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Dr. Isla Myers-Smith

Dr. Isla Myers-Smith

Professor

Arctic, climate change, tundra, boreal forest, alpine, treeline, Canadian North, plants, shrubs, ecology, biodiversity, phenology, Arctic greening, permafrost, ecological data science, remote sensing, drones, satellites

Simon Donner

Simon Donner

Professor

Climate change, climate change policy, ocean conservation, marine science, coral reefs, water pollution, nutrient pollution, climate change adaptation, Pacific Islands, sustainable development, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases

William Cheung

William Cheung

Professor

Canada Research Chair (Tier II, Ocean Sustainability and Global Change)

Director, Changing Ocean Research Unit

Director of Science of Nippon Foundation-Nereus Program

Global change, climate change, oceans, fisheries, biodiversity, marine and coastal, ecosystems, conservation, adaptation, impact assessment, fisheries management, biological diversity, sustainable development, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases

Dr. Juan José Alava, PhD

Dr. Juan José Alava, PhD

Research Associate & Principal Investigator

marine eco-toxicology, ocean conservation and pollution, environmental toxicology and chemistry, food web bioaccumulation modeling of pollutants (Bioaccumulation Science), ocean pollution by plastics/microplastics, sea turtles and marine mammals’ eco-toxicology, marine ecology, conservation biology, tropical biodiversity, and ecology, fishery science and management, climate change science, the impact of climate change and acidification in marine organisms and fisheries, climate change adaptation strategies in fisheries, population dynamics and conservation of marine mammals, biology and conservation of marine mammals, seabirds and sea turtles, field ornithology, aquatic microbiology, eco-toxicological risk assessment, environmental impact assessments and environmental policy, public health, tropical parasitology, and environmental/conservation medicine,

Dr. Stephen R.J. Sheppard, PhD

Dr. Stephen R.J. Sheppard, PhD

Professor Emeritus and former Director of Bachelor of Urban Forestry Program

Future climate change scenarios, community engagement, landscape architecture, urban forestry, greenway planning, sustainable communities, social aspects of forestry, visual quality / visual impacts of clear-cutting, climate change videogames, computer mapping and animation, local climate change impacts, adaptation and mitigation, GIS, visualization, behaviour change, social mobilization on climate change, citizen science, renewable energy, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases,

Naoko Ellis, PhD

Naoko Ellis, PhD

Professor

Chemical reaction engineering, multiphase reactors, CO2 capture, bioenergy, sustainability education and leadership, science outreach, sustainable development, systems approach, energy transition, transdisciplinarity, collaborative learning

Vicky Wing Yee Lam, PhD

Vicky Wing Yee Lam, PhD

Program Manager / Research Associate

Nippon Foundation – UBC Nereus Program

Fisheries economics, climate change, adaptation, fisheries management, global change, vulnerability assessment, spatial analysis, sustainable development, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases

Dr. Sean Fleming

Dr. Sean Fleming

Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences

Applied R&D Technical Lead, National Water and Climate Center, US Department of Agriculture

Water resources, hydrology, flooding, water supply, water quality, rivers, groundwater, forecasting, prediction, computational modeling, artificial intelligence, machine learning, statistics, climate variability, climate change, contaminated sites, environmental remediation, mountain glaciers, geophysics, practical applications, environmental monitoring, environmental management, water resource management, environmental policy, public engagement, science and society,

Kathryn Harrison, PhD

Professor

Canadian politics, environmental politics, environmental policy, climate change, global warming, climate change policy, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, Canadian government, Federal-provincial relations, carbon pricing

U. Rashid Sumaila, FRSC

U. Rashid Sumaila, FRSC

Professor

Canada Research Chair (Tier I, Interdisciplinary Ocean and Fisheries Economics)

Fisheries economics, marine biodiversity, ocean conservation, biological diversity

Dr. Tara Martin, PhD

Dr. Tara Martin, PhD

Professor

Decision science, biodiversity, climate change, climate models, conservation, ecological monitoring, ecology, land-use change, landscape ecology, landscape planning, modelling, structured decision-making, climate adaptation, endangered species

Navin Ramankutty

Navin Ramankutty

Professor

sustainable agriculture, food systems, climate change, global environmental change, global data, global models,

Daniel Pauly, PhD

Daniel Pauly, PhD

University Killam Professor

Global fisheries, marine biology, fisheries management

Ms. Elise Legarth, MSc

Ms. Elise Legarth, MSc

PhD Student, Weather Forecast Research Team

Hydrometerology, hydrology, water resources, probable maximum precipitation, probable maximum flood, flooding, flood risk management, forecasting, extreme rainfall events, weather, climate change, numerical weather prediction, computational modeling, environmental management, horticultural and agricultural systems water supply and water quality, land-use change

Sara Harris, PhD

Sara Harris, PhD

Professor of Teaching

Science Education, Climate Change Education,

Dr. Tim McDaniels, PhD

Dr. Tim McDaniels, PhD

Professor Emeritus

Risk management and decision making processes for environmental, technological and health hazards. Analysis of infrastructure systems in extreme events. Environmental values and valuation. Decision analysis. Risk Analysis. Forestry, fisheries and environmental resource management given climate change. Climate change and infrastructure,

Kai Chan, PhD

Kai Chan, PhD

Professor

Canada Research Chair, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services

Ecosystem services, ecosystem-based management, biodiversity conservation, sustainability science, social-ecological systems, environmental assessment, environmental policy, biological diversity, sustainable development, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases

Philip Austin, PhD

Associate Professor

Global climate, climate change, greenhouse effect, global warming, clouds, lightning, storms, greenhouse gases

Villy Christensen, PhD

Villy Christensen, PhD

Professor, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries

Director, Global Ocean Modeling

Ecosystem modeling, global ocean, IPBES, Ecopath, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases

Dr. William Rees, PhD, FRSC

Dr. William Rees, PhD, FRSC

Professor Emeritus

ecological economics, ecology, human ecology, human population dynamics, human environmental behaviour, ecological footprint analysis, climate change, cognitive barriers to sustainability, urban prospects, energy futures, renewable energy, societal collapse,