Brian Timmer

MSc student (Maycira Costa)

Kelp forests; remote sensing; hyperspectral; multispectral; drones

Office: DTB B129

BSc (VIU)

Denouden, T., Timmer, B., Reshitnyk, L. (2021). GlintMaskGenerator [GitHub repository: https://github.com/HakaiInstitute/GlintMaskGenerator] https://doi.org/10.21966/3cpa-2e10
Osgood, G. J., Timmer, B., Cox, K.D., Juanes, F., Baum. J.K. (2020). Differences in δ15N and δ13C between embryonic and maternal tissues of the ovoviviparous bluntnose sixgill shark Hexanchus griseus. Journal of Fish Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14294
Shaw, P., Heath, W., Tomlin, H., Timmer, B., Schellenberg, C. (2018). Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) enhancement plots in the Salish Sea. [Research Note] International Journal of U.N.E.S.C.O. Biosphere Reserves, 2, ISSN 2731-7890. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.26679.98720

Timmer, B. Coastal remote sensing with UAVs (Oct. 2021). Dr. Maycira Costa's Geography 420 (Coastal geomatics) class, University of Victoria, B.C., Canada. Invited, Guest lecturer.
Timmer, B. Using remote sensing to monitor kelp forests on the BC coast (March 2021). Friday Informal Seminar Hour, Dalhousie University Biology department [virtual]. Invited, Oral presentation.
Timmer, B., Reshytnik, L, Hessing-Lewis, M., Juanes, F., Costa, M. The effects of submersion on the remote sensing of Nereocystis luetkeana (March 2021). NetCOLOR meeting [virtual], Oral presentation (lightning round).
Reshytnik, L, Gendall, L, and Timmer, B. Mapping Kelp Forests with Remote Sensing (July 2020). Summer Lecture Series, The Hakai Institute, Calvert Island, British Columbia, Canada. Invited, Oral presentation.
Timmer, B., Hollarsmith, J. Kelp Forests Stressors and Monitoring in the Northeast Pacific Ocean (May 2020). Dr. Victroria Chraibi’s BIOL 3430 (Phycology) class, Tarelton State University, Texas, United States of America [virtual]. Invited, Guest speaker.
Timmer, B. Multi-Criteria Modeling and Kelp Forest Restoration. (Feb. 2020). Dr. Kate Mcnally’s Geography 328 (GIS Analysis) class, University of Victoria, B.C., Canada. Invited, Guest lecturer.
Tomlin, H., Timmer, B., Schellenberg, C. Forage Fish Spawning Habitat Monitoring in the Salish Sea. (2018). Thetis Island Nature Conservancy, B.C., Canada. Invited, Workshop leader

2021 Best lightning round talk – NetCOLOR conference
2020 Canadian Graduate Scholarship: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
2020 President’s Research Scholarship: University of Victoria
2020 Mitacs Accelerate program: funded research internship w/ The Hakai Institute
2020 University of Victoria Graduate Award
2019/20 BC Indigenous Masters Student Award: Irving K. Barber Scholarship Society
2019/20 University of Victoria Grant-funded Scholarship
2019 University of Victoria Graduate Entrance Award
2019 University of Victoria Departmental Graduate Award
2019 Saint John's Legacy Foundation Master's Scholarship
2019 Undergraduate Student Research Award: NSERC
2019 National Geographic S.E.E. Initiative – Trident ROV
2018 Pacific Salmon Foundation Community Stewardship Bursary
2018 Saint John's Legacy Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship
2018 TD Bank Financial Group Award
2017/18 BC Indigenous Undergraduate Student Award: Irving K. Barber Scholarship Society
2017 G.S. Attariwala Science Award
2016 BMO Bank of Montreal Award for BC Aboriginal Students