Bianca Eskelson Receives the Alexander Von Humboldt Research Fellowship
Dr. Bianca Eskelson has been awarded the prestigious Humboldt Research Fellowship by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. She is recognized as a Humboldt fellow for her research project on climate-sensitive tree mortality models and the economic implications of altered mortality probabilities in mixed-species stands in central Europe and interior British Columbia, Canada.
Our internet addiction is destroying our ability to combat the climate crisis: An Earth Day Q&A with Hamish van der Ven
The internet is firmly embedded in human life, but we need to consider its rising physical and non-physical costs to the environment and our ability to address climate change. That’s according to Dr. Hamish van der Ven, assistant professor in the UBC Department of Wood Science, whose lab investigates how technology impacts the great sustainability […]
Sheppard, Stephen
Director, Collaborative for Advanced Landscape Planning
Forest Resources Management
Jones, Trevor Gareth
FCM Lead
MGEM Advisor
Forest Resources Management
van den Bosch, Matilda
Forest and Conservation Sciences
Axelson, Jodi N.
Forest and Conservation Sciences
Isaac-Renton, Miriam
Forest and Conservation Sciences
UBC Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship HEAL Network Receives Grant Renewal to Continue Innovative Research
UBC’s Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship 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.