Profiles

Portrait photo of Jerry Achar

Jerry Achar

PhD Candidate, Contact Details jerryachar@gmail.com Research Interests Bio Jerry is a Ph.D. candidate at the Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability (IRES), a member of the Egesta Lab, and supervised by Professor Gunilla Öberg. His research interest entwines chemicals of emerging concern, human health, and chemical regulation. His Ph.D. research focuses on analyzing and characterizing […]

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Abdulateef Gafar

PhD Student Contact Details Research Interests Bio Abdulateef is a PhD student with a passion for, sustainability, modelling, and programming. He is also an environmentalist who advocates for sustainable practice and adoption of disruptive technologies in human development and environmental management.  Abdulateef’s research focuses on Energy systems and their impacts on the socio-economic and environmental sphere, with special focus on bioenergy/renewable systems in […]

Portrait photo of Lindah Ddamba

Lindah Ddamba

MA Student with M. V. Ramana, 2024

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Jaden L. Phillips

MSc Student, Community Engagement Coordinator, 2022-2023 https://twitter.com/wizard_008 Research Interests Bio Jaden Phillips (They/Them) is a MSc student joining the IRES team in Fall 2021, under the supervision of Dr. Jiaying Zhao. They graduated from the University of Toronto in 2020 with a combined honors in Environmental Science and Psychology. Now a 24-year-old climate activist, Jaden […]

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Grace Schaan

MA with Kathryn Harrison, 2023

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Kristen Hopewell

Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs

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Brittney Wong

MA with Stephanie Chang, 2023; Contract and Special Projects Coordinator, York Region (The Regional Municipality of York)

Jessica Koski

Jessica Koski

PhD StudentIndigenous Graduate Fellow Contact Details jessica[dot]koski[at]ubc.ca Research Interests Natural resource governance, Indigenous resurgence, Indigenous peoples & sustainability, Global Indigenous rights & politics, Indigenous-State relations, Indigenous methodologies, Indigenous peoples & higher education Bio Jessica L. Koski (Anishinaabe-Ojibwe) is a PhD student at the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (UBC) co-supervised by Professors David R. […]

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John Reganold

Previous Visiting Professor Bio Dr. John Reganold has shaped his career by his interest in soil science and agriculture, receiving his Ph.D. in Soil Science from the University of California at Davis. He is currently Regents Professor of Soil Science and Agroecology at Washington State University. He has spent 30-plus years bringing a blend of […]

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Jessica Mukiri

PhD Student, Four Year Doctoral Fellowship Recipient Contact Details jmukiri@student.ubc.ca Research Interests Bio Jessica is a PhD student in the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES) working under the supervision of Dr. Navin Ramankutty. Her research is aimed at understanding the environmental and socio-economic impacts of livestock production and consumption. Jessica has over seven […]