Sustainability

Portrait photo of Sarah-Louise Ruder

Sarah-Louise Ruder

PhD with Terre Satterfield & Hannah Wittman, 2024; SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Ottawa; Researcher, Food and Agricultural Institute, University of the Fraser Valley

Portrait photo of Carly McGregor

Carly McGregor

MSc with Claire Kremen, 2022; Lab Manager, UBC Plant-Insect Ecology & Evolution Lab

Portrait photo of Bassam Javed

Bassam Javed

PhD Student Contact Details bassam@alumni.ubc.ca Research Interests Bio Bassam is a PhD student at UBC’s Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability. His research focuses on electric vehicle policy in India with Dr. Amanda Giang and Dr. Milind Kandlikar. His methods include quantitative modelling and interviews/surveys, and he uses data analytics tools. Bassam’s professional career included […]

Portrait photo of Imranul Laskar

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 […]

Portrait photo of Martin Z Olszynski

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 […]

Portrait photo of Neha Sharma-Mascarenhas

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 […]

Portrait photo of Verena Rossa-Roccor

Verena Rossa-Roccor

PhD Student, CIHR Doctoral Scholar, Public Scholar, Four Year Fellowship Recipient Contact Details verena.rossa-roccor@ubc.ca https://www.grad.ubc.ca/campus-community/meet-our-students/rossa-roccor-verena Research Interests Bio After a very brief stint as a student of political science many years ago, Verena switched careers, went to medical school, and worked as a psychiatrist in Switzerland for several years. Her passion for policy and politics […]

Portrait photo of Mauricio  Carvallo Aceves

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. […]

Portrait photo of Bulgan  Batdorj

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, […]

Portrait photo of Nigel Deans

Nigel Deans

MSc Student