{"id":12114,"date":"2023-08-25T14:50:26","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T21:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/?p=12114"},"modified":"2023-08-25T14:50:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T21:50:26","slug":"welcome-to-our-new-full-time-faculty-of-science-hires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2023\/08\/25\/welcome-to-our-new-full-time-faculty-of-science-hires\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to our new full-time Faculty of Science hires!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Faculty of Science would like to welcome our new full time hires! Although some of their faces are familiar, they bring with them many years of expertise!<\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Department of Biology<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12115\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Barrett.Jennifer-257x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Barrett.Jennifer-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Barrett.Jennifer-878x1024.jpg 878w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Barrett.Jennifer-768x895.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Barrett.Jennifer.jpg 904w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><strong>Jennifer Barrett<\/strong><br \/>\nLab Instructor<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer has been a long term Sessional and LTA in the Department of Biology and brings with her years of expertise.<\/p>\n<p>Her research background is in wildlife ecology and includes studies of habitat selection, migration and movement patterns, population dynamics and distributions, and species interactions, using large ecological datasets and telemetry data.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer will be teaching various sections of <a href=\"https:\/\/bn9-sso-prod.ufv.ca\/prdssb8\/bwysched.p_display_course?wsea_code=CRED&amp;term_code=202309&amp;session_id=939412&amp;crn=90070\">BIO 111 Introductory Biology I<\/a> labs this fall<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12124\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Yvonne-Dzal-2020-wp-e1692999177727-300x296.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Yvonne-Dzal-2020-wp-e1692999177727-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Yvonne-Dzal-2020-wp-e1692999177727-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Yvonne-Dzal-2020-wp-e1692999177727-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Yvonne-Dzal-2020-wp-e1692999177727.jpg 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/>Dr. Yvonne Dzal<\/strong><br \/>\nAssistant Professor<\/p>\n<p>Yvonne is an ecologist with interests in conservation and sustainability. Most of her research is in the field. She also has expertise in bats and white-nose fungal disease.<\/p>\n<p>Yvonne will be teaching <a href=\"https:\/\/bn9-sso-prod.ufv.ca\/prdssb8\/bwysched.p_display_course?wsea_code=CRED&amp;term_code=202309&amp;session_id=939412&amp;crn=90081\">BIO 111 Introductory Biology I<\/a> this fall in addition to <a href=\"https:\/\/bn9-sso-prod.ufv.ca\/prdssb8\/bwysched.p_display_course?wsea_code=CRED&amp;term_code=202309&amp;session_id=939412&amp;crn=91597\">BIO 305 Anatomy of Vertebrates<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12117\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Tabatabaee.Mitra_-e1692730629503-245x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Tabatabaee.Mitra_-e1692730629503-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Tabatabaee.Mitra_-e1692730629503.jpg 684w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/>Dr. Mitra Tabatabaee<\/strong><br \/>\nAssistant Professor<\/p>\n<p>Mitra joins the Department of Biology as Assistant Professor.<\/p>\n<p>Her research focuses on Environmental Microbiology and Neurobiology which explores the interconnection between the microscopic world of microbes and the complexity of neural networks within the brain.<\/p>\n<p>Mitra will be teaching <a href=\"https:\/\/bn9-sso-prod.ufv.ca\/prdssb8\/bwysched.p_display_course?wsea_code=CRED&amp;term_code=202309&amp;session_id=939412&amp;crn=90113\">BIO 309 Microbiology I<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bn9-sso-prod.ufv.ca\/prdssb8\/bwysched.p_display_course?wsea_code=CRED&amp;term_code=202309&amp;session_id=939412&amp;crn=90123\">BIO 407 Applied Biotechnology<\/a> this fall.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12118\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Tourlakis.Marina-256x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Tourlakis.Marina-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Tourlakis.Marina-872x1024.jpg 872w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Tourlakis.Marina-768x902.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Tourlakis.Marina-1308x1536.jpg 1308w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Tourlakis.Marina-1744x2048.jpg 1744w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Tourlakis.Marina.jpg 1924w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><strong>Dr. Marina Tourlakis<\/strong><br \/>\nAssistant Professor<\/p>\n<p>Marina joins the Department of Biology as Assistant Professor.<\/p>\n<p>Her research focuses on how ribosome malfunction causes disease, especially inherited paediatric syndromes called ribosomopathies, and cancer. She also conducts research on teaching &amp; learning molecular genetics and genomics<\/p>\n<p>Marina will be teaching <a href=\"https:\/\/bn9-sso-prod.ufv.ca\/prdssb8\/bwysched.p_display_course?wsea_code=CRED&amp;term_code=202309&amp;session_id=939412&amp;crn=90086\">BIO 111 Introductory Biology I<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bn9-sso-prod.ufv.ca\/prdssb8\/bwysched.p_display_course?wsea_code=CRED&amp;term_code=202309&amp;session_id=939412&amp;crn=90107\">BIO 220 Genetics<\/a> this fall.