Amanda Giang
Associate Professor, IRES; Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Canada Research Chair (T2, Environmental Modelling for Policy)
M.V. Ramana
Professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs; Professor, International Relations Program
Andrew Trites
Professor, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries; Associate Member, Department of Zoology; Director, Marine Mammal Research Unit
Susanna Klassen
IRES Postdoc; PhD with Navin Ramankutty & Hannah Wittman, 2022
Tim Cashion
PhD Student Contact Details Research Interests Bio Tim is a first-year PhD student studying fisheries economics under the supervision of Rashid Sumaila. Tim’s research at IRES and the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries will continue to work on the Fish Tracker Initiative to link investors to sustainable and unsustainable fisheries practices. Through this research, […]
Rumi Naito
Adjunct Professor Contact Details —rumisen@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/rumi-naito-441373a/ http://chanslab.ires.ubc.ca/people/rumi-naito/ http://zhaolab.psych.ubc.ca/people.html Research Interests Bio I am a conservation social scientist with a background in behavioral science, informing evidence-based solutions to advance environmental sustainability. With 15+ years in research and project management, I specialize in REDD+, community-based conservation, and behavior change. My work explores psychological and social factors driving […]
Bradley Eyre
Previous Visiting Professor Bio Professor Bradley Eyre is a biogeochemist and the foundation Director of the Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry at Southern Cross University, Australia. His publications include topics such as whole ecosystem carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus budgets, net ecosystem metabolism estimates, benthic and pelagic production and respiration, dissolved organic carbon fluxes, carbon stable isotopes […]
Chris Barrington-Leigh
Visiting Professor Bio Chris Barrington-Leigh is an Associate Professor at McGill University, jointly appointed at the Institute for Health and Social Policy and the School of Environment, and is an associate member in McGill’s Department of Economics. One strand of Chris’ research is focused on empirical and quantitative assessments of human well-being, and their implications […]
Rocío López de la Lama
PhD with Kai Chan, 2023;
Postdoctoral Fellow, UBC SPPGA
Rustam Sengupta
Adjunct Professor Contact Details Research Interests Bio Rustam Sengupta is a renewable energy entrepreneur, impact investor and subject matter expert with extensive research experience of over a decade in sustainable social enterprise design, rooftop solar and renewable energy access. He has an expertise in identifying, designing and analysing strategies that affect energy systems and policies […]









