Sonya Pastran
Research Interests
My research focuses on the habitat connectivity of the Threatened Marbled Murrelet, integrating movement ecology, diet, and habitat use to better understand the links between marine and terrestrial ecosystems.
Samara Polwatta
Samara Polwatta
Student
Program: PhD, OCF
Supervisor: Amanda Vincent
Email: s.polwatta@oceans.ubc.ca
Research Area
Alejandro Rubio
Alejandro Rubio
Student
Program: PhD, OCF
Supervisor: Murdoch McAllister
Email: alerubio@oceans.ubc.ca
Marine Biologist and Master of Science in Fisheries at the University of Concepcion. Currently a PhD student at IOF. He has been working on crabs and squat lobster stock assessment in Chile for more than ten years.
Jessica Schaub
I am an oceanographer with a special interest in jellyfish ecology. I am also passionate about Indigenous representation in science and related outreach.
Shabnam Shadloo
Shabnam Shadloo
Student
Program: PhD, OCF
Supervisor: Marie Auger-Méthé
Email: s.shadloo@oceans.ubc.ca
I’m studying the glaucous-winged gulls to determine if human activities are influencing their behaviour and their health status. I’m using GPS and acceleration data to monitor them. My goal is to gain a deeper understanding of these birds and to ensure we coexist harmoniously on this planet.
Alex (Alejandro) Schmill
Alex (Alejandro) Schmill
Student
Program: MSc, OCF
Supervisors: William Cheung & Margot Hessing-Lewis
Email: a.schmill@oceans.ubc.ca
Research Area
Emma Shuparski
Research Area
Ambre Soszynski
Ambre Soszynski
Student
Program: PhD, OCF
Supervisor: William Cheung
Email: a.soszynski@oceans.ubc.ca
Her research aims at understanding the functioning of ecosystems and their response to anthropogenic pressures in a changing world. The use of marine ecosystem models (Ecopath with Ecosim, OSMOSE) allows to study the marine environments from the individual to ecosystem levels and to forecast the future of biodiversity under fishing and climate change scenarios.
Research Area
ecological modelling; impact assessment; biodiversity; fisheries; climate change; marine ecosystem; marine governance; Ecopath with Ecosim and Ecospace; OSMOSE
Kasey Stirling
ʔéx kʷ n̓ & pusu’l (hello), my name is Kasey Stirling and I am Nlaka’pamux, Mi’kmaq, and Acadienne. I am a status member of the Lower Nicola Indian Band in Merritt, BC. I am from Williams Lake, the traditional territory of the T’exelcemc Nation (Williams Lake First Nation, Secwepemc Peoples). Throughout my life, I have walked between both worlds: Western and academic science, and Indigenous traditional knowledge.