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12119\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Varankovich.Natallia-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Varankovich.Natallia-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Varankovich.Natallia-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Varankovich.Natallia-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Varankovich.Natallia-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Varankovich.Natallia-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Varankovich.Natallia.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><strong>Dr. Natallia Varankovich<\/strong><br \/>\nLab Instructor<\/p>\n<p>Natallia&#8217;s research background is in microbiology, specifically on studying the effects of probiotic bacteria on gastrointestinal system. Her research interests are currently focused on isolation and characterization of bacteriophages.<\/p>\n<p>Natallia will be teaching various sections of <a href=\"https:\/\/bn9-sso-prod.ufv.ca\/prdssb8\/bwysched.p_display_course?wsea_code=CRED&amp;term_code=202309&amp;session_id=939412&amp;crn=90071\">BIO 111 Introductory Biology I <\/a>labs this fall<\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Mathematics &amp; Statistics<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12121\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Butaev-2023-full-size-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Butaev-2023-full-size-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Butaev-2023-full-size-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Butaev-2023-full-size-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Butaev-2023-full-size-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Butaev-2023-full-size-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/>Dr. Almaz Butaev<\/strong><br \/>\nAssistant Professor<\/p>\n<p>Almaz joins the Department of Mathematics and Statistics as Assistant Professor. He graduated with his PhD in Mathematics from Concordia University in Montreal.<\/p>\n<p>His teaching philosophy: To be a good mathematician, it is enough to know one way to solve a problem. To be a good educator, one needs to know all ways to do it, and be able to select a method that would suit the student\u2019s knowledge and background best.<\/p>\n<p>Almaz will be teaching various sections of <a href=\"https:\/\/bn9-sso-prod.ufv.ca\/prdssb8\/bwysched.p_display_course?wsea_code=CRED&amp;term_code=202309&amp;session_id=939412&amp;crn=90984\">MATH 111 Calculus I<\/a> this fall.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12122\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Serhii-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Serhii-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Serhii-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Serhii-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Serhii-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Serhii-1582x2048.jpg 1582w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2023\/08\/Serhii-scaled.jpg 1978w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/>Dr.\u00a0Serhii\u00a0Myroshnychenko<\/strong><br \/>\nAssistant Professor<\/p>\n<p>Serhii joins the Department of Mathematics and Statistics as Assistant Professor. He graduated with his PhD in Pure Math from Kent State University, USA in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>His research interests lie mainly in Convex and Discrete Geometry, Geometric Functional Analysis with related topics of Probability Theory, Harmonic Analysis, and Information Theory.<\/p>\n<p>Serhii will be teaching <a href=\"https:\/\/bn9-sso-prod.ufv.ca\/prdssb8\/bwysched.p_display_course?wsea_code=CRED&amp;term_code=202309&amp;session_id=939412&amp;crn=91005\">MATH 345 Modern Geometries<\/a> this fall.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ufv.ca\/science\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4797 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/UFV-science-logo-300x137.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/UFV-science-logo-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/UFV-science-logo-150x68.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/UFV-science-logo-200x91.png 200w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/UFV-science-logo.png 731w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Faculty of Science would like to welcome our new full time hires! Although some of their faces are familiar, they bring with them many years of expertise! Department of Biology Jennifer Barrett Lab Instructor Jennifer has been a long term Sessional and LTA in the Department of Biology and brings with her years of &#8230; <a title=\"Welcome to our new full-time Faculty of Science hires!\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2023\/08\/25\/welcome-to-our-new-full-time-faculty-of-science-hires\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":150,"featured_media":11355,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,5],"tags":[443],"class_list":["post-12114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biology","category-deans-office","category-mathstats","tag-welcome"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/150"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12114"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12129,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12114\/revisions\/12129"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}