Taraneh Sowlati

Taraneh Sowlati is a Professor in the Department of Wood Science at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Faculty of Forestry. She currently serves as the Associate Dean of Research and Innovation at UBC Forestry. Her work focuses on forest bioproduction, technology innovation, and sustainable biomass supply chain management, with applications in the bioeconomy and environmental engineering.

• Key Research Areas: Biomass supply chain optimization, multi-criteria decision making, life cycle assessment, and simulation modeling.
• Affiliation: Faculty of Forestry, Department of Wood Science, University of British Columbia.

Scientific Recognition: Dr. Sowlati is a Fellow of the International Academy of Wood Science (2022–Present) and has been recognized as a World’s Top 2% Scientist by Stanford University (2023). She has received multiple awards from the Canadian Operational Research Society, including the Award of Merit (2023) and the Service Award (2012).

Projects and Grants: Her research includes NSERC-funded projects on operational-level biomass supply chain planning (2019–2025), techno-economic analyses of slash supply chains (2023–2024), and life cycle assessments of wood waste recycling (2023–2024). Collaborations span industry partners like Mitsui, Novopan, and Mitacs, alongside government agencies such as BC Ministry of Forests and NRCan Clean Growth.