Curriculum Vitae

Education

PhD. Forestry, University of British Columbia, February 2022 - August 2025 (expected completion)

MSc. Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, September 2019 - August 2021

BSc. Geography & Statistics minor (Honours with distinction), September 2015 - April 2019

Publications

(7 total, citations = 60, h-index = 5)
Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=cieOQPYAAAAJ

  1. Travers-Smith, H., Coops, N.C., Lantz, T.C., Hamp, M., Ignace, D. & Wulder, M.A. (2024). Vegetation structure and soil organic carbon storage across northern forest-tundra ecotones in continuous permafrost. Arctic Science. https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2024-0048.

  2. Travers-Smith, H., Coops, N.C., Mulverhill, C., Wulder, M.A, Ignace, D & Lantz, T.C. (2024). Mapping vegetation height and identifying the northern forest limit across Canada using ICESat-2, Landsat time series and topographic data. Remote Sensing of Environment. (Phd thesis). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2024.114097.

  3. Olthof, I., Fraser, R. H., van der Sluijs, J., & Travers-Smith, H. (2023). Detecting long-term Arctic surface water changes. Nature Climate Change, 13(11), Article 11. DOI:10.1038/s41558-02301836-9.

  4. Travers-Smith, H., Lantz, T.C., Fraser, R.H., & S.V. Kokelj. (2022). Changes in surface water dynamics across Northwestern Canada are influenced by wildfire and permafrost thaw. Environmental Research Letters. DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/ac97f7. (MSc thesis).

  5. Travers-Smith, H., Lantz, T.C., Fraser, R.H. (2021). Surface Water Dynamics and Rapid Lake Drainage in the Western Canadian Subarctic. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. DOI:10.1029/2021JG006445. (MSc thesis).

  6. Travers-Smith, H., Giannini, F., Sastri, A., Costa, M. (2021). Estimating chlorophyll-a concentration from fluorescence measurements aboard ships of opportunity. Frontiers in Marine Science. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.686750. (BSc honours thesis).

  7. Travers-Smith, H., Lantz, T.C. (2020). Leading edge disequilibrium in sub-Arctic alder and spruce populations. Ecosphere. 11,7. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3118. (BSc directed study).

Presentations

Travers-Smith, H, Coops, N.C., Mulverhill, C., Wulder, M.A., Ignace, D. & Lantz, T.C. (2024). Changes in vegetation structure across the forest-tundra ecotone using satellite remote sensing. ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting. Ottawa, Canada. December 2024. Oral presentation.

Travers-Smith, H, Coops, N.C., Mulverhill, C., Wulder, M.A., Ignace, D. & Lantz, T.C. (2024). Mapping vegetation height and identifying the northern forest limit across Canada. Canadian Symposium of Remote Sensing. Halifax, Canada. June 10-13. Student competition, oral presentation.

Travers-Smith, H, Coops, N.C., & Lantz, T.C. (2022) Using spaceborne LiDAR to map canopy height across the forest-tundra ecotone. ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting. Toronto, Canada. December 4-9. Poster.

Travers-Smith, H, Coops, N.C., & Lantz, T.C. (2020). Terrain Factors Mediate Change in Sub-Arctic Lakes. ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting. Online. Poster.

Awards

Total PhD funding: $243,000 (2022-2024)
Total MSc funding: $47,500 (2019-2020)

  • Canadian Society for Remote Sensing Award – Conference Travel, 2024, $3,000

  • NSERC - Canada Graduate Scholarships — Doctoral (CGS D), 2022, $120,000

  • University of British Columbia – Four Year Doctoral Fellowship, 2022, $120,000 

  • NSERC - Canada Graduate Scholarships — Masters (CGS M), 2020, $17,500

  • W. Weston Family Award, 2020, $15,000

  • BC Graduate Scholarship, 2019, $15,000

  • NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award, 2019, 2018

  • Jamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Award, 2018

  • Maureen McLeod Scholarship in Geography, 2018

  • Mr & Mrs. John L. Wyatt Price Scholarship in Geography, 2018

  • University of Victoria President’s Scholarship, 2018