annual research funding, ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Science faculty members conduct top-tier research in the life, physical, earth and computational sciences. Their discoveries help build our understanding of natural laws—driving insights into sustainability, biodiversity, human health, nanoscience and new materials, probability, artificial intelligence, exoplanets and a wide range of other areas.
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Graduate Degree Programs
Recent Publications
This is an incomplete sample of recent publications in chronological order by ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà faculty members with a primary appointment in the Faculty of Science.
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Doctoral Citations
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| 2009 | Dr. Rai investigated phylogenetic relationships of the major living vascular plant groups. He used DNA sequence data collected from the chloroplast genomes of a broad sampling of plant species. His work has provided insight into past events that have given rise to the diversity of plants we see today. | Doctor of Philosophy in Botany (PhD) |
| 2009 | Dr. Li identified new plant-gene regulatory mechanisms that control cell-wall formation. Plant fiber and wood cell-walls provide the world¹s most abundant source of biomass for forestry and bioenergy. Results from this study can be used to generate or select plants with improved bioenergy and wood properties. | Doctor of Philosophy in Botany (PhD) |
| 2009 | Dr. Fulsom studied decays of a recently discovered subatomic particle called the X(3872). This research provides insight into the internal structure of this new particle, and deepens our understanding of the fundamental force in nature that binds quarks together to form matter. | Doctor of Philosophy in Physics (PhD) |
| 2009 | Dr Kolind implemented and developed a method of measuring the content of myelin, the material which insulates nerve fibers, on an MRI scanner. This was used to study myelin in the brains of people with multiple sclerosis. His technique was shown to complement other imaging techniques, and provided insight into changes to myelin in multiple sclerosis. | Doctor of Philosophy in Physics (PhD) |
| 2009 | Dr. Yu developed a new statistical criterion for making good decisions based on a different way to evaluate the cost of bad decisions. His method provides improved performance over other methods for data analysis in some parameter estimation and model selection contexts | Doctor of Philosophy in Statistics (PhD) |
| 2009 | Dr Huang investigated inverse problems arising from 2D image and 3D surface reconstruction. She has not only derived several highly efficient algorithms for deblurring and denoising images and for smoothing and regularizing surface meshes, but also justified and demonstrated the effectiveness of these algorithms on a variety of examples. | Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics (PhD) |
| 2009 | Dr. Asadi developed the synthesis of a number of DNA-inspired heterocycles, and characterized a series of novel supramolecular assemblies derived from self-organization of these molecules. Among the structures obtained, a unique tetrameric cyclic array was described. This work bears important implications and has high potential for applications in the preparation of organic nanotubes, and in the sequence specific recognition in RNA and DNA. | Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry (PhD) |
| 2009 | Dr Mestrovic developed methods for increasing the accuracy of radiation therapy treatments by continuously imaging the patient during treatment. As a result, undesired patient motion can be detected and treatment can be appropriately adjusted in real-time. This research improves the overall effectiveness and success of radiation therapy treatments. | Doctor of Philosophy in Physics (PhD) |
| 2009 | Dr Tsui studied high-energy cosmic rays penetrating deep underground at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. This work yielded powerful independent evidence that neutrinos have mass, thus shedding light on the fundamental interactions of these elementary particles. | Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy (PhD) |
| 2009 | Dr. Valdez has studied the role of a host-resistant gene in the response to Salmonella infection. She showed that this gene plays a key role in boosting the speed and efficacy of immune response to Salmonella, and this determines whether the host will survive or succumb to the infection. | Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology and Immunology (PhD) |