WEGP Faculty A-Z

Ken Abraham, Adjunct, B.A. (Luther College), M.Sc. (Iowa), Ph.D. (Queen's)
Research interests: Wetlands, waterfowl and wetland bird species
E-mail: ken.abraham@ontario.ca
Telephone: (705) 755-1547

Julian Aherne, Assistant 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 5351

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
Website

Michael Berrill, Professor, B.Sc. (McGill), M.Sc. (Hawaii), Ph.D. (Princeton)
Research Interests: Ecology and toxicology of amphibians
E-mail: mberrill@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 1455
Website

Jeff Bowman, Adjunct Professor, B.Sc. (Queen's), M.Sc. (Laurentian), Ph.D. (New Brunswick)
Research interests: Spatial population ecology, landscape ecology, ecology of mammal and bird populations
E-mail: jebowman@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 755-1555
Website

Ingrid Brenner, Assistant Professor, R.N., B.Sc., B.Phys.Ed., B.Sc.N (Toronto), M.Sc. (Queen's), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Research Interests: Exercise and environmental stress
E-mail: ibrenner@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7253
Website

Craig Brunetti, Assistant Professor, B.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Research Interests: Molecular biology of human poxviruses
E-mail: craigbrunetti@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 5110
Website

Dawn Burke, Research Associate, B.Sc. (Western), Ph.D. (Trent)
Research interests: Forest and avian conservation and ecology
E-mail: dawn.burke@ontario.ca
Telephone: (519) 873-4624

Gary Burness, Assistant Professor, B.Sc. (Memorial), M.Sc. (Brock), Ph.D. (U.B.C.)
Research Interests: Animal energetics, avian physiological ecology
E-mail: garyburness@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7288
Website

Jim Buttle, Professor, B.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Southhampton)
Research interests: Hydrology, Fluvial geomorphology
E-mail: jbuttle@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 1475
Website

John Casselman, Adjunct, B.Sc. (Toronto), M.Sc. (Guelph), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Research interests: Physiology and ecology of cool water fish
E-mail: john.casselman@ontario.ca
Telephone: (613) 476-3287

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
Website

Jack Cornett, Adjunct, B.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (McGill)
Research Interests: Interactions of radioisotopes with ground water and lakes
E-mail: Jack_Cornett@hc-sc.gc.ca
Telephone: (613) 954-6647

Bill Crins, Research Associate, B.Sc. (Guelph), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)
Research interests: Ecological gap analysis, protected area system design
E-mail: bill.crins@ontario.ca
Telephone: (705) 755-1946

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

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
Website

Marcel Dorken , Assistant Professor, B.Sc. (Guelph), M.Sc. (Queen's), Ph.D. (Toronto), P.D.F. (Oxford)

Research Interests: Evolution of reproductive strategies.

E-mail: marceldorken@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7585

Website

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

Website

David Ellis, Associate Professor, B.Sc. (Glascow), 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 
Website

Neil Emery, Associate Professor, B.Sc. (Queen's), Ph.D. (Calgary)
Research Interests: Physiological ecology of plants
E-mail: nemery@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7312
Website

David Evans, Adjunct, B.Sc. (Victoria), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)
Research interests: Ecosystem health and productivity, fisheries management
E-mail: david.evans@ontario.ca
Telephone: (705) 755-2256

Doug 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
Website

Michael Fox, Professor, B.A. (Pennsylvania), M.E.DES. (Calgary), Ph.D. (Queen's)
Research interests: Life history adaptations of freshwater fish populations, determinants of reproductive life history characteristics in fish populations, exotic species introductions and effects on native fish communities, habitat selection, feeding and bioenergetics of young-of-year fish

E-mail: mfox@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 1273
Website

Paul Frost,B.S. (Univ. Rochester), M.S. (The Ohio State University), Ph.D. (Arizona State)
Research interests: Aquatic ecology, ecological stoichiometry, disease ecology, ecotoxicology, urban ecology
E-mail: paulfrost@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 5513

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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
Website

Tom Harner, Adjunct, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)

