Kyle Aben is the UNBC campus coordinator for the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) and has a strong knowledge of climate change issues and environmental regulations. He is well versed and accredited in carbon management; being certified by the Canadian Standards Association to measure GHG inventories and perform GHG project validations and verifications in 2007/08.
" random_text[number++] = "Lito Arocena’s interests centre on geochemistry of natural processes in terrestrials environments such as cation balances in forest ecosystems, acid mine drainage and other industrial wastes, paleopedology and soil minerology and chemistry. Visit http://web.unbc.ca/forestry/arocena.html for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Brian Aukema’s research interests focus on linking disturbance agents across different scales and elucidating processes that drive pattern formation in bark beetle outbreaks (e.g., pheromones, dispersal, pathogen stresses, predation, etc.). His studies involve work in different forest ecosystems in Canada and the U.S. and involve collaborative teams in government and academia in North America and Europe. Visit http://web.unbc.ca/~aukema for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Annie Booth received a doctorate in environmental ethics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Masters in environmental policy at York University. Her research interests included Environmental and Natural Resources Policy (Domestic and International); Environmental Philosophy and Ethics; Native American/First Nations Worldviews; Women and Environments; Sustainable Development and Communities; Community Based Resource Management; Environmental Education.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Phil Burton is interested in seed ecology, plant competition, plant community organization and vegetation dynamics. His research has explored aspects of forest regeneration and restoration, silvicultural systems, stand development modelling, old-growth attributes, stand edge effects, and the ecology of understory shrubs. His current work explores the disturbance ecology of northern B.C.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. David Connell is interested in the 'pursuit of community,' with a particular focus upon 'intentional communities' (e.g., co-housing, eco-villages, and communal societies). David is currently researching the capacity of and potential for local food systems in central interior British Columbia. This includes the culture of food, food security, industry structure, and land use planning. His work draws upon the social theories of Niklas Luhmann. Visit www.unbc.ca/planning for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Darwyn Coxson is a plant environmental physiologist. He gained his PhD from McMaster University in 1983. Dr. Coxson studies the functional importance of biodiversity in tropical and north temperate environments, examining issues from plant survival strategies to ecosystem nutrient cycling and the role of keystone components. Visit http://web.unbc.ca/~wetbelt/biography-coxson.htm for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. John Curry holds a PhD from the School of Community and Regional Planning (UBC), and is a member of the Canadian Institute of Planners and the Planning Institute of British Columbia. He is interested in sustainable communities; more specifically, the physical planning of communities in a northern context, the restructuring of community economies to incorporate concepts of sustainability, and the institutional structures that impede change towards sustainability.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Russ Dawson is an avian ecologist whose interests include determining the important proximate and ultimate factors influencing reproductive effort and success in birds. Specific areas of interest include mate choice, sexual selection, parasitology, and the mediating role that variation in environmental conditions has for the evolution of life-history traits. He holds a PhD from the University of Saskatchewan. Visit http://web.unbc.ca/~dawsonr for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Stephen Déry studies the effects of climate change in the polar regions of the Northern Hemisphere, where global warming is already having a significant effect. That trend is expected to continue: over the next century, the temperature increase in the Far North is predicted to be higher than any other region on earth. His research focuses on hydrometeorology, the study of rising air temperatures on the water cycle. Much of his research will be based at UNBC’s Quesnel River Research Centre. Visit http://web.unbc.ca/~sdery for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Keith Egger, who obtained his PhD from the University of Victoria, uses molecular approaches to study microbial ecology, biodiversity and phylogeny. His research is focused on the link between biodiversity and ecosystem function, particularly mycorrhizal fungi and microbes involved in nitrogen cycling. He has research projects underway on impacts of fire on mycorrhizal communities in boreal forest and on impacts of global warming on microbial communities in the arctic. Visit http://web.unbc.ca/~egger for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Gail Fondahl’s research focuses on cultural and legal geographies of indigenous land rights and claims, and land-based traditional activities. She has worked extensively in the Russian North on these topics. Gail also is interested in cultural, legal and historical geographies of First Nations in northern British Columbia. Visit http://www.unbc.ca/geography/faculty/fondahl/ for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Art Fredeen is a forest ecophysiologist. Primary research interests include the measurement of CO2 fluxes into and out of forests, logged areas and pastures in central British Columbia using Bowen Ratio and Eddy Covariance approaches. Other research interests include ecophysiology of mixedwood and interior cedar/hemlock forests, and the spiral phyllotaxis of lodgepole pine. Visit