Dr Vivek Srivastava, Data Scientist
Vivek is a PhD graduate from the University of British Columbia and is currently working with the BC Ministry of Forests as a Forest Health Research Climatologist. He is also an Honorary Research Associate at the University of British Columbia. He holds a bachelor’s degree in forestry, a master’s degree in remote sensing and GIS and a Ph.D. in Forest Ecology and Integrated Pest Management with specialization in forest health, ecological modelling, data analysis, GIS and applied machine learning.
Vivek studies forest insect pests and develops computer-based spatial- temporal pest risk mathematical models to help detect and mitigate the spread of plant pests and diseases. His work also includes building data pipelines to understand, predict, and manage forest health factors, using existing forest health datasets and new technologies. He supervises multiple projects and students and actively presents his work on various scientific platforms. Vivek has received multiple academic and scientific awards and has published over a dozen peer-reviewed papers and is an Associate Editor for Management of Biological Invasions. Vivek is excited about helping with efforts to proactively manage key insect pests while developing tools and techniques for assisting decision-making in managing natural resources.
