We are pleased to announce the UBC Forestry faculty members who have been awarded new NSERC and SSHRC grants this year. The NSERC Discovery Grant supports foundational research in the natural sciences and engineering, while the SSHRC Insight Grant honors excellence in the social sciences and humanities. Congratulations to the following recipients on their success in these highly competitive programs:
NSERC Discovery Grants
Cole Burton (Forest Resources Management)
Caribou conservation and mammal community dynamics under top-down and bottom-up influences
Tzeng Yih Lam (Forest Resources Management)
Particle Filtering in Forest Growth: Closing the Gap between Modelling and Sampling
Eliot McIntire (Forest Resources Management)
Advancing predictive ecology within a changing world: improving inference, forecasts, and policy influence
Monika Fischer (Forest & Conservation Sciences/Botany)
Elucidating the mechanisms of fire-response in fungi
Emily Cranston (Wood Science)
Functional-by-design nanocellulose for sustainable bioproducts
Kwang Ho Kim (Wood Science)
Advancing Universal and Greener Biomass Fractionation Technologies for a Circular Bioeconomy
Minghao Li (Wood Science)
Developing next generation seismic resilient mass timber structures
Scott Renneckar (Wood Science)
Recipient of NSERC Discovery Grant & Research Tools and Instruments Grant
Biobased Polymer Engineering: Better Bonds via Deconstruction and Derivatization
Taraneh Sowlati (Wood Science)
Optimization of forest-based biomass supply chains: considering sustainability, uncertainties and government policies
SSHRC Insight Grant
Hamish van der Ven (Wood Science)
The Indirect Impacts of Internet Use on the Climate Crisis
Insight Development Grant
Tahia Devisscher (Forest Resources Management)
Enabling equitable nature-based solutions for social-ecological resilience to climate change