On behalf of UBC Forestry, congratulations to Sylvie Yang, Hollis Kinard, Brianne Boufford and Kimiya Rahmani Mokarrai on being the 2025 3MT winners!
Sylvie Yang — First Place
Presentation: Invisible livelihoods: the women of Guyana’s artisanal fisheries (Janette Bulkan, supervisor)
Hollis Kinard — Second Place
Presentation: Using sensor fish to examine fish friendliness of flood pumps (Scott Hinch, supervisor)
Brianne Boufford — Third Place
Presentation: Rainfall and resiliency: modelling hydrological recovery in disturbed forests (Nicholas Coops, supervisor)
Kimiya Rahmani Mokarrari — Fourth Place
Presentation: Optimizing the slash supply chain for bioproduct production (Taraneh Sowlati, supervisor)
13th Annual Forestry Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition
Seventeen graduate students took part in the 13th Annual Forestry Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Heat. Nicholas Coops was the emcee, Julie Cool, Tom Booker and Juliet Lu were the 3MT judges. Thank you to all participants for presenting their research and congratulations to our 2025 Forestry 3MT Competition winners who advanced to the UBC Semi-Finals.
Watch the presentations here.