Professor, UBC's Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Professor and Former Director of UBC's Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Dr. Pakhomov is a biological oceanographer focusing on species ecology ranging from zooplankton to fish, incorporating ecosystem structure, physical-biological and biochemical coupling. More recently he has become interested in stable isotope ecology and the variability and responses of marine ecosystems to climate change.
The University of British Columbia, Director of the Institute for Oceans and Fisheries (2016-present)
The University of British Columbia, Professor Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (2003-present)
Adjunct Professor, University of Fort Hare (2004-2009)
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellow: Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany (2002)
The University of Fort Hare, South Africa (2001-2003)
Southern Ocean Group, Rhodes University (1996-2001)
Education
Post Doctoral Fellow, Rhodes University, South Africa (1993-1996)
Ph.D. P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (1992)
M.Sc. Kazan State University, Russia (1983)
Contact
email: epakhomov@eoas.ubc.ca
Meet the Research Team
Current Postdocs and Graduate Students
Postdoctoral Fellow (2021-present)
Department of Earth, Ocean, & Atmospheric Sciences
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Topic: Open ocean systems, secondary production, and active carbon transport
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Publications on Google Scholar
PhD Student
Department of Earth, Ocean, & Atmospheric Sciences
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Topic: Estuarine zooplankton
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Publications on Google Scholar
PhD Student (2017-present)
Department of Earth, Ocean, & Atmospheric Sciences
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Topic: Midwater ecosystem modeling
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Publications on Google Scholar
PhD Student (2015-present)
Department of Earth, Ocean, & Atmospheric Sciences
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Topic: Fish life history via biological proxies
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Publications on Google Scholar
Meet the Research Team
Current Postdoctoral Fellows and Graduate Students
Postdoctoral Fellow (2021-present)
Department of Earth, Ocean, & Atmospheric Sciences
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RECENT GRADUATE
PhD Oceanography (2017-2021)
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Research Focus: Open ocean systems, secondary production, and active carbon transport
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Publications on Google Scholar
PhD Candidate in Oceanography
Department of Earth, Ocean, & Atmospheric Sciences
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Research Focus: Estuarine zooplankton
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Publications on Google Scholar
PhD Candidate in Oceanography
(2017-present)
Department of Earth, Ocean, & Atmospheric Sciences
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Research Focus: Midwater ecosystem modeling
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Publications on Google Scholar
PhD Candidate in Oceanography
(2015-present)
Department of Earth, Ocean, & Atmospheric Sciences
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Research Focus: Fish life history via biological proxies
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Publications on Google Scholar
PhD Candidate in Oceanography
Department of Earth, Ocean, & Atmospheric Sciences
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Research Focus: Trophodynamics of planktonic communities in coastal British Columbian waters, with focus on gelatinous zooplankton
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Publications on Google Scholar
PhD Student in Oceanography
(2020-present)
Department of Earth, Ocean, & Atmospheric Sciences
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Research Focus: Southern Ocean ecology​
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Publications on ResearchGate
PhD Student in Geological Sciences
(2021-present)
Department of Earth, Ocean, & Atmospheric Sciences
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Research Focus: Trace metals and lead (Pb) isotopes in biomonitors such as, bees/honey, Pacific chum, and bowhead whales.
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Publications on ResearchGate
RECENT GRADUATE
MSc in Oceanography (2020-2021)
Department of Earth, Ocean, & Atmospheric Sciences
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Research Focus: Marine zooplankton and herring larvae phenology and dynamics in coastal British Columbia
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MSc Student in Oceanography
(2020-present)
Department of Earth, Ocean, & Atmospheric Sciences
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Research Focus: Salpa aspera body composition and decay
MSc Student in Oceans and Fisheries (2015-present)
Department of Oceans and Fisheries
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Research Focus: Microplastic pollution in the Galapagos penguin's foodweb​
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Publications on ResearchGate
RECENT GRADUATE
MSc in Oceans and Fisheries
Department of Oceans and Fisheries
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Research Focus: Juvenile pink and chum salmon diets and interactions in a challenging section of coastal migration​
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Publications on Google Scholar
RECENT GRADUATE
MSc in Oceans and Fisheries
Department of Oceans and Fisheries
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Research Focus: Zooplankton taxonomist
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Publications on Google Scholar
RECENT GRADUATE
MSc in Oceans and Fisheries
Department of Oceans and Fisheries
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Research Focus: Foraging ecology of juvenile Fraser River sockeye salmon across mixed and stratified regions of the early marine migration​
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RECENT POSTDOC
Department of Earth, Ocean, & Atmospheric Sciences
Research Focus: How gelatinous zooplankton communities and life history characteristics respond to changing oceanographic conditions.
