Michele Koppes, University of British Columbia

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of British Columbia profile.

Latest funding

Community-centred approaches to cascading hazards in glaciated mountains
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$1,923,080
Impacts of shrinking glaciers on landscapes, waterscapes and people
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$37,000
Assessing the impacts of climate change on glaciers, landscapes, and freshwater resources
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$180,000

All 11 grants and awards

No publications available.

Community-centred approaches to cascading hazards in glaciated mountains

Principal investigatorNSERC2025Society

Principal investigators: Koppes, Michele

Keywords: Environment; Advancement of knowledge

$1,923,080

Impacts of shrinking glaciers on landscapes, waterscapes and people

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Koppes, Michele

Keywords: glacier retreat; ice-land-climate interactions; water resources; natural hazards; cold regions geomorphology; mountain landscapes; place-based knowledges; adaptation; glacier dynamics; indigenous knowledges

$37,000

Assessing the impacts of climate change on glaciers, landscapes, and freshwater resources

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Koppes, Michele

$180,000

Assessing the impacts of climate change on glaciers, landscapes, and natural hazards in the North

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Northern Research Supplement

Principal investigators: Koppes, Michele MN

Keywords: climate change; climate change adaptation; geomorphology; glacial geomorphology; glacier erosion; glacio-hydrologic change; ice dynamics; ice-ocean interactions; landscape evolution; natural hazards

$60,000

Landscapes of Climate Change

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Koppes, Michele

$125,000

Landscapes of Climate Change

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Koppes, Michele

$100,000

Landscapes of Climate Change

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Koppes, Michele

$275,000

Glacier Studies

Principal investigatorNSERC2011Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Koppes, Michele

Keywords: CRC

$400,000

Glacier Studies

Principal investigatorNSERC2011Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Koppes, Michele

Keywords: CRC

$100,000

Portable laboratory for the study of ice-oceans interactions

Principal investigatorNSERC2011Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Koppes, Michele

$70,000

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 Dear Professor Koppes, 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 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 "Community-centred approaches to cascading hazards in glaciated mountains" (2025), 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]