Professors Emeriti
The following list includes Professors Emeriti that have served in the Environmental and Resource Studies Program, Geography Department, and Trent School of the Environment.
Stephen Bocking
Research Interests
Roles of science in environmental policy and politics; regional environmental history and biodiversity conservation; the science and politics of salmon aquaculture; the history of environmental science in northern Canada
Email: sbocking@trentu.ca
Alan Brunger
Research Interests
Historical geography of immigration and settlement of individuals and groups from Ireland and England, particularly British military; landscape perception and graphical representation particularly through maps; environmental alteration by settlement episodes
Email: abrunger@trentu.ca
Jim Buttle
Research Interests
Hydrology; streamflow generation; land use change; forest landscapes; physical geography, including earth’s physical processes and environments, hydrogeology, and large-scale geomorphology
Email: jbuttle@trentu.ca
Douglas Evans
International Institute for Environmental Studies
Research Interests
Aquatic toxicology and historical reconstructions of pollution patterns; use of biota such as clams and mussles as accumulators and indicators of pollution; studies of food chain impacts on aquatic systmens of cadmium, lead and mercury; sediment disposition and bioavailability of pollutants
Email: devans@trentu.ca
Michael Fox
Research interests
Fish ecology. Adaptations of invasive species and their effects on aquatic communities. Management of fishes and aquatic systems. Life history adaptations of fishes to their abiotic and biotic environment, as well as exotic species introductions in Canada and Europe, and factors that affect their invasion success. Habitat selection of native and invasive stream fishes. Involved locally, in partnership with the Peterborough Field Naturalists and the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, on movement and habitat selection of urban brook trout in Harper Creek. You can read more about the Harper Creek research on the Peterborough Field Naturalists website
Email: mfox@trentu.ca
Steven Franklin
Research Interests
Remote Sensing and GIS; impacts of humans on the environment, including loss of biodiversity; Terrain Analysis; Geomorphometry; Earth Science; Forest Science
Email: sfranklin@trentu.ca
Magda Havas
Email: mhavas@trentu.ca
Fred Helleiner
Email: fheilleiner@trentu.ca
David Holdsworth
Research Interests
Environmental ethics and environmental risk assessment; environmental theory; theorizing place (topos); theoretical physics, quantum theory and algebraic geometry; the notion of place exhibits shared characteristics across these disparate fields, from philosophy to political theory, to environmental theory
David Holdsworth on ResearchGate
Email: dholdsworth@trentu.ca
Tom Hutchinson
Research Interests
Restoration and re-vegetation of acidic and toxic mine sites. Adaptations of plants to heavy metal and acidity stress and to air pollution including sulphur dioxide, ozone and acid rain . Ecology of tundra and boreal forests. Use of heritage livestock breeds in sustainable agriculture
Email: thutchinson@trentu.ca
Peter Lafleur
Research Interests
Bioclimatology and hydrometeorology, specifically the atmosphere-ecosystem exchange of carbon dioxide and water in peatland and tundra environments; ecosystem carbon measurement and modeling at the eastern peatland station of the Fluxnet Canada Research Network and investigation of carbon exchange variation between tundra types in the central North West Territories
Peter Lafleur on Google Scholar
Email: plafleur@trentu.ca
Don Mackay
Research Interests
Topics have included the study of oil spills, especially in the Arctic, assessments of contamination in the Great Lakes, bioaccumulation in a variety of organisms from Invertebrates to fish, whales and humans, and the measurement and prediction of physicochemical properties of toxic substances. He introduced the concept of fugacity as a tool for environmental modelling and he founded, with Dr Eva Webster, the Canadian Environmental Modelling Centre (CEMC) at Trent University in 1995. He continues a modest research effort, primarily with Professor J. Mark Parnis of the Chemistry Department, the current Director of the CEMC and his students on environmental fate and transport modelling in a variety of ecosystems and novel methods of chemical property prediction
Email: dmackay@trentu.ca
John Marsh
Graduated with geography degrees from Reading (BA), Alberta (MSc) and Calgary (PhD) John was a professor of Geography at Trent from 1971-2002, as well as Director of the Environmental and Resource Studies Program and Frost Centre for Canadian Heritage and Development Studies. John continues to give guest lectures and assist students with thesis research. His ongoing research focuses on parks and heritage areas, recreational trails and the British heritage in Chile. John is a member of the World Commission on Protected Areas and the government of Ontario Trails Coordinating Committee. His consultancies have included the City of Peterborough, Parks Canada and work in China, Slovakia, Lebanon, and Turkey.
Email: jmarsh@trentu.ca
Chris Metcalfe
Research Interests
Determination of the environmental fate and toxic effects of organic contaminants in the aquatic environment, especially in the fate and toxic effects of halogenated aromatic hydrocarbonons, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, alkylphenol ethoxylate surfactants and prescription and non-prescription drugs in the aquatic environment. Research on endocrine disruption in fish as well as international research experience through work in Mexico, Argentina, Ecuador and Indonesia
Chris Metcalfe Trent Water Quality Centre Profile
Email: cmetcalfe@trentu.ca
George Nader
Email: gnader@trentu.ca
Robert Paehlke
Email: rpaehlke@trentu.ca
Colin Taylor
Email: ctaylor@trentu.ca
Tom Whillans
Research Interests
Conservation and management of wetlands; impacts of marsh land management on aquatic biota; ecological constraints to lake level management and to wetland habitats; renewable resource management; Great Lakes and Kawartha area fisheries
Tom Whillans on Google Scholar
Email: twhillans@trentu.ca