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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aitken, Sally | Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences | forest genetics, climate change, Climate change, conservation, ecology, genetics, genomics |
| Alila, Younes | Department of Forest Resources Management | Hydrology, Flood, Water Resources, Water Structures, Forest Hydrology, Forest management, hydrological engineering |
| Atleo, Tara | Department of Forest Resources Management | Sustainability Management; Communities and Indigenous Knowledge; Stewardship Economics; Sustainability Management, Communities and Indigenous Knowledge, Stewardship Economics |
| Avramidis, Stavros | Department of Wood Science | Wood-water relations and sorption thermodynamics.; Fluid flow, heat transfer, and molecular diffusion; Modeling steady-state and dynamic non-isothermal diffusion in wood.; Application of fractals and machine learning to modeling wood physical properties.; Molecular modeling of the wood nano-pore network in the cell wall.; Industrial wood kiln drying optimization and development of new drying strategies.; Radio frequency vacuum (RFV) heating and drying of wood and wood products.; Dielectric wood phytosanitation.; Wood thermal modification.; Wood-water relations and sorption thermodynamics. , Fluid flow, heat transfer, and molecular diffusion, Modeling steady-state and dynamic non-isothermal diffusion in wood., Application of fractals and machine learning to modeling wood physical properties., Molecular modeling of the wood nano-pore network in the cell wall., Industrial wood kiln drying optimization and development of new drying strategies., Radio frequency vacuum (RFV) heating and drying of wood and wood products., Dielectric wood phytosanitation., Wood thermal modification. |
| Barbeito Sanchez, Ignacio | Department of Forest Resources Management | refining novel silvicultural practices; establishment and management of forests under global change; refining novel silvicultural practices, establishment and management of forests under global change |
| Benson-Amram, Sarah | Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences, Department of Zoology | |
| Boedhihartono, Agni | Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences | biodiversity; Communities and Livelihoods; conservation; Forest management; Land-use Change; social science; sustainability; Tropical Landscapes and Livelihoods; Arts and Conservaion; Landstewardship; Traditional Ecological Knowledge; Arts for Conservation; Visual anthropology; Forests and Societies; Biodiversity, Communities and Livelihoods, Conservation, Forest Management, Land-use Change, Social Science, Sustainability, Tropical Landscapes and Livelihoods, Arts and Conservaion, Landstewardship, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Arts for Conservation, Visual Anthropology, Forests and Societies |
| Booker, Thomas | Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences | population and quantitative genetics; population and quantitative genetics |
| Bulkan, Janette | Department of Forest Resources Management | aboriginal forestry, biodiversity, climate change, communities and livelihoods, conservation, corporate responsibility, forest management, forest policy, international trade, social impact, social science |
| Bunn, David | Department of Forest Resources Management | |
| Burton, Cole | Department of Forest Resources Management | Ecology and Quality of the Environment; Ecological Trends; Animal; Biodiversity and Biocomplexity; Landscape and Restoration; Environment Management and Protection; Biodiversity conservation; Ecological Monitoring; Landscape ecology; Mammal Ecology; Population and Community Ecology; Wildlife Management; Ecology and Quality of the Environment, Ecological Trends, Animal, Biodiversity and Biocomplexity, Landscape and Restoration, Environment Management and Protection, Biodiversity Conservation, Ecological Monitoring, Landscape Ecology, Mammal Ecology, Population and Community Ecology, Wildlife Management |
| Cardinal-McTeague, Warren | Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences | plant biodiversity; Indigenous environmental management and food systems; monitoring of ecosystem health and function; plant biodiversity, Indigenous environmental management and food systems, monitoring of ecosystem health and function |
| Carroll, Allan | Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences | climate change, mountain pine beetle, bark beetles, forest disturbance, integrated pest management, insect ecology, population dynamics, insect-plant interactions, Climate change, conservation, ecology, ecosystems, forest biology, forest management |
| Cool, Julie | Department of Wood Science | modelling, wood products, wood science, wood |
| Coops, Nicholas Charles | Department of Forest Resources Management | Telemetry (Remote Sensing, Radar); Space Techniques; Forestry Technology and Equipment; Plants and Forests; Telemetry (Remote Sensing, Radar), Space Techniques, Forestry Technology and Equipment, Plants and Forests |
| Cranston, Emily | Department of Wood Science, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering | Bio-based materials and nanocellulose; Atomic force microscopy (forces, adhesion, friction, imaging); Colloid and interface science; Polymer chemistry; Cellulose nanocrystals; Bioproducts; Foams, emulsions, aerogels; Bio-based materials and nanocellulose, Atomic force microscopy (forces, adhesion, friction, imaging), Colloid and interface science, Polymer chemistry, Cellulose nanocrystals, Bioproducts, Foams, emulsions, aerogels |
| Dai, Chunping | Department of Wood Science | Bamboo; Bio-products; Wood Products; Wood Science; Wood Technology; Bamboo, Bio-products, Wood Products, Wood Science, Wood Technology |
| Daniels, Lori | Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences | forest plants and trees; forest history; forest management; environmental protection and natural resource use, Climate change, ecology, fire regimes |
| Devisscher, Tahia | Department of Forest Resources Management | adaptation; climate change; Human Health; Human Well-being; Nature Recovery; Social-Ecological Resilience; Adaptation, Climate Change, Human Health, Human Well-being, Nature Recovery, Social-Ecological Resilience |
| El-Kassaby, Yousry | Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences | Applied Genetics; conservation; genomics; Seed orchards’ genetics; Tree breeding; Tree domestication; Seed biology, gene conservation |
| Eskelson, Bianca | Department of Forest Resources Management | Forest Biometrics; Forest Modelling; Disturbance Effects; Management Effects; Climate Effects; Forest Biometrics, Forest Modelling, Disturbance Effects, Management Effects, Climate Effects |
| Evans, Philip David | Department of Wood Science | Wood anatomy, wood durability, wood products, wood technology |
| Feng, Haibo | Department of Wood Science | BIM; Construction; LCA; sustainability; Wood Products; Zero energy / caron building; BIM, Construction, LCA, Sustainability, Wood products, Zero energy / caron building |
| Gaston, Christopher | Department of Wood Science | markets and economics for Canadian wood products; markets and economics for Canadian wood products |
| Gergel, Sarah | Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences | Aboriginal forestry, biodiversity, climate change, communities and livelihoods, conservation, ecology, remote sensing, sustainability |