UBC experts on floods
Heavy rain and swelling rivers have triggered flood watches, highway closures and evacuation alerts across the Fraser Valley. UBC experts are available to comment on flooding risk and extreme weather impacts.
Mauricio Carvallo Aceves, PEng
PhD student, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
Email: macarad@student.ubc.ca
Interview languages: English, French, Spanish
Expertise:
- urban infrastructure, rainwater management, climate change adaptation, compound flooding, sea level rise
Dr. Younes Alila, PhD
Professor, Department of Forest Resources Management
phone: 604-822-6058
Email: younes.alila@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- land use and climate change impact on flood risk
- clearcut logging effects on flood risk
* Available Saturday onwards
Dr. Jennifer Baumbusch, PhD, RN
(She/Her/Hers)
Professor, School of Nursing
phone: 604-822-7496
Email: jennifer.baumbusch@nursing.ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- disruptions in the delivery of essential medical/health supplies and equipment
Davide Elmo
Professor, Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering
Ms. Elise Legarth, MSc
(She/Her/Hers)
PhD Student, Dept. of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences
phone: 604-822-3591
Email: elegarth@eoas.ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- weather impacts, flooding, atmospheric rivers, climate change
* Limited availability on weekends
Dr. Tara Martin, PhD
Professor, Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences
Email: tara.martin@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- flooding in the Sumas Valley
- conservation decision science
- biodiversity, climate change, climate models
Charlotte Milne, MSc
(She/Her/Hers)
PhD student, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES)
Tel: +64 21 256 8433 (please email first)
Email: cmil137@mail.ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- why B.C. is highly flood-prone
- how flood management is funded and governed in B.C.
- what has and hasn’t changed since the 2021 floods
- impacts of flooding on communities
- what can be done to reduce risk and protect people and assets
Dr. Kh Md Nahiduzzaman (Nahid)
(He/Him/His)
Senior Researcher, School of Engineering
phone: 639-560-2234
Email: Kh.Nahiduzzaman@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- flood-resilient planning with specific focuses on floodplain maps and land use planning
Dr. John Richardson, PhD
(He/Him/His)
Professor, Dept. of Forest and Conservation Sciences
Tel: 604-822-6586
Email: john.richardson@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- effects of flooding on streams and lakes, water quality and debris torrents
- impacts of excess water on slopes
- urban impacts of drainage patterns and loss of natural stream networks in many parts of the Lower Mainland
Dr. Rachel White
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Email: rwhite@eoas.ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- role of climate change on the heavy rainfall, and expected future changes
* Unavailable Dec. 12, 13 and 17, and afternoon of Dec. 19
