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October 21, 2026Dr. Savvas Hatzikiriakos Receives 2027 CSChE R. S. Jane Memorial Award
Congratulations to Dr. Savvas Hatzikiriakos on receiving the 2027 R. S. Jane Memorial Award, the premier honour of the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering
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October 21, 2026Dr. Anubhav Pratap-Singh Wins 2026 Foodtech Frontier Award and Advances Campus Living Lab Innovation
Congratulations to Dr. Anubhav Pratap-Singh and the team at Sustainable Bioproduct Innovations on being named among the winners of the 2026 Foodtech Frontier Aw
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October 21, 2026Dr. Vikram Yadav Receives 2026 AIChe Langer Prize
Congratulations to Dr. Vikramaditya Yadav on receiving the 2026 AIChE Langer Prize for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Excellence! The award recognizes innovativ
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October 15, 2026BPI Researchers Engineer Bacteria to Turn Plant Waste into Sustainable Chemical Building Blocks
Anne Lalande and collaborators have engineered bacteria to convert plant-derived compounds into muconic acid, a valuable building block for plastics, textiles a
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October 1, 2026Dr. Naoko Ellis Named 2026 Marshall Bauder Chair in Innovation in Interdisciplinary Education
Congratulations to Dr. Naoko Ellis on being named a 2026 recipient of the Marshall Bauder Chair in Innovation in Interdisciplinary Education!
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September 25, 2026BPI Annual Report FY 2025-2026 Released
BPI has released its Annual Report for FY2025–26, covering April 2025 to March 2026. The report offers a closer look at a year of research advances, biobased in
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September 24, 2026Dr. Shiva Zargar Named Canadian Forest Industries’ 2026 Top 20 Under 40
BPI alumna Dr. Shiva Zargar is named one of Canadian Forest Industries’ 2026 Top 20 Under 40, recognizing emerging leaders in the forest products sector.
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September 22, 2026BPI Researchers Received 2026 Peter Wall Legacy Team Faculty Award
Congratulations to Dr. Bhushan Gopaluni and Dr. Yankai Cao on receiving a 2026 Peter Wall Legacy Team Faculty Award!
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September 21, 2026Feng Jiang Named to 2026 Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars
Congratulations to Dr. Feng Jiang on being named a 2026 Member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. A leading resea
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September 21, 2026BPI Researchers Behind UBC Spin-Offs
As UBC celebrates more than 300 spin-off companies, BPI researchers Harry Brumer, Johan Foster, Hongbin Li and Vikram Yadav are behind several of its newest ven
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September 2, 2026We're Hiring a Technical Analyst for Sustainable Biobased Materials
We're hiring a Technical Analyst to support the advancement of sustainable technologies from research toward real-world applications. Apply by September 14, 202
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September 1, 2026PacifiCan Highlights BPI's Bioproduct Innovation
PacifiCan highlights BPI’s work transforming forest residues into sustainable materials while helping B.C. innovations move from lab to market and strengthening