Graduate students
Current graduate students
Md Tabrez Alam
PhD in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Environmental Science), Fall 2020 - present
MSc in NRES-Environmental Science, UNBC 2020; BE in Electronics and Communication, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Bangalore, India 2012
Supervisors: Drs. Youmin Tang & Siraj ul Islam
Dissertation Topic: Impact of Easterly Wind Bursts on Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD)
Email: malam@unbc.ca
Saba Asadolah
PhD in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Environmental Science), , Fall 2022 - present
MSc in Satellite Climatology-Physical Geography, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran 2017 BSc in Physical Geography, Shahid Behesht University, Tehran, Iran 2014
Supervisor: Dr. Peter Jackson
Dissertation Topic: Satellite remote sensing of atmospheric trace constituents
Email: asadolah@unbc.ca
Krishna Kafle
MSc in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Environmental Science), Fall 2023 - present
BE in Geomatics Engineering focusing on GIS, Remote Sensing and Geospatial Programming, Kathmandu University, Nepal '17
Supervisor: Dr. Siraj ul Islam
Thesis Topic: impact of land cover changes in hydrology of watersheds
Email: kafle@unbc.ca
Kristen Kieta
PhD in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography), 2018 - present
BSc Environmental Science, University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN) 2011; MSc Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, UNBC 2017
Co-Supervisors: Drs. Ellen Petticrew & Philip Owens
Dissertation Topic: Determining sources of sediment in the Nechako River Basin using the sediment fingerprinting technique
Email: kieta@unbc.ca
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Justin Kokoszka
MSc in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, Fall 2022 - present
Supervisor: Dr. Stephen Déry
Gabrielle Lint
MSc in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Environmental Science), May 2020 - present
BSc Environmental Science (hons) Focus in Toxicology and Minor in Soil Science, University of Manitoba 2018
Supervisor(s): Drs. Ellen Petticrew, Philip Owens
Thesis Topic: Effects of Mount Polley mine spill tailings on impacted lakes' phosphorus and chlorophyll-a concentrations
Email: lint@unbc.ca
Temitope Olufemi
MSc in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Environmental Science), Fall 2023 - present
Bachelor of Agriculture (Soil Science), Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, 2013
Co-Supervisors: Dr. Theresa Adesanya & Dr. Ron Thring
Thesis Topic: TBD
Email: olufemi@unbc.ca
James Rankin
MSc Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Environmental Science), January 2023 - present
BSc Environmental & Resource Science (Hons.), Trent University '22
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Phil Owens & Dr. Faran Ali
Thesis topic: Sediment erosion, transport and deposition impacts on salmon spawning habitat in the Horsefly River
Email: jrankin@unbc.ca
Lisa Rickard
MSc in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, September 2022 - present
Supervisor: Dr. Stephen Déry
Behnoosh Roknaldini
MSc in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Environmental Science), May 2023 - present
MA in Applied Climatology, University of Yazd, Iran '15; BSc in Natural Resources Engineering Focus in Rangeland and Watershed Management, Hormozgan University, Iran '13
Supervisor: Dr. Siraj ul Islam
Thesis Topic: Modeling the Thermal Regimes of the Upper Peace River Basin
Email: Roknaldin@unbc.ca
Mike Samoil
MSc in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Environmental Science), September 2023 - present
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Phil Owens & Dr. Faran Ali
Thesis topic: TBA
Email: samoilm@gmail.com
Bruno Serafini Sobral
PhD in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Atmospheric Sciences), Fall 2020 - present
MSc Biosystems Engineering; BSc Agricultural and Environmental Engineering
Supervisor: Dr. Stephen Déry
Dissertation Topic: Terrestrial Response to Atmospheric Rivers in the Nechako River Basin, British Columbia
Email: sobral@unbc.ca
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Meng Wang
MSc in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Environmental Science), September 2023 - present
MSc, Imperial College London '19; BENG, Shanghai University '18
Supervisor: Dr. Stephen Déry
Thesis Topic: TBA
Email: wangm@unbc.ca
Shanaka Weththasinghe
MSc in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Environmental Science), September 2023 - present
BEd, Yukon University '22; BKin, University of Alberta '16
Supervisor: Dr. Siraj ul Islam
Thesis Topic: Hydrological predictions using different hydrological models with Python and R languages
Email: weththasi@unbc.ca
Devin Wittig
MSc in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Environmental Science), September 2023 - present
BEd, Yukon University '22; BKin, University of Alberta '16
Supervisor: Dr. Stephen Déry
Thesis Topic: TBA
Email: dwittig@unbc.ca
Former graduate students and theses
Brayden Nilson
MSc in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Environmental Science), 2023
BSc Environmental Science, UNBC 2018
Supervisor: Dr. Peter Jackson
Thesis Topic: Calibration and spatiotemporal analysis of low-cost air quality sensor data
Selina Mitchell
MSc in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Environmental Science), 2022
BSc Environmental Science, UNBC 2007
Supervisor: Dr. Stephen Déry
Thesis: Precipitation Gradients Across the Continental Divide in the Southern Canadian Rockies
