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Biology Stream |
Burton, Philip
Email: pburton@nrcan.gc.ca
Dr. Burton is interested in seed ecology, plant competition, plant community organization and vegetation dynamics. His research has explored aspects of forest regeneration and restoration, silvicultural systems, stand development modelling, old-growth attributes, stand edge effects, and the ecology of understory shrubs. His current work explores the disturbance ecology of northern B.C.
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Chan, Laurie
Email: lchan@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/~lchan
Prof. Chan’s work involves both basic and applied research in environmental toxicology and nutrition toxicology. He has conducted extensive studies on the risk and benefits of the consumption of traditional food and impacts of environmental changes on food security. Prof. Chan also serves as an advisor for numerous national and international governments and organizations and Aboriginal communities on environmental health issues.
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Coxson, Darwyn
Email: darwyn@unbc.ca
WWW: http://wetbelt.unbc.ca/biography-coxson.htm
Dr. Coxson is a Professor in the Ecosystem Science and Management program at the University of Northern British Columbia. Dr. Coxson has been actively involved at UNBC since its inception, previously holding positions on the UNBC Senate, Board of Governors, and Faculty Association. His research program examines the role of non-vascular plants, such as lichens and mosses, in the ecosystem function of wet-temperate rainforests. Recent work includes comparative studies between rainforests in British Columbia and New Zealand.
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Dawson, Russ
Email: dawsonr@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/~dawsonr
Russ is an avian ecologist whose interests include determining the important proximate and ultimate factors influencing reproductive effort and success in birds. Specific areas of interest include mate choice, sexual selection, parasitology, and the mediating role that variation in environmental conditions has for the evolution of life-history traits. He holds a PhD from the University of Saskatchewan.
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Egger, Keith
Email: egger@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/~egger
Keith, who obtained his PhD from the University of Victoria, uses molecular approaches to study microbial ecology, biodiversity and phylogeny. His research is focused on the link between biodiversity and ecosystem function, particularly mycorrhizal fungi and microbes involved in nitrogen cycling. He has research projects underway on impacts of fire on mycorrhizal communities in boreal forest and on impacts of global warming on microbial communities in the arctic.
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Fredeen, Art
Email: fredeena@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/~fredeena/
Dr. Fredeen is a forest ecophysiologist. Primary research interests include the measurement of CO2 fluxes into and out of forests, logged areas and pastures in central British Columbia using Bowen Ratio and Eddy Covariance approaches. Other research interests include ecophysiology of mixedwood and interior cedar/hemlock forests, and the spiral phyllotaxis of lodgepole pine.
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Gillingham, Mike
Email: michael@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/~michael
Dr. Gillingham has broad interests in population and wildlife ecology, modeling, plant-herbivore interactions, and behavioural ecology. He received his PhD from the University of British Columbia.
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Green, Scott
Email: greens@unbc.ca
Dr. Green is a forest ecologist with a background in tree physiology. His research activities focus on tree/ecosystem adaptive responses to environmental variation. He has a particular interest in the responses of northern and high-elevation forests to climate change.
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Huber, Dezene
Email: huber@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/~huber/
Dr. Huber studies the interactions between insects and plants with a specific focus on the ability of forest pest insects to withstand the defensive toxins produced by trees. Because of the complexity of insect/plant interactions, his work involves field research, molecular biology, and analytical chemistry.
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Johnson, Chris
Email: johnsoch@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/~johnsoch
Dr. Johnson's research integrates the disciplines of wildlife, landscape, and conservation ecology to plan for and mitigate the influences of human developments on the environment. Typically working at broad spatial scales using GIS, remotely sensed data, and advanced statistical models, Chris also has an appreciation for field investigations and multiscale phenomena. Current research themes include cumulative impacts of resource development on Arctic wildlife, assessment of species-distribution models, and community-based conservation monitoring and 0lanning.
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Lee, Chow
Email: leec@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/chemistry/faculty/chowlee.html
Dr. Lee gained a PhD from Flinders University. Chows's research interest is on the control of gene expression in mammalian cells. His current research focusses on identifying proteins that could stabilize/destabilize mRNAs in cancer cells.
