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