UBC Forestry
Professor Suzanne Simard receives Kew International Medal and Lewis Thomas Prize
UBC Forestry wishes to congratulate Dr. Suzanne Simard for winning the Kew International Medal! Dr. Simard has received the award in recognition of her work exploring and sharing the complexity and wonder of trees and forests.
Almas, Andrew
Forest Resources Management
Alila, Younes
Forest Resources Management
Aitken, Sally
Forest and Conservation Sciences
Congratulations to the 2022/23 recipients of the Binkley Family Graduate Scholarship
UBC Forestry congratulates the 2022/23 recipients of the Binkley Family Graduate Scholarship. The scholarship is granted annually to one outstanding student in each UBC Forestry Professional Master’s program.
Ahmed, Suborna
Forest Resources Management
UBC Forestry’s HEAL Network Receives Grant Renewal to Continue Innovative Research
UBC’s Faculty of Forestry is thrilled to announce that the Climate Change Health Effects, Adaptation and ResiLience (HEAL) network has had its grant renewed for another year. Co-led by Dr. Lorien Nesbitt, Department of Forest Resources Management and Dr. Chris Carlsten, Division of Respiratory Medicine/Department of Medicine, the interdisciplinary group is one of 40 UBC research excellence clusters that received funding under the university’s Research Excellence Clusters Initiative.
In the Spotlight: Jaya Joshi
Jaya Joshi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Wood Science at UBC. Her research focuses on improving the yield and nutritional values of crops, guided by the aim of successful implementation of carbon farming by 2050.
Ingrid Jarvis Receives the Best Doctoral Dissertation and Marina Melanidis Receives the Best Master’s Thesis Awards in Forestry for 2022
The Faculty of Forestry would like to congratulate Dr. Ingrid Jarvis for winning the Best Dissertation Award and Ms. Marina Melanidis for winning the Best Master’s Thesis Award.