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Dr. Taraneh Sowlati, P.Eng. Professor
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Dr. Gaurav Kumar Postdoctoral fellow
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Dr. Hossein Mirzaee Postdoctoral fellow |
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Kimiya Rahmani Ph.D. Candidate |
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Soroush Aghamohamadi Ph.D. Candidate |
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Salma Jahani M.A.Sc. Student |
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Shayan Razmi M.A.Sc. Student |
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Aijun Wang M.Sc. student |
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Jingyu Wang M.Sc. student |
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Postdoctoral Fellows |
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Dr. Sahar Ahmadvand |
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Dr. Shaghaygh Akhtari |
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Dr. Olivier Quirion-Blais
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Dr. Adindu Emelogu |
Ph.D. Graduates |
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Dr. Sahar Ahmadvand Thesis: Supply chain optimization of forest-based biomass for gasification considering uncertainties
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Dr. Seyed Salar Ghotb |
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Dr. Rohit Arora
Thesis: Optimization of forest harvest scheduling at the operational level |
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Dr. Krishna Teja Malladi Thesis: Optimization of forest-based biomass logistics at the operational level |
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Dr. Shaghaygh Akhtari
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Dr. Mehdi Piltan |  |
Dr. Claudia Cambero Thesis: Economic, social and environmental optimization of a forest biomass supply |
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Dr. Mahdi Mobini
Thesis: On the design and analysis of forest biomass to biofuel and bioenergy supply chains |
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Dr. Nazanin Shabani
Thesis: Value chain optimization of a forest biomass power plant considering uncertainties |
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Dr. Mahmood Ebadian
Thesis: Design and scheduling of agricultural biomass supply chain for a cellulosic ethanol plant |
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Dr. Saeed Ghafghazi
Thesis: Multi Criteria Evaluation of Wood Pellet Utilization in District Heating Systems |
Master’s Graduates |
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Maziyar Khadivi M.A.Sc. Thesis: Economic analysis and supply chain optimization of biomass gasification at a Kraft pulp mill |
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Evelyn Gao M.A.Sc. Thesis: Profit Allocation In Collaborative Bio-Energy and Bio-Fuel Supply Chains |
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Luke Opacic
M.A.Sc. Thesis: Developing simulation models to improve the production process at a parallam mill |
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Diana Siller
M.A.Sc. Thesis: Supply chain planning for bioenergy and biofuel production from forest-based residues in interior British Columbia : a simulation study |
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Dr. Shaghaygh Akhtari
M.A.Sc. Thesis: Economic assessment and optimization of forest biomass supply chain for heat generation in a district heating system |
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Richard Hewitt
M.A.Sc. Thesis: Strategic information technology investments for the cabinet industry |
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Jo Chau
M.A.Sc. Thesis: Evaluation of Wood Biomass Utilization for the Greenhouse Industry in British Columbia |
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Mohammadhossein Mahmoudi
M.A.Sc. Thesis: The Simulation Modeling of Supply Logistics of Forest Biomass in British Columbia |
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James Salazar
M.Sc. Thesis: Life Cycle Assessment of Windows for the North American Residential Market |
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Dr. Saba Vahid
M.A.Sc. Thesis: Efficiency and Productivity Measurement of the Canadian Manufacturing Sector : 1994-2002 |
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Neda Salehirad
M.A.Sc. Thesis: Efficiency Analysis of Primary Wood Producers in British Columbia |
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Visiting Scientists/Scholars |
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George Boles UBC Visiting International PhD Student Ph.D. Student at University of Bordeaux, France. July 2024-Jyly 2025 |
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Dan Yu UBC Visiting International Research Student Ph.D. Student at Beijing Forestry University, China. Sept. 2017-Sept. 2018 |
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Karol Dudek Visiting Ph.D. Student in Environmental Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico. July-Dec. 2022 |
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Dr. Mahdi Mobini Visiting Scientist, Postdoc fellow at University of Tehran, Iran. Jan.-May 2017 |
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Jan Maier UBC Visiting International Research Student Master’s Student in Bioeconomy at the University of Hohenheim, Germany. Oct. 2017-May 2018 |
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Tim Schröder
Visiting Ph.D. Student, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany.
Summer 2015
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Laura Elisabeth Hombach, Ph.D, Visiting Scholar. Research Assistant at the Chair of Operations Management; RWTH Aachen, Germany.
Summer 2014 |
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| Mariane Hans Alexandre, Industrial Engineer Undergrad at UDESC, Joinville, Brazil. Science Without Borders scholarship program at UBC.
Summer 2014. |
Frederik Trippe, Ph.D., Visiting Scholar, Karlsruhe University of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Dec. 2012 – Jan. 2013. |
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| Joern Meyers, Ph.D., Visiting Scholar, Karlsruhe University of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Dec. 2012 – Jan. 2013. |
Frederik Trippe, Ph.D., Visiting Scholar, Karlsruhe University of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Summer 2011. |
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| Bjorn Nelson, M.Sc. Visiting Scholar, Umea University, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Sweden. July 2008 – October 2008 |
Carolina Casas Cordero, B.Sc. Visiting Scholar, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Nov. 2007 – June 2008 |
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| Sebastien Delmas, M.A.Sc. Visiting Scholar, INSA Lyon (National Institute of Applied Sciences), France. April 2006 – August 2006 |
Dr. Azamdokht Safi, Sabbatical, Industrial Engineering Department, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. Feb. 2005 – Dec. 2005 |
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