Daniel Pauly receives Honorary Doctorate from the University of Crete
The University of Crete announced that Dr. Daniel Pauly, has been granted an honorary doctorate from the Department of Biology, School of Applied Sciences and Technology.
2023 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement: Daniel Pauly and Rashid Sumaila are winners
The UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries professors say winning this prize gives them an opportunity to spread an urgent and evidence-based message: all fishing on the high seas should be banned.
Amanda Vincent receives the 5th Dawkins Prize for Conservation and Animal Welfare
This Prize honours exceptional achievement in research focused on animals whose conservation and welfare are affected by human activity.
Explorers among us
Assistant professor Dr. Andrea Reid, and postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Harmony Martell, joined the Explorers Club 50, class of 2023.
Dr. Rashid Sumaila named as 2022 AAAS Fellow
AAAS has elected Dr. Rashid Sumaila to the newest class of Fellows.
Rashid Sumaila wins RSC’s Miroslaw Romanowski Medal for scientific work relating to environmental problems
Prof. Sumaila is a UBC University Killam Professor, Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in Interdisciplinary Ocean and Fisheries Economics, and one of the world’s most innovative researchers on the future of the oceans.
Villy Christensen named Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Dr. Christensen, a professor at the UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, is the principal architect behind the Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) modelling approach and software.
This scientist is taking an international jellyfish tour to explore mucus and medusae
UBC doctoral student Jessica Schaub is about to set off on an international tour of jellyfish
PhD student Alexander Duncan appointed to Indigenous Leadership Circle in Research
This new group will advise the presidents of Canada’s three federal research funding agencies – CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC.
Dr. Simon Donner is appointed to Net-Zero Advisory Body
The Net-Zero Advisory Body is a group of independent experts from across Canada, established by the federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change, to give advice on how Canada can achieve its goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.