Faculty
Environmental & Life Sciences
A full listing of ENLS faculty can also be found here.
Julian Aherne
Professor, Trent School of the Environment
Field of Study: Trace contaminant toxicology; ecosystem biogeochemistry, ecology and conservation biology
Research Interests: Impacts and disturbance on aquatics and terrestrial ecosystems.
E-mail: jaherne@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7887
David Beresford
Professor, Department of Biology
Field of Study: ecology and conservation biology
Research Interests: insect populations, dispersal, and distribution
E-mail: davidberesford@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 652-7452
Kira Borden
Assistant Professor, Trent School of the Environment
Field of Study: Physical Geography; Ecosystem Biogeochemistry, Ecology and Conservation Biology
Research Interests: agroecology; plant-soil interactions; root ecology; soil fertility; carbon and nitrogen cycles; agroforestry; climate change
E-mail: kiraborden@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7510
Craig Brunetti
Professor, Department of Biology; Dean of Graduate Studies
Field of Study: Cell biology and genetics
Research Interests: Molecular biology of human poxviruses
E-mail: craigbrunetti@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 5110
Mary-Claire Buell
Assistant Professor, Trent School of the Environment
Field of Study: Trace contaminant toxicology and chemistry; ecosystem biogeochemistry
Research Interests: Water quality, contaminants, and/ or fish ecology, and often include both Western Science and Indigenous Ecological Knowledges. These projects are often related to Indigenous Rights and/or food security.
E-mail: maryclairebuell@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 6748
Gary Burness
Associate Professor, Department of Biology
Field of Study: Stress physiology
Research Interests: Animal energetics, avian physiological ecology
E-mail: garyburness@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7288
James Conolly
Professor, Department of Anthropology; Canada Research Chair in Archaeology
Fields of Study: Physical Geography, Ecology and Conservation Biology
Research Interests: Spatial ecology, palaeoecology, archaeology
E-mail:jamesconolly@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7868
Marcel Dorken
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
Field of Study: Cell biology and genetics; ecology and conservation biology
E-mail: marceldorken@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7585
Catherine Eimers
Professor, Department of Geography
Field of Study: Physical Geography; Ecosystem Biogeochemisty
Research Interests: Soil processes, water quality, hydrology, climate change
E-mail: ceimers@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7684
Neil Emery
Professor, Department of Biology
Field of Study: Stress physiology
Research Interests: Plant physiology and biochemistry
E-mail: nemery@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7312
Joanna Freeland
Associate Professor, Department of Biology
Field of Study: Cell biology and genetics; ecology and conservation biology
Research Interests: Molecular ecology, population and conservation genetics,invasive species
Email: joannafreeland@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7180
Paul Frost
Professor, Department of Biology; David Schindler Professor of Aquatic Sciences
Field of Study: Stress physiology; ecology and conservation biology
Research Interests: Aquatic ecology, ecological stoichiometry, nutritional ecology
E-mail: paulfrost@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7903
Chris Furgal
Professor, Indigenous Studies and Environmental Resource Studies
Field of Study: Physical Geography; Stress Physiology; Ecology and Conservation Biology
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 x 7593
Brendan Hickie
Professor, Trent School of the Environment
Fields of study: trace contaminant toxicology and chemistry; ecosystem biogeochemistry
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 Hintelmann
Professor, Chemistry/School of the Environment; Dean of Science
Field of Study: Trace contaminant toxicology and chemistry; ecosystem biogeochemistry
Research Interests: Biogeochemistry, speciation and fate of metals in the environment, with particular focus on mercury and nanoparticles. Use of stable isotopes, and measurement of fractionation and precise isotope ratios of heavy metals. Research involves field work in whole ecosystem studies and instrumental analysis using state-of-the-art high resolution mass spectrometry.
