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About our authors John Pinel obtained his Ph.D. from McGill University in Montreal and worked briefly at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before taking a faculty position at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, where he is currently Professor Emeritus. Professor Pinel is an award-winning teacher and the author of more than 200 scientific papers. However, he feels that Biopsychologyis his major career-related accomplishment: It ties together everything I love about my job: students, teaching, writing and research. Born in Montreal, Canada, Steven J. Barnes moved to the west coast of Canada in the mid-1990s to study at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and ultimately completed his doctorate there. He then worked as a postdoctoral fellow, first in the Department of Epileptology at the University of Bonn and then in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at Simon Fraser University, after which, he took his current position at UBC, where he is a Professor of Teaching (Psychology) and has the pleasure of teaching hundreds of students each year. He is grateful to currently to live, work and play on the unceded and ancestral lands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations (East Vancouver). Steven is well-known for his work related to online learning technologies, neuroscience education, student mental health and well-being, and bipolar disorder (BD). Steven is deputy lead of the Collaborative RESearch Team to study psychosocial issues in BD, a BD research and knowledge exchange network, which received the 2018 CIHR Gold Leaf Prize for Patient Engagement, Canadas most prestigious recognition for patient engagement in research across all health disciplines. Steven was also the inaugural Director of the UBC Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience, and the recipient of multiple awards for his teaching, including the UBC Killam Teaching Prize, and the 3M National Teaching Fellowship. He is also an accomplished author, having published in the fields of epileptology, neurophysiology, student mental health, digital mental health, bipolar disorder, and behavioral neuroscience. When he isnt teaching, writing, or doing research, he produces mixed-media paintings and interactive electronic artworks, some of which have been exhibited at prominent international venues. He sees this book, Biopsychology, as a complement to everything he loves: teaching, writing, visual and interactive art, and research. Steven is currently building an online introductory neuroscience course meant to be taken by anyone. |
