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Food and Agriculture Institute

Meet the Team

Institute Team

Lenore Newman, PhD

Director, Food and Agriculture Institute
Research Chair, Food and Agriculture Innovation
Professor, Planning, Geography, and Environmental Studies

Abbotsford campus, B351

email Lenore

Stefania Pizzirani, PhD

Associate Director, Food and Agriculture Institute
Assistant Professor

Planning, Geography, and Environmental Studies

email Stefania

Teresa Carlson

Research Associate
Curator, Office of the Associate Vice President

Research and Graduate Studies

email Teresa

Alesandros Glaros, PhD

Research Associate, Vertical Agriculture Lead

email Alesandros

Angela McIntyre, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher

email Angela

Jessica Mukiri, M.ENV.SC.

Researcher

email Jessica

Katherine Newman, MA

Researcher

email Katherine

Sarah-Louise Ruder, PhD

Researcher

email Sarah-Louise

Charmaine White

Coordinator

email Charmaine

Faculty Associates

Chris Bodnar, PhD

Assistant Professor

Agriculture

email Chris

Ismail El Sayad, PhD

Associate Professor, Research Chair

School of Computing

email Ismail

Cherie Enns, PhD

Associate Professor Program Chair: Planning

Planning, Geography, and Environmental Studies

email Cherie

Lauren Erland, PhD

Tier 2 Canada Research Chair, Berry Horticulture
Director, Berry Environmental Resilience Research & Innovation (BERRI) Centre
Assistant Professor

Agriculture

email Lauren

Mariano Mapili, PhD

Associate Professor

Planning, Geography, and Environmental Studies

email Mariano

Renee Prasad, PhD

Department Head & Associate Professor

Agriculture

Chilliwack campus at CEP, V119

Phone: 604-504-7441

email Renee

Saeed Rahman, PhD

Assistant Professor of Strategy and Sustainability

School of Business

email Saeed

Afia Raja, PhD

Department Head
Associate Professor Program Chair: Geography

Planning, Geography, and Environmental Studies

email Afia

Kongwen (Frank) Zhang, PhD

Assistant Professor

School of Computing

email Kongwen (Frank)

Research Associates

Chelsea Himsworth, DVM, MVetSc, Dipl ACVP PhD

Deputy Chief Veterinarian for the Province of British Columbia
British Columbia Regional Director for the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative
Associate Clinical Professor in the School of Population and Public Health, UBC

email Chelsea

Michael Lee, MSc PhD

Senior Scientist with Environmental Health Services, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control
Adjunct Professor, University of the Fraser Valley

Planning, Geography, and Environmental Studies

email Michael

Robert Newell, PhD

Canada Research Chair in Climate Change, Biodiversity & Sustainability
Assistant Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability, Royal Roads University

email Robert