Sophie Wilkinson, Simon Fraser University

Research

wildfire carbon accounting emissions factors GHG fluxes InSAR LiDAR peatlands resource management

Latest funding

Characterising the Resilience of Forests to Changing Wildfire Disturbance
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$36,000
Characterising the Resilience of Forests to Changing Wildfire Disturbance
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$12,500
New insights into managed peatland GHG emissions across Canada: Quantifying and scaling emissions from peatland fire and developing fire risk indicators
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$601,290

Characterising the Resilience of Forests to Changing Wildfire Disturbance

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Wilkinson, Sophie

Keywords: forests; insects; disturbance; wildfire; risk; forest management; climate change; fire effects; resilience; carbon

$36,000

Characterising the Resilience of Forests to Changing Wildfire Disturbance

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Wilkinson, Sophie

Keywords: forests; insects; disturbance; wildfire; risk; forest management; climate change; fire effects; resilience; carbon

$12,500

New insights into managed peatland GHG emissions across Canada: Quantifying and scaling emissions from peatland fire and developing fire risk indicators

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Wilkinson, Sophie SL

Keywords: carbon accounting; emissions factors; ghg fluxes; insar; lidar; peatlands; resource management; vegetation recovery; wildfire; wildfire management

$601,290

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: wildfire Dear Professor Wilkinson, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on wildfire connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Characterising the Resilience of Forests to Changing Wildfire Disturbance" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]