Valentina Ruiz Leotaud
Valentina Ruiz Leotaud
Communications Officer, Sea Around Us Program
Email: v.ruizleotaud@oceans.ubc.ca
At the Sea Around Us, Valentina is in charge of the media outreach to bring public attention to the project’s research and her job involves several tasks, from writing press releases and reports to organizing events and producing video stories, among other things. She’s also proficient in all things social media.
Taryn Scarff
Taryn is a Research Assistant in the Marine Mammal Research Unit. Her research focuses on analyzing seasonal and decadal trends in killer whale populations in BC.
Ruth Arnold
Research Area
Natasha Buckiewicz
Natasha Buckiewicz
Student
Program: PhD, OCF
Supervisor: Brian Hunt
Email: n.buckiewicz@oceans.ubc.ca
As part of the Urban Oceans project, Natasha’s PhD research focuses on the impacts of urbanization on phytoplankton dynamics in the Salish Sea. The aim is to understand how freshwater and material flows from the urban environment impact primary producers and their fatty acid profiles, with implications on essential nutrients available to higher trophic levels including culturally and economically important fish. Read More
Salome Buglass
Salome Buglass
Student
Program: PhD, Geography
Supervisor: Simon Donner
Email: s.buglass@oceans.ubc.ca
Salome Buglass is a marine scientist with a strong interest in deep-water ecosystems, marine conservation, marine management, and the intersection between people and the ocean. Her PhD research explores novel mesophotic kelp forests in the Galápagos Marine Reserve.
Yixuan Chen
Yixuan is investigating the bottom trawl fishery and its management in China, hoping to use her interdisciplinary research to advance marine conservation and fishery management.
Jared Connoy
Research Area
Outcomes of Indigenous fishing methods for fish health and fisheries sustainability in a changing world
Research Unit
Deniz Coskuner
My thesis work focuses on zooplankton assemblage dynamics in the Strait of Georgia and their function as a crucial prey resource for juvenile salmon and other forage fish.
Santiago De la Puente Jeri
Santiago De la Puente Jeri
Student
Program: PhD, OCF
Supervisors: Villy Christensen
Email: s.delapuente@oceans.ubc.ca
I am a Peruvian researcher that has been studying the ecological and human dimensions of the Humboldt Current, with emphasis on fisheries economics and governance.
Thesis Topic
Can integrated ecological-economic models help operationalize ecosystem-based fisheries management?
Kahsennarò:roks Maddy Deom
Research Area