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UBC experts on flooding and extreme weather
Media Advisories
UBC experts are available to comment on flooding and extreme weather, in light of a state of emergency in Kelowna and other parts of western Canada.
Climate science and natural disasters
Dr. Susan Day
Professor, Department of Forest Resources Management
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 604-822-6652
Interview Language(s): English
- Urban forests
- Urban soils, stormwater, water relations, plant response to climate stress to climate stress
Dr. Simon Donner
Professor, Department of Geography
Email: [email protected]
Interview language(s): English
- Climate change science, extreme events and climate policy
Dr. Sean Fleming
Adjunct Professor, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Tel: 541–250–1248
Email: [email protected]
- Rivers, groundwater, flooding, water resources
- Weather and climate impacts
- Water and environmental management
- Artificial intelligence, environmental prediction
Dr. Scott McDougall
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Email: [email protected]
Interview language(s): English
- Landslides
- Landslide-generated waves/tsunamis
- Shoreline erosion
- Tailings dam breaches
- Mine waste failures
Dr. Michael Pidwirny
Associate Professor, Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences (Okanagan campus)
Email: [email protected]
Interview language(s): English
- Assessing and forecasting the impact of climate change
- Adaptation to climate change
Dr. John Richardson
Professor, Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences
Email: [email protected]
Interview language(s): English
- Effects of flooding and water supplies on streams and lakes, water quality and debris torrents
- Effects of droughts on natural ecosystems
- Impacts of excess water on slopes and floods
- Urban impacts of drainage patterns and loss of natural stream networks in parts of the Lower Mainland
Dr. Hans Schreier
Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Tel: 604-731-0548
Email: [email protected]
- Watersheds and watershed management
- Flooding and water, urban stormwater
Dr. Stephen Sheppard
Professor Emeritus, Director of Collaborative for Advanced Landscape Planning (CALP), and former Director of the Bachelor of Urban Forestry Program, Faculty of Forestry
Email: [email protected]
Interview language(s): English
- Future climate change scenarios
- Planning for local climate change impacts, adaptation and mitigation
- Engaging Canadians on what they can do to climate-proof homes and neighbourhoods
Crisis management and recovery
Dr. Nemy Banthia
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
Senior Canada Research Chair in Infrastructure Rehabilitation
Email: [email protected]
Interview language(s): English, Hindi, French
- Resilient concrete infrastructure and structural strengthening
- Sensors for structural health monitoring and prediction of conditions that can cause structural collapse
- Low carbon building materials and achieving carbon neutrality in infrastructure
- 3D printing and additive manufacturing for rapid construction
- Performance of buried infrastructure such as sewerage pipes
Dr. Jennifer Baumbusch
Associate Professor, School of Nursing
Email: [email protected]
Interview language(s): English
- Special considerations for supporting older people and people with disabilities in the climate crisis
Dr. Roger Beckie
Professor, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Tel: 604-822-6462
Email: [email protected]
Interview language(s): English
- Groundwater flow and contamination due to flooding, and mitigation
- Mine drainage
- Construction dewatering
Dr. Cole Burton
Associate Professor, Department of Forest Resources Management
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 778–676–4428
Interview language(s): English
- Impact of extreme weather on wildlife
Dr. Jennifer Grenz
Assistant Professor, Department of Forest Resources Management
Email: [email protected]
Interview language(s): English
- How extreme weather impacts food security, planning for impacts, Indigenous land healing initiatives
Dr. Trevor Heaver
Professor Emeritus, UBC Sauder School of Business
Email: [email protected]
Interview language(s): English
- Supply chain disruption
- Transportation business, transport policy, international shipping, ports, logistics
Dr. Philippe Le Billon
Professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
Email: [email protected]
Interview language(s): English, French
- Post-disaster reconstruction, political and economic dimensions, conflicts, corruption
- Climate change mitigation perspectives and initiatives
Dr. Kh Md Nahiduzzaman
Visiting Professor, School of Engineering (Okanagan campus)
Email: [email protected]
Interview language(s): English
- Flood non-structural mitigation
- Flood resilience and inclusive governance
Dr. Dwayne Tannant
Professor, School of Engineering (Okanagan campus)
Tel: 250-801-4301
Email: [email protected]
Interview language(s): English
- Geotechnical engineering, geohazards, rock support, rockfall mitigation, excavations in rock
- Landslides and post-wildfire influences on debris flows
- Remote sensing: drones, lidar, satellite
Alexa Tanner
PhD student, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
Email: [email protected]
Interview language(s): English
- Risk perceptions, evacuation, decision making, multi-hazard risks and emergency management
Dr. Babak Tosarkani
Assistant Professor, School of Engineering (Okanagan campus)
Email: [email protected]
Interview language(s): English, Farsi
- Impact of extreme weather on supply chain
Dr. James Vercammen
Professor, Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Email: [email protected]
Interview language(s): English
- Potential impacts on agricultural commodity prices, food prices, agricultural markets, agricultural production risk
