JAMES BAILEY
Instructor, CHEMISTRY

james.bailey@ubc.ca
SCI 217
250.807.9645

PhD University of Victoria

TEACHING: inorganic, physical, and analytical chemistry laboratories

DAVID JACK
Associate Professor, CHEMISTRY

david.jack@ubc.ca
FIP 344
250.807.8747

PhD University of Alberta

RESEARCH: chemical and physical processes at solid surfaces; phase transitions; molecular computer simulations; heterogeneous catalysis; functional surfaces; biosensors

TEACHING: quantum mechanics and spectroscopy; biophysical chemistry; physical chemistry

W. STEPHEN MCNEIL
Assistant Professor, CHEMISTRY

WEBSITE

s.mcneil@ubc.ca
FIP 352
250.807.8751

PhD University of British Columbia

RESEARCH: synthesis and reactivity of organometallic and coordination compounds of iron and cobalt; rational design and structural control of transition metal catalysts and catalyst models; radical intermediates in alkene addition and polymerization reactions

TEACHING: structure and bonding; bioinorganic chemistry; organometallic and coordination chemistry

SUSAN MURCH
Associate Professor, CHEMISTRY
Canada Research Chair, NATURAL PRODUCTS CHEMISTRY 

WEBSITE

susan.murch@ubc.ca
FIP 350
250.807.9566

PhD University of Guelph

RESEARCH: plant chemistry and biotechnology; the identification, quantification and metabolism of plant secondary metabolites, the impact of these phytochemicals on human health, and the development of technologies for mass-production of specific plant chemicals as medicines, natural health products, food additives and functional foods

TEACHING: plant biochemistry; bioanalytical chemistry; analytical chemistry

EDWARD NEELAND
Associate Professor, CHEMISTRY

e.neeland@ubc.ca
FIP 354
250.807.9572

MSc University of Waterloo
PhD University of British Columbia

RESEARCH: Intramolecular Hetero Diels Alder reactions of Furans and the development of new synthetic reactions

TEACHING: organic chemistry; advanced synthesis; advanced structural analysis

ROB O'BRIEN
Assistant Professor, CHEMISTRY

 WEBSITE

rob.obrien@ubc.ca
SCI 163
250.807.9569

BSc St. Francis Xavier University
PhD Carlton University

RESEARCH: mass spectrometry ion source development; ambient ionization mechanisms; rapid analysis; extraction and bioprocessing; chemical fingerprinting; laser ablation; ICPMS; lipid profiling; biomarker determination

TEACHING: analytical chemistry; instrumentation analysis; chromatography and mass spectroscopy

KAREN PERRY
Associate Professor, CHEMISTRY

WEBSITE

karen.perry@ubc.ca
SCI 207
250.807.9570

BASc University of British Columbia
PhD University of British Columbia

RESEARCH: mineralization of organic carbon; palaeoceanography; understanding the carbon cycle is needed to generate the global climate models which predict the amount of and rate of global warming in the future atmosphere

TEACHING: environmental and analytical chemistry 

PAUL PHILLIPS
Associate Professor, CHEMISTRY

WEBSITE

paul.phillips@ubc.ca
SCI 209
250.807.9574

PhD University of British Columbia

TEACHING: physical and biophysical chemistry; quantum mechanics; computational chemistry; environmental chemistry 

CEDRIC SAUCIER
Associate Professor, CHEMISTRY ACTING HEAD, UNIT 3

WEBSITE
cedric.saucier@ubc.ca
FIP 348
250.807.8645

MSc University of Grenoble, France
PhD University of Bordeaux, France

RESEARCH: objective measures on wine or food composition in relation to their sensory or health properties

TEACHING: wine; food science chemistry

PAUL SHIPLEY
Assistant Professor, CHEMISTRY

WEBSITE

paul.shipley@ubc.ca
FIP 349
250.807.8749

PhD University of Washington

RESEARCH: organic chemistry; natural products biosynthesis; the biochemistry of secondary metabolism; nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry; rational modification of biosynthetic pathways in bacteria to produce novel compounds with the potential to be pharmacologically relevant

TEACHING: organic chemistry; structural spectrometry; bioorganic chemistry

KEVIN SMITH
Associate Professor, CHEMISTRY

WEBSITE

kevin.m.smith@ubc.ca
FIP 351
250.807.9933

BSc University of Toronto
PhD University of British Columbia

RESEARCH: synthesis and reactivity of paramagnetic organometallic chromium compounds of relevance to catalytic carbon-carbon bond forming reactions; single electron transfer reactions and electronic structure effects in synthetic organometallic chemistry

TEACHING: inorganic synthesis; organometallic chemistry; coordination chemistry; transition metal catalysts

DENNIS TAYLOR
ADJUNCT Professor, CHEMISTRY

WEBSITE

dennis.taylor@adlaide.edu.au

+61 8 8303 7239

PhD University of South Austalia

RESEARCH: Professor Taylor has two primary research laboratories. The major research group is devoted to leading research in the fields of wine chemistry, wine phenolics, wine oxidation and the characterization of aroma compounds within wine. This group is currently situated within the Plant Research Centre, however, will move to new state-of-the-art laboratories within the new Wine Innovation Cluster (WIC) in late 2008. He is also the leader of a smaller research group devoted to synthetic organic chemistry and the invention of chemical reactions for the synthesis on new bioactive natural products.

ALLAN VAISIUS
Associate Professor, CHEMISTRY

al.vaisius@ubc.ca
SCI 215
250.807.8748

PhD University of Toronto

RESEARCH: molecular dynamics of DNA topological curvature; the work will potentially impact the emerging field of epi-genomics, i.e., a study of genetic organization at a higher level than that of nucleotide sequences

TEACHING: biochemistry; the structure and function of biomolecules

KIRSTEN WOLTHERS
Assistant Professor, CHEMISTRY

WEBSITE 

Kirsten.Wolthers@ubc.ca
FIP 342
250.807.8663

PhD Oregon State University

RESEARCH: enzyme guided radical-chemistry: use of fast reaction and spectroscopic methods to probe the interplay between protein dynamics, function and structure; rationale-design of biocatalysts; study of vitamin-derived cofactors by biological systems. 

TEACHING: enzymology; biochemistry 

TERESA WRZESNIEWSKI
Associate Professor, CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

teresa.wrzesniewski@ubc.ca
SCI 210
250.807.9571

MSc Krakow University, Poland
PhD Krakow University, Poland

RESEARCH: computers and advanced technology in education; interactive teaching

TEACHING: general chemistry; introductory physics