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Lewis, Kathy
Email: lewis@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/~lewis
Dr. Lewis is a forest pathologist/microbial ecologist with research interests in the role of pathogenic fungi in natural ecosystem processes, and the long term effects of forest practices on forest health. In particular Kathy studies the relationship between biotic disturbance agents and stand dynamics, and the population genetics of forest pathogens as influenced by forest management practices.
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Lindgren, Staffan
Email: lindgren@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/~lindgren
Dr Lindgren's area of interest is forest insect ecology and management. His current research activities involve forest insects and their role or impact on stand or landscape level processes, biodiversity, and host selection mechanisms.
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Massicotte, Hugues
Email: hugues@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/forestry/Hugues/
Dr Massicotte's research interests include the structure and biodiversity of mycorrhizae, tree and rhizosphere biology, and forest mycology. He has published extensively in a number of international scientific journals.
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McGill, Bill
Email: mcgill@unbc.ca
Biogeochemical cycling with an emphasis on C and N sequestration in or bioavailability to microbes within terrestrial ecosystems, and exchange of C and N between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere. Tools and practical applications include, simulation modeling of C and N dynamics, resource recovery from by-products, land remediation, soil conservation, and greenhouse gas mitigation. Recent work has focused on hydrocarbon-induced soil hydrophobicity and transformations of xenobiotics in soil on one hand and modeling of trace gas emissions from soils on the other.
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Murray, Brent
Email: murrayb@unbc.ca
Dr. Murray's research revolves around three central themes: molecular ecology (conservation genetics), molecular evolution and comparative immunogenetics. This research focuses on the characterisation, organisation and evolution of genetic variation at both neutral (e.g. mitochondrial) and selected loci, with particular emphasis on the immune system genes (i.e. MHC) in aquatic vertebrates (marine mammals and bony fishes) and their use in population level surveys of genetic variation.
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Otter, Ken
Email: otterk@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/~otterk
Ken's research addresses how habitat disturbance affects both reproductive and communication behaviour in forest birds. Using a combination of ecological, genetic and behavioural techniques, he and his students are interested in the impact of habitat on signal reliability, mating strategies and ultimatly reproductive output of forest generalist birds occupying postdisturbance landscapes. Ken received his PhD from Queen's University.
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Parker, Katherine
Email: parker@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/forestry/parker.html
Dr. Parker's research interests include bioenergetic strategies of wildlife and the trade-off decisions for survival, plant-herbivore interactions, and the contribution of individual animal requirements within large-scale ecosystem processes.
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Petticrew, Ellen
Email: ellen@unbc.ca
WWW: http://www.unbc.ca/geography/faculty/petticrew/
Dr. Petticrew’s research interests involve fluxes to and in aquatic systems, at a variety of scales. Fluxes of sediment, nutrient and contaminants have been investigated in recent research including 1) the influence of forest harvesting on sediment yields to British Columbian lakes, 2) the transport and storage of fine sediments in highly productive fish bearing streams, 3) the role of organic matter in the morphology and settling characteristics of freshwater flocs and 4) restoration of a northern residential eutrophic lake.
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Poirier, Lisa
Email: poirierl@unbc.ca
Dr. Poirier's research interests include Insect behaviour and ecology; chemical ecology and management of forest insects; aquatic entomology.
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Shrimpton, Mark
Email: shrimptm@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/~shrimptm/
Dr. Shrimpton earned his Phd from the University of British Columbia. He has interests in the physiological response of fish to environmental disturbance, particularly how physical changes in the environment affect endocrine, biochemical, physiological and molecular factors that regulate growth and development in fish.
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Young, Jane
Email: youngj@unbc.ca
Dr. Young has research interests in ethnobotany (particularly medicinal uses of plants), organic fertilizers and plant growth, and plant adaptation in aquatic ecosystems. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Toronto.
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Env. Sci Stream |
Arocena, Lito
Email: arocenaj@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/~arocenaj
Lito's interests centre on geochemistry of natural processes in terrestrials environments such as cation balances in forest ecosystems, acid mine drainage and other industrial wastes, paleopedology and soil minerology and chemistry.
