Martin van Leeuwen
Graduate Program: PhD
Supervisor: Nicholas Coops
Country of Origin: Netherlands
Martin is a PhD student at UBC Forestry who is originally from the Netherlands. Martin chose UBC Forestry to do research because the Faculty provided the opportunity to combine skills in multiple disciplines.
May Anne Then
Program of Study: Forest Sciences
Country of Exchange: Singapore
May Anne is in the Forest Sciences program in the Faculty of Forestry. She spent 13 weeks in the Plant Systematics Laboratory in the Department of Biological Sciences of the National University of Singapore.
Emily Ackroyd
Program of Study: Forest Resources Management
Country of Exchange: Guanacaste Conservation Area, Costa Rica
Emily is in the Forest Resources Management program at UBC. She is spent three months in Costa Rica helping a Masters student from UBC collect data on the ecology of tree holes.
Debbie Leung
Program of Study: Natural Resources Conservation
Country of Exchange: Nevada, United States
Debbie, an undergraduate student in the Faculty of Forestry, completed an internship with the Great Basin Institute in the United States. The internship was based out of Reno, Nevada and involved working on ecological restoration projects in the region.
Erika Driedger
Program of Study: Natural Resources Conservation
Country of Exchange: Los Banos, Philippines
Erika graduated from the Natural Resources Conservation program, Science and Management major from UBC. Erika spent one year in the Philippines at the University of the Philippines in Los Banos.
Maddie Crowell
Program of Study: Forest Sciences
Country of Origin: Colorado, USA
Maddie is an undergraduate student in the Faculty’s Bachelor of Forest Science program where she enjoys the communal feel of UBC Forestry and looks forward to working on an undergraduate thesis project. In her spare time, Maddie takes full advantage of the outdoor activities that surround Vancouver.
Cory Wallace
Program of Study: Forest Sciences
Country of Origin: Oregon, USA
Cory originally came to UBC through the Faculty of Science, but almost immediately learned about forestry and made a quick switch.