Research Interests: Elk restoration in Ontario, population dynamics

E-mail: tom.harner@ec.gc.ca

Telephone: (416) 739-4837

Joe Hamr, Adjunct, B.Sc. (Beloit), M.Sc. (Guelph), Ph.D. (Innsbruck)
Research interests: Elk restoration in Ontario, population dynamics
E-mail: jxhamr@venus.cambrianc.on.ca
Telephone: (705) 566-8101

Magda Havas, Associate Professor, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)

Research Interests: Health effects of non-ionizing electromagnetic energy at low frequency ranges

E-mail: mhavas@trentu.ca

Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 1232

Brendan Hickie, Adjunct, B.Sc. Agr. (Guelph), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Waterloo)
Research Interests: Environmental toxicology, pharmacokinetic modeling
E-mail: bhickie@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7721

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
Website

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

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. Ecohydrology. Atlantic salmon ecology and re-establishment in Lake Ontario.
E-mail: nicholas.jones@ontario.ca
Telephone: (705) 755-2268
Website

Carolyn Kapron, Associate Professor, B.Sc. (Waterloo), M.Sc., Ph.D. (McGill)
Research Interests: Cellular and molecular mechanisms of embryonic toxicity and teratogenicity
E-mail: ckapron@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 1641
Website

Leslie Kerr, Associate Professor, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Carleton), Ph.D. (British Columbia)
Research Interests: Behavioural neuroscience, cellular mechanisms, cancer growth and chemotherapeutic efficacy
E-mail: lkerr@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 1435
Website

Christopher Kyle, Research Associate, B.Sc. (Bishop's), M.Sc. (Guelph), Ph.D. (Alberta)
Research interests: Conservation and population genetics, molecular ecology
E-mail: christopher.kyle@ontario.ca
Telephone: (705) 755-2293

Peter Lafleur, Professor, B.Sc. (Brandon), M.Sc. (Trent), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Research interests: Forest-atmosphere energy interactions, impacts of climate change
E-mail: plafleur@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 1487
Website

David Lasenby, Profesor, B.Sc. (Trent), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Research interests: Limnology, biological, physical and chemical aspects of lakes
E-mail: dlasenby@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 1356

Don MacKay, Professor 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
Website

Nick Mandrak, Adjunct, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)
Research Interests: Biogeography, biodiversity and conservation of freshwater fishes
E-mail: MandrakN@DFO-MPO.GC.CA
Telephone: (905) 336-4842

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
Website

Chris Metcalfe, Professor, B.Sc. (Manitoba), M.Sc. (New Brunswick), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Research Interests: Aquatic organic contaminants
E-mail: cmetcalfe@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7272
Website

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
Website: http://people.trentu.ca/rmetcalfe

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
Website

Dennis Murray, Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair in Terrestrial Ecology, B.Sc. (McGill), M.Sc. (Alberta), Ph.D. (Wisconsin)
Research interests: Mammal and amphibian ecology, population dynamics, behavioural ecology, predation, parasitism
E-mail: dennismurray@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7078
Website

Susan Nadine-Davis, Adjunct, B.A. (Cambridge, UK), M.Sc. (Dalhousie), Ph.D. (Ottawa)
Research Interests: Molecular epidemiology
E-mail: nadindaviss@inspection.gc.ca
Telephone: (613) 228-6698 x 5900
Website

Erica Nol, Professor, B.Sc. (Michigan), M.Sc. (Guelph), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Research interests: Conservation ecology of birds
E-mail: enol@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 1640
Website: http://www.trentu.ca/academic/biology/nole.shtml

Joe Nocera, Adjunct Professor, B.Sc. (Connecticut State), M.Sc.
(Acadia), Ph.D. (New Brunswick)
Research interests: species-at-risk, conservation biology, behavioural
ecology
E-mail: joenocera@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 755-5220
Website:  http://people.trentu.ca/joenocera

Martyn Obbard, Adjunct, B.A. (Western), M.Sc., Ph.D (Guelph)
Research Interests: Behaviour and population dynamics of carnivores, especially black bears and polar bears
E-mail: martyn.obbard@ontario.ca
Telephone: (705) 755-1549

