PHOTO COMPETITION

2022

The Biodiversity Research Photo Competition showcases the diversity of research and researchers at UBC’s Biodiversity Research Centre. These images communicate the excitement of biodiversity research and the captivating nature of its subjects, in a visual celebration of innovation and creativity. They tell the story of our strange and wonderful natural world, and those who study it.

A Beautiful Dermal Defense

Alyssa Gehman

Agrobiodiversity up Close, and in Place

Solveig Hanson

Among the Willows

Lara Grevstad

Bumble Bee (Bombus fervidus) Visiting Beach Pea (Lathyrus japonicus)

Tyler Kelly

Close-up Magic

Sophia Fan

Devil’s Tooth

Matt Tsuruda

Doe-Eyed, Doe-Eared

Katie Tjaden-McClement

Double-Crested Cormorant Nesting

Rassim Khelifa

Downward Cat

Tazrave Gharajeh

Forest Mortality

Isaac Borrego

Frosted Tips

Charlotte Nelson

Golden Hour

Courtney Collins

Harbour Seal with her Baby

Hayat Mahdjoub

Home of the Pacific Sand Lance

Jacqueline Huard

Journey Through the Crabapple

Sunny Zhang

Life Carries on Even When the Changes are Great

Isidora Silva-Valderrama

Northern Resident Killer Whales

Andrew Trites

Phosphatized Ammonite Shell

Pablo Lacerda Silva

Rainforest Leaf Art

Diane Srivastava

Rhododendron in the Arctic

Nathalie Isabelle Chardon

Seeds of Hope

Hayley Tumas

Shelter

Juli Carrillo

Shooting Star Spring

Jenna Loesberg

Sipping Nectar

Jennifer Lipka

Snooze on the Beach

Veronica Relano

Spruce Grouse

Laura Nicole Stewart

Squeezing in

Christopher Stinson

Tracking Bobtail Cat

Siobhan Darlington

Tender Spring

Warren Wong