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Booth, Annie
Email: annie@unbc.ca
Annie received a doctorate in environmental ethics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Masters in environmental policy at York University. Her research interests included Environmental and Natural Resources Policy (Domestic and International); Environmental Philosophy and Ethics; Native American/First Nations Worldviews; Women and Environments; Sustainable Development and Communities; Community Based Resource Management; Environmental Education.
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Chan, Laurie
Email: lchan@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/~lchan
Prof. Chan’s work involves both basic and applied research in environmental toxicology and nutrition toxicology. He has conducted extensive studies on the risk and benefits of the consumption of traditional food and impacts of environmental changes on food security. Prof. Chan also serves as an advisor for numerous national and international governments and organizations and Aboriginal communities on environmental health issues.
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Coxson, Darwyn
Email: darwyn@unbc.ca
WWW: http://wetbelt.unbc.ca/biography-coxson.htm
Dr. Coxson is a Professor in the Ecosystem Science and Management program at the University of Northern British Columbia. Dr. Coxson has been actively involved at UNBC since its inception, previously holding positions on the UNBC Senate, Board of Governors, and Faculty Association. His research program examines the role of non-vascular plants, such as lichens and mosses, in the ecosystem function of wet-temperate rainforests. Recent work includes comparative studies between rainforests in British Columbia and New Zealand.
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Curry, John
Email: curryj@unbc.ca
Dr. John Curry holds a PhD from the School of Community and Regional Planning (UBC), and is a member of the Canadian Institute of Planners and the Planning Institute of British Columbia. He is interested in sustainable communities; more specifically, the physical planning of communities in a northern context, the restructuring of community economies to incorporate concepts of sustainability, and the institutional structures that impede change towards sustainability.
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Déry, Stephen
Email: sdery@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/~sdery
Stephen studies the effects of climate change in the polar regions of the Northern Hemisphere, where global warming is already having a significant effect. That trend is expected to continue: over the next century, the temperature increase in the Far North is predicted to be higher than any other region on earth. His research focuses on hydrometeorology, the study of rising air temperatures on the water cycle. Much of his research will be based at UNBC’s Quesnel River Research Centre.
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Egger, Keith
Email: egger@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/~egger
Keith, who obtained his PhD from the University of Victoria, uses molecular approaches to study microbial ecology, biodiversity and phylogeny. His research is focused on the link between biodiversity and ecosystem function, particularly mycorrhizal fungi and microbes involved in nitrogen cycling. He has research projects underway on impacts of fire on mycorrhizal communities in boreal forest and on impacts of global warming on microbial communities in the arctic.
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Fredeen, Art
Email: fredeena@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/~fredeena/
Dr. Fredeen is a forest ecophysiologist. Primary research interests include the measurement of CO2 fluxes into and out of forests, logged areas and pastures in central British Columbia using Bowen Ratio and Eddy Covariance approaches. Other research interests include ecophysiology of mixedwood and interior cedar/hemlock forests, and the spiral phyllotaxis of lodgepole pine.
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Helle, Steve
Email: helle@unbc.ca
Steve’s primary research interests include the production of bioenergy and biofuels from forest industry by-products, with an emphasis on the optimization of fermentation processes. Other research interests are waste and wastewater treatment, including biological, physical and chemical treatment processes.
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Jackson, Peter
Email: peterj@unbc.ca
WWW: http://nimbus.unbc.ca/
Dr. Jackson is a mesoscale meteorologist whose research mostly concerns wind in complex terrain (i.e. in mountains and along coastlines) and environmental applications including dispersion of atmospheric pollutants and insects in those environments. In pursuing this theme, he and his research group use both in-situ (from surface-based weather stations) and remote (from a phased array doppler sodar system) observations, as well as mesoscale numerical atmospheric models (RAMS and MC2). These models are run on our 28 processor SGI Origin 3400.
