Alumni Profiles

  1. Headshot of Dunia Tozy

    Dunia Tozy talks passion for storytelling, videography

    Leo award-nominated TV host, video journalist, filmmaker and photographer Dunia Tozy is a born story-teller. Raised in Baghdad, Iraq, she studied biology at UBC and broadcast journalism at BCIT.How did your UBC Science experience help you become the person you are?Science teaches you to keep asking… read more

  2. Headshot of Elaine Leung

    Elaine Leung on conservation outreach: You only protect what you love

    Elaine Leung (BSc ‘04) explains how a weak swimmer who gets seasick can develop a wicked love of marine biology. She’s the founder of Sea Smart, a Vancouver-based charity that delivers ocean conservation education programs to thousands of kids across Canada and beyond.How did you become interested… read more

  3. Howard Soon holding a glass of Sauvignon Blanc.

    Leaving your footsteps in the vineyard

    Vintner Howard Soon (BSc ‘74) was named to the Order of Canada in 2019 for his contributions to the wine industry. He believes that when science, art and culture come together, as they do in wine making, the real magic happens.How did you become interested in wine making?During university I worked… read more

  4. Iola holds a picture of herself and a friend skiing in 1946

    Forging ahead: Iola Musfeldt was a biology pioneer during World War II

    Pioneering wildlife biologist Iola Musfeldt (BA’45, MA’47) completed the first study on muskrats and their parasites in BC. Later on she worked to track down the source of a human trichinosis case. To do this she offered a 25-cent bounty on rat tails. She talks about the very real challenges of… read more

  5. Headshot of Jason Kalirai

    Rocket man: UBC alumnus explains his passion for astrophysics

    As head of civil space programs at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, astrophysicist Jason Kalirai (BSc '00, MSc '01, PhD '04) oversees a multitude of NASA space exploration missions. That includes DART, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, a planetary defense mission to… read more

  6. Headshot of Madeleine Guenette

    Want to get a foot in the door in STEM outreach? Wear many hats

    As executive director of the Science Fair Foundation of British Columbia, Madeleine Guenette (BSc 2014) oversees an organization that delivers programming to 40,000 youth each year.What does the Science Fair Foundation do?The Science Fair Foundation of BC is the largest volunteer science and… read more

  7. Jeffrey Lott smiles for the camera in Cologne, Germany.

    Retired RCMP officer has bone (marrow) to pick

    Jeffrey Lott (BSc ‘73) joined the RCMP right after graduating from UBC Science, and spent almost 40 years in the force. The former Nanaimo RCMP Superintendent is now retired, but his sense of duty and service still pulls him into critical missions that can take him around the world. Lott is a stem… read more

  8. Left: Jacquie Armstrong at the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts (Photo Michael Burns). Right: Armstrong has been working for Disney for nine years. (Photo: J. Armstrong).

    From curling to coding

    Jacquie Armstrong (BSc 1999) is Director of technology and guest experience for The Walt Disney Company’s Kelowna Studio. She discusses what athletics taught her about business, and shares advice for women who want to own the house in computer science.So you are a retired competitive curler.My… read more

  9. Headshot of Priscilla Brastianos

    UBC alumna is turning the tables on cancer

    After losing her mother and grandmother to cancer, Priscilla Brastianos (BSc ’02) is using the latest genomics-driven techniques to better understand the molecular underpinnings of the disease. She leads the Central Nervous System Metastasis Program at Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center… read more

  10. Headshot of Armin Mortazavi

    Juggling art, design and science

    Cartoonist Armin Mortazavi lives at the intersection of storytelling and education. His bachelor’s degree in Microbiology and Immunology from UBC (BSc ‘14) and master’s from the Centre for Digital Media enable him to combine his love for science and the arts.Were you always interested in cartooning… read more

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