People

Principal Investigator

Qingshi Tu (屠清石), PhD

Associate Professor of Industrial Ecology

Amazon Scholar (2025 – )

Email: qingshi.tu@ubc.ca

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Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University, USA, 2016-2019

PhD, Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, USA, 2015

MSc, Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, USA, 2012

BE, Environmental Engineering, Univ. Shanghai Sci. Technol., China, 2008

Affiliations

Bioproducts Institute | Clean Energy Research Centre | Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability | Centre for Climate and Business Solutions

 

Research Associates and Postdoc Fellows

 

 

PhD Students

Bidhan Bhuson Roy

PhD in Forestry, UBC, 2020-

MSc, Environmental Science and  Management, North  South University,  Bangladesh, 2020

BS, Environmental  Science and  Management, Mawlana  Bhashani Science and  Technology University,  Bangladesh, 2016

Email: bbroy@student.ubc.ca

  

  • President’s Academic Excellence Initiative PhD Award
  • Mary and David Macaree Fellowship (2022, 2025)
  • Donald S. McPhee Award (2024)
  • Vishwa and Leela Mathur Scholarship in Wood Science (2024)

 

Peijin Jiang

PhD in Forestry, UBC, 2024-

BE, Wood Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, China, 2022

BS, Wood Products Processing, the University of British Columbia, Canada, 2024

Email: jpj1201@student.ubc.ca
Research in one sentence

“Employing industrial ecology methods, such as LCA and MFA, alongside machine learning techniques to accelerate the sustainable transition to renewable energy”

 

  • UBC Solutions Scholars 2026-27 Cohort
  • Mitacs Globlink Research Award 2025 (host by Prof. Fengqi You, Cornell University)
  • Hamish Kimmins Scholarship in Forest Ecosystem Studies (2025)
  • Work-Learn International Undergrad Research Award (2024)
 

Mohammad Kamali

PhD in Forestry, UBC, 2024-

PhD, Chemical Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran, 2014

MSc, Chemical Engineering, Ferdowsi University, Iran, 2008

BSc, Chemical Engineering, Persian Gulf University, Iran, 2005

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  • Mary and David Macaree Fellowship (2025)

Lumin

PhD in Forestry, UBC, 2025-

MSc, Data Science, University of Denver, USA, 2024

BA, English/Geology, University of Idaho, USA, 2012

Email: msdsLumin@gmail.com

 

 

Master students

Raul de Leon Rabago

Co-supervised with Prof. Loretta Li

MASc in Civil Engineering, Environmental Systems Engineering, UBC, 2023-

BE, Civil Engineering, Metropolitan Autonomous University, Mexico 2020

Email: dlraulr@mail.ubc.ca

 
Research in one sentence

“Assessing, with the use of different models, the impacts of wildfires on water resources, aiming to develop strategies for risk prevention on drinking water systems”

Wanyue Tan

MSc in Forestry, UBC, 2023-

BS, Wood Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, China, 2021

BS, Wood Product Processing, the University of British Columbia, Canada, 2023

Email: wytan9@student.ubc.ca
Research in one sentence

“Creating dynamic LCA models for harvested wood products in North America, including LCI harmonization and carbon accounting tool development”

 

  • Work-Learn Research Award (2024)
  • Mary and David Macaree Fellowship (2024)

Lizzie Woodley

MSc in Forestry, UBC, 2027- Forest Bioeconomy Science & Technology, UBC

Email: ewoodley@student.ubc.ca

 

 

  • Work-Learn Undergrad Research Award (2025): “Life Cycle Analysis of Critical Mineral Recovery from Geothermal Waters ” [Main supervisor]: Dr. Zeina Baalbaki (UBC Civil Engineering)

Undergraduate students

 

 

Visiting students

Min Dai

Postdoc Fellow, UBC Co-supervised with Prof. Guangyu Wang (UBC) and Prof. Yutao Wang (Fudan)

PhD in Environmental Science (Fudan University, China)

Email: mdai19@fudan.edu.cn
Research in one sentence

“Analyzing, simulating, and mitigating the complex ecological and environmental impacts of industrial sectors across the supply chain on coupled human-natural ecosystems.”

