Alumni

Alumni of the RES program have gone on to successful careers working with government, non-governmental organizations, consulting organizations, Indigenous communities, academia and beyond.

Please request to join our LinkedIn Group Page to see examples of where our alumni have gone after finishing the RES program. Are you an IRES alum? Would you like your contact details to be added here? Please email info@ires.ubc.ca with your contact details and we will add you.

Our Theses & Dissertations page contains a fairly comprehensive list of the doctoral work of the graduate students in our department.


Featured Alumni

  • Claire  Ewing

    Claire Ewing

    MSc with Amanda Giang and David Boyd, 2021; Senior Policy and Planning Analyst, Metro Vancouver

  • Helina Jolly

    Helina Jolly

    PhD with Terre Satterfield & Milind Kandlikar, 2022; Research Associate, Interdisciplinary Biodiversity Solutions

  • Jack Durant

    Jack Durant

    MA with Daniel Steel & Gunilla Öberg, 2022

  • Lisa Westerhoff

    Lisa Westerhoff

    PhD w/ John Robinson, 2016; Principal of Policy and Planning, Integral Group

  • Liz Williams

    Liz Williams

    MSc w/ Kai Chan, 2017; Doctoral candidate in Psychology, University of Victoria

  • Anthony W. Persaud

    Anthony W. Persaud

    PhD w/ Terre Satterfield, 2021; Director of the Indigenous Home-Lands Initiative, Ecotrust Canada

  • Sara Elder

    Sara Elder

    PhD w/ Peter Dauvergne, 2016; Adjunct Professor, UBC IRES; Senior Policy Advisor, International Institute for Sustainable Development

  • Sandeep Pai

    Sandeep Pai

    PhD with Hisham Zerriffi, 2021; Senior Research Lead, Center for Strategic and International Studies

  • Arielle Louise Swett

    Arielle Louise Swett

    MA w/ Hadi Dowlatabadi, 2018; Policy Analyst, Arcadia; 2022 Fellow, Clean Energy Leadership Institute

  • Darlene Seto

    Darlene Seto

    MA w/ Kathryn Harrison, 2012; Lead: Policy and Partnerships, Foundry BC

  • Vanessa Timmer

    Vanessa Timmer

    PhD with Peter Nemetz, 1997; Executive Director, OneEarth; Senior Research Fellow, Utrecht University

  • Myriam Khalfallah

    Myriam Khalfallah

    PhD w/ Daniel Pauly, 2020; Postdoctoral Fellow, UBC IOF

  • Erika Luna Perez

    Erika Luna Perez

    MSc with Navin Ramankutty & Amanda Giang, 2022; Policy Analyst, International Institute for Sustainable Development

  • Nathaniel K. Newlands

    Nathaniel K. Newlands

    PhD w/ Tony Pitcher, 2002; Research Scientist, Government of Canada; Adjunct Professor, University of Victoria

  • Sameer Shah

    Sameer Shah

    PhD with Leila Harris, 2021; Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Pittsburgh

  • Tugce Conger

    Tugce Conger

    PhD with Stephanie Chang, 2018; Senior Planner, City of Vancouver

  • Daniel Klein

    Daniel Klein

    MSc with Gunilla Öberg, 2017; Senior Utility Planning Engineer, City of Vancouver

  • Sarah C. Klain

    Sarah C. Klain

    PhD with Kai Chan & Terre Satterfield, 2016; Assistant Professor, Utah State University

  • Lea M. Anderson

    Lea M. Anderson

    MA Student, Master’s Representative, 2022-2023; DPhil student of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford

  • Evan Bowness

    Evan Bowness

    PhD with Hannah Wittman, 2021; Assistant Professor of Community Food Systems at the Trent School of the Environment

  • Harold Eyster

    Harold Eyster

    PhD with Kai Chan, 2021; Gund Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Vermont

  • David Righter

    David Righter

    MSc with Stephanie Chang, 2021; Climate Action Planner, Introba

  • Sonja Wilson

    Sonja Wilson

    MSc with Hadi Dowlatabadi, 2012; Principal with Reshape Strategies

  • Graham McDowell

    Graham McDowell

    PhD with Leila Harris and Michele Koppes, 2020; Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Zurich; Project Leader, Canadian Mountain Assessment

  • Paul Teehan

    Paul Teehan

    PhD with Milind Kandlikar & Hadi Dowlatabadi, 2013; Software Engineering Lead

  • Sophia Murphy

    Sophia Murphy

    PhD with Hannah Wittman, 2021; Executive Director of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

  • Brynley Hanson-Wright

    Brynley Hanson-Wright

    MSc with Jiaying Zhao, 2022

  • Julia Craig

    Julia Craig

    MSc with Kai Chan, 2022

  • Taya Triffo

    Taya Triffo

    MA with Leila Harris, 2022

  • Diana  Bedolla  López

    Diana Bedolla López

    MA with Gunilla Oberg, 2023

  • Emma Gillies

    Emma Gillies

    MSc with Amanda Giang, 2022; Biologist, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

  • Atlanta-Marinna Grant

    Atlanta-Marinna Grant

    MA with Hannah Wittman & Maggie Low, 2023

  • Allison Cutting

    Allison Cutting

    MSc with Terre Satterfield & Rashid Sumaila, 2022; Research Analyst, UBC IOF

  • Carly McGregor

    Carly McGregor

    MSc with Claire Kremen, 2022; Lab Manager, UBC Plant-Insect Ecology & Evolution Lab

  • Yeonuk Kim

    Yeonuk Kim

    PhD with Mark Johnson, 2023; IRES Postdoc

  • Madison Stevens

    Madison Stevens

    PhD with Dr. Terre Satterfield, 2023; Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Indigenous-Led Ecological Restoration, Boise State University

  • Susanna Klassen

    Susanna Klassen

    PhD with Navin Ramankutty & Hannah Wittman, 2022

  • Juan Diego Martinez

    Juan Diego Martinez

    PhD with Navin Ramankutty, 2023 Applied Research Coordinator, Climate Action and Food Systems | UBC

  • Selina Agbayani

    Selina Agbayani

    MSc with Andrew Trites, 2022; Aquatic Biologist for Fisheries and Oceans Canada

  • Dana James

    Dana James

    PhD w/ Hannah Wittman, 2022; Postdoctoral Researcher, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, UBC

  • Alexa Tanner

    Alexa Tanner

    PhD with Stephanie Chang, 2022; Grants and Contracts Manager, University of Waterloo; Team Member, Coastal Risk Consulting

  • Lekha Tlhotlhalemaje

    Lekha Tlhotlhalemaje

    MA with David Boyd, 2022