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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Professor
Canada Research Chair (Tier I, Interdisciplinary Ocean and Fisheries Economics)
Fisheries economics, marine biodiversity, ocean conservation, biological diversity
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
Professor
sustainable agriculture, food systems, climate change, global environmental change, global data, global models,
Daniel Pauly, PhD
University Killam Professor
Global fisheries, marine biology, fisheries management
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
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
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
Professor, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Director, Global Ocean Modeling
Ecosystem modeling, global ocean, IPBES, Ecopath, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases
