Ecosystem Biogeochemistry Faculty

Julian Aherne, Associate Professor, B.A. (Trinity College Dublin), M.Appl. Sc., Ph.D. (University College Dublin)
Research interests: Impacts and disturbance on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems
E-mail: jaherne@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7887
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Nelson Belzile, Adjunct, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Quebec)
Research Interests: Speciation and behaviour of toxic trace elements in aquatic systems
E-mail: nbelzile@laurentian.ca
Telephone: (705) 675-1151 x 2114
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Jack Cosby, Adjunct, B.S., Ph.D. (University of Virginia)

Research Interests: Biogeochemistry, Catchment Hydrology, Ecosystem Modelling

E-mail: B.J.Cosby@virginia.edu

Telephone: (434) 924-7761, University of Virginia

Peter Dillon, Professor, NSERC Industrial Chair, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)   
Research Interests: Nutrient cycling, trace metals, acid precipitation studies
E-mail: pdillon@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7536
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Erin Dunlop, Adjunct, B.Sc. (Guelph), Ph.D. (Toronto)

Research Interests: Aquatic ecology, fisheries science, fisheries-induced evolution, population dynamics, theoretical and simulation modeling, marine protected areas, fisheries management, evolutionary ecology

E-mail: erin.dunlop@ontario.ca

Telephone: (705) 755-2296

David Ellis, Associate Professor, B.Sc. (Glasgow), M.Sc. (Aberdeen), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Research interests: Fluorine impacts on organic compounds and their effects on dissemination in the environment
E-mail: davidellis@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7898 
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Catherine Eimers, Assistant Professor, B.Sc. (Toronto), M.Sc. (Trent), Ph.D. (Waterloo)

Research Interests: Relationships between changes in climate, hydrology and water quality.

E-mail: ceimers@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7684

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Douglas Evans, Professor, B.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (McGill)
Research Interests: Environmental biogeochemistry, trace metal cycling
E-mail: devans@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7936
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Marie-Josee Fortin, Adjunct, B.Sc. and M.Sc. (Université de Montréal), Ph.D. (SUNY Stony Brrok)

Research Interests: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UofT

E-mail: mariejosee.fortin@utoronto.ca

Telephone: (416) 946-7886

Céline Guéguen, Assistant Professor, M.Sc. (Western Brittany), Ph.D. (Geneva)
Research Interests: Dissolves organic matter and trace metals cycling in aquatic systems
E-mail: celinegueguen@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 5532
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Brendan Hickie, Adjunct, B.Sc. Agr. (Guelph), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Waterloo)
Research Interests: Environmental toxicology, modelling the fate and bioaccumulation of organic contaminants and mercury
E-mail: bhickie@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7623

Holger Hintlemann, Associate Professor, NSERC Industrial Junior Chair, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Hamburg)
Research Interests: Fate of metals in environment, bioavailability/speciation of metals and organometals, stable isotope methods and hyphenated ICP-MS techniques
E-mail: hhintelmann@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7659
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Tom Hutchinson, Emeritus Professor, B.Sc. (Manchester), Ph.D. (Sheffield)

Research Interests: Forest decline, terrestrial impacts

E-mail: thutchinson@trentu.ca

Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 1634

Peter Lafleur, Professor, B.Sc. (Brandon), M.Sc. (Trent), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Research interests: ecosystem-atmosphere energy & carbon interactions, peatlands and arctic ecosystems
E-mail: plafleur@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7487
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Chris Metcalfe, Professor, B.Sc. (Manitoba), M.Sc. (New Brunswick), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Research Interests: Environmental contaminants

E-mail: cmetcalfe@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7272
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Lewis Molot, Adjunct, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Alaska)
Research interests: Photochemical control of carbon dynamics in lakes, modeling nutrient and carbon movement through the boreal landscape
E-mail: lmolot@yorku.ca
Telephone: (416) 736-2100
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Raul Ponce-Hernandez, Associate Professor, B.Eng., M.Sc. (soils) (Chapingo, Mex.), D. Phil. (Balliol College, University of Oxford, U.K.)

Research Interests: Assessment of land degradation processes. Carbon sequestration and mitigation of green-house-gases in agricultural and forested systems. Spatial modelling with GIS and Remote Sensing applications. Land-use planning.

E-mail: rponce@trentu.ca

Mark Ridgway, Adjunct, B.Sc. (Miami), M.Sc. (British Columbia), Ph.D. (Western)
Research interests: Aquatic ecosystem science
E-mail: mark.ridgway@ontario.ca
Telephone: (705)755-1550

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Eric Sager, Program Adjunct,B.A. (Lawrence), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Trent)
Research Interests: Climate change, ecological restoration, invasive aquatic plants
E-mail: esager@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7647

Dirk Wallschlager, Associate Professor, M.Sc. (Bochum), Ph.D. (Bremen)
Research Interests: Speciation of anion-forming trace meta(loid)s, particularly arsenic, selenium and chromium, in natural and industrial environments
E-mail: dwallsch@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7278
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Shaun Watmough, Associate Professor, B.Sc. (Liverpool Polytechnic), Ph.D. (Liverpool John Moores) 
Research Interests: Impacts of acid rain, climate change, nutrient depletion, forestry and metals on forest and lake ecosystems
E-mail: swatmough@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 1647

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Marguerite Xenopoulos, Associate Professor, B.Sc., M. Sc. (Québec à Montréal), Ph.D. (Alberta)
Research Interests: Global change and its effects on aquatic communities in lakes and rivers
E-mail: mxenopoulos@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7699
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