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Elemental Cycling

Conducting research in elemental cycling (transport, sources, sinks) in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, the role of anthropogenic stressors in altering elemental cycles, biological responses to altered cycles.

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
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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

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

Research Interests: Atmospheric fate and transport of persistent organic pollutants (POPs))

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

Telephone: (416) 739-4837

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

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

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

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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

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
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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

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
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