Maria Lourdes Palomares
Maria Lourdes ‘Deng’ Palomares
Senior Scientist and Project Manager
Email: m.palomares@oceans.ubc.ca
Office phone: 604-822-0218
Dr. Palomares has been the Sea Around Us‘ Project Manager since June 2017. Her research focus has been on the application of well-known theories in fish and fisheries biology as tools to test hypotheses and/or generate knowledge from ‘big data’ repositories. Read More
Louise Teh
Dr. Louise Teh’s research focuses on how interactions between humans and marine ecosystems impact fisheries sustainability. She has a particular interest is in small-scale fisheries of developing countries, and has been involved in marine conservation projects on valuing marine turtle conservation, marine protected area management, and climate change adaptation. Read More
Lydia Teh
Dr Lydia Teh’s research examines the social, economic, and ecological dynamics of marine fisheries, with a special focus on small-scale fisheries. Her inter-disciplinary research cuts across fields from human ecology to biodiversity conservation, and has taken her to work with fishing communities in Sabah, Malaysia and Fiji…. Read More
Colette Wabnitz
Dr. Wabnitz is a marine scientist interested in understanding the functioning of ecosystems, how these may respond to human pressures and natural forcing, and the design – together with government, industry, NGOs and local communities – of appropriate measures for the sustainable use of their resources and the long term conservation of their services. Read More
Juan José Alava
Juan José Alava
Honorary Research Associate and Principal Investigator, Ocean Pollution Research Unit (OPRU)
Email: j.alava@oceans.ubc.ca
Office phone: 604-291-0019
Dr. Juan José Alava is a marine ecotoxicologist, and expert on ocean pollution, marine mammal and seabird ecotoxicology, global environmental changes, marine biodiversity, and ecology. He is part of the scientists representing Latin American (Ecuadorian)-Canadian minorities in academia and research in Canada. He is an avid soccer goalkeeper and baseball catcher and likes going hiking, whale watching, and birdwatching.
Lucas Brotz
Research Area
Dr Russ Jones
Russ Jones
Honorary Research Associate
Research Area
Dr Michael Melnychuk
Michael Melnychuk
Honorary Research Associate; Quantitative Modeling Group [University of Washington]
Research Area
Dianne Newell
Dr. Newell is a historian of technology and society who has spent her career examining the diffusion of knowledge in disciplines across the social sciences and humanities. Appointed Professor Emerita in 2014. She is the Interim Director of the IOF’s Centre for Indigenous Fisheries. Read More
Research Area
Indigenous fisheries of BC, fishing and fish processing history, interdisciplinary research; small-scale fisheries, marine coastal fisheries; women & fisheries, industrial archaeology; Canadian Northwest Coast Indigenous fisheries case law; Pacific salmon canning industry. white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) fisheries
Tony Pitcher
Tony Pitcher
Professor Emeritus
Dr. Pitcher’s research addressed the impacts of fishing on aquatic ecosystems, the development of quantitative, multi-criteria evaluation frameworks and rapid appraisal techniques for evidence-based assessment of fisheries, management instruments and management goals, and a predictive understanding of how fish shoaling behaviour impacts fisheries.