Below you will find a sample of research profiles for some of our current NRES graduate students.
![Sorour Nasimi](/sites/default/files/styles/floating_image/public/sections/nres-graduate-program/photo2022-04-0120-34-18.jpg.webp?itok=lbRBJB6X)
Sorour Nasimi (PhD candidate, NRES)
- Master of Environmental Engineering (University of Tehran, Iran)
Supervisor: Dr. Jianbing Li
Dissertation topic: Enhancing water security in rural and remote areas incorporating traditional knowledge
![Yihang Zhang](/sites/default/files/styles/floating_image/public/sections/nres-graduate-program/yihang-zhang-1088_1.jpg.webp?itok=FNaWvpFr)
Yihang Zhang (MA, NRES)
- BA, Media Economics and Management (Communication University of China)
- BA, Broadcasting and Television Playwright Directing - TV Editing (Communication University of China)
Supervisor: Dr. Zoë Meletis
Thesis topic: Bringing dinosaurs into the 2020s: considering current visitation and future virtual tourism possibilities for the Tumbler Ridge Museum and Geopark (B.C.)
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yihang-zhang
E-mail: yihangz@unbc.ca
![Richard Darko](/sites/default/files/styles/floating_image/public/sections/nres-graduate-program/photorichard-darko-640x816.png.webp?itok=10oG9kZB)
Richard Darko (PhD candidate, NRES)
- BA, Economics (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, 2012)
- MA, Economics (University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, 2016)
- MA, Development Economics (University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, 2019)
- MA, Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (Geography) (University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, 2022)
Supervisor: Dr. Greg Halseth
Dissertation topic: Advancing New Regional Industrial Development Pathways: Exploring the Dynamics of Power, Legitimacy, and Institutionalization
Email: darko@unbc.ca
![Jhoan Chavez](/sites/default/files/styles/floating_image/public/sections/nres-graduate-program/photojhoan-chavez-suazo.jpg.webp?itok=s9MKTlRO)
Jhoan Chavez (MSc, NRES)
- BSc, Environmental Engineering (National Agrarian University, La Molina, 2014)
- Environmental Engineer (National Agrarian University, La Molina/CIP, 2018)
Supervisor: Dr. Jianbing Li
Thesis topic: Agricultural Waste Management through Pyrolysis
![Som Pun](/sites/default/files/styles/floating_image/public/sections/nres-graduate-program/som-pun-copy.PNG.webp?itok=G1ueYHQO)
Som Pun (PhD candidate, NRES)
Supervisor: Dr. Annie Booth
Dissertation topic: Linking Indigenous knowledge through adaptive silvicultural practices & decision-making: Assessment of reforestation objectives & Indigenous self-determination within Treaty 8 Territories, BC, Canada
![Nella Hernandez](/sites/default/files/styles/floating_image/public/sections/nres-graduate-program/photomarianella-hernandez.jpg.webp?itok=w9t0mr4K)
Nella Hernandez (MSc, NRES)
- BSc (National Agrarian University, La Molina, 2005)
- MBA (Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, 2017)
Supervisor: Dr. Flor Y. Garcia-Becerra & Dr. Greg Halseth
Dissertation topic: Socio-technological adoption of decentralized water systems in northern British Columbia informed by household gender roles
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/marianella-nella-hernández-2822a981
E-mail: mernande@unbc.ca
![Bipana Maiya Sadadev](/sites/default/files/styles/floating_image/public/sections/nres-graduate-program/photobipana-maiya-sadadev.jpg.webp?itok=KYaGwVG1)
Bipana Maiya Sadadev (MSc, NRES)
- BSc, Forestry (Institute of Forestry, Tribhuvan University, Nepal)
Supervisor: Dr. Heather Bryan
Thesis topic: Conservation of Hog deer (Axis porcinus) via field survey and social survey in Shuklaphanta National Park, Nepal
E-mail: sadadev@unbc.ca
![Nisha Mehta](/sites/default/files/styles/floating_image/public/sections/nres-graduate-program/photonisha-mehta.jpeg.webp?itok=VXGUXw1m)