Qiuxia Zou

Visiting PhD Student, UBC

Co-supervised by Prof. Qingshi Tu (UBC) and Prof. Huabo Duan (Huazhong University of Science and Technology)

Email: zouqiuxia@hust.edu.cn
Research in one sentence

“Quantifying material flows and carbon emissions in waste management systems to identify resource recovery opportunities and support low-carbon transitions.”

 

  • Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) scholar

 

Alumni

PhD students, Postdoc & Research Associates

Hana Mohammadi, PhD

Postdoc Fellow, UBC Co-supervised with Prof. Jack Saddler

PhD in Environmental Engineering (University of Tehran, Iran)

Email: hana.mohammadi@ubc.ca

 

Meili Xue

PhD candidate in Environmental Management, Fudan University, China, 2021-2027 (expected)

Email: mxue08@student.ubc.ca
Research in one sentence

“Exploring system-level sustainability and environmental trade-offs of forest bioeconomy development through industrial ecology approaches”

 

  • Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) scholar

 

Zhihan Yu

PhD candidate in Agricultural and Forestry Economics and Management, Nanjing Forestry University, China, 2022-2026 (expected)

Email: zyu61@student.ubc.ca
Research in one sentence

“Extending Faustmann model with stochastic price risk and harvested wood products to enhance forest ecosystem carbon sinks through improved management”

 

  • Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) scholar

 

Sijing Wang

PhD candidate in Environmental Management, Fudan University, China, 2021-2026 (expected)

Email: wsj1030@student.ubc.ca
Research in one sentence

“Using industrial ecology methods to explore the environmental impacts of biomass resources and non-food bioeconomy”

 

  • Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) scholar

 
 

Shiva Zargar Ershadi

PhD in Forestry, UBC, 2020-2025

MSc, Biology, University of British Columbia, Canada, 2020

MSc, Biosystem Mechanics, University of Mohaghegh Ardebili, Iran, 2017

BS, Agricultural Mechanization Engineering, University of Guilan, Iran, 2014

Email: shiva.zargar@ubc.ca

Interview

Research in one sentence

“Developing an integrated analytical platform to evaluate the role of forest biorefineries in achieving a sustainable bioeconomy” [Thesis] Developing an integrated analytical platform for evaluating the role of forest biorefineries in achieving a sustainable bioeconomy

 

  • President’s Academic Excellence Initiative PhD Award
  • Faculty of Forestry Doctoral Fellowship
  • Mary and David Macaree Fellowship (2023, 2024)
  • VanDusen Graduate Fellowship in Forestry (2021, 2022, 2023)
  • Wright Scholarship in Forestry (2022, 2024)
  • ACLCA Student Leadership Award (2022)
  • Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (2022)

 

Qiuping Li

(2022) PhD in economics, China University of Geosciences, 2019-2023 (expected) Email:  BS, Resource and Environmental Economics, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 2017

 

  • Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) scholar

Behnam Talebjedi

(Sept. – Nov. 2022) Doctoral researcher at Aalto University, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Email: behnam.talebjedi@aalto.fi Webpage Research area: Machine learning, Data science, Pulp and Paper Industry, Building Energy Management, Reliability & Risk Assessment.

 

  • Doctoral Education Network in Energy Technology (DENET)

Mohsen Mandegari, PhD

Research Associate, UBC PhD in Chemical Engineering (Tarbiat Modares University, Iran) Email: m.mandeagri@ubc.ca

  • Exceptional Achievement Award from Stellenbosch University, South Africa (2017, 2019)
  • “Young Scientist with Promising Future” by National Research Foundation (NRF), South Africa (2019)

 

MS students

 

 

Zirui Tang

MSc in Forestry, UBC, 2023-2026 Email: terry004@student.ubc.ca   BS, Wood Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, China, 2020 BS, Wood Product Processing, the University of British Columbia, Canada, 2023

[Thesis] Advancing life cycle assessment of bio-based chemicals through artificial intelligence-driven data extraction

 

  • Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
  • Work-Learn International Undergrad Research Award (2022)

 

Yancun (Walter) Yan

Supervised by Prof. Gregory Paradis

MSc in Forestry, UBC, 2022-2025

BS, Ecology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China, 2020

BS, Forest Resource Management, the University of British Colombia, Canada, 2022

Email:  yancun@mail.ubc.ca Interview

Research in one sentence

“Build an innovative mathematical modelling framework to simulate and optimize the climate change mitigation potential of the forest sector in British Columbia, Canada” [Thesis] A mathematical modeling framework to optimize the climate change mitigation potential of the forest sector in British Columbia, Canada

