Dr. Feng Jiang Named in the Paper360º 2022 Top 50 Power List
UBC Forestry congratulates Assistant Professor Dr. Feng Jiang for being named one of eight Young Professionals in the Paper360º 2022 Top 50 Power List. Dr. Jiang’s research focuses on the conversion of naturally abundant biomass into functional biomaterials through cost-effective and energy-efficient methods.
Stavros Avramidis Awarded 2022 Carola and Carl-Olof Ternryd Award
UBC Forestry warmly congratulates Professor Stavros Avramidis, recipient of the 2022 Linnaeus Academy Research Foundation’s Carola and Carl-Olof Ternryd Award, for significant contributions to research in forestry.
UBC Researchers Suggest Plastic Food Packaging Alternatives Need Further Development
With single-use plastics on their way to being banned and the growing demand for recyclable and biodegradable materials, UBC researchers are intensifying their efforts to find cost-effective, technically viable solutions.
Dr. Nicholas Coops named 2022 Canadian Institute of Forestry Scientific Achievement Award Recipient
UBC Forestry warmly congratulates Dr. Nicholas Coops for being named the 2022 Canadian Institute of Forestry (CIF-IFC) Scientific Award Recipient. The award honours individuals who have made innovative and outstanding achievements in forestry research in Canada.
Dr. Nicholas Coops named Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
UBC Forestry wishes to congratulate Dr. Nicholas Coops who has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). Dr. Coops is considered a global leader in the application of remote sensing for forest management and holds a Canada Research Chair Tier 1 in remote sensing.
New UBC study sheds light on access to vegetation in 31 Canadian cities
When UBC faculty of forestry researcher Dr. Lorien Nesbitt studied patterns of vegetation and green spaces in the United States a few years ago, she found widespread inequities. In many of the 10 metropolitan areas included in the study, comprising over 100 cities and towns, income and education were strongly correlated to the amount of […]
Congratulations to the Recipient of the 2022/23 Gordon and Nora Bailey Fellowship Award
UBC Forestry congratulates Sarah Smith-Tripp for receiving the 2022/23 Gordon and Nora Bailey Fellowship in Sustainable Forestry. The Award aims to support students whose studies focus on issues related to climate change mitigation and adaptation, such as sustainable forest management practices, wildfire prevention and carbon capture.
New Research Identifies Priority Actions For Lower Fraser River Salmon Recovery
The Fraser is the largest salmon-bearing river in British Columbia, supporting 54 unique populations, known as Conservation Units (CUs), of wild Pacific salmon, 19 of which breed in the lower Fraser River. A new open-access study by the Martin Conservation Decisions Lab found that all 19 of these CUs are on a declining trajectory over the next 25 years.
Candidates Encouraged to Apply for Ubc Future Forests Fellowship
UBC Faculty of Forestry’s Future Forests Fellowship (FFF), one of the largest single awards in the world given to an incoming doctoral student in forestry, is once again available in 2022. Made possible by a private Canadian foundation, the award, amounting to $280,000 over four years, was created to underscore just how much forestry research impacts global current and emerging ecological issues.
UBC Forestry Receives NSERC 2022 Discovery Research Program Grants
UBC Faculty of Forestry research projects were among the 160 university-wide projects to receive more than $32 million through the 2022 Discovery research grants competition.