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Parsons graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland with a (hons) Bachelor of Science in Chemistry in 2023. She has also been working with Agriculture and Agrifoods Canada since 2022 as an undergraduate student research assistant and has now begun working with them as a graduate student, helping conduct research on disease forecasting models for potato late blight. She joined the climate-smart lab team at UPEI as a master’s student in […]

Shu Zhang joins Climate Smart Lab as a Master’s student of Environmental Sciences at the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI). Prior to pursuing his graduate studies, Shu dedicated over six years to the field of grain storage, following his graduation from Henan University of Technology with a Bachelor’s degree in Food Science and Engineering. With experience as a specialist in grain storage management, Shu’s research will focus on the […]

Levannia Lildhar holds a master’s in data science from the University of British Columbia and undergraduate degrees from the University of Ottawa in chemical engineering and biochemistry. She is currently a doctoral student at the University of Prince Edward Island. She has worked as a senior data scientist at Siemens Healthineers as a member of the company’s product engineering team where she used applied statistics to support work in field […]

Emmanuel Okine neokye graduated from the University of Kagoshima Japan, Faculty of Fisheries with a master’s degree in Fisheries Science and Technology. His research focused on “The role of oceanic environmental conditions on catch of Sardinella Spp. in Ghana” which was published with the Regional Studies in Marine Science (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2021.101768). He is also a recipient of the 2022 United Nations Nippon Fellowship Award, with in-depth knowledge in climate change, marine […]

Farhan started his Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences at the School of Climate Change and Adaptation, UPEI, in January 2021. His research focused on Flood Risk Assessment and Management using numerical modeling applications. He did his Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) degree in Applied Hydrology from the College of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Punjab University Lahore, Pakistan, in 2012. Before joining the Climate Smart Lab at UPEI, he worked on various water […]

Qasim joined the Climate Smart Lab as a Ph.D. Environmental Sciences student in January 2022. His current research focuses on developing groundwater models using statistical and process-based methods to contribute towards sustainable water management. His interests include groundwater monitoring, mapping and modeling, including but not limited to groundwater-surface water interactions, hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, coastal resilience and adaptation, and remote sensing technologies. He has received several research awards and grants, […]

Ryan Guild is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with expertise in climate change impacts, ecological risk assessment, and geospatial analysis. His doctoral research at the Canadian Centre for Climate Change & Adaptation focused on the vulnerability of endangered piping plovers and their coastal habitats on Prince Edward Island. Through an interdisciplinary, five-chapter thesis, Ryan integrated species monitoring records, exposure models, and habitat change detection to support conservation planning in collaboration with […]

Dr. Shah worked a postdoctoral fellow with the Climate Smart Lab leading on several projects related to coastal flood social vulnerability assessment. He is now the Flood Management and Adaptation Lead in the Department of Environment and Climate Change, Government of Nova Scotia.

Dr. Tamayo-Vera completed her PhD in Fall 2024 from the Climate Climate Smart and she is now an Assistant Professor in the School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences at the University of Prince Edward Island.