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Li, Jianbing (Jason)
Email: li@unbc.ca
WWW: http://www.unbc.ca/engineering/
Dr. Li's interests include: modeling of groundwater flow and contaminant transport in porous media, groundwater hydrology, soil and groundwater remediation, coupled simulation and optimization for environmental management, uncertainty modeling of environmental pollution control systems, water resources management, and environmental risk assessment.
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McGill, Bill
Email: mcgill@unbc.ca
Biogeochemical cycling with an emphasis on C and N sequestration in or bioavailability to microbes within terrestrial ecosystems, and exchange of C and N between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere. Tools and practical applications include, simulation modeling of C and N dynamics, resource recovery from by-products, land remediation, soil conservation, and greenhouse gas mitigation. Recent work has focused on hydrocarbon-induced soil hydrophobicity and transformations of xenobiotics in soil on one hand and modeling of trace gas emissions from soils on the other.
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Menounos, Brian
Email: menounos@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/~menounos
Brian's research is aimed at understanding past and present climate change in western Canada. He specializes in using annually-laminated lake sediments to reconstruct long-term patterns of hydro-climatic variability from mountain watersheds. He research interests also include production and mobility of fine-grained sediments in mountain systems and surface hydrologic processes. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia in 2003.
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Murphy, Michael
Email: murphym@unbc.ca
Dr. Murphy's research addresses the moral and legal foundations of indigenous self-determination, particularly in relation to the fundamental tenets of democratic theory. Michael investigates new and emerging means of realizing indigenous self-determination in practice, and the implications of different strategies of self-determination for the well-being of indigenous communities.
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Owens, Philip
Email: owensp@unbc.ca
WWW: http://www.unbc.ca/owens/
Phil’s research interests are on how water, sediment and chemicals (such as nutrients and pollutants) move through the landscape. In particular, he is interested in how landscapes respond to changes in climate and land management, including the effects of wildfire and other forms of disturbance. He has undertaken research on soil nutrients dynamics and soil erosion, and the transport and storage of sediment and associated contaminants in agricultural, forested and mountain environments. Much of his research will be based at UNBC’s Quesnel River Research Centre.
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Petticrew, Ellen
Email: ellen@unbc.ca
WWW: http://www.unbc.ca/geography/faculty/petticrew/
Dr. Petticrew’s research interests involve fluxes to and in aquatic systems, at a variety of scales. Fluxes of sediment, nutrient and contaminants have been investigated in recent research including 1) the influence of forest harvesting on sediment yields to British Columbian lakes, 2) the transport and storage of fine sediments in highly productive fish bearing streams, 3) the role of organic matter in the morphology and settling characteristics of freshwater flocs and 4) restoration of a northern residential eutrophic lake.
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Rutherford, Mike
Email: rutherfm@unbc.ca
Michael Rutherford has research interests in several areas related to soil science and environmental science: (i) the chemistry, biology and ecotoxicity of contaminated soils, (ii) biogeochemical cycling of carbon and nitrogen, (iii) the utilization of various waste materials for environmental restoration, and (iv) the bioremediation of contaminated environments. In the past, Michael has conducted research into natural-occurring radioactivity (e.g radon gas) in soils and industrial wastes.
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Sanborn, Paul
Email: sanborn@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/~sanborn/
After 11 years as a regional soil scientist in the BC Ministry of Forests, Dr. Sanborn joined UNBC in 2002. His research program builds on established local field studies of site productivity, nutrient cycling, and soil rehabilitation, and is developing a new emphasis on the role of soils as a recorder of long-term environmental change in northwestern Canada.
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Sui, Jueyi
Email: sui@unbc.ca
Dr. Sui’s main research interests lie in water resources and environmental engineering. Jeuyi has expertise in cold region hydraulics and hydrology (river ice hydraulics and snow hydrology) and fluvial hydraulics.
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Tang, Youmin
Email: ytang@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/~ytang
Youmin’s research uses sophisticated numerical models and mathematical tools to predict seasonal climate and put confidence limits on the predictions – a significant new approach among researchers in this field. Previously, he has developed ENSO (El Nino Southern Oscillation) prediction models with the knowledge that more accurate seasonal climate prediction is of vital importance to various sectors of the economy: agriculture, forest management, fisheries, tourism, and power generation.