Brent Patterson, Program Adjunct, B.Sc. (New Brunswick), M.Sc. (Acadia), Ph.D. (Saskatchewan)
Research Interests: Dynamics of vertebrate predator-prey systems
E-mail: brent.patterson@ontario.ca
Telephone: (705) 755-1553
Website

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

Bruce Pond, Adjunct, B.A. (York), M.A., Ph.D. (Queen's)
Research interests: Response of wildlife populations and ecosystems to anthropogenic disturbance, particularly private land development
E-mail: bruce.pond@ontario.ca
Telephone: (705) 755-1546

Colin Taylor, Professor, M.A. (Canterbury), Ph.D. (McGill)

Research Interests: Hydrology, Fluvoial geomorphology

E-mail: ctaylor@trentu.ca

Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 1349

Tom Pratt, Adjunct, B.Sc. (Manitoba), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Trent)
Research interests: Fish ecology, fish-habitat association, sea lamprey control
E-mail: PrattT@DFO-MPO.GC.CA
Telephone: (705) 942-2848

Terry Prowse, Adjunct, M.Sc. (Trent), Ph.D. (Canterbury) 
Research interests: Hydrology of northern rivers, particularly ice jams
E-mail: terry.prowse@ec.gc.ca
Telephone: (250) 472-5169
Website

Steven Rafferty, Associate Professor

Research interests:  Quaternary structure of protein homodimers, Bioinorganic chemistry, Environmental biochemistry

E-mail: srafferty@trentu.ca

Telephone:  (705) 748-1011 X 7309

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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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Rick Rosatte, Adjunct, B.Sc. (Guelph), M.A. (Norwich), Ph.D. (Walden)
Research interests: Rabies and rabies vectors in Ontario
E-mail: rick.rosatte@ontario.ca
Telephone: (705) 755-2280

Eric Sager, Program Adjunct, B.A. (Lawrence), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Trent)
Research Interests: Climate change, pollution, forest & lake ecosystems
E-mail: esager@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 1647

James Schaefer, Associate Professor, B.Sc. (McGill), M.Sc. (Manitoba), Ph.D. (Saskatchewan)
Research interests: Behaviour and population dynamics of terrestrial mammals
E-mail: jschaefer@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 1378

Keith Somers, Adjunct, B.Sc. (Waterloo), M.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Western)
Research interests: Aquatic ecology, crayfish, environmental monitoring and assessment
E-mail: Keith.Somers@ontario.ca

Telephone: (705) 766-2408

Jim Sutcliffe, Professor, B.Sc. (Waterloo), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)
Research Interests: Ecology and sensory physiology of biting flies
E-mail: jsutcliffe@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7265

Dirk Wallschlager, Assistant 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
Website

Shaun Watmough, Assistant 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

Tom Whillans, Associate Professor, B.A. (Guelph), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)
Research interests: Fisheries, wetland ecology, renewable resource management
E-mail: twhillans@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 1389

Brad White, Professor, Canada Research Chair in Wildlife Conservation and Genetics,
B.Sc. (Waterloo), M.Sc., Ph.D. (McGill)
Research Interests: Genetics, molecular biology, population genetics of endangered species, DNA forensic science
E-mail: bwhite@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7113
Website

Chris Wilson, Adjunct, B.Sc. (Trent), M.Sc. (Windsor), Ph.D. (Guelph)
Research interests: Evolutionary ecology and biogeography of freshwater organisms
E-mail: chris.wilson@ontario.ca
Telephone: (705) 755-2260

Paul Wilson, Professor, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Research Interests: Evolutionary genetics DNA profiling
E-mail: pawilson@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7259
Website

Marguerite Xenopoulos, Assistant Professor, B.Sc., M. Sc. (Quebec), 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 5101
Website

Janet Yee, Professor, B.Sc. (Toronto), M.Sc. (Queen’s), Ph.D. (UBC)
Research Interests: Molecular and biochemical studies of Giardia Lamblia
E-Mail: jyee@trentu.ca
Telephone (705) 748-1011 x 7048