Faculty

  • Erin Baerwald
    MSc and PhD University of Calgary
    • Assistant Professor
    Phone: 250-960-5664
    Office Number: 8-206

    Areas of expertise: Animal behaviour, bat biology, conservation biology, ecology, migration biology

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  • Samuel Bartels
    PhD Forest Sciences (Lakehead University), MSc Forestry (Lakehead University)
    • Assistant Professor
    Phone: 250-960-6625
    Office Number: 8-334

    Areas of expertise: forest biology; applied forest ecology, silviculture, forest management

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  • Jonathan Cale
    PhD, Forest Pathology and Mycology (State University of New York ESF)
    • Assistant Professor
    Phone: 250-960-5813
    Office Number: 8-313

    Areas of expertise: Forest Pathology, Forest Health, Forest Ecology, Fungal Ecology, Mycology, Chemical Ecology, Tree Physiology

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  • Dr. Ché Elkin
    • Professor
    Phone: 250-960-5004
    Office Number: Lab 8-332

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  • Scott Green
    • Professor
    Phone: 250-960-5817

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  • Dr. Ian Hartley
    • Professor
    Phone: 250-960-6054
    Office Number: 10-3006

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  • Dr. Dezene Huber
    PhD (Simon Fraser University), BSc (University of Calgary)
    • Professor
    • ESM Undergraduate Coordinator
    Phone: 250-301-0827
    Email: huber@unbc.ca
    Office Number: 8-248

    Areas of expertise: Arthropods, insects, beetles, integrated pest management, chemical ecology, ecology, conservation, biodiversity, genomics

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  • Chris Johnson
    BSc University of Victoria, PhD University of Northern BC
    • Professor, Landscape Conservation and Management
    Phone: 250-960-5357
    Office Number: 8-330

    Areas of expertise: caribou, conservation, cumulative impacts, ecological thresholds, endangered species

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  • Dr. Kathy Lewis
    • Professor
    Phone: 250-960-6110
    Office Number: CJMH-2050

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  • Eduardo Martins
    PhD and MSc Universidade Estadual de Campinas
    • Associate Professor
    Phone: 250-960-5855

    Areas of expertise: fish ecology, thermal ecology, movement ecology, population dynamics

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  • Dr. Ken Otter
    PhD, MSc (Queen's University), BSc (University of British Columbia)
    • Professor
    • Chair, Ecosystem Science and Management
    • Co-Chair, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
    Phone: 250-960-5019
    Office Number: 8-341

    Areas of expertise: Animal communication, reproductive strategies, behavioural ecology, avian ecology, urban & disturbance ecology

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  • Roy Rea
    PhD, Ecology (Norwegian University of Life Sciences - 2014), Doctor Philosophiae Thesis, MSc, Biology (UNBC - 1999), BSc (California State University, Stanislaus - 1992)
    • Assistant Professor
    Phone: 250-960-5833

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  • PhD University of Queensland, Australia
    • Professor, Landscape Conservation and Management
    • FRBC West Fraser Conservation Solutions Research Chair
    Phone: 250-960-0134
    Office Number: 8-334

    Areas of expertise: Conservation Science and Practice

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Adjunct Faculty

  • Phil Burton
    PhD (Universty of Illinois), MS (University of Hawaii), BSc Honours (University of Saskatchewan), RPBio
    • Adjunct Professor
    Phone: 250-615-3333
    Office Number: Room 130 (Terrace campus)

    Areas of expertise: Disturbance ecology, vegetation dynamics, forest regeneration, sustainable forest management.

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  • Dr. Art Fredeen
    PhD (UC Berkeley, 1988), BScA (University of Saskatchewan, 1983)
    • Adjunct Professor

    Areas of expertise: Plant Gas-exchange, Plant/Forest Nutrition, Forest Ecology, Forest Carbon, Forest-Climate interactions, Sustainability.

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  • Bill McGill
    PhD (University of Saskatchewan), MSc (University of Manitoba), BSA, Honours (University of Manitoba)
    • Adjunct Professor

    Areas of expertise: Soil Science, Agriculture, Biogeochemistry, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gases, Soil Organic Matter, Soil Nitrogen, Soil Carbon, Simulation Modeling, Xenobiotics, Land Remediation.

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  • Dr. Christopher Opio
    BScF (University of New Brunswick), MEDes (University of Calgary), PhD (University of Alberta)
    • Adjunct Professor

    Areas of expertise: Forestry (silviculture, height to diameter ratio), agroforestry (reclamation, sheep vegetation management), use of moringa tree to purify drinking water, water well management in rural Africa

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  • Paul Sanborn
    • Adjunct Professor
    Phone: 250-960-6661

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