Who we are
The 911³Ô¹Ï's Global Institute for Agritech is a new home for British Columbia's agritech research community. We unite, grow, and catalyze collaborations among the many exceptional agritech research clusters globally.
Executive Team
Dr. Woo Soo Kim
Director
Professor, Mechatronics Systems Engineering,
Faculty of Applied Sciences, 911³Ô¹Ï
Dr. Jim Mattsson
Associate Director
Professor, Biology
Faculty of Science, 911³Ô¹Ï
Dr. Tammara Soma
Associate Director
Associate Professor, Resource & Environmental Management
Faculty of Environment, 911³Ô¹Ï
Dr. Yiting Chen
Managing Director
Global Institute for Agritech
GIA Staff
Ankit Popli
Program Assistant
GIA and BCCAI,
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Active Institute Members
Dr. Bing Lu
Assistant Professor, Geography
Faculty of Environment,
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Dr. Majid Bahrami
Professor and CRC I ,
Mechatronic Systems Engineering
Faculty of Applied Sciences,
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Dr. Ghassan Hamarneh
Professor,
Computer Science
Faculty of Applied Sciences,
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Dr. Margaret Schmidt
Associate Professor, Geography
Faculty of Environment,
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Dr. Jamal Nazari
Professor,
Beedie School of Business,
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Dr. Fernando Aragon Sanchez
Professor, Economics
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences,
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Dr. Zamir Punja
Professor, Biology
Faculty of Science,
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Dr. Mehrdad Moallem
Professor,
Mechatronic Systems Engineering
Faculty of Applied Sciences,
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Dr. Brian Fisher
Professor, SIAT
Faculty of Communication Arts and Technology,
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Dr. Zafar Adeel
Professor of Professional Practice, Sustainable Energy Engineering
Faculty of Applied Science, 911³Ô¹Ï
dr. Jane fowler
Assistant Professor, Environmental Microbiology
Department of Biological Sciences
Advisory Council
Dr. Ji Chul Bae
Research Scientist,
AAFC (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
Mr. Mat Patterson
Director,
BC Ministry of Agriculture
Dr. Annett Rozek
Chief Scientific Officer,
Catalera BioSolutions
Dr. Monique Wordragen
Director,
Greenhouse Horticulture and Flower bulbs, Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands
Dr. Heinz Bernhardt
Professor,
Technical University München, Germany
Dr. Farahnaz (Farah) Nourmohammadian (Nour)
Chief Science Officer,
Lucent BioSciences
Mr. Jonathan Mathias
Director of Operations,
Agrotek
Affiliated Members
Dr. Paul Adams
Director & Professor ,
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Dr. Lauren Erland
Assistant Professor & CRC Tier2,
University of Fraser Valley
Dr. Sarah-Louise Ruder
SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow,
University of Ottawa