Nisha Mehta (PhD candidate, NRES)
- MEd, Counselling Psychology (University of Western Ontario, 2010)
Supervisor: Dr. Annie Booth
Dissertation topic: Forced Environmental Migration: Tracing unearthed places and its peoples to the Americas
LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/nisha-mehta-m-ed-c-psych-ba87bab2
E-mail: Nmehta@unbc.ca
![Lucas Middleton](/sites/default/files/styles/floating_image/public/sections/nres-graduate-program/photolucas-middleton.jpg.webp?itok=ja_e3MnS)
Lucas Middleton (MA, NRES)
- BA Hons, Sociology & English (St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish NS)
Supervisor: Dr. Jennifer Wigglesworth
Thesis topic: The experience of Canadian national parks as structured by the state
![Kaitlyn Raine](/sites/default/files/styles/floating_image/public/sections/nres-graduate-program/photokaitlyn-raine.jpg.webp?itok=7rsRppve)
Kaitlyn Raine (MSc, NRES)
- BSc, Environmental Biology (University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, 2021)
Supervisor: Dr. Ché Elkin
Dissertation topic: Investigating the influences of competition by different densities of Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides) and site moisture on Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) growth under drought conditions caused by climate change
![Halena Scanlon](/sites/default/files/styles/floating_image/public/sections/nres-graduate-program/photohalena-scanlon.jpg.webp?itok=Zn6ZQOVM)
Halena Scanlon (MNRES)
Supervisor: Dr. Tristan Pearce
Dissertation topic: Pairing Scientific and Inuit Knowledge to Understand Sympatric Populations of Arctic char (Iqalukpik, Salvelinus alpinus) in the Amundsen Gulf, Canada
E-mail: scanlon@unbc.ca
![Zehra Zawawi](/sites/default/files/styles/floating_image/public/sections/nres-graduate-program/photozehra-zawawi.jpg.webp?itok=tN6hWWJW)
Zehra Zawawi (PhD candidate, NRES)
- BSc, Geography and Environment (University of London)
- MSc, Sustainable Development (SOAS, University of London)
Supervisor: Dr. Annie Booth & Dr. Sinead Earley
Dissertation topic: Indigenous Food wisdom guiding food policy in BC and beyond
LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/zehra-zawawi-91850b23
E-mail: zawawi@unbc.ca
![Jemima Duru](/sites/default/files/styles/floating_image/public/sections/nres-graduate-program/photojemima-duru.jpg.webp?itok=OOavnyR_)
Jemima Duru (PhD candidate, NRES)
- BSc, Geography & Environmental Management (University of Ilorin, Nigeria, 2015)
- MSc, Disaster Management & Resilience (Coventry University, United Kingdom, 2019)
Supervisor: Dr. Annie Booth & Dr. Zoe Meletis
Dissertation topic: Gendered experiences of climate change-induced displacement: exploring agency, resilience, and inequality among displaced women
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jemima-duru-72485228b
E-mail: jduru@unbc.ca
![Lucas Macedo Moura](/sites/default/files/styles/floating_image/public/sections/nres-graduate-program/photolucas-moura.jpg.webp?itok=XUZIALJ3)
Lucas Macedo Moura (PhD candidate, NRES)
- BSc, Biological Sciences (Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil, 2011)
- MSc, Ecology and Natural Resources (Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil, 2014)
Supervisor: Dr. Eduardo Martins
Dissertation topic: Temperature trends and their effects on the abundance and size of fish populations in temperate and tropical lakes
Email: moura@unbc.ca
![Cara Snell](/sites/default/files/styles/floating_image/public/sections/nres-graduate-program/photocara-snell.jpeg.webp?itok=su6SE_kf)
Cara Snell (PhD candidate, NRES)
- BSc Honours (Thompson Rivers University)
- MSc, Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (University of Northern British Columbia)
Supervisor: Dr. Ken Otter
Dissertation topic: Bird and small mammal species composition between novel hardwood retention forest treatment sites in mixed stands
Email: csnell@unbc.ca