In the Spotlight

UBC Forestry’s In the Spotlight series introduces you to the stories and people that drive our Faculty forward. As we share their breadth of knowledge and lived experiences, we hope to inspire all to reflect and learn about how our Forestry community can work together to build a brighter future.


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In The Spotlight: Dana-Lyn Mackenzie

Oct 30, 2024
Dana-Lyn Mackenzie joins the Faculty of Forestry as Senior Manager for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Indigeneity.

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In The Spotlight: Tara Atleo, haḥuuła

Jul 25, 2024
Tara Atleo, haḥuuła, joins UBC Forestry as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Forest Resources Management.

In The Spotlight: Monika Fischer

Jul 15, 2024
Monika Fischer joins UBC Forestry as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences and UBC's Faculty of Science in the Department of Botany.

In The Spotlight: Kwang Ho Kim

Jul 09, 2024
Kwang Ho Kim joins UBC Forestry as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Wood Science. His research focuses on developing sustainable biomass conversion engineering, aiming to advance technological solutions that maximize the transformation of carbon in biomass into valuable products.

In the Spotlight: Toktam Sajedi

May 27, 2024
Toktam Sajedi joins UBC Forestry as a Lecturer and Senior Researcher in the Department of Forest Resources Management.

In the Spotlight: Matthew Mitchell

Jan 15, 2024
Matthew Mitchell joins UBC Forestry as an Assistant Professor in Urban and Agricultural Landscape Ecology in the Department of Forest Resources Management.

In the Spotlight: Tom Booker

Sep 21, 2023
Tom Booker joins UBC Forestry as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences. His research draws on population and quantitative genetics, bioinformatics, statistics and ecology. 

In The Spotlight: Tzeng Yih Lam


Tzeng Yih Lam joins the UBC Faculty of Forestry as an Assistant Professor of Forest Measurements in the Department of Forest Resources Management. His research interests are tree measurement, forest sampling, and quantitative silviculture.

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In The Spotlight: Peter Wood

Aug 30, 2023
Peter Wood joins the Faculty of Forestry at UBC as a lecturer and coordinator for the Master of International Forestry (MIF) program. He has worked in the field of international forest policy, human rights and sustainability for over two decades in a variety of roles.

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In The Spotlight: Tahia Devisscher

Aug 17, 2023
Tahia Devisscher is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Forest Resources Management and focuses on how to manage forests and other green spaces in and around cities to support human well-being and build social-ecological resilience to climate change. She is interested in developing practical strategies to address the increasing disconnect between people and nature caused by rapid urbanization.