Dear LFS graduate students,

The Applied Biology Program will be interviewing the 3^rd candidate for the Assistant Professor in Plant Science position (see Ad) in July. We would like to invite all graduate students to lunch with the candidate, Dr. Mark Paul Selda Rivarez, on Thursday, July 11, 12:00pm to 1:00pm, McM 350.

Please RSVP to Harini Aiyer (harini.aiyer@ubc.ca) and include any dietary restrictions by 12pm on Monday, June 8.

We’d also welcome your feedback following the lunch, using the Feedback Form: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_aftjzl5JwfQw2TI

You are also invited to attend his research and teaching seminars, as below.

Dr. Mark Paul Selda Rivarez (July 10-11)

Mark Paul Rivarez obtained his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) in Laguna, Philippines. He started his research abroad with a pre-doctoral research at the Institute of Integrative Systems Biology, CSIC, University of Valencia in Spain. He then joined the Department of Biotechnology and Systems Biology of the National Institute of Biology in Slovenia as a Marie Skƚodowska-Curie fellow for his doctoral studies. After finishing his doctorate in 2022, Dr. Rivarez became a Balik Scientist Fellow under the Department of Science and Technology in the Philippines and took up a postdoctoral researcher position at North Carolina State University in the USA in 2023. As a Balik Scientist, he is currently doing virology, metagenomics, and bioinformatics research with his colleagues at Caraga State University and at the Philippine Genome Center.

Research Seminar: Into the wild and digital: Virus hunting beyond the traditional
July 10, 10:00am, MacMillan 158
Registration Link: https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5ctduugqjouHNdSaj3I1efF1U5h-gt2ow0y

Teaching Seminar: Even TINY things can cause BIG problems: Pathobiology of Plant Viruses
July 11, 11:00am, MacMillan 158
Registration Link: https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Ekc-mgpj8tHtRoO62gTlXhwkJ2_npTHIyy
 

Thank you and best regards,

Melanie

 

 

Melanie Train

Human Resources Manager (Faculty) | Faculty of Land and Food Systems

The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus

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