Dr. Amy Wotherspoon, Program Lead
Dr. Amy Wotherspoon is a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Silva21 project, led by Alexis Achim (Université Laval) and Nicholas Coops (University of British Columbia). Amy has a PhD in Forest Ecology from the Université de Sherbrooke (Québec) with a background studying the interactions between climate, geological deposit and silvicultural treatments including thinning and mechanical land preparation. She now explores future climate across Canada’s managed forests and their impacts on forest dynamics with implications for adaptive silviculture. Amy also has a passion for teaching and has a micro-certificate in Higher Education Pedagogy from the Université de Sherbrooke, is a Practitioner with the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning at UBC, and teaches in China with the UBC-Asia Transfer Program.
Dr. Dominik Roeser, Lead Program Advisor
Dr. Dominik Roeser is the Associate Dean for Research Forests and Community Engagement and a Professor of Forest Operations in the Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia. With over two decades of experience in forest research and innovation, Dominik is recognized as a leading expert in forest and biomass operations, particularly in the areas of supply chain design and technology transfer. He leads an active research program focused on developing sustainable, forward-thinking solutions for the forest sector. His work is highly collaborative, spanning partnerships across Europe and Canada to foster innovation and knowledge exchange. Dominik also contributes to the advancement of innovative silvicultural systems through his involvement in several working groups across British Columbia.