E-mail: hhintelmann@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7659
Thomas Hossie
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
Field of Study: Terrestrial ecology
Research Interests: Predator-prey interactions, predator-predator interactions, behavioural ecology, conservation biology, ecology of bisexual-unisexual salamander complexes
E-mail: thossie@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 6346
Robert Huber
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
Field of Study: Cellular and molecular biology
Research Interests: Dictyostelium discoideum, neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (Batten disease), signal transduction, cell motility and adhesion
E-mail: roberthuber@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7673
Carolyn Kapron
Associate Professor, Department of Biology
Field of Study: Stress physiology; cell biology and genetics
Research Interests: Cellular and molecular mechanisms of embryonic toxicity and teratogenicity
E-mail: ckapron@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7641
Leslie Kerr
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Biology
Field of Study: Stress physiology; cell biology and genetics
Research Interests: Behavioural neuroscience, cellular mechanisms, cancer growth, and chemotherapeutic efficacy
E-mail: lkerr@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7435
Jean-Francois Koprivnjak
Assistant Professor, School of the Environment, Director, Instrumental Chemical Analysis Graduate Program
Field of Study: Ecosystem Biogeochemistry
Research Interests: Aquatic Geochemistry: spatial and temporal characterization of dissolved organic matter chemistry in natural waters (isotopes, UV-Vis and fluorescence spectra, bioavailability); C02 dynamics in borealsystems
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 Ext 7016 or 7512
E-mail: jkoprivnjak@trentu.ca
Christopher Kyle
Associate Professor, Research Chair in Wildlife Genetics and Forensics
Field of Study: Cell biology and genetics
Research Interests: Landscape and Molecular Epidemiology, Landscape and Conservation Genetics and Molecular Applications in Forensic Entomology
E-mail: christopherkyle@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7055
Sanela Martic
Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Sciences
Field of Study: Cell biology and genetics, Trace contaminant toxicology and Chemistry
Research Interests: Molecular and biochemical mechanisms of diseases; bioanalytical methodologies for environmental, forensic and health sciences applications
E-mail: sanelamartic@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7710
Sabine McConnell
Associate Professor, Computing & Information Systems
Research Interests: Data mining and astronomy
E-mail: sabinemcconnell@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7803
Cheryl McKenna Neuman
Professor, Department of Geography
Field of Study: Physical Geography
Research Interests: Process geomorphology, mechanics of sediment transport, dust emission, wind tunnel simulation, fluid mechanics
E-mail: cmckneuman@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7307
Arun Moorthy
Assistant Professor, Department of Forensics
Field of Study: Computational Methods, Data Analysis, Measurement Science
Research Interests: Decision-making, Forensic Chemistry, Scientific Communication and Software
E-mail: arunmoorthy@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 6104
Eugene Morin
Department of Anthropology
Field of Study: Physical Geography
Research Interests: archaeology, paleolithic of Europe, methods and theory in faunal analysis, human behavioural change during the late Pleistocene, prehistory of Northeastern North America
E-mail: eugenemorin@trentu.ca Telephone: 748-1011 x7682
Dennis Murray
Professor, Biology Department; CRC in Integrative Wildlife Conservation
Field of Study: Ecology and conservation biology
Research Interests: Conservation biology, population dynamics, behavioural ecology, predation, parasitism, mammal and amphibian ecology
E-mail: dennismurray@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7078
Suresh Narine
Director, Trent Centre for Biomaterials Research; Ontario RC in Green Chemistry and Engineering
Field of Study: Trace contaminant toxicology and chemistry; ecosystem biogeochemistry
Research Interests: The development, agricultural utilization and geographical, environmental and commercial impacts of biomaterials
E-mail: sureshnarine@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 6105
Magali Nehemy
Assistant Professor, Trent School of the Environment
Field of Study: Ecohydrology
Research Interests: How forests exploit subsurface water storage, the source of transpiration, and the connectivity between transpiration sources and streamflow using field-based research and quantitative analyses combining stable isotope tracing with tree hydraulic monitoring and hydrometric measurements across a broad range of spatial and temporal scales.
E-mail: mnehemy@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7475
Erica Nol
Professor, Department of Biology
Field of Study: Ecology and conservation biology
Research Interests: Conservation ecology of birds
E-mail: enol@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7640
Mark Parnis
Professor, Department of Chemistry; Director, Canadian Environmental Modelling Centre
Field of Study: Physical Geography
Research Interests: The estimation and application of partition coefficients in environmental fate modelling.
E-mail: mparnis@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7297
Ian Power
Professor, Trent School of Environment
Field of Study: Environmental Geoscience
Research Interests: Geochemical processes to address environmental challenges
E-mail: ianpower@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 6257
Graham Raby
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
Field of Study: Ecology and conservation biology
Research Interests: Fish ecology
E-mail: grahamraby@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x7873
Steven Rafferty
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
Field of Study: Cell biology and genetics
Research Interests: Heme proteins of microorganisms
E-mail: srafferty@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7309
Barry Saville
Associate Professor, Department of Forensics and Biology
Field of Study: Stress physiology; cell biology and genetics
Research Interests: Molecular plant pathology, fungal genomics, transcriptome analysis of eukaryotic plant pathogens, antisense and Non-coding RNA control of gene expression in fungi, plant/microbe communication, host control of fungal pathogen meiosis, microbial forensics
E-mail: barrysaville@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7260
James Schaefer
Professor, Department of Biology; Director, Environmental & Life Sciences Graduate Program
Field of Study: Ecology and conservation biology
Research Interests: Spatial ecology, habitat selection and conservation of large mammals
E-mail: jschaefer@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7968
Aaron Shafer
Assistant Professor, Department of Forensics
Fields of Study: Ecology and conservation biology, cell biology and genetics
Research Interests: Wildlife and population genomics, conservation policy and management
E-mail: aaronshafer@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-01011 x 6612
Paul Szpak
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology; Canada Research Chair in Environmental Archaeology
Fields of Study: Physical Geography, Ecology and Conservation Biology
Research Interests: Using stable isotopes to reconstruct the palaeoecology of the Arctic
E-mail: paulszpak@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 6373
Andrew Tanentzap
Associate Professor, School of the Environment; Canada Research Chair in Climate Change and Northern Ecosystems
Fields of Study: Ecology and evolutionary biology; Ecosystem biogeochemistry
Research Interests: Global change impacts on biodiversity, food webs, and ecosystem function in soils and freshwaters, evolutionary adaptation to environmental change, microbiology and microbial genomics, environmental chemistry
E-mail: atanentzap@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7568
Karen Thompson
Assistant Professor, Trent School of the Environment
Fields of Study: Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems
Research Interests: Soil health, resilience and recovery; the role of soil microbial communities in ecosystem functioning and as biological indicators of soil health; soil carbon and nitrogen cycling
E-mail: karenthompson@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 6756
Andrew Vreugdenhil
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
Field of Study: Trace Contaminant Toxicology and Chemistry (TC): sources, distribution, cycling and transformations of organic and norganic contaminants, and their uptake by and effects on organisms.