http://web.unbc.ca/~fredeena/ for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Oscar Garcia is the West Fraser Endowed Chair in Forest Growth and Yield. Oscar’s research addresses 'Quantitative forestry', including growth modeling, biometrics, mensuration, harvest scheduling, decision support systems. Visit http://www.unbc.ca/forestry/forestgrowth/ for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Mike Gillingham has broad interests in population and wildlife ecology, modeling, plant-herbivore interactions, and behavioural ecology. He received his PhD from the University of British Columbia. Visit http://web.unbc.ca/~michael for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Scott Green is a forest ecologist with a background in tree physiology. His research activities focus on tree/ecosystem adaptive responses to environmental variation. He has a particular interest in the responses of northern and high-elevation forests to climate change.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Kevin Hall has interests in periglacial processes in Antarctica and high altitude mountains, with particular emphasis on mechanical weathering; zoogeomorphology and recontructing Quaternary environments are secondary interests. Visit http://www.unbc.ca/geography/faculty/hall/ for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Greg Halseth is the Canada Research Chair in Rural and Small Town Studies at UNBC. He has research interests in social geography, community economic development, and community change and conflict. His current research focuses on household and community strategies for coping with economic change in BC's resource-based towns. Visit http://www.unbc.ca/geography/faculty/halseth/ for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Neil Hanlon does research in health geography, focusing particularly on the implications of provincial health policy reform on communities and regions. He is also interested in issues of health care utilization and how one's geographical location can influence issues of access and patterning of care. His research is primarily concerned with health and health care issues in rural and remote settings. Visit http://www.unbc.ca/geography/faculty/hanlon/ for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Ian Hartley's research interest is in wood quality (ultra-structure and anatomy) and wood physics (wood-water interactions, diffusion, sorption, lumber drying and NMR) pertaining to forest products issues for Northern British Columbia. He has a keen interest in examining wood properties based on wood characteristics and how it pertains to processing issues. Visit http://web.unbc.ca/~hartley for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Sybille Haeussler is a forest ecologist based in Smithers, BC whose research addresses the dynamics, diversity and complexity of terrestrial ecosystems of northern BC affected by interacting effects of changes in climate, disturbance regimes and species distributions. Sybille works at UNBC as climate change research coordinator for the Future Forest Ecosystem Scientific Council of British Columbia and is also President of the non-profit Bulkley Valley Centre for Natural Resources Research & Management. Dr. Haeussler hold degrees from UBC, Oregon State and the Université du Québec à Montréal. Visit http://www.bvcentre.ca for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Chris Hawkins' general research interests are forest productivity, ecology, silviculture and management. Topics he is currently investigating include management of mixedwoods, economic impacts of silviculture decisions, and the genecology of paper birch and trembling aspen. Visit http://mixedwood.unbc.ca/ for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Doug Heard is a Wildlife Biologist with the Ministry of Environment and Adjunct Professor in the Ecosystem Science & Management Program at the University of Northern British Columbia. His research interests center on how the risk of predation from wolves and bears affects the behaviour and population dynamics of caribou, moose and mountain goats.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Steve Helle’s primary research interests include the production of bioenergy and biofuels from forest industry by-products, with an emphasis on the optimization of fermentation processes. Other research interests are waste and wastewater treatment, including biological, physical and chemical treatment processes.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Dezene Huber studies the interactions between insects and plants with a specific focus on the ability of forest pest insects to withstand the defensive toxins produced by trees. Because of the complexity of insect/plant interactions, his work involves field research, molecular biology, and analytical chemistry. Visit http://web.unbc.ca/~huber/ for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Peter Jackson is a mesoscale meteorologist whose research mostly concerns wind in complex terrain (i.e. in mountains and along coastlines) and environmental applications including dispersion of atmospheric pollutants and insects in those environments. In pursuing this theme, he and his research group use both in-situ (from surface-based weather stations) and remote (from a phased array doppler sodar system) observations, as well as mesoscale numerical atmospheric models (RAMS and MC2). These models are run on our 28 processor SGI Origin 3400. Visit http://nimbus.unbc.ca/ for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Chris Johnson's research integrates the disciplines of wildlife, landscape, and conservation ecology to plan for and mitigate the influences of human developments on the environment. Typically working at broad spatial scales using GIS, remotely sensed data, and advanced statistical models, Chris also has an appreciation for field investigations and multiscale phenomena. Current research themes include cumulative impacts of resource development on Arctic wildlife, assessment of species-distribution models, and community-based conservation monitoring and 0lanning.
