UNBC is honoured to host NSERC/RioTinto Industrial Research Chair, BC Leadership Chairs, as well as a number of Forest Renewal BC Endowed Chairs and the Ian McTaggart Cowan Muskwa-Kechika Research Professor. The holders of these research chairs contribute to UNBC's success as a research-intensive university and enhance our ability to carry out locally inspired and internationally significant research in our strategic research areas.
Industrial Research Chair
Déry, Dr. Stephen
BSc, MSc, PhD
Professor, Environmental Science
NSERC/RioTinto Industrial Research Chair in Climate Change
and Water Security
Phone: 250-960-5193
Email: stephen.dery@unbc.ca
Dr. Déry’s research focuses on cold regions hydrometeorology using a combination of field and satellite observations, various hydroclimatic datasets, and computer modelling. The long-term goal of the NSERC/Rio Tinto Senior Industrial Research Chair in Climate Change and Water Security is to better monitor and assess recent changes in weather and precipitation patterns affecting the Nechako Watershed, to establish their impacts on changing seasonal snowpack evolution and on the vast network of streams and rivers of the Nechako Watershed.
BC Leadership Chairs
Sanderson, Dr. Darlene
Dr. Donald B. Rix BC Leadership Chair for Indigenous Environmental Health
Dr. Darlene Sanderson's Profile
Tannert, Dr. Thomas
BC Leadership Chair In Tall Wood and Hybrid Structures Engineering
Endowed Chairs
Owens, Dr. Phil
FRBC Endowed Chair In Landscape Ecology
Petticrew, Dr. Ellen
FRBC Endowed Chair In Landscape Ecology
Elkin, Dr. Ché
FRBC / Slocan Endowed Chair in Mixedwood Ecology and Management
Venter, Dr. Oscar
FRBC / West Fraser Endowed Chair in Conservation Solutions
Bryan, Dr. Heather
Ian McTaggart Cowan Muskwa-Kechika Research Professor