The Solutions Scholars program sponsors UBC Master’s and PhD students to apply their scholarly research to climate change mitigation, adaptation, and/or education. Fourteen students have been selected as scholars for the 2026 - 2027 cohort, contributing to the Future Canada Initiative.
PhD Program
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
Rei Bertoldi is a PhD candidate at the University of British Columbia researching transportation-related air pollution at the intersections of atmospheric science, urban planning, and environmental justice. Prior to joining the Lab for Environmental Assessment and Policy, she received her master’s…
Masters Program
Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts
Josh is a Master of Arts in Economics student with a research focus in environmental economics. He holds an undergraduate degree in economics and environmental studies, and has experience working in climate policy. Josh's research explores empirically how people respond to climate change and how…
Masters Program
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Erin is a MASc student researching the integration of renewable resources into the modern electricity grid. Building on an undergraduate background in Sustainable Energy Engineering with a focus on power systems and buildings, she investigates the impact of renewable energy on grid stability. Her…
PhD Program
School of Engineering (UBCO)
Ahmed Mahmoud is a PhD student in Electrical Engineering at the University of British Columbia Okanagan. His research explores the role of building electrification, heating and cooling technologies, rooftop solar energy, and energy storage in advancing climate solutions. As a member of the…
Masters Program
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Talisha is an MASc student focused on power systems and machine learning within electrical engineering. Her work explores data-driven techniques to support the reliable integration of renewable energy and data centers into the power grid. Prior to graduate school, she designed electrical circuit…
Masters Program
Chemistry (UBCO)
Jesus is a M.Sc. student researching sustainable ways to produce value chemicals using light as an energy input. Following an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering, Jesus worked briefly in small scale industrial research. Looking to make a bigger impact, he joined the SolarSpec Lab under the…
PhD Program
Department of Wood Science
Peijin is a PhD student working on industrial ecology issues in renewable energy systems. While completing her undergraduate degree at UBC Forestry, she joined the Sustainable Bioeconomy Research Group, where she began exploring the intersection of industrial ecology and energy systems. After…
PhD Program
Bioenergy and Biofuels
Ali Maghzian is a PhD candidate and research assistant in the Biofuels/Bioenergy Group at the Faculty of Forestry, UBC, under the supervision of Professor Jack Saddler. With a background in mechanical engineering and expertise in bioenergy, biofuels, and carbon capture, Ali’s doctoral research…
PhD Program
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
Gloria is a Ph.D. student in the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability. Her research focuses on how transitions in greenhouse gas emission accounting frameworks, land-use policy downscaling, and bioeconomy biomass feedstock production strategies for bioenergy influence equitable…
PhD Program
Political Science
Annabelle is a PhD student in political science at UBC specializing in climate politics and an affiliate researcher at Laval University's Green Economy Research Observatory (OREV). She is interested in the political factors that facilitate or hinder the adoption of climate policies. Her research…
PhD Program
School of Engineering (UBCO)
Marziye Seif is a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia. Her research focuses on developing optimization and decision-support methods for complex systems under uncertainty. Drawing on operations research, data-driven robust optimization, stochastic programming,…
PhD Program
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Alireza is a PhD student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UBC, where he conducts research on thermal management of power electronics and next-generation energy management systems under the supervision of Professor Martin Ordonez at the UBC Power Laboratory. He brings over…
PhD Program
School of Community and Regional Planning
Charlotte is a PhD student researching how planning, sociology, and climate justice intersect in community-building practices. Grounded in interdisciplinary training, she joined SCARP to study how community needs and priorities are reified through planning. Her Master’s research explored how…
Masters Program
Business, Sustainability, and Technology Lab
Mateo’s research and practice lie in the intersection of participative design, natural and social sciences. He is an anthropologist and Biologist from Universidad de los Andes and has dedicated 8 years to the design and management of socio-environmental justice projects. Working in more than…
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