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Thring, Ron
Email: thring@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/chemistry/faculty/thring.html
Dr. Thring's research interests include: - Chemicals, fuels and biosolids from natural resources - Reaction engineering principles and catalysis applied to pulp and paper, polymer, oil and gas processes - Plastics and rubber characterization and processing - Environmental engineering (soil remediation, green house gases control, waste & wastewater treatment) - Value-added processing and product development - Mass transfer with chemical reaction - Mixing of Floating Solids - Biodegradable Materials (production, characterization and applications).
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Whitcombe, Todd
Email: whitcomb@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/chemistry/faculty/todd.html
Todd's research interests are in the broad area of ""bio-inorganic"" chemistry and specifically in the area of reaction kinetics of biomimetic systems. He is also interested in the speciation and functional role of metal ions in the ecosystem; he has a strong nterest in the area of the ""public understanding of science"".
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Forestry Stream |
Arocena, Lito
Email: arocenaj@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/~arocenaj
Lito's interests centre on geochemistry of natural processes in terrestrials environments such as cation balances in forest ecosystems, acid mine drainage and other industrial wastes, paleopedology and soil minerology and chemistry.
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Burton, Philip
Email: pburton@nrcan.gc.ca
Dr. Burton is interested in seed ecology, plant competition, plant community organization and vegetation dynamics. His research has explored aspects of forest regeneration and restoration, silvicultural systems, stand development modelling, old-growth attributes, stand edge effects, and the ecology of understory shrubs. His current work explores the disturbance ecology of northern B.C.
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Egger, Keith
Email: egger@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/~egger
Keith, who obtained his PhD from the University of Victoria, uses molecular approaches to study microbial ecology, biodiversity and phylogeny. His research is focused on the link between biodiversity and ecosystem function, particularly mycorrhizal fungi and microbes involved in nitrogen cycling. He has research projects underway on impacts of fire on mycorrhizal communities in boreal forest and on impacts of global warming on microbial communities in the arctic.
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Fredeen, Art
Email: fredeena@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/~fredeena/
Dr. Fredeen is a forest ecophysiologist. Primary research interests include the measurement of CO2 fluxes into and out of forests, logged areas and pastures in central British Columbia using Bowen Ratio and Eddy Covariance approaches. Other research interests include ecophysiology of mixedwood and interior cedar/hemlock forests, and the spiral phyllotaxis of lodgepole pine.
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Garcia, Oscar
Email: garcia@unbc.ca
WWW: http://forestgrowth.unbc.ca
Dr. Garcia is the West Fraser Endowed Chair in Forest Growth and Yield. Oscar’s research addresses ""Quantitative forestry"", including growth modeling, biometrics, mensuration, harvest scheduling, decision support systems.
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Green, Scott
Email: greens@unbc.ca
Dr. Green is a forest ecologist with a background in tree physiology. His research activities focus on tree/ecosystem adaptive responses to environmental variation. He has a particular interest in the responses of northern and high-elevation forests to climate change.
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Hartley, Ian
Email: hartley@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/~hartley
Dr. Hartley's research interest is in wood quality (ultra-structure and anatomy) and wood physics (wood-water interactions, diffusion, sorption, lumber drying and NMR) pertaining to forest products issues for Northern British Columbia. He has a keen interest in examining wood properties based on wood characteristics and how it pertains to processing issues.
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Hawkins, Chris
Email: hawkinsc@unbc.ca
WWW: http://mixedwood.unbc.ca/
Chris' general research interests are forest productivity, ecology, silviculture and management. Topics he is currently investigating include management of mixedwoods, economic impacts of silviculture decisions, and the genecology of paper birch and trembling aspen.
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Huber, Dezene
Email: huber@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/~huber/
Dr. Huber studies the interactions between insects and plants with a specific focus on the ability of forest pest insects to withstand the defensive toxins produced by trees. Because of the complexity of insect/plant interactions, his work involves field research, molecular biology, and analytical chemistry.
