Katherine Came
Katherine Came
Communications Manager, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Email: k.came@oceans.ubc.ca
Communications; Turning research papers into media releases/stories; IOF website and social media; Organizing and promoting IOF events, webinars and seminars; media relations; internal communications; and disseminating treats to IOF puppies.
Rhea Storlund
She takes care of all things related to the Oceans and Fisheries graduate program (MSc and PhD).
Graduate Program; Student Funding Support; Appointments & changes for Graduate Research Assistants, Student awards, graduate student studies
Julia Adelsheim
Julia Adelsheim
Senior Program Assistant, Extracurricular and Extended Learning, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Julia is currently responsible for overseeing the extracurricular activities offered by the Institute. These offerings include the Vancouver Summer Program (VSP), Future Global Leaders (FGL), ANCHOR Program, and micro-credential courses.
Rebecca Smith
Rebecca Smith
Senior Finance Specialist, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Email: r.smith@oceans.ubc.ca
Accounting, budgeting and supporting the Finance Manager for a portfolio of various projects, services and departments within IOF and related entities.
Syd Ascione
Syd provides support on wide variety of Project Seahorse’s research projects, primarily working with Dr. Sarah Foster. Her work focuses on the illegal wildlife trade of seahorses, bottom trawl fishing, and the biology and ecology of Syngnathoidei fishes.
Md Azizul Bari
Md Azizul Bari is a Research Assistant at the Fisheries Economics Research Unit, University of British Columbia. He specializes in fisheries subsidies, ocean sustainability, and climate vulnerability, with a strong background in Environment and development.
Nicolas Bailly
Research Area
Regina Bestbier
Gina coordinates lab operations for Project Seahorse and supports research, communications, ethics, education, and administration across the team.
Emily Brown
Emily’s work is focused on land-sea connectivity, based in the Fraser River and the downstream ecosystems that it connects to. She is currently investigating the nutritional quality of intertidal biofilm in the Fraser River estuary for migratory shorebirds, which feed at the tidal flats in this region.
Duncan Burnside
Duncan Burnside
Web/Data Manager, Fisheries Economics Research Unit (FERU), Changing Oceans Research Unit (CORU), The OceanCanada Partnership & Solving-FCB Partnership
Email: d.burnside@oceans.ubc.ca