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Publications on Google Scholar
RECENT POSTDOC
Monell & Vetlesen Post Doctoral Fellow
Department of Oceans and Fisheries
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Research Focus: biophysical interactions, zooplankton ecology and trophic structures marine ecosystems​
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Publications on ResearchGate
Postdoctoral Fellows Alumni
Dr. Yongqiang Shi, Visiting Scientist 2018-2019
Dr. Natasha Nenschke, PDF 2017-2019
Dr Boris Espinase, PDF 2017-2019
Dr. Mimi Lam, RA 2015-2017
Dr. Brian Hunt, PDF and RA 2005-2009, 2009-2013, 2014-2017
Dr. Svenja Kruse, PDF 2011-2012
Dr. Chung Il Lee, PDF
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MSc Graduate Student Alumni
Previous UBC MSc Students
Spencer Chaisson 2020-2021
Vanessa Zahner (Fladmark) 2017-2021
Samantha James 2016-2019
Natalie Mahara 2015-2018
Lian Kwong 2015-2016
Yulia Egorova 2013-2016
Yago Doson Coll 2011-2015
Kang Wang 2011-2014
Jade Shiller 2009-2012
Ian McIvor 2010-2012
Yasha Podeswa 2010-2012
Brock Ramshaw 2009-2012
Francis Choi 2009-2011
Asha Ajmani 2009-2011
Lucas Brotz 2007-2011
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Prior UBC
(Rhodes University and University of Fort Hare, South Africa)
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Thembela Bushula 2002-(*)
Lukahanyiso Vumazonke 2001-2004
Leigh J. Gurney 1998-2000
Brian Hunt 1998-2000
Paddy Kuun 1997-1998
PhD Alumni
Previous UBC PhD Students
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Lian Kwong 2017-2021
Prior UBC
(Rhodes University and University of Fort Hare, South Africa)
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Francis Kuriah 2002-2007
Undergraduate Student Alumni
Ms. Kelsey Dougan 2019-2020
Ms. Jessica Schaub 2016-2017
Mr. Bobby Chan 2016-2017
Ms. Cherri Lau 2016-2017
Ms. Lian Kwong 2015-2016
Mr. Nikita Sergeenko 2014-2015
Ms. Josephine Ling 2014-2015
Ms. Sandra Smith 2014-2015
Mr. Nikita Sergeenko 2012-2014
Mr. T. Goodman 2009-2010
Mr. Ryan Ju 2021
Ms. Polina Orlov 2020
Ms. Jihyun Kim 2019
Mr. Graham Robinson 2019
Ms. Andrea Le 2018
Mr. Michael Hall 2017
Ms. Jessica Schaub 2017
Ms. Andrea Le 2017
Ms. Stephanie Firth 2016
Ms. Jessica Schaub 2016
Mr. Matthew Madsen 2016
Mr. Bobby Chan 2016
Ms. Natalie Mahara 2015
Ms. Sabrina Yi Meng Xu 2015
Ms. Vanessa Fladmark 2015
Ms. Sandra Emry 2015
Ms. Lubbie Li 2015
Mr. Neil Fowler 2014
Ms. Natalie Mahara 2014
Mr. Nikita Sergeenko 2014
Mr. Zakhar Kazmiruk 2013
Ms. Emma Gosselin 2013
Ms. Chelsea Enslow 2012
Ms. Allison Stocks 2012
Mr. Kamal Sidhu 2012
Mr. M. Anderson 2011
Ms. Julie Thomas 2011
Ms. Chelsea Enslow 2011
Mr. Roland Au 2011
Miss J. Holbrook 2010
Mr. B. Sidhu 2010
Miss B. Killing 2009
Mr. Y. Podeswa 2009
Miss J. Nephin 2009
Miss K. Owen 2005
Miss J. Mann 2005
Miss N.H. Ntunzi 2003
Miss P. Vellem 2003
Miss Z. Siyonqwana 2003
Mr. T.S. Mainoane 2002
Miss N. Ketse 2002
Miss Z. Buwa 2002
Miss T. Bushula 2001
Miss B. Njikelana 2001
Mr. S.K. Mafwila 2000
Miss K. Bernard2000
Mr. A.Slaugher1999
Miss A. Treasure1998
Miss S. Artrobus1998
Mr. L. Vumazonke 1997
Miss L Gurney 1995