" random_text[number++] = "Melanie Karjala is the Project Coordinator for the Aleza Lake Research Forest.Society. She is responsible for the development and delivery of research and education programs with a mandate to provide services to UNBC and UBC and other stakeholders. Melanie's responsiblities also include strategic planning and timber supply analysis for the Research Forest as well as for extension and communication of the Aleza Lake Research Forest services and activities to the research community.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Nabla Kennedy's research interests focus on microbial ecology of terrestrial systems (forests and grasslands), including bacterial and fungal components and their interactions. Current research is focused on the impacts of ecological disturbance to mycorrhizal fungi and nitrogen-cycling bacteria. Visit http://web.unbc.ca/~johnsoch for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Loraine Lavallee has an interdisciplinary background having completed a BA in history, a Ph.D. in social psychology, and a postdoctoral fellowship in the faculty of forestry at UBC. Her research work has focused on social components of resource use including investigating factors that influence (1) peoples’ willingness to conserve natural resources, (2) inter-group conflict over forestry, and (3) British Columbian’s values associated with forests. She also conducts research in the area of psychological health and well-being. Visit http://www.unbc.ca/psychology/faculty.html for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Kathy Lewis is a forest pathologist/microbial ecologist with research interests in the role of pathogenic fungi in natural ecosystem processes, and the long term effects of forest practices on forest health. In particular Kathy studies the relationship between biotic disturbance agents and stand dynamics, and the population genetics of forest pathogens as influenced by forest management practices. Visit http://web.unbc.ca/~lewis for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Jianbing Li's interests include: modeling of groundwater flow and contaminant transport in porous media, groundwater hydrology, soil and groundwater remediation, coupled simulation and optimization for environmental management, uncertainty modeling of environmental pollution control systems, water resources management, and environmental risk assessment. Visit http://www.unbc.ca/engineering/ for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr Staffan Lindgren's area of interest is forest insect ecology and management. His current research activities involve forest insects and their role or impact on stand or landscape level processes, biodiversity, and host selection mechanisms. Visit http://web.unbc.ca/~lindgren for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Hugues Massicotte's research interests include the structure and biodiversity of mycorrhizae, tree and rhizosphere biology, and forest mycology. He has published extensively in a number of international scientific journals. Visit http://web.unbc.ca/forestry/massicotte.html for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Bill McGill’s research interests included biogeochemical cycling with an emphasis on C and N sequestration in or bioavailability to microbes within terrestrial ecosystems, and exchange of C and N between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere. Tools and practical applications include, simulation modeling of C and N dynamics, resource recovery from by-products, land remediation, soil conservation, and greenhouse gas mitigation. Recent work has focused on hydrocarbon-induced soil hydrophobicity and transformations of xenobiotics in soil on one hand and modeling of trace gas emissions from soils on the other.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Brian Menounos' research is aimed at understanding past and present climate change in western Canada. He specializes in using annually-laminated lake sediments to reconstruct long-term patterns of hydro-climatic variability from mountain watersheds. He research interests also include production and mobility of fine-grained sediments in mountain systems and surface hydrologic processes. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia in 2003. Visit http://web.unbc.ca/~menounos for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Brent Murray's research revolves around three central themes: molecular ecology (conservation genetics), molecular evolution and comparative immunogenetics. This research focuses on the characterisation, organisation and evolution of genetic variation at both neutral (e.g. mitochondrial) and selected loci, with particular emphasis on the immune system genes (i.e. MHC) in aquatic vertebrates (marine mammals and bony fishes) and their use in population level surveys of genetic variation.