NRES Graduate Student Poster Session

Date:
Friday, December 3, 2021 - 3:30pm to 5:30pm
Location:
Zoom
Campus:
Online

The Natural Resources and Environmental Studies Graduate Program and the Natural Resource and Environmental Studies Institute are holding a virtual Graduate Student Poster Presentation in lieu of our Friday colloquium presentation.

This event will highlight the current research being undertaken by NRES 700 Graduate Students.

Join us on Zoom to discuss with students their research projects. Students will be assigned to Breakout rooms with attendees able to move between the rooms at their leisure. To participate fully in this session you must use the Zoom App version 5.3 or greater.

Please email al.wiensczyk@unbc.ca for the Zoom meeting ID and passcode for this event.


Group 1

  • Melissa Bates: Who Speaks for the Trees? An Investigation into the Co-Benefits of Strengthening Indigenous Protected Areas in Endangered Ecosystems
  • Parveen Brar: Crop Residue is not a Waste, until we Waste it! Potential of Crop Residues as Renewable Resource Energy in Punjab, India
  • Anqi Chen: Degradation of Cu(II)-Organic Complexes in Wastewater:​ An Innovative Method— Enhanced Ozonation
  • Katelyn Coope: Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) to Identify Critical Eulachon Spawning Habitat​ in Haisla Territory
  • Ann Duong: Microcystin Management from Contaminated Water using Porous Materials
  • Lauren Elviss: Physiological Effects of Supplemental Feeding in Caribou
  • Keaton Freel: Unlocking the Agricultural Potential of King Stropharia Mushrooms ​
  • Kara Froese: The Effects of Wildfire Size and Seasonality on the Abundance and Diversity of Pyrophilous Insects in Interior British Columbia, Canada
  • Sedigheh Gheisari: Disproportionate Collapse Prevention of Balloon-framed CLT Buildings Using an Innovative Connection
  • Simran Gill: Detecting the Presence of Antimicrobial Protein (MOCP) in the Root Extract of Moringa oleifera
  • Alexandra Golt: Trophic Changes Resulting from Sub-lethal Glyphosate-based Herbicide use in Forests: Plants and Pollinators
  • Sophia Graham: Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Northwestern BC Parks: A Framework for Socially Responsible Environmental Planning and Management
  • Briana Greer: The Effects of Climate Change on Métis Women Across the Motherland​
  • Chenyue Guo: Vibration Performance of Mechanically Laminated Timber Floors
  • Elizabeth Hirsch: Angling Exploitation and Oxythermal Habitat Use of Burbot (Lota iota) in the Omineca Region of BC​
  • Mackenzie Howse: Biodiversity after the Burn: Understanding Pollinator and Flora communities after Stand Replacing Wildfires in Central BC
  • Muybalikhon Jumakhonov: Resilience to Climate Change in Kettle River: Grand Forks
  • Ann King: Sahtu Dene and Métis Community Engagement with the Norman Wells Oilfield and Pipeline
  • Carolyn Knapper: Using Genetics to Investigate Effects of Climate Change on the Physiology of Pacific Salmon
  • Evan MacKinnon: Leave the Map Behind: Enhancing Sense of Place using Indigenized GIS Knowledge Gathering
  • Caleb Mathias: Investigating Holocene Glacier Fluctuations in Eastern Yukon Territory

Group 2

  • Christena McHarg: Exploring An Integrated Outdoor Education Program for A Rural High School ​
  • Helena Mirzabeigi: Arsenic Removal from Contaminated Soil and Conversion to Value-added Products​
  • Akihiko Mori: A Socially Optimal Food Waste Tax​ 
  • Barbara Oke: Management of Social Impacts of Resource Extraction: A Focus on Post-Certificate Management of Health Service Impacts  ​
  • Oliveth Orjiocha: Multinational Oil Corporations and Environmental Management in the Developing Countries:  The Case of Shell Petroleum Development Company in Nigeria​
  • Karlee Orvis: Energetic Distributions and Environmental Drivers of Eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus) in British Columbia
  • Madison Oud: Impacts of Nest Timing and Urban Settings on Mountain Chickadee (Poecile gambeli) rate of Parental Care Visitation​
  • Claire Paillard: The Functional Diversity of Urban Ground Arthropods in Prince George
  • Brittney Reichert: Estimating Species Diversity & Abundance in Kitimat River using Environmental DNA
  • Lisa Rickard: Causal-Comparison of Recent Major Spring Flood Events in the Saint John River Basin ​
  • Lauren Runge: Effects of Forest Harvesting on small Carnivore Occupancy and Interspecific Competition​
  • Shahrzad Sarrami Foroushani: Tourism's Contribution to Economic Development in Small towns
  • Mya Schouwenburg: Development of an Analytical Method for Chromium(VI) and Chromium(III) in Workplace Air​
  • Hariharan Sendamangalam Varudaraju: Effects of Glyphosate on Melatonin Level in Strawberries under Three Different Environmental Conditions​
  • Suzanne Stevenson: Effect of Spatial Overlap with two Apparent Competitors on Caribou Survival ​
  • Genevieve van der Voort Maarschalk: Examination of Platanthera (Orchidaceae) Pollinators using Motion-Detected Videos and Pollinator Surveys
  • James Whitehead: Wildfire Management in BC: Considering Community Values during Mitigation
  • Jessica Woskett: Omineca Angler and non-Angler Preference and Diversity Study
  • Rulan Xiao: Comparison of Methods to Estimate Fuel Moisture Content (FMC) in Different Areas in Central BC
  • Hossein Zeinalzadeh: Fabrication of SAPO-34 @ ZIF-8 Core-shell Composite for CO2 Capture Application​
  • Yihang Zhang: Post COVID-19, What Will Continue? Looking at Ongoing Interest in Virtual Tourism Options

Contact Information

Al Wiensczyk, RPF
Research Manager, Natural Resources and Environmental Studies Institute

Phone: 250-614-4354
Phone: 250-960-5018
Email: al.wiensczyk@unbc.ca

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