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TRENTU.CA / School of the Environment / ​Professors Emeriti

​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

Stephen Bocking's Website

Email: sbocking@trentu.ca


Alan BrungerAlan 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

  • 2021 Tuzo Wilson Medal Recipient
  • Jim Buttle on Google Scholar
  • Jim Buttle Research Gate Profile

Email: jbuttle@trentu.ca


Doug EvansDouglas 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 FoxMichael 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 HutchinsonTom 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 portraitDon 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 MarshJohn 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

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