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Catherine Nolin's current research project explores domestic and international influences shaping the migration and settlement of Central American refugees and immigrants in Canada as well as the maintenance of ties with their countries of origin. Other research interests include transnational migration, Guatemala, migrant insecurity on the Guatemala-Mexico border, immigrant and refugee experiences in British Columbia, social justice and gender issues. Dr. Nolin earned her PhD from Queen's University. Visit http://www.unbc.ca/geography/faculty/nolin/ for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Chris Opio's research interests include forest management and policy, silviculture, environmental aspects of harvesting systems, land reclamation, woodlot management, tropical forestry and agroforestry. Visit http://web.unbc.ca/forestry/opio.html for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Ken Otter's research addresses how habitat disturbance affects both reproductive and communication behaviour in forest birds. Using a combination of ecological, genetic and behavioural techniques, he and his students are interested in the impact of habitat on signal reliability, mating strategies and ultimatly reproductive output of forest generalist birds occupying postdisturbance landscapes. Ken received his PhD from Queen's University. Visit http://web.unbc.ca/~otterk for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Phil Owens’ research interests are on how water, sediment and chemicals (such as nutrients and pollutants) move through the landscape. In particular, he is interested in how landscapes respond to changes in climate and land management, including the effects of wildfire and other forms of disturbance. He has undertaken research on soil nutrients dynamics and soil erosion, and the transport and storage of sediment and associated contaminants in agricultural, forested and mountain environments. Much of his research will be based at UNBC’s Quesnel River Research Centre. Visit http://www.unbc.ca/owens/
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Katherine Parker's research interests include bioenergetic strategies of wildlife and the trade-off decisions for survival, plant-herbivore interactions, and the contribution of individual animal requirements within large-scale ecosystem processes. Visit http://web.unbc.ca/forestry/parker.html for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Ellen Petticrew’s research interests involve fluxes to and in aquatic systems, at a variety of scales. Fluxes of sediment, nutrient and contaminants have been investigated in recent research including 1) the influence of forest harvesting on sediment yields to British Columbian lakes, 2) the transport and storage of fine sediments in highly productive fish bearing streams, 3) the role of organic matter in the morphology and settling characteristics of freshwater flocs and 4) restoration of a northern residential eutrophic lake. Visit http://www.unbc.ca/geography/faculty/petticrew/ for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Dennis Dennis Procter, is a science specialist in the Education Program, who holds a PhD in Entomology (Univ. of Alberta) and a B.Ed. (Univ. of Calgary). He has worked as an ecologist from the Antarctic to the High Arctic, and from South America, through South Asia, to Southern Africa. Dennis has a keen interest in working with, and on behalf of, northern First Nations particularly in furthering science education in F.N. high schools.
" random_text[number++] = "Roy Rea's research interests include determining strategies for mitigating wildlife-related vehicular collisions, brush management, plant-animal interactions, field-based education and considerations for special landscape features (e.g., mingeral licks, bear dens, etc.) in forest planning and management.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Michael Rutherford has research interests in several areas related to soil science and environmental science: (i) the chemistry, biology and ecotoxicity of contaminated soils, (ii) biogeochemical cycling of carbon and nitrogen, (iii) the utilization of various waste materials for environmental restoration, and (iv) the bioremediation of contaminated environments. In the past, Michael has conducted research into natural-occurring radioactivity (e.g radon gas) in soils and industrial wastes.
