Victor Cardenas
PhD Candidate Research Interests climate risk, physical and transition risk Bio Victor is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability (IRES), University of British Columbia, supervised by Dr. Milind Kandlikar and Dr. Simon Donner. His research develops methodological and analytical frameworks at the intersection of climate science, disaster risk, and climate […]
Zana Mody
PhD Candidate Contact Details zana.mody@ires.ubc.ca Twitter Research Gate Research Interests Blue carbon, mangroves, coastal ecosystems, social-ecological systems, community-led conservation, NbCS, relational values, marine policy, climate change adaptation Bio Zana Mody is PhD candidate at the University of British Columbia’s IRES department and a recipient of the Tri-Council SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship, the Public Scholars Initiative grant […]
Rapichan Phurisamban
(they/them or she/her) PhD Candidate, Vanier Scholar, Public Scholar, 2023 IBioS Student Fellow Contact Details rapichan.phurisamban@ires.ubc.ca Research Interests Bio Returning to UBC where I received a bachelor’s degree in economics, I find the Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability (IRES) to be an intellectual home for problem-based, interdisciplinary researchers with deep social and ecological concerns. […]
Alberto Campos
PhD Candidate Contact Details alberto@aquasis.org Research Interests Bio Alberto is a PhD Candidate in the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, supervised by Dr. Kai Chan, and Ocean Leaders graduate fellow. His research seeks to understand the cascades triggered by defaunation – including species extinctions, local extirpations and severe population reductions – and their ecological […]
Imranul Laskar
PhD Student, NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Doctoral Scholar, Mitacs Accelerate Fellow, UBC Four Year Fellowship Recipient Contact Details imranul.laskar@ubc.ca Research Interests Bio Imranul Laskar is a PhD student in the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability at the University of British Columbia. His research focuses on global shipping emissions, and investigating the air quality, health […]
Joanne Nelson
PhD Student Research Interests Bio Joanne Nelson is a Ts’msyen woman who grew up in the northwestern BC communities of Port Edward and Prince Rupert where she gained a tremendous appreciation for nature, in particular the ocean environment. She is from Lax Kw’alaams on her mother’s side and Kitsumkalum on her father’s side. Her passions […]
Martin Z Olszynski
PhD Student Contact Details https://law.ucalgary.ca/profiles/olszynski Research Interests Bio Martin is an associate professor of law at the University of Calgary, with several years of public service in environmental and natural resources law and policy. From 2007 to 2013, he was counsel with the federal Department of Justice, practising law in the legal services unit at […]
Neha Sharma-Mascarenhas
PhD Candidate, SSHRC Doctoral Canada Graduate Scholar, UBC Sustainability Scholar, Four Year Doctoral Fellow Contact Details neha.sharma@ires.ubc.ca https://www.grad.ubc.ca/campus-community/meet-our-students/sharma-mascarenhas-neha Research Interests Bio Neha is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES) at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Her doctoral research attempts to understand the socio-economic, policy and industrial dynamics that […]
Mauricio Carvallo Aceves
PhD student, P. Eng. Peter Wall Legacy Award Les Lavkulich Award for Outstanding Leadership and Service, 2023 Mitacs Accelerate Fellow Four Year Fellowship Recipient, NSERC Alexander Graham Bell IRES Student Society Co-President, 2022-2023 Contact Details https://ca.linkedin.com/in/mauricio-carvallo-aceves-92567a106 Research Interests Bio Mauricio joined IRES in 2020 as a PhD student under the supervision of Dr. Stephanie Chang. […]
Bulgan Batdorj
PhD Student, Institute of Asian Research Fellow Contact Details bulgan.batdorj@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/bulgan-batdorj/ Research Interests Bio Bulgan Batdorj is a Ph.D. student at the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, supervised by Professor Nadja Kunz. Before joining the IRES, Bulgan completed her master’s degree at the Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering. In her master’s thesis, […]