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Johnson, Chris
Email: johnsoch@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/~johnsoch
Dr. Johnson's research integrates the disciplines of wildlife, landscape, and conservation ecology to plan for and mitigate the influences of human developments on the environment. Typically working at broad spatial scales using GIS, remotely sensed data, and advanced statistical models, Chris also has an appreciation for field investigations and multiscale phenomena. Current research themes include cumulative impacts of resource development on Arctic wildlife, assessment of species-distribution models, and community-based conservation monitoring and 0lanning.
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Lewis, Kathy
Email: lewis@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/~lewis
Dr. Lewis is a forest pathologist/microbial ecologist with research interests in the role of pathogenic fungi in natural ecosystem processes, and the long term effects of forest practices on forest health. In particular Kathy studies the relationship between biotic disturbance agents and stand dynamics, and the population genetics of forest pathogens as influenced by forest management practices.
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Lindgren, Staffan
Email: lindgren@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/~lindgren
Dr Lindgren's area of interest is forest insect ecology and management. His current research activities involve forest insects and their role or impact on stand or landscape level processes, biodiversity, and host selection mechanisms.
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Massicotte, Hugues
Email: hugues@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/forestry/Hugues/
Dr Massicotte's research interests include the structure and biodiversity of mycorrhizae, tree and rhizosphere biology, and forest mycology. He has published extensively in a number of international scientific journals.
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McGill, Bill
Email: mcgill@unbc.ca
Biogeochemical cycling with an emphasis on C and N sequestration in or bioavailability to microbes within terrestrial ecosystems, and exchange of C and N between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere. Tools and practical applications include, simulation modeling of C and N dynamics, resource recovery from by-products, land remediation, soil conservation, and greenhouse gas mitigation. Recent work has focused on hydrocarbon-induced soil hydrophobicity and transformations of xenobiotics in soil on one hand and modeling of trace gas emissions from soils on the other.
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Opio, Chris
Email: opio@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/forestry/opio.html
Dr. Opio's research interests include forest management and policy, silviculture, environmental aspects of harvesting systems, land reclamation, woodlot management, tropical forestry and agroforestry.
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Poirier, Lisa
Email: poirierl@unbc.ca
Dr. Poirier's research interests include Insect behaviour and ecology; chemical ecology and management of forest insects; aquatic entomology.
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Sanborn, Paul
Email: sanborn@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/~sanborn/
After 11 years as a regional soil scientist in the BC Ministry of Forests, Dr. Sanborn joined UNBC in 2002. His research program builds on established local field studies of site productivity, nutrient cycling, and soil rehabilitation, and is developing a new emphasis on the role of soils as a recorder of long-term environmental change in northwestern Canada.
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Thring, Ron
Email: thring@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/chemistry/faculty/thring.html
Dr. Thring's research interests include: - Chemicals, fuels and biosolids from natural resources - Reaction engineering principles and catalysis applied to pulp and paper, polymer, oil and gas processes - Plastics and rubber characterization and processing - Environmental engineering (soil remediation, green house gases control, waste & wastewater treatment) - Value-added processing and product development - Mass transfer with chemical reaction - Mixing of Floating Solids - Biodegradable Materials (production, characterization and applications).
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Geography Stream |
Arocena, Lito
Email: arocenaj@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/~arocenaj
Lito's interests centre on geochemistry of natural processes in terrestrials environments such as cation balances in forest ecosystems, acid mine drainage and other industrial wastes, paleopedology and soil minerology and chemistry.
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Jackson, Peter
Email: peterj@unbc.ca
WWW: http://nimbus.unbc.ca/
Dr. Jackson is a mesoscale meteorologist whose research mostly concerns wind in complex terrain (i.e. in mountains and along coastlines) and environmental applications including dispersion of atmospheric pollutants and insects in those environments. In pursuing this theme, he and his research group use both in-situ (from surface-based weather stations) and remote (from a phased array doppler sodar system) observations, as well as mesoscale numerical atmospheric models (RAMS and MC2). These models are run on our 28 processor SGI Origin 3400.
