Catalogue of Current Student Abstracts MSc Environmental Science

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2023 Cohort

Student Supervisor Title
Atherton, Natalie Prema NMR Profiling of Beef
Atkinson, Kara Larsen / Isaac Small Mammal Communities in a grassland ecosystem: Historic Trends and Future Prospects
Brouwers, Tanya Fraser Measuring Carbon Cycling Changes in Soils Converted from Forests for Cattle Grazing to Cropping Systems for Cattle Grazing
Francis, Matthew Church / Bork / Fraser Precision Agriculture: Leveraging Remote Sensing and Virtual Fencing for Enhancing Sustainable Ranching Practices
Halcrow, Devin Pypker The Effectiveness of Various Hillslope Erosion Migration Treatments in Dry-Belt Fir Ecosystems Within the Interior of British Columbia
Jumeau, Olivier Harvey Time-after-fire regeneration of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) habitat in Ulkatcho Territory
Kang, Myung Jin (John) Fraser Silvopastoral soil carbon and microbial community effects from strip-thinning widths and grazing dynamics
Lloyd, Sylvie Tsigaris Assessing the Non-Market Value of the BC Wildlife Park
McLennan, Olivia Van Hamme Anaerobic microbial desulfonation of sulfonated perfluoroalkyl substances
Miller, Sydney Reudink / McKeller Tracking the long-distance migration and abundance of Wilson's phalaropes (Phalaropus tricolour) at saline lakes across the western hemisphere.
Schoen, Jacqueline Reudink Short -Term Effects of the Site C Dam and Reservoir on Bank Swallow Riparia riparia Populations Along the Peace River
Seal, Sean Heise / Naman Assessing Benthic Macroinvertebrate Community Responses to Post-Wildfire Hillslope Restoration Treatments in the Deadman River Watershed
Soames, Adam Gardner Sterilizing Excavated Soils Contaminated with Knotweed (Reynoutria) Propagules using Heat and Anoxia
Valle, Rosa Mason The Application of GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Technologies in the pursuing of Sustainable Tourism Business for rural and small/middle cities communities
Werden, Shannon Larsen / Burgar The Effects of Habitat and Body Condition on Fishers (Pekania pennanti) in the Columbian Population in British Columbia

2022 Cohort

Student Supervisor Title
Baker, Keenan Fraser Cut it, seed it, graze it: Exploring economical methods to reduce woody species encroachment on pastureland in the Cariboo
Bezooyen, Kate Flannigan Trends in hourly weather and fire weather indices across different biogeoclimatic zones in British Columbia
Egeland, Joseph Cheeptham / Donker Towards designing a bioreactor for the BioLogix™ Product: Identification of microbial communities and their optimal growth conditions for in situ and ex situ hydrocarbon bioremediation
Freitag, Kelsey Reudink / McKellar Examining the Impacts of Climate Change and Habitat Loss on the Distribution and Abundance of Long-billed Curlews, a Species at Risk in Canada
Gidora, Samantha Fraser / Larsen eDNA air sampling for bats: implications for mine reclamation and closure
Martin, Thane Rakobowchuk The Effect of Dietary Salt on Vascular Health
Maslowski, Natalie Harvey Impacts of short-interval wildfire on forest regeneration in Glacier National Park, British Columbia
Modamori, Oluwayomi Mohammed / Tawhid Unraveling Key Factors of Wildfire Risks in British Columbia – Leveraging Genetic Algorithm and Particle Swarm Optimization.
Powrie, Tay Pypker Investigating the future of glacier ice and melt processes in the North Shuswap
Robinson, Andrea Harvey Forest encroachment drivers, dynamics, and wildfire resiliency of grassland-forest ecotones in interior British Columbia
Sharafi, Komeil Tawhid Analysis and prediction of global warming using machine learning algorithms
Turner, Shae Reudink Evaluating the role of prealternate moult in carry-over effects from overwintering to migration for Neotropical migratory songbirds
Wester, Robert Church Development of the Climate Master Cattle
Whitehead, Lindsey Larsen Effects of Wildfire on Western Rattlesnake Population and Movement patterns
Wong, Calen Larsen Road Mortality Mitigation, Critical Habitat, and Comparative Movement for a Community of Threatened Snakes

2021 and Prior Cohort

Student Supervisor Title
Ajayi, Adetola Fraser / Tsigaris Invasive Species on British Columbia's Grasslands: Estimating The Benefits of Control Policies
Bahroudi, Behnaz Fraser Topsoil-till cover depth and amendments: Influence on Ecosystem Reclamation of Tailings Storage Facilities
Dulc, Susan Larsen Bat boxes are a conservation tool...but do they help or hinder?
Guo, Zhichao Donkor Characterization of Exchangeable and Total Recoverable Elements in Soils Treated with Ash Residuals
Makar, Brandon Carlyle-Moses / Pypker Stemflow and Stemflow Infiltration Areas for Isolated Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa) in a Semi-Arid Setting
McAmmond, Breanne Van Hamme Proteomic response of Gordonia sp. strain NB4-1Y provided with fluoroalkyl sulfonates for sulfur
McKelvey, Veronica Larsen / Isaac The chamber of secrets: uncovering the natural and not so natural overwintering behaviour of snakes
Morton, Ted Mason The Narcist of Land-Use Management: How mountain biking is challenging sustainable development in British Columbia’s rural and Indigenous communities
Oliver, Jacqueline Flannigan Predicting Largescale Wildland Fire Events in Canada and Alaska Using Convolutional Neural Networks that Pay Attention to Spatial Interactions
Peterson, Nicholas Fraser / Gardner Smoke'm if you got'em: germination and storage techniques on native seed for BC's interior grasslands
Shepherd, Leona Flannigan Projecting Future Wildfire Spread Potential in British Columbia, Canada
Spruyt, Jade Larsen Effects of Road Mortality and Mitigation Measures on the Western Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus) in British Columbia
Turner, Brandon Hill Catching the Downpour: Estimating precipitation at high spatial resolution using low-cost sensing and weather RADAR
Walsh, Michelle Heise Identifying thermal refugia and their use by a species of conservation concern, Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in a drought prone stream
Zelmer, Adam Mason Vertical Challenges: Managing Climbing in Banff National Park