I am a biologist who is passionate about climate action, sustainable development, nature-based solutions, environmental conservation, and resource equity. I am particularly interested in the implementation of small and large-scale forestry projects that aim to increase ecosystem resiliency, ecosystem service supply and equity, and climate change mitigation capacity. I strongly believe in ecosystem service equity across nations and communities, and that the decentralization of resource control will increase ecological resiliency, social stability, and decrease economic disparity.
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PROJECTS
2021
The University of Edinburgh
Bamboo Ecosystems in Carbon Sequestration
Bamboo as a climate change mitigation geo-system for REDD/REDD+: A systematic literature review of bamboo species carbon fixation potential
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2020
The University of Edinburgh
Food Security Analysis
Pakistan and Food Security: Scenario Analysis to Influence Policy
and Practice
2019
Forestry Environmental Law Manifesto
The University of Edinburgh
Environmental Principles and Points of Action for Remedying Canada’s Top Environmental Issues
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EDUCATION
2018-2021
Biodiversity, Wildlife and Ecosystem Health
Master of Science Degree
The University of Edinburgh
Studied the creation of successful conservation projects; gained experience conducting academic research, producing policy innovation strategies and research reports, and developing public informative pieces; graduated with Distinction.
Master’s thesis consisted of a meta-literature review on global bamboo species carbon sequestration potential using Python, JupyterLab, and Microsoft Excel.
2013-2017
Bachelor of Science Degree
The University of British Columbia
Honours Biology
Gained an overall understanding of biological systems, from cellular and sub-cellular functioning to organismal and ecological functioning; graduated with Distinction and achieved recognition on Dean’s Honour List for all academic years.
Participated in wet and dry laboratory activities:
• Wet lab: organic chemistry, cellular biology, molecular biology, and protistology
• Dry lab: genomics and bioinformatics
Undergraduate thesis consisted of a large-scale marine data-analysis project, examining for co-occuring relationships with Apicomplexan species using R Program, RStudio, and Gephi.