People

Principal Investigator

Qingshi Tu, PhD

Assistant Professor of Industrial Ecology, Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry

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 | Creative Destruction Lab

 

Research Associates and Postdoc Fellows

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

 

 

PhD students
 

 

Shiva Zargar Ershadi

PhD in Forestry, UBC, 2020-

Email: shiva.zargar@ubc.ca

Interview

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

  

Bidhan Bhuson Roy

PhD in Forestry, UBC, 2020-

Email: bbroy@student.ubc.ca

 

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

BS, Environmental  Science and  Management, Mawlana  Bhashani Science and  Technology University,  Bangladesh, 2016
  • President’s Academic Excellence Initiative PhD Award
  • Faculty of Forestry Doctoral Fellowship
  • Mary and David Macaree Fellowship (2023)
  • VanDusen Graduate Fellowship in Forestry (2021, 2022, 2023)
  • Wright Scholarship in Forestry (2022)
  • ACLCA Student Leadership Award (2022)
  • Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (2022)
  • President’s Academic Excellence Initiative PhD Award
  • Mary and David Macaree Fellowship (2022)

 

Mohammad Kamali

PhD, Forestry, UBC, 2024-

Email: 

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

MSc, Chemical Engineering, Ferdowsi University, Iran, 2008

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

 

Master students

Jinlu (Bonnie) Gan

MSc in Forestry, UBC, 2021-

Email: jgan03@student.ubc.ca

 

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

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

Jinming (Jimmy) Ke

Co-supervised with Prof. Gregory Paradis

MSc in Forestry, UBC, 2021-

Email: jimmyke@student.ubc.ca

 

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

 

 

 

 
 

Rain Liu

Co-supervised with Prof. Chunping Dai

MSc in Forestry, UBC, 2021-

Email:

 

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

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

 

  

Yancun (Walter) Yan

Supervised by Prof. Gregory Paradis

MSc in Forestry, UBC, 2022-

Email:  yancun@mail.ubc.ca

Interview

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

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

 
  • 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)
 

Zirui Tang

MSc in Forestry, UBC, 2023-

Email: terry004@student.ubc.ca

 

BS, Wood Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, China, 2020

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

 

  

Wanyue Tan

MSc in Forestry, UBC, 2023-

Email: wytan9@student.ubc.ca

 

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

BS, Wood Product Processing, the University of British Colombia, Canada, 2023
  • Mitacs Business Strategy Internship
  • Work-Learn International Undergrad Research Award (2022)

Undergraduate students

 

 

 

Visiting students

 

Alumni

Tsz Kuen (Lucy) Ma

Email: lucyworklw@gmail.com

 

BS, Surveying, The University of Hong Kong

 

  • Mitacs Globalink Intern (2021)

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

Manqin Cai

Statistics, UBC

Email:

 

 

Niki Goodacre

Forest Bioeconomy Science & Technology, UBC

Email: niki.goodacre@gmail.com

Life Cycle Assessment for the Production of Thermoset Composite Panels from Obsolete Materials

  • Forestry Undergraduate Research Grant (2023)

Bradley Hills

Forest Bioeconomy Science & Technology, UBC

Email: bradchil@student.ubc.ca

 

 

  • NSERC Undergrad Research Award (2022)

Weijia Zhang

Chemical Engineering, UBC

Email:  

 

Yuqing Shen

(2023)

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

Email:

 

  • Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) scholar

Leo Sun

Computer Engineering, UBC

Email:

 

 

  • Work-Learn Undergrad Research Award (2022)

Khushi Jain

(2023)

B.Tech in Chemical Engineering ,IIT Roorkee 2020-2024

Email:

  • Mitacs Globalink Intern (2023)

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)