Evolution

Prof. Peter Arcese, MSc, PhD

Prof. Peter Arcese, MSc, PhD

Professor

FRBC Chair in Applied Conservation Biology

Conservation biology, spatial planning, birds, mammals, plants, small populations, cultural uses, evolution, ecology, wildlife ecology, invasive species, overabundant species, inbreeding, rapid evolution, climate change, habitat change,

Greg Henry, PhD

Professor

Arctic tundra ecosystems, climate change, warming experiments, plant adaptation, caribou and muskox populations, Arctic climate reconstruction, the International Tundra Experiment (ITEX), ArcticNet, the International Polar Year (IPY), biological diversity, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases

Wayne Maddison, PhD

Wayne Maddison, PhD

Professor

Canada Research Chair in Biodiversity

Arachnology, spiders, biodiversity, biological diversity

Prof. Richard Wassersug, PhD

Honorary Professor

tadpoles, eunuchs, prostate cancer, emasculation, estrogens. psycho-oncology, castration,

Laura Wegener Parfrey, PhD

Laura Wegener Parfrey, PhD

Assistant Professor

Microbial ecology, microbial diversity, microbiome, protists

Kai Chan, PhD

Kai Chan, PhD

Professor

Canada Research Chair, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services

Ecosystem services, ecosystem-based management, biodiversity conservation, sustainability science, social-ecological systems, environmental assessment, environmental policy, biological diversity, sustainable development, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases

Liane Gabora, PhD

Liane Gabora, PhD

Professor

creativity, computational creativity, cultural evolution, computer models of cultural evolution, concepts, agent-based models, physical light as metaphor for psychological constructs

Paul Gabias, PhD, LLD

Paul Gabias, PhD, LLD

Associate Professor

Visual perception, haptic perception, audition, gustation, olfaction, cognition, evolutionary psychology, ecological approach to perception, public education about blindness, psychological aspects of advocacy, rehabilitation, health, stress management, picture perception, wellness, blindness, guide dog training, drawing development

Dr. Alec Beall, PhD

Dr. Alec Beall, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Dating, Attraction, Relationships,

Patricia Schulte, PhD

Professor

Aquaculture, effects of environmental change on fish, evolution, adaptation, genomics in fisheries, biological diversity, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases

Dr. Karen Hodges, PhD

Dr. Karen Hodges, PhD

Professor, Conservation Biology

wildlife, wildfire, fire, conservation, mammals, birds, owls, habitat loss, habitat, predators, carnivores, snowshoe hares, boreal forest, biosolids, restoration ecology, conservation biology, ecology,

Dr. Juan José Alava, PhD

Dr. Juan José Alava, PhD

Research Associate & Principal Investigator

marine eco-toxicology, ocean conservation and pollution, environmental toxicology and chemistry, food web bioaccumulation modeling of pollutants (Bioaccumulation Science), ocean pollution by plastics/microplastics, sea turtles and marine mammals’ eco-toxicology, marine ecology, conservation biology, tropical biodiversity, and ecology, fishery science and management, climate change science, the impact of climate change and acidification in marine organisms and fisheries, climate change adaptation strategies in fisheries, population dynamics and conservation of marine mammals, biology and conservation of marine mammals, seabirds and sea turtles, field ornithology, aquatic microbiology, eco-toxicological risk assessment, environmental impact assessments and environmental policy, public health, tropical parasitology, and environmental/conservation medicine,

Michelle Tseng, PhD

Assistant Professor

Insects, freshwater ecology, plant-animal interactions, biological diversity