Gunilla Öberg
Professor, IRES; Professor, Center for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities, University of Bergen
Alexa Tanner
PhD with Stephanie Chang, 2022; Grants and Contracts Manager, University of Waterloo; Team Member, Coastal Risk Consulting
Juan Diego Martinez
PhD with Navin Ramankutty, 2023
Applied Research Coordinator, Climate Action and Food Systems, UBC Campus and Community Planning
Amanda Giang
Associate Professor, IRES; Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Canada Research Chair (T2, Environmental Modelling for Policy)
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, […]
Carly McGregor
MSc with Claire Kremen, 2022; Lab Manager, UBC Plant-Insect Ecology & Evolution Lab
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 […]









