David R. Boyd
Professor, IRES; 2018-24 UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment; Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
Leila M. Harris
Professor, IRES; Professor, Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice
Edward Gregr
Adjunct Professor Contact Details Research Interests Bio I completed my PhD with Dr. Chan at IRES, studying the sea otter – kelp forest trophic cascade and the associated changes in ecosystem services. This interdisciplinary work compliments my earlier academic training in Zoology (M.Sc. 2000) and Computer Science (B.Sc. 1992), which is reflected in my over 25 years of experience in field research design and sampling, research, consulting, and project management. I consider myself a Systems Ecologist studying the intersection of ecosystem services, risk, and human values. My research interests centre on using various types of spatial models to inform ecosystem-based management, […]
Villy Christensen
Professor, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries; Associate Member, Department of Zoology
Hamed Shakouri
Previous Visiting Professor Contact Details Phone: 778 668 9794 Email: h.shakouri@gmail.com Website: https://ires.ubc.ca/person/hamed-shakouri/ Bio Hamed Shakouri Ganjavi received his MSc from Sharif University of Technology and his PhD from Amirkabir University of Technology in Power Systems and Control Systems Engineering. He is an Associate Professor at the School of Industrial Engineering, University of Tehran since 2005. His main field of interest is economic and environmental aspects of energy systems. He has been a Visiting Professor with IRES for 2 years, and has published papers as outcomes of research projects in assessments of energy systems, energy planning and renewable energies. IRES Visiting […]
Steven Conrad
Adjunct Professor Contact Details http://stevenconrad.ca/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/steveaconrad/ Research Interests Bio Steve is a scientist and resource manager with over 25 years research, industry, and policy experience. Steve is noted for his work and leadership on decision sciences and systems engineering through his behavioural and complex system modelling research centred on water, energy, and food systems, climate change adaptation, and resilient urban infrastructure. His current research interests focus on the feedbacks between human-environmental systems through the coupling of social and engineering sciences to inform decision making and incorporate the water-energy nexus, water and energy urban system planning and operations, machine learning techniques for autonomous system […]
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
PhD with Navin Ramankutty & Hannah Wittman, 2022