People

Carl Hansen
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy

Education/Association:
BASc Engineering Physics, UBC (2000)
PhD Applied Physics, Caltech (2004)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Systems Biology (2005)

Michael Smith Scholar in Biomedical Research (2006)
CIHR New Investigator (2009)

Affiliate/Associate Faculty Memberships:
Institute for Systems Biology
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Michael Smith Labs

Contact:
Phone : 604-827-3229
e-mail : chansen[at]phas.ubc.ca



Current Members

Top  Alumni


Carmen de Hoog
Position: Research Associate
Email: carmen [at] chibi.ubc.ca
Education:
  B.Sc - Molecular Biology (Simon Fraser Univ.)
  PhD - Molecular Genetics (Univ. of Toronto)
  Postdoctoral Fellowship with Matthias Mann (Univ. of Southern Denmark)

Kevin Heyries
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: kevin.heyries [at] gmail.com
Education:
  Masters - Chemistry/Biology, (Univ. of Grenoble, France, 2005)
  PhD - Biochemistry (Univ. of Lyon, France, 2008)
Fellowship support:
  Government of Canada Post Doctoral Research Fellowship (2009)

Marketa Ricicova
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: marketarici [at] gmail.com
Education:
  M.Sc: Molecular biology and genetics (Charles Univ., Czech Republic, 2000)
  PhD: Molecular and cellular biology (Charles Univ., Czech Republic, 2005)
   

Oleh Petriv
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
Education:
  MSc. - Biochemistry (Lviv State Univ., Ukraine, 1998)
  PhD. - Cell Biology, (Univ. of Alberta, 2005)

Anupam Singhal
Position: Ph.D. Student
Department: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Email: asinghal [at] chbe.ubc.ca
Education: B.A.Sc. - Engineering Science, Biomedical Option (Univ. of Toronto)
Fellowship support:
  NSERC Postgraduate Studentship Doctoral
  MSFHR Senior Graduate Studentship

Veronique Lecault
Position: Ph.D. student
Email: vlecault [at] chbe.ubc.ca
Program: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Education:
  B.A.Sc. - Chemical Engineering, (Univ. of Ottawa, 2006)
  B.Sc. - Honours Biochemistry, (Univ. of Ottawa, 2006)
Fellowship support:
  MSFHR Junior Graduate Trainee Award
  NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship D
  L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Mentorship Award
  NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship M
   

Darek Sikorski
Position: Ph.D. student
Program: Biomedical Engineering
Education: B.Sc. - Physics (Univ. of Western Ontario)
Fellowship support:
  NSERC CGS D
  MSFHR JGS

Kaston Leung
Position: Ph.D. student
Email: kastonl [at] ece.ubc.ca
Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Education:
  B.Sc. - Electrical Engineering (Queen's University)
  M.Sc. - Electrical Engineering (Univ. of Alberta)
Fellowship support:
  NSERC Doctoral scholarship

Adam White
Position: Ph.D. student
Email: adamw [at] ece.ubc.ca
Program: Genome Sciences & Technology
Education:
  B.Sc. - Honours Physics, (UBC, 2007)
  M.Sc. - Biomedical Engineering (UBC, 2010)
Fellowship Support: GSAT Scholarship
   

Jens Huft
Position: Ph.D. student
Email: jhuft [at] ece.ubc.ca
Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Education: Dipl.-Ing. Engineering Physics (Univ. of Applied Sciences, Jena, Germany)

Tim Leaver, E.I.T.
Position: Engineering Research Technician
Education: B.A.Sc. - Engineering Physics, specialization in Mechatronics (UBC, 2008)

Adam Quiring, E.I.T.
Position: Engineering Research Technician
Education: B.A.Sc. - Engineering Physics (UBC, 2009)
   

Bertin Wong
Position: Engineering Research Technician
Education: B.A.Sc. - Engineering Physics (UBC)

Mike VanInsberghe
Position: Masters student
Email: vanins [at] interchange.ubc.ca
Program: Genome Sciences & Technology
Education: B.Sc. Honours Biophysics (UBC, 2010)

David Walker
Position: Research Technician
Email: dawalk88 [at] gmail.com
Education: Honours Biophysics (UBC, 2010)
   

Daniel Lewis
Position: Masters student
Email: daniel.jacob.lewis [at] gmail.com
Program: Genome Sciences & Technology
Education: B.A.Sc. - Honours Nanotechnology Engineering, (Univ. Waterloo, 2011)
Fellowship Support: GSAT Scholarship

Mani Hamidi
Position: Masters student
Email: mhamidi [at] interchange.ubc.ca
Program: Genome Science and Technology
Fellowship Support: GSAT Scholarship

Hans Zahn
Position: Masters student
Program: Genome Sciences & Technology
Education: B.Eng. - Engineering Physics, specialization in Mechatronics (Univ. of Applied Sciences, Munich, Germany)
Fellowship Support: GSAT Scholarship