Research Interests: Inorganic and materials chemistry, sol-gel, nanoparticles, hybrid materials, controlled release
E-mail: avreugdenhil@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7467
Autumn Watkinson
Assistant Professor, Trent School of the Environment
Field of Study: Restoration Ecology, Land Reclamation, Ecology and Conservation biology
Research Interests: mine reclamation, species at risk habitat restoration, restoration of protected areas, Anthroposol building and pedogenesis, prairie restoration
E-mail: autumnwatkinson@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 6794
Shaun Watmough
Director, Trent School of the Environment
Field of Study: Trace contaminant toxicology and chemistry; ecosystem biogeochemistry
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
Sarah L. West
Assistant Professor, Biology
Field of Study: Stress physiology
Research Interests: Examining exercise and bone health in various populations, including those with chronic disease
E-mail: sarahwest@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 6129
Paul Wilson
Associate Professor - Department of Biology; Interim Director - Environmental & Life Sciences, Canada Research Chair
Field of Study: cell biology and genetics; ecology and conservation biology
Research Interests: Evolutionary genetics DNA profiling
E-mail: pawilson@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7259
Marguerite Xenopoulos
Professor, Department of Biology
Field of Study: ecosystem biogeochemistry; cell biology and genetics; ecology and conservation biology
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
Janet Yee
Associate Professor
Field of Study: cell biology and genetics; stress physiology
Research interests: molecular and biochemical parasitology; molecular targets for drug development; gene expression and transcription
E-mail: jyee@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7048
Emeritus
Jim Buttle
Professor, Trent School of the Environment
Field of Study: Physical Geography
Research Interests: Hydrology, fluvial geomorphology
E-mail: jbuttle@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 1475
Peter Dillon
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Field of Study: Ecosytem biogeochemistry
Research Interests: Nutrient cycling, trace metals, acid precipitation studies
E-mail: pdillon@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7536
Douglas Evans
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Environmental Resource Studies
Field of Study: Trace contaminant toxicology and chemistry; biogeochemistry
Research Interests: Environmental biogeochemistry, trace metal cycling
E-mail: devans@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7936
Michael Fox
Professor, Department of Biology
Field of Study: Ecology and conservation biology
Research Interests: Fish ecology, population dynamics, invasive aquatic species
E-mail: mfox@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7873
Steven Franklin
Professor, Department of Geography
Field of Study: Physical Geography
Research Interests: Terrain analysis, geomorphometry, using remote sensing and GIS to explore impacts of humans on the environment
E-mail: sfranklin@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 1090
Tom Hutchinson
Environmental Resource Studies, Trent University
Field of study: ecosystem biogeochemistry
Research interests: forest decline, terrestrial impacts
E-mail:thutchinson@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 1634
Peter Lafleur
Professor, Department of Geography
Field of Study: Physical Geography; Ecosystem Biogeochemistry
Research Interests: Biometeorology; carbon budgets of Arctic tundra and peatlands
E-mail: plafleur@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7487
Ray March
Chemistry Department, Trent University
Field of Study: Trace Contaminant Toxicology and Chemistry
Research Interests: mass spectrometry
E-mail: rmarch@trentu.ca
Chris Metcalfe
Professor, Director, Institute for Watershed Science
Environmental Resource Studies/School of the Environment
Field of Study: Trace contaminant toxicology and chemistry; ecosystem biogeochemistry
Research Interests: Aquatic organic contaminants
E-mail: cmetcalfe@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7272
Tom Whillans
Professor, Environmental Resource Studies
Field of Study: Ecology and conservation biology
Research Interests: Fisheries, wetland ecology, renewable resource management
E-mail: twhillans@trentu.ca
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7789