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Samuel Bartels, Principal Investigator
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.
Current lab members
Hayden Leo, Research Assistant ( 2025- )
Validation and Characterization of Old Growth Forest and Values from an Indigenous Perspective in the Southern Coast Mountain Region
Mike Boachie, MSc. (2025- )
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.
PhD ( 2025- )
Systematic Review: Resistance, Resilience, and Recovery of Forest Biodiversity in an Era of Rapid Change
Giac Biglioli, BSc. (2025- )
Economic Assessment of Partial Cutting
Past members/ Alumni
Master of Science (MSc)
Julia Bizon, MSc. (NRES Biology) (April 2025). Ecological restoration and ecosystem memory of wildlife forage and understory diversity in a young pine monoculture plantation in central-interior B.C.
Simran Gill, MSc. (NRES Environmental Science) (April 2024). Testing nitrogen and iron based compounds as environmentally safer alternative to control broadleaf weeds in turfgrass.
Bachelor of Science (BSc)
Graeme Neto, BSc (Hons). 2025. Assessment of growth, quality indicators, and yield predictions of conifer trees at the UNBC Christmas Tree Farm.
Dylan Hebert, BSc. 2025. Expanding the role of the British Columbia Fire Service: transition to a broader natural disaster relief agency.
Mike Fillion, BSc. 2025. The effects of heat stress and drought on western redcedar (Thuja plicata).
Hayden Leo, BSc. 2025. Using carbonization to increase fibre use in British Columbia.
Mariah Kampman, BSc. 2024. Biochar use in forest ecosystems: opportunities for British Columbia's forests.
Cooper Shea, BSc. 2024. Assessing the viability of winch-assist harvesting within the Sub-Boreal Spruce zone of British Columbia.
Matthew Cain, BSc. 2024. Post-harvest moose retention in an irregular multi-aged shelterwood harvest block versus a conventional clear-cut with reserves.
Lainie Shandro, BSc. 2024. A review of management responses to spruce beetle and mountain pine beetle in British Columbia.
Nolan Buchi, 2023. The role of silviculture in mitigating the adverse effects of drought in British Columbia's forests.
Gareth Anderson, BSc. 2022. Fire risk potential of different coarse woody debris retention techniques in British Columbia.
Graeme McGuffie, BSc. 2022. Ecological benefits of trembling aspen retention in silvicultural brushing operations in British Columbia.
Chiara Chirico, BSc. (Hons.) 2022. Interactions among understory forest vegetation layers along a harvesting disturbance gradient in boreal mixedwood forests.
Jennifer Kubos, BSc. 2021. The effects of riparian management on ecology of small streams in British Columbia.
Samantha Nuyens, BSc. 2021. Live free or grow hard: Is British Columbia’s free growing standard compatible with modern forest values and stewardship principles?
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