 

  • VanDusen Graduate Fellowship in Forestry (2023)
  • Work-Learn International Undergrad Research Award (2022)
  • Work-Learn International Undergrad Research Award (2021)
  • United Benefit Group Fujian Forestry Scholarship (2020)

Jinlu (Bonnie) Gan

MSc in Forestry, UBC, 2021-2023

BS, Wood Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, China, 2019

BS, Wood Product Processing, the University of British Colombia, Canada, 2021

Email: jgan03@student.ubc.ca

 

  • Faculty of Forestry Strategic Recruitment Fellowship
  • PICS Internship (2021)
  • Mary and David Macaree Fellowship (2022)
  • Wellington C. Spetic Graduate Support Fund (2022)

[Thesis] A streamlined framework for evaluating the environmental impacts of hydrogen energy systems

Jinming (Jimmy) Ke

Co-supervised with Prof. Gregory Paradis

MSc in Forestry, UBC, 2021-2023

BS, Forest Resource Management, UBC, 2021

Email: jimmyke@student.ubc.ca

[Thesis] Climate impact assessment under different forest harvesting and fertilization scenarios

Rain Liu

Co-supervised with Prof. Chunping Dai

MSc in Forestry, UBC, 2021-2024

BS, Wood Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, China, 2019

BS, Wood Product Processing, the University of British Colombia, Canada, 2021

Email:

[Thesis] Carbon footprint analyses of structural bamboo products

Yuqing Shen

(2023) MSc in Forestry Ecological Engineering, Zhejiang A & F University, 2021-2024 (expected)

Email:

 

  • Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) scholar

Undergraduate students

 

 

Joseph Luppe

Forest Bioeconomy Science & Technology, UBC Email: josephluppe@gmail.com

  • Work-Learn Undergrad Research Award (2025): “Apply large language models (LLMs) to uncover behavioral, social, and cultural drivers of food waste generation and reduction”

Nikoo Vali

BASc in Computer Engineering, UBC

Email: nikvli382@gmail.com  

  • Outstanding International Student Award
  • Work-Learn Undergrad Research Award (2025): “Develop a Streamlit/Python web LCA platform that lets non-experts explore and compare environmental impacts across hydrogen production pathways using standardized datasets and intuitive visualizations.”

Will Morgan

Forest Bioeconomy Science & Technology, UBC Email: Willmorgan002@gmail.com

  • Work-Learn Undergrad Research Award (2024): “Developing bill of materials (BoM) and life cycle assessment (LCA) for stage equipment for performance art“

Savanna Seneviratne

Forest Bioeconomy Science & Technology, UBC Email: savannasene@gmail.com

  • Work-Learn Undergrad Research Award (2024): “Developing methods to estimate emission factors for different combustion phases of pile burning“
 

Oscar Tuvey

BSc. Computer Science, University of Liverpool, 2020-2024 (First Class Honors) Email: tuveyosc@student.ubc.ca

  • Mitacs Globalink Research Internship Student (2024)
  • EPSRC Vacation Internship Award (2024)

Niki Goodacre

Forest Bioeconomy Science & Technology, UBC Email: niki.goodacre@gmail.com

  • Forestry Undergraduate Research Grant (2024)
  • Forestry Undergraduate Research Grant (2023)

Bradley Hills

Forest Bioeconomy Science & Technology, UBC Email: bradchil@student.ubc.ca

  • NSERC Undergrad Research Award (2022)

Khushi Jain

(2023) B.Tech in Chemical Engineering ,IIT Roorkee 2020-2024 Email:

  • Mitacs Globalink Intern (2023)

Leo Sun

Computer Engineering, UBC Email:  

  • Work-Learn Undergrad Research Award (2022)

Manqin Cai

Statistics, UBC Email:  

Tsz Kuen (Lucy) Ma

Email: lucyworklw@gmail.com   BS, Surveying, The University of Hong Kong  

  • Mitacs Globalink Intern (2021)

Weijia Zhang

Chemical Engineering, UBC Email: