Sharayu Jakhotiya
Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)
People, Policy, And Predators: Studying the impacts of policy, governments, and markets on the governance models of forest dwelling communities in Central India’s tiger reserves
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The Faculty of Forestry is one of the top institutions globally in forest-related education and research. The unique breadth of expertise we possess allows us to integrate new knowledge across many disciplines. Offering both master’s and doctoral programs, our graduate students learn from a dynamic and diverse group of researchers from around the world.
The Forest Sciences Centre is a showcase for construction using Canadian forest products, and was architecturally designed to mimic the landscape of British Columbia: towering trees, mountains, and blue-green waters. The 17,505-square-metre Forest Sciences complex has 11 classrooms, 2 lecture theatres, teaching laboratories, office space, computer labs, study areas, and a cafeteria, and houses the Faculty’s three departments.
Built alongside the Forest Sciences Centre is the 3,730-square-metre Centre for Advanced Wood Processing. It is Canada’s national centre of excellence for education and research related to wood products processing and advanced wood products manufacturing, and works to advance knowledge that fosters job creation, stabilizes forest-dependent communities, encourages increased value recovery, and ensures the sustainable management of Canada’s forests. This building includes two 25-seat classrooms, a machine lab, a simulator lab and a computer lab.
Within the Faculty of Forestry, there are also several research groups. Visit the website of each project to find out more.
Off-campus facilities include two Research Forests: the Malcolm Knapp Research Forest in Maple Ridge and the Alex Fraser Research Forest near Williams Lake. These are working forests located throughout the province where students and faculty can study in an outdoor setting. Fish and wildlife, silviculture, forest harvesting, forest ecology, forest management, and resources management figure prominently in these field studies.
UBC Forestry is turning out a new generation of foresters, and faculty are committed to meeting future challenges in forestry through in-depth, cutting edge research. In fact, UBC Forestry receives the highest level of forestry research funding of any forestry faculty in Canada.
In the 2017/2018 fiscal year, members of the Faculty Forestry were awarded a total of over $12 million in research funding.
Our wide breadth of research includes topics such as tree rings, integrated remote sensing, bioenergy, forest conservation genetics, landscape visualizations, African forest conservation and development, alpine studies, climate change, and advanced wood processing.
| Name | Academic Unit(s) | Research Interests | 
|---|---|---|
| Hagerman, Shannon | Department of Forest Resources Management | biodiversity, climate change, communities and livelihoods, conservation, forest policy, social science | 
| Hamelin, Richard | Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences | |
| Hinch, Scott | Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences | salmon migrations, salmon ecology, salmon fisheries, fish conservation, land use impacts (e.g. forestry) on fish and habitat, Salmon, conservation, ecology, fish ecology, fisheries management, stream, and riperian ecology | 
| Jiang, Feng | Department of Wood Science | bio-based nanomaterials, carbohydrate chemistry, chemistry, sustainability, wood science | 
| Joshi, Jaya | Department of Wood Science | Biofoundries; biomass; Carbon; Engineering; Enzyme Design; sustainability; Synthetic biology; Biofoundries, Biomass, Carbon, Engineering, Enzyme Design, Sustainability, Synthetic Biology | 
| Kim, Kwang Ho | Department of Wood Science | Forest Bioproduction and the BioeconomyTechnology and Innovation; Biomass conversion engineering; Forest Bioproduction and the BioeconomyTechnology and Innovation, Biomass conversion engineering | 
| Kozak, Rob | Department of Wood Science | Forest-dependent communities in transition, international development & poverty alleviation, value-added strategies, forest certification & corporate social responsibility, forest sector sustainability & competitiveness, marketing, management & consumer behaviour | 
| Lam, Frank | Department of Wood Science | timber engineering; structural use of wood products, Engineered wood systems | 
| Lam, Tzeng Yih | Department of Forest Resources Management | Bayesian Filtering; Forest Inventory; Growth and Yield; Sampling Theory; silviculture; Timber; Tree Measurement; Bayesian Filtering, Forest Inventory, Growth and Yield, Sampling Theory, Silviculture, Timber, Tree Measurement | 
| Li, Minghao | Department of Wood Science | |
| Loss, Cristiano | Department of Wood Science | Wood; Engineered Wood Solutions; Engineering Wood Design; Hybrid Wood-Based Systems; Industrialised Wood Systems; Seismic Design and Analysis of Timber Structures; Timber Engineering; Wood Building Systems; Wood as Structural Material; Wood, Engineered Wood Solutions, Engineering Wood Design, Hybrid Wood-Based Systems, Industrialised Wood Systems, Seismic Design and Analysis of Timber Structures, Timber Engineering, Wood Building Systems, Wood as Structural Material | 
| LU, JULIET | Department of Forest Resources Management, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs | conflicts and governance issues around resource extraction and intensive land use; transnational land investments; promotion of monoculture plantations at the expense of more biodiverse systems; private sector sustainable governance initiatives; conflicts and governance issues around resource extraction and intensive land use, transnational land investments, promotion of monoculture plantations at the expense of more biodiverse systems, private sector sustainable governance initiatives | 
| Mansfield, Shawn | Department of Wood Science, Department of Botany | plant metabolism, cellulose biosynthesis, lignin biosynthesis, wood formation, wood quality, cell wall biochemistry, tree biotechnology, transgenics, Tree biotechnology | 
| Martin, Tara | Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences | biodiversity, climate change, climate models, conservation, ecological monitoring, ecology, land-use change, landscape ecology, landscape planning, modelling | 
| Mchale, Melissa | Department of Forest Resources Management | Trans-disciplinary approaches to studying complex socio-ecological systems, social drivers of ecosystem processes, cities as sustainable ecosystems, carbon dynamics in urban systems, urbanization effects on nutrient cycling, ecosystem services and dis services, consumption culture, urban metabolism, urbanization in the developing world | 
| Meitner, Michael | Department of Forest Resources Management | forest aesthetics and scenic beauty, outdoor recreation, environmental visualization, geographic information systems, visual perception, agent-based modeling, Public involment in planning, sustainability leadership | 
| Montwe, David | Department of Forest Resources Management | climate change; Drought and climate change; Evaluating silvicultural treatments on timber quality and value; Forest management; Increasing forest resilience to climatic extremes using silvicultural interventions; Long-term resilience; Reducing impacts from forest disturbance agents under climate change; Regeneration; silviculture; Species selection; Climate Change, Drought and climate change, Evaluating silvicultural treatments on timber quality and value, Forest Management, Increasing forest resilience to climatic extremes using silvicultural interventions, Long-term resilience, Reducing impacts from forest disturbance agents under climate change, Regeneration, Silviculture, Species selection | 
| Moore, Alex | Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences, Department of Botany | Applied community and ecosystem ecology; impact of predator-prey interactions on the health and functioning of coastal wetland ecosystems; role of cultural values and knowledge in ecosystem restoration conservation; Global change impacts on coastal environments; Applied community and ecosystem ecology, Impact of predator-prey interactions on the health and functioning of coastal wetland ecosystems, Role of cultural values and knowledge in ecosystem restoration conservation, Global change impacts on coastal environments | 
| Myers-Smith, Isla | Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences | Arctic; biodiversity; climate change; Community Building; Ecosystems; Environmental communication; tundra ecosystems; Arctic, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Community Building, Ecosystems, Environmental Communication, Tundra Ecosystems | 
| Nelson, Harry William | Department of Forest Resources Management | analyzing natural and environmental resource policy with an emphasis on forestry and in developing new policy options that can help enhance the long run sustainability of Canadian forests and the communities and businesses that rely upon them | 
| Nesbitt, Lorien | Department of Forest Resources Management | Environmental justice; urban forestry; Liveable and equitable urban environments; Socio-ecological interactions in cities; climate change; Ecosystem services; Cities; Environmental justice, Urban forestry, Liveable and equitable urban environments, Socio-ecological interactions in cities, Climate change, Ecosystem services, Cities | 
| Nikolakis, William | Department of Forest Resources Management | Aboriginal Forestry, Forest Management, Land-use Change | 
| Paradis, Gregory | Department of Forest Resources Management | Forest management; Forest Operations; forest estate modelling; carbon budget modelling; Ecosystem services; cumulative effects; Operations Research; industrial engineering; computer science; forest economics; forest sector sustainability; mining sector sustainability; forest management, forest operations, forest estate modelling, carbon budget modelling, ecosystem services, cumulative effects, operations research, industrial engineering, computer science, forest economics, forest sector sustainability, mining sector sustainability | 
| Park, Keun | Department of Forest Resources Management | Design of healthy, just, and resilient cities through urban nature; Environmental justice; Human Behaviours in public space; Urban planning; urban forestry; Design of healthy, just, and resilient cities through urban nature, Environmental Justice, Human Behaviours in public space, Urban Planning, Urban Forestry | 
| Renneckar, Scott | Department of Wood Science | Advanced renewable materials, biopolymer structure characterization, Clean fractionation of biomass, Electrospinning Fibers, Nanocellulose, Self-assembly of biopolymers |