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Bioenvironmental Monitoring & Assessment

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Faculty & Instructors

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Dennis Murray photoDennis Murray

​Professor, Biology - Supervisor in MSc BEMA Program (see Murray Lab website for openings)
Canada Research Chair in Integrative Wildlife Conservation
dennismurray@trentu.ca

Course Developer & Instructor:  BEMA 5008H (Sampling Design), BEMA 5013H (Placement), BEMA 5014H (Capstone)

Research Interests:  predator-prey interactions/relationships; population viability analysis; population and statistical modeling
Current openings for May 2023 start: Western chorus frog spatio-temporal dynamics and conservation (PhD or MSc) - a great opportunity in collaboration with Dr. Tom Hossie (Trent University), the Lougheed Lab (Queen's University) & Blazing Star Environmental!

Faculty & Instructors

Faculty who are supervisors in the thesis-based MSc in BEMA stream are noted - please contact them for MSc opportunities or visit their websites

Julian Aherne
Julian Aherne

​​Associate Professor, School of Environment - Supervisor in MSc BEMA Program
jaherne@trentu.ca

Research Interests:  environmental modeling to improve understanding of environmental pollutants

 

 

Photo of Dr. Brandon BartonBrandon Barton

Adjunct Professor, BEMA Program - Supervisor in MSc BEMA Program
brandonbarton@trentu.ca, LinkedIn

Instructor: BEMA 5003H (Data Analysis), BEMA 5011H (Population Viability Analysis)

Research Interests:  environmental change, ecology, conservation biology, food webs

 

 

Dominique Chabot
Dominique Chabot

Adjunct Professor, BEMA Program - Supervisor in MSc BEMA Program
dominiquechabot@trentu.ca

Course Co-Developer & Instructor:  BEMA 5005H (Geomatics I)

Research Interests:  remote sensing, wildlife biology, drones, environmental monitoring, geomatics, automated image analysis

 

 

Jenilee Gobin

Postdoctoral Fellow & Course Instructor, BEMA Program
jenileegobin@trentu.ca

Course Instructor:  BEMA 5006H (Genome-based Environmental Monitoring)

Research Interests: interaction among processes that influence individual traits (i.e., ecology, evolution, and developmental biology); influence of variation within and among individuals on population-level processes

 

Tom HossieTom Hossie

Assistant Professor, Biology - Supervisor in MSc BEMA Program
thossie@trentu.ca
​Course Instructor (2021/22):  BEMA 5003H (Data Analysis), BEMA 5004H (Communicating Science), BEMA 5010H (Landscape Ecology)

​Research Interests:  population & behavioural ecology, amphibian conservation, predator-prey interactions
Website

 

Paul Frost photograph

Paul Frost

Professor, Biology - Supervisor in MSc BEMA Program (email Dr. Frost directly)
David Schindler Endowed Professor of Aquatic Science
paulfrost@trentu.ca

Research Interests:  ecological stoichiometry, limnology, aquatic ecology
Frost Lab of Freshwater Ecology

 

Chris FurgalChris Furgal

Professor, Indigenous Studies & School of Environment - Supervisor in MSc BEMA Program
​chrisfurgal@trentu.ca

Research Interests:  Indigenous environmental health, Indigenous knowledge & science; food security and climate change

 

 

 

Chris Kyle
Christopher Kyle

Professor/Acting Chair, Forensic Sciences - Supervisor in MSc BEMA Program
christopherkyle@trentu.ca​

Course Co-Developer:  BEMA 5006H (Genome-based Environmental Monitoring)

Research Interests:  landscape & molecular epidemiology; landscape & conservation genetics; molecular applications in forensic entomology

 

Erica Nol photo

Erica Nol

Professor, Biology - Supervisor in MSc BEMA Program
enol@trentu.ca

Research Interests:  avian ecology, avian conservation biology, forest ecology
http://www.avianconservation.ca
 

 

 

Photo of Professor Graham RabyGraham Raby

Assistant Professor, Biology - Supervisor in MSc BEMA Program (see Raby Lab website for openings)
grahamraby@trentu.ca

Research Interests:  metabolic ecology and bioenergetics; thermal biology; conservation physiology; fisheries management and conservation; biotelemetry, biologging and movement ecology

 

 

Paul WilsonPaul Wilson

Professor, Biology - Supervisor in MSc BEMA Program (see Wilson Research Lab website for openings)
pawilson@trentu.ca

Course Developer & Instructor:  BEMA 5009H (Environmental Policy)

Research Interests:  applied molecular genetics & genomics in forensic science and conservation genetics

 

 

Marguerite Xenopoulos photoMarguerite Xenopoulos

Professor, Biology - Supervisor in MSc BEMA Program (see Xenopoulos Aquatic Ecology Lab website for openings)
Canada Research Chair in Global Change of Aquatic Ecosystems
mxenopoulos@trentu.ca

Research Interests:  stream and lake ecology; global change; biogeoechemistry

 

Support Staff

Cynthia Kapke
Cynthia Kapke

Online Curriculum Coordinator & Instructor, BEMA Program
ckapke@trentu.ca

​Course Instructor:  BEMA 5000H (Principles of EMA I), BEMA 5002H (Principles of EMA II)

 

 

 

 

Jennifer Bull
Jennifer Bull

Program/Placement Coordinator, BEMA Program
jenniferbull@trentu.ca
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