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Menounos, Brian
Email: menounos@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/~menounos
Brian's research is aimed at understanding past and present climate change in western Canada. He specializes in using annually-laminated lake sediments to reconstruct long-term patterns of hydro-climatic variability from mountain watersheds. He research interests also include production and mobility of fine-grained sediments in mountain systems and surface hydrologic processes. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia in 2003.
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Owens, Philip
Email: owensp@unbc.ca
WWW: http://www.unbc.ca/owens/
Phil’s research interests are on how water, sediment and chemicals (such as nutrients and pollutants) move through the landscape. In particular, he is interested in how landscapes respond to changes in climate and land management, including the effects of wildfire and other forms of disturbance. He has undertaken research on soil nutrients dynamics and soil erosion, and the transport and storage of sediment and associated contaminants in agricultural, forested and mountain environments. Much of his research will be based at UNBC’s Quesnel River Research Centre.
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Petticrew, Ellen
Email: ellen@unbc.ca
WWW: http://www.unbc.ca/geography/faculty/petticrew/
Dr. Petticrew’s research interests involve fluxes to and in aquatic systems, at a variety of scales. Fluxes of sediment, nutrient and contaminants have been investigated in recent research including 1) the influence of forest harvesting on sediment yields to British Columbian lakes, 2) the transport and storage of fine sediments in highly productive fish bearing streams, 3) the role of organic matter in the morphology and settling characteristics of freshwater flocs and 4) restoration of a northern residential eutrophic lake.
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Sui, Jueyi
Email: sui@unbc.ca
Dr. Sui’s main research interests lie in water resources and environmental engineering. Jeuyi has expertise in cold region hydraulics and hydrology (river ice hydraulics and snow hydrology) and fluvial hydraulics.
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Tang, Youmin
Email: ytang@unbc.ca
WWW: http://web.unbc.ca/~ytang
Youmin’s research uses sophisticated numerical models and mathematical tools to predict seasonal climate and put confidence limits on the predictions – a significant new approach among researchers in this field. Previously, he has developed ENSO (El Nino Southern Oscillation) prediction models with the knowledge that more accurate seasonal climate prediction is of vital importance to various sectors of the economy: agriculture, forest management, fisheries, tourism, and power generation.
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Wheate, Roger
Email: wheate@unbc.ca
WWW: http://www.unbc.ca/geography/faculty/wheate/
Dr. Wheate's interests cover the application of remote sensing and GIS across the spectrum of NRES (Natural Resource and Environmental Studies) faculty areas. His main focus lies in the integration of the geomatic sciences, cartographic output, feature extraction and terrain visualisation; special interests include mountain cartography / and glacier mapping using remote sensing.
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Out. Res. Tour. Mgmt. Stream |
Maher, Patrick
Email: maherp@unbc.ca
WWW: http://www.unbc.ca/ortm/rrt_faculty/pat_maher/index.html
Through his study, teaching and travel in the Arctic and Antarctic, Pat has developed a strong research interest in the recreation and tourism that occurs in these geographical regions. Specifically he is interested in expeditionary-type, extended or remote/field-based travel and the meanings associated with such experiences. As well, Pat's interests are in outdoor and experiential education, leadership, wilderness, and adventure tourism and ecotourism.
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Shultis, John
Email: shultis@unbc.ca
WWW: http://www.unbc.ca/rrt/faculty.htm
Dr. Shultis' research interests focus on the historical and contemporary socio-cultural forces affecting protected areas, outdoor recreation, wilderness, interpretation and resource-based tourism. Examples of recent research include the impact of neoconservatism on protected area management, the impacts of technology of the wilderness experience, the role of the 'risk society' on outdoor recreation and resource-based tourism, and the effects of the recreational use of protected areas on individuals and society.
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Wright, Pam
Email: pwright@unbc.ca
WWW: http://www.unbc.ca/rrt/
Dr. Wright's research focuses on conservation-based approaches to protected areas design, planning and management; the social and ecological impacts and benefits of tourism and recreation on wild spaces. Other research interests include the development of systems-based monitoring approaches for sustainable forest management.
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