2025 NSERC & SSHRC Grant Recipients
We are pleased to announce the UBC Forestry faculty members who have been awarded new NSERC and SSHRC grants this year.
Professorship in Advanced Wood Protection Systems (Deadline: September 1, 2025)
Job Post: UBC Forestry is offering a Professorship (all ranks, tenure-track or tenured) in Advanced Wood Protection Systems within the Department of Wood Science. Apply now.
Jordan L. Burke Memorial Award in Forestry winners
Congratulations to the winners of the Jordan L. Burke Memorial Award!
Melike Karaca Bulut awarded Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
UBC Forestry wishes to congratulate Melike Karaca Bulut on being awarded the Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award!
Jiawen Shen awarded Catherine Lalonde Scholarship
UBC Forestry wishes to congratulate Jiawen Shen on being awarded the 2024 Catherine Lalonde Memorial Scholarship for Wood Related Research!
Kwang Ho Kim Receives NSERC/SSHRC Award Funding
Congratulations to Kwang Ho Kim for being awarded NSERC/SSHRC research funding as part of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Global Centers initiative.
Minghao Li & Felix Wiesner Receive CFI JELF Awards
UBC Forestry congratulates Dr. Minghao Li and Dr. Felix Wiesner on their Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) Award.
UBC Forestry researchers discover super-black wood
Researchers at the UBC’s Faculty of Forestry have made an extraordinary discovery: a new super-black material that absorbs almost all light.
In The Spotlight: Kwang Ho Kim
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.
Trust-based philanthropy
The Heller family established funds supporting UBC Forestry education, research, and outreach. Their flexible donations aid innovative projects, student success, and advancing wood science and sustainable forestry practices.