Samuel Bartels is fascinated by the structural organization and biological composition (including trees, shrub and herbaceous species, fungi, bryophyte, and lichen communities) of forests and terrestrial ecosystems and conducts investigations into how their diversity, species interactions, and functions are impacted by environmental changes caused by humans.

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Originally from Phoenix, Arizona, and having completed her BSc in Biology at UBC Vancouver, Julia is slowly making her way North. She is interested in the impacts of human land use and climate change and is focused on solution-based approaches to the rapidly changing environment. For her master's project, she is studying ecosystem memory and ecological restoration of wildlife forage and understory diversity in a young pine monoculture plantation in Central-Interior BC. Her project concerns regrowth of understory vegetation after disturbance, with a focus on the efficacy of forest management practices to support wildlife. 

Mike has a background in Natural Resource and Environmental Governance and has been actively involved in forest landscape restoration and biodiversity conservation in Ghana. His role in restoration initiatives and firsthand exposure to forest recovery challenges inspired him to transition into ecological research, leading him to pursue an MSc in NRES (Forestry). His studies will focus on post-disturbance forest regeneration and understory biodiversity, examining how climate change and anthropogenic disturbances influence recovery dynamics. Through his research, he aims to contribute to science-driven forest management strategies that enhance ecosystem resilience in an era of rapid environmental change. 

Assessment of growth, quality indicators, and economic yield predictions of the growing stock at UNBC's Christmas Tree Farm

Biochar Production and Application

Climate Change Impacts on Forests

Wildfire Emergency Response Management