Curtis Suttle, FRSC CM OC
Curtis Suttle
Distinguished University Professor
Email: suttle@science.ubc.ca
Office phone: 604-822-8610
Dr Suttle is primarily focussed on viruses and their role in the environment. His current work examines viruses and their roles in the oceans, high Arctic, deep mines, aeolian dust, lakes, and migratory-bird ponds. Read More
Research Area
microbial diversity, marine microbiology, biological oceanography, marine viruses, virus diversity, zooplankton, phytoplankton, bacterioplankton, virioplankton
Andrew Trites
Dr Trites oversees the Marine Mammal Research Unit and a research program that involves captive and field studies of seals, sea lions, whales and dolphins. Read More
Amanda Vincent, FRSC
Dr. Amanda Vincent is driven by a determination to protect our oceans. As well as tackling research on pressing problems, Dr. Vincent also mobilizes conservation action to improve the status of marine species and habitats. Read More
Sara Cannon
Sara Cannon
Postdoctoral Research Fellow; Centre for Indigenous Fisheries
Email: s.cannon@oceans.ubc.ca
Research Area
Mairin Deith
Dr. Mairin Deith is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of British Columbia, Canada, working with the US Army Corps of Engineers to assess the impacts of dam operations and hatchery practices on wild salmon in the Pacific Northwest. She specializes in simulation modelling, decision analysis, data-limited statistical techniques, and creating software that connects decision makers with scientific tools.
Lauren Eckert
Lauren Eckert
Postdoctoral Research Fellow; Centre for Indigenous Fisheries
Email: l.eckert@oceans.ubc.ca
Dr. Lauren Eckert is a Conservation Scientist, storyteller, and postdoctoral fellow in the Centre for Indigenous Fisheries. Her work centers equitable approaches to conservation and research, and bridges social and ecological systems, marine and terrestrial systems, and Indigenous knowledge and Western science.
Aaron Greenberg
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Ibrahim Issifu
Ibrahim Issifu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow; Fisheries Economics Research Unit
Email: i.issifu@oceans.ubc.ca
Office phone: 604-649-6335
Dr. Ibrahim Issifu is an accomplished interdisciplinary fisheries economist, specializing in the complex nexus of marine resource management, food systems, sustainable blue economy, and marine plastic pollution. With a deep understanding of the economic drivers and ecological implications of fisheries, Ibrahim employs a holistic approach to inform policy decisions and promote the long-term viability of frontline coastal communities and marine ecosystems. Read More
Research Area
Economic valuation of marine resources, Fisheries governance and policy, Climate change impacts on fisheries, Seafood trade flow, Bioeconomic modeling
Loic Jacquemot
Loic Jacquemot
Postdoctoral Research Fellow; Pelagic Ecosystems Lab
Email: l.jacquemot@oceans.ubc.ca
Dr. Jacquemot is an oceanographer and marine ecologist who specializes in the use of molecular techniques (such as DNA/RNA metabarcoding and omics) to investigate the diversity and distribution of marine communities and their interactions within marine ecosystems. Read More
Jacob Lerner
Dr. Lerner is a biological oceanographer interested in the trophic ecology of pelagic food webs. Specifically, his research centres on the marine life history of Pacific salmon, carry-over effects of marine foraging on their reproductive success, and the relationship between this and the structure of pelagic ecosystems.