Nicole Jung
Thesis Topic
Crabs and Community: Relational Visions of Á,ĆEX (Dungeness Crab, Metacarcinus magister) Stewardship in Tsawout First Nation’s QEN,T Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area
Carolina Lang Abarzúa
Research Area
Binyue Lue
Research Area
Julia Mayer
Julia has a strong interest in climate science and coastal ecosystems. Her research focuses on assessing the vulnerability of British Columbia’s kelp habitat to climatic hazards, thereby enhancing the public understanding of how restoring kelp can address critical issues such as climate change, biodiversity conservation, and food security.
Tess McRae
Tess grew up in Vancouver, BC where she became fascinated by marine life, especially marine mammals. Tess attended UBC to complete her undergraduate degree and specialized in biology where she became passionate about marine ecology and conservation science.
Annie Mejaes
Research Area
Grace Melchers
My research, in partnership with the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, focuses on employing emerging, non-invasive methods (environmental DNA, or eDNA) to study marine biodiversity and community interactions in urban and non-urban nearshore ecosystems, with a focus on Pacific salmon.
Soleil Michaud
Research Area
Max Miner
Max Miner
Student
Program: MSc, OCF
Supervisors: Dr. Brian Hunt and Dr. Camilla Speller
Email: m.miner@oceans.ubc.ca
My work at IOF uses environmental DNA (eDNA) and ancient DNA (aDNA) methodologies to examine harmful algal bloom dynamics along the Pacific Northwest coast. For my thesis, I will be using DNA extracted from nearshore marine sediment core samples to reconstruct past HAB events at a clam garden site in the traditional territory of the Gitga’at Nation.