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
Dr. Sarah Dickson-Hoyle
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Wildfire; fire ecology; ecosystem restoration; disaster recovery; Indigenous fire management
Dr. Yeling Zhu
Postdoctoral Fellow
sustainable material, wood fiber, biomass valorization, biomaterials, insulation material, environmentally friendly technology
Prof. Peter Arcese, MSc, PhD
Professor
FRBC Chair in Applied Conservation Biology
Conservation biology, spatial planning, birds, mammals, plants, small populations, cultural uses, evolution, ecology, wildlife ecology, invasive species, overabundant species, inbreeding, rapid evolution, climate change, habitat change,
Sally Aitken
Professor
Forest genetics, climate change, conservation, ecology, genomics, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases
Dr. Lori Daniels
Professor
Forest plants and trees, forest history, forest management, environmental protection and natural resource use, wildfire (wild fire), wildfires, sustainable development, forest fires
Dr. Scott G. Hinch
Professor
Director, Natural Resources Conservation Program
Salmon migrations, salmon ecology, salmon fisheries, fish conservation, land use impacts (e.g. forestry) on fish and habitat
Frank Lam
Professor
Senior Chair Professor Wood Building Design and Construction
Timber engineering, structural use of wood products
Peter L. Marshall, PhD
Professor
Director of Asian Strategies
Forest inventory, sampling design, forestry education, forestry profession
Nicholas Coops, PhD
Professor
Canada Research Chair in Remote Sensing (I)
Optical remote sensing, LIDAR, computer visualization, biodiversity, climate change, forest mapping, biological diversity, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases
Dr. John Richardson, PhD
Professor
water, endangered species, species at risk, freshwater, conservation, wildlife, ecology, populations, ecosystems, invertebrates,
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,
Shawn Mansfield
Associate Professor
Plant metabolism, cellulose biosynthesis, lignin biosynthesis, wood formation, wood quality, cell wall biochemistry, tree biotechnology, transgenics
Rob Kozak
Professor and Dean
Forest products marketing and management, value-added wood products, forest dependent communities, forests and poverty alleviation, sustainable development,
John Innes
Professor
Forestry, forest management, forest certification, aboriginal forestry, biodiversity, climate change, communities and livelihoods, conservation, ecosystems, forest management, forest policy, social impact, sustainability, drought, forest fires, wildfires, heat waves, people’s responses to heat waves, impact of heat waves on forests, adaptation of forests to climate change, responses of resorts (such as Whistler) to climate change, biological diversity, sustainable development, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases
Gordon Weetman
Professor Emeritus
BC forestry, forest management, silviculture
Robert Guy
Professor; Editor-in-Chief for the Americas, TREES Structure and Function
Plant biology, plant physiology, tree physiology, trees, stable isotopes
Harry Nelson, PhD
Associate Professor
Forest economics, forest policy
Suzanne W. Simard
Professor
Forestry, silviculture, soils, mycorrhizae, forest ecology
Michael Meitner
Associate Professor
Forest aesthetics and scenic beauty, outdoor recreation, environmental visualization, geographic information systems, visual perception, agent-based modeling, sustainable development