Physical Geography

Jim Buttle,  Professor, B.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Southhampton)
Research interests: Hydrology, hydrological and hydrochemical processes, and their response to landscape change, Fluvial geomorphology
E-mail: jbuttle@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 1475
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Graham Cogley, Professor, M.A. (Oxford), M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Research interests: Hydrology, fluvial geomorphology, Arctic
E-mail: gcogley@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 1039
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Chris Davies, Adjunct, B.Sc. (Carelton), Ph.D. (Queen's)
Research interests: Caribou, moose habitat, wetland creation
E-mail: chris.davies@ontario.ca
Telephone: (705) 755-1560

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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Steven Franklin, Trent University President

Research Interests:TBA

E-mail: sfranklin@trentu.ca

Telephone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 1090

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Chris Furgal, Associate Professor, B.Sc. (Western), M.Sc. (Waterloo), Ph.D. (Waterloo)

Research Interests: Environmental health, planning and resource development, risk management and communication, and Arctic Indigenous issues

E-mail: chrisfurgal@trentu.ca

Telephone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 7593

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Nicholas Jones, Adjunct, B.Sc.H. (Guelph), Ph.D. (Alberta)
Research interests: River and stream ecology, watershed ecosystems characteristics and ecoclassification, stream temperature and climate change, fish habitat and the productive capacity of aquatic ecosystems, feohydrology. Atlantic salmon ecology and re-establishment in Lake Ontario
E-mail: nicholas.jones@ontario.ca
Telephone:(705) 755-2268
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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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Don Mackay, Emeritus, Ph.D. (Glasgow)
Research Interests: Development and evaluation of mass balance models describing the fate of chemicals in the environment
E-mail: dmackay@trentu.ca
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Cheryl McKenna Neuman, Professor, B.Sc. (Queen's), M.Sc. (Guelph), Ph.D. (Queen's) Research interests: Process geomorphology, mechanics of sediment transport, periglacial/coastal aeolian geomorphology
E-mail: cmckneuman@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 1307
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Robert Metcalfe, Research Associate, B.A., M.A. (Wilfred Laurier), Ph.D. (Queen's)
Research interests: Hydrology, ecological flow methods.
E-mail: robert.metcalfe@ontario.ca
Telephone: (705) 755-1577
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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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Henry Olechowski, Research Associate, Ph.D.

Research Interests: Director of Research at Hyland Seeds (Agriculture)

E-mail: info@hylandseeds.com

Telephone: 1 (800) 265 7403

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

Percival Powles, Emeritus,Ph.D.

Research Interests: Behaviour and population dynamics of fishes

E-mail: ppowles@trentu.ca

James Reist, Research Associate, Ph.D.

Research Interests: Climate change, hydrocarbon development, industrialization, exploitation on arctic fish, freshwater, anadromous and marine species and their habitats and ecosystems

E-Mail: jim.reist@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Telephone: (204) 983-5032

 

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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