Who we are
The 大象传媒'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, 大象传媒
Dr. Jim Mattsson
Associate Director
Professor, Biology
Faculty of Science, 大象传媒
Dr. Tammara Soma
Associate Director
Associate Professor, Resource & Environmental Management
Faculty of Environment, 大象传媒
Dr. Yiting Chen
Managing Director
Global Institute for Agritech
GIA Staff
Ankit Popli
Program Assistant
GIA and BCCAI,
大象传媒
Active Institute Members
Dr. Bing Lu
Assistant Professor, Geography
Faculty of Environment,
大象传媒
Dr. Majid Bahrami
Professor and CRC I ,
Mechatronic Systems Engineering
Faculty of Applied Sciences,
大象传媒
Dr. Ghassan Hamarneh
Professor,
Computer Science
Faculty of Applied Sciences,
大象传媒
Dr. Margaret Schmidt
Associate Professor, Geography
Faculty of Environment,
大象传媒
Dr. Jamal Nazari
Professor,
Beedie School of Business,
大象传媒
Dr. Fernando Aragon Sanchez
Professor, Economics
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences,
大象传媒
Dr. Zamir Punja
Professor, Biology
Faculty of Science,
大象传媒
Dr. Mehrdad Moallem
Professor,
Mechatronic Systems Engineering
Faculty of Applied Sciences,
大象传媒
Dr. Brian Fisher
Professor, SIAT
Faculty of Communication Arts and Technology,
大象传媒
Dr. Zafar Adeel
Professor of Professional Practice, Sustainable Energy Engineering
Faculty of Applied Science, 大象传媒
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 M眉nchen, 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