" random_text[number++] = "After 11 years as a regional soil scientist in the BC Ministry of Forests, Dr. Sanborn joined UNBC in 2002. His research program builds on established local field studies of site productivity, nutrient cycling, and soil rehabilitation, and is developing a new emphasis on the role of soils as a recorder of long-term environmental change in northwestern Canada. Visit http://web.unbc.ca/~sanborn/ for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Mark Shrimpton earned his Phd from the University of British Columbia. He has interests in the physiological response of fish to environmental disturbance, particularly how physical changes in the environment affect endocrine, biochemical, physiological and molecular factors that regulate growth and development in fish.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. John Shultis' research interests focus on the historical and contemporary socio-cultural forces affecting protected areas, outdoor recreation, wilderness, interpretation and resource-based tourism. Examples of recent research include the impact of neoconservatism on protected area management, the impacts of technology of the wilderness experience, the role of the 'risk society' on outdoor recreation and resource-based tourism, and the effects of the recreational use of protected areas on individuals and society. Visit http://www.unbc.ca/rrt/faculty.htm for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Susan Stevenson is an independent wildlife biologist and an adjunct faculty member at UNBC. She has been studying the effects of forestry practices on habitat for wildlife for more than 30 years, mostly in the Interior Wetbelt. She is especially interested in wildlife that depend on habitat attributes found in old forests, and how they can be maintained in managed stands. Her interest in the Mountain Caribou and its habitat has drawn her into studies of the ecology of arboreal lichens. Current projects include research on the effects of partial cutting on various stand-level biodiversity attributes in the Northern Wetbelt of British Columbia, and studies of the ecology of temperate rainforest lichens in New Zealand. Visit http://web.unbc.ca/~wetbelt/biography-stevenson.htm for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Jueyi Sui’s main research interests lie in water resources and environmental engineering. Jeuyi has expertise in cold region hydraulics and hydrology (river ice hydraulics and snow hydrology) and fluvial hydraulics.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Youmin Tang’s research uses sophisticated numerical models and mathematical tools to predict seasonal climate and put confidence limits on the predictions – a significant new approach among researchers in this field. Previously, he has developed ENSO (El Nino Southern Oscillation) prediction models with the knowledge that more accurate seasonal climate prediction is of vital importance to various sectors of the economy: agriculture, forest management, fisheries, tourism, and power generation. Visit http://web.unbc.ca/~ytang for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Ron Thring's research interests include: - Chemicals, fuels and biosolids from natural resources - Reaction engineering principles and catalysis applied to pulp and paper, polymer, oil and gas processes - Plastics and rubber characterization and processing - Environmental engineering (soil remediation, green house gases control, waste & wastewater treatment) - Value-added processing and product development - Mass transfer with chemical reaction - Mixing of Floating Solids - Biodegradable Materials (production, characterization and applications). Visit http://web.unbc.ca/chemistry/faculty/thring.html for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Todd Whitcombe’s research interests are in the broad area of 'bio-inorganic' chemistry and specifically in the area of reaction kinetics of biomimetic systems. He is also interested in the speciation and functional role of metal ions in the ecosystem; he has a strong nterest in the area of the 'public understanding of science'. Visit http://web.unbc.ca/chemistry/faculty/todd.html for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Roger Wheate's interests cover the application of remote sensing and GIS across the spectrum of NRES (Natural Resource and Environmental Studies) faculty areas. His main focus lies in the integration of the geomatic sciences, cartographic output, feature extraction and terrain visualisation; special interests include mountain cartography / and glacier mapping using remote sensing. Visit http://www.unbc.ca/geography/faculty/wheate/ for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Ken Wilkening’s research focuses on the science-policy interface of international environmental issues, especially in the Asia and Pacific region. He has worked on acid rain in Northeast Asia, Asian dust (desertification and long-range transport of dust in Asia), trans-Pacific air and marine pollution, and intercontinental transport of air pollutants. Other interests include East Asian environmental security, Asian environmental history, and the overall relationship between science, technology, and environmental change.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Orland Wilkerson earned his PhD from the University of Victoria. His primary research interests include community sustainability, environmental auditing, information strategies, and the impacts of energy development. Other interests are community and environmental policy, and environmental thought.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Pam Wright's research focuses on conservation-based approaches to protected areas design, planning and management; the social and ecological impacts and benefits of tourism and recreation on wild spaces. Other research interests include the development of systems-based monitoring approaches for sustainable forest management. Visit http://www.unbc.ca/rrt/ for more information.
" random_text[number++] = "Dr. Jane Young has research interests in ethnobotany (particularly medicinal uses of plants), organic fertilizers and plant growth, and plant adaptation in aquatic ecosystems. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Toronto.
" var random_number = Math.floor(Math.random() * number); document.write(random_text[random_number]);