The B.C. Interior is facing growing flood risk in the coming days. UBC experts are available to comment.
Dr. Younes Alila
Professor, Department of Forest Resources Management
Email: younes.alila@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
- Effects of climate change and clearcut logging on flood risk
Dr. Sean Fleming
Adjunct Professor, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Tel: 541-250-1248 (please text first)
Email: sfleming@eoas.ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
- General hydrology, water resource management, flooding and hydropower
- Streamflow forecasting for floods and water supplies
- Artificial intelligence applications to environmental prediction
- Human impacts on water availability and flood hazards, including land use and climate change
Elise Legarth (she/her)
PhD student, Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences
Tel: 604-789-8313
Email: elegarth@eoas.ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
- Flood forecasting, rain on snow and water resource modelling
Dr. Kh Md Nahiduzzaman (he, him)
Senior Researcher and Program Lead, Urban Resilience
School of Engineering, UBC Okanagan
Cell: 639-560-2234
Email: Kh.Nahiduzzaman@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
- Climate change, and flood adaptation and mitigation strategies
- Flood-resilient governance
- Flood conditions in B.C., and the nature of preparations needed across all tiers of governance: local/Indigenous, provincial and federal
Dr. John S. Richardson (he/him)
Professor, Faculty of Forestry
Tel: 604-822-6586
Email: john.richardson@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
- Water, forests and biodiversity
Dr. Hans Schreier
Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Cell: 604-731-0548
Email: hans.schreier@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
- Watersheds and watershed management
- Flooding and water, urban stormwater management
* unavailable from 6 a.m. – 9 a.m. on May 5-12
Dr. Babak Mohamadpour Tosarkani
Assistant Professor, School of Engineering, UBC Okanagan
Cell: 647-551-7732
Email: babak.tosarkani@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
- Emergency supply chain preparedness for disaster resilience