Adjunct & Cross-listed Faculty

ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSORS
Name Contact

Arbour, Victoria

Vertebrate palaeontology (especially dinosaurs and other Mesozoic reptiles), Cretaceous palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography, functional morphology & evolutionary biology.

250 896 0217

Cannon, Alex

Climate Extremes; applied climatology; statistical bias correction/downscaling; machine learning and environmental data science.

Christian, James

The global carbon cycle; ocean biogeochemistry; ecology of aquatic microorganisms; ocean colour remote sensing.

250 686 6081

Halliday, Bill

Arctic marine mammals and fish using passive acoustic monitoring, and studies the effects of underwater noise and climate change on these animals.

Hobbs, Tiegan

Seismic risk, seismic hazard, active faulting, and seismogeodesy. 

236 330 2180

 

Jiang, Yan

Space geodesy techniques, seismo-tectonics, slow slip events, earth deformation due to mass redistribution.

Schaeffer, Andrew

Seismic imaging of the Earth’s interior; structure and dynamics of the upper mantle; evolution of the lithosphere; seismo-tectonics of continental deformation zones and convergent margins; seismicity and seismic hazard.

250 363 6430

Scherwath, Martin

Marine geophysics and geology; gas hydrates; geological carbon storage; active and passive seismology and seismic imaging; subduction zone processes; continental collision.

250 721 6309

Seiler, Christian

Terrestrial carbon cycle, land surface modeling, model evaluation

250 721 7217

Sigmond, Michael

Seasonal climate predictions (sea ice, stratosphere-troposphere coupling), atmospheric large-scale circulation, regional climate change, ozone hole impacts, Arctic sea ice impacts

778 401 4654

Sospedra-Alfonso, Reinel

Seasonal to decadal climate predictability and prediction; climate variability and change; application of machine learning to Earth system research.

Stevens, Catherine (Cat)

Marine zooplankton ecology, hydrothermal vent food webs, microbial dynamics in oxygen minimum zones, carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle, denitrification, fatty acid biomarkers, functional gene pyrosequencing, taxonomic gene surveys.

250 661 3602

Sun, Tianhaozhe (Tian)

Subduction zone geodynamics, earthquake processes, crustal deformation, subduction forearc hydrogeology and geomechanics.

Swart, Neil

Development of coupled Earth System Models and open source collaborative scientific software. Climate change and variability in the ocean, sea-ice and atmosphere. Carbon cycle dynamics and Antarctic meltwater feedbacks.

250 661 2632

Wei, Mike

Hydrogeology, surface water-groundwater connection, analysis of pumping tests, groundwater allocation and management.

250 213 8228

ADJUNCT ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS
Name Contact

Dewey, Richard

Physical oceanography, tides, mixing, boundary layersand coastal flows.

250 508 2949

Eby, Michael

Earth system modelling, climate-carbon cycle feedbacks, emission budgets, biogeochemistry, paleoclimate, ice modelling, control of glacial cycles, climate change longevity.

250 853 3786

Gillett, Nathan

(Honorary Research Professor)

Attribution of the causes of climate change; extreme event attribution; observationally-constrained climate projections; the climate response to cumulative carbon emissions.

250 216 6345

Ianson, Debby

Biogeochemical cycles in the ocean with a focus on ocean acidification and hypoxia.

250 363 6614

James, Thomas

Field investigations and computer modelling of geodynamic and environmental processes related to crustal motion, sea level, and ice-sheet change.

250 813 0632

Kao, Honn

Seismology: earthquake source studies, velocity structure inversion, seismogenic behaviour and processes, induced seismicity, moment-tensor inversion and seismotectonics.

250 363 6225

Melton, Joe

Development and application of terrestrial ecosystem and land surface models for stand-alone simulations and implementation in Earth system models. Process modelling including wetland methane, fire, and permafrost carbon.

250 686 6287

Morell, Kristin

Plate tectonics, landscapes, earthquakes, geology.

Ross, Tetjana

Ocean observation with particular emphasis on physical-biological interactions; climate change impacts on marine ecosystems; ocean monitoring using autonomous underwater vehicles.

250 363 6438

Simandl, George

Numerous critical metals and industrial minerals, including magnets, batteries, and photovoltaic materials, are essential for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. My focus lies on ore deposits that contain these materials, covering their geology, mineral economics, technical specifications, market dynamics, and related exploration methods.

 

Steiner, Nadja

Modelling of ocean and sea-ice  biogeochemistry, atmosphere-ocean-sea-ice-biochemistry interactions. Climate Change impacts on Arctic marine ecosystems and Inuit subsistence fisheries.

250 363 6402

250 686 7318

von Salzen, Knut

Modelling of physical and chemical processes in the troposphere; cloud and aerosol processes; global climate modelling

 

ADJUNCT PROFESSORS
Name Contact

Cassidy, John

Earthquake hazard studies, including earth structure, earthquake source determination and wave propagation.

250 363 6500

Curry, Charles

Global and regional climate modelling; climate variability and trends; wind and hydroclimate of Western Canada; biogeochemical cycles.

250 721 7277

Foreman, Michael

Numerical modelling, physical oceanography, data assimilation, satellite altimetry, tidal analysis.

250 881 5720

Han, Guoqi

Ocean modelling, satellite altimetry, physical oceanography, sea level rise, ocean climate variability and change, impacts of physical change on marine ecosystems.

709 690 1426

 

Hoffman, Paul

Sedimentary and tectonic geology; Proterozoic Earth history; Cryogenian snowball Earth.

Johnston, Stephen

Tectonic and structural geology; evolution of convergent margins.

Lefebure, Dave

Economic geology and metallogeny; mineral deposit models; resource assessments and databases; related knowledge engineering applications; and community engagement.

Merryfield, William

Climate forecasting; climate variability; predictability; ocean circulation models; subgrid-scale parameterization; geophysical turbulence; double diffusion; ocean mixing processes; numerical methods in fluid dynamics.

778 401 4483

Moran, Kate

Research includes ocean observing to understand tectonic and seafloor processes; understanding carbon dioxide removal in marine geologic formations; and applying geotechnics for interpreting past climate in marine sediment records.

Pospelova, Vera

Micropaleontology, palynology, dinoflagellate cysts, taxonomy, paleoceanography, paleoclimatology, paleoecology, environmental change, marine geology, coastal and estuarine dynamics, eutrophication & pollution, harmful algal blooms (HABs), Earth System Science, Quaternary, Anthropocene.

Rowins, Stephen

Genesis of magmatic-hydrothermal ore deposits, development of mineral exploration methodologies, application of Mineral Systems to exploration targeting.

 

Saenko, Oleg

Global ocean circulation and its influence on climate; water masses; climate variability and feedbacks.

250 363 8267

Scinocca, John

Atmospheric/oceanic fluid dynamics, climate model development and physical parameterizations.

250 363 8240

Tunnicliffe, Verena (Emeritus)

Evolution of marine communities, hydrothermal vents, seamounts and fjords; interaction with physical and geological processes.

Vagle, Svein

Air-sea exchange processes, modelling and measurements of bubble dynamics and bubble gas transfer, observations of coastal oceanographic processes including tidal mixing, underwater ambient noise, low-power self-contained data acquisition systems, marine mammal acoustics, and new techniques in fishery acoustics.

250 363 6339

Wang, Kelin

(Honorary Research Professor)

Subduction zone processes, lithospheric stresses, earthquake mechanics, crustal thermal and hydrological processes.

250 363 6429

Yamazaki, Hidekatsu

(Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology - TUMSAT)

Physical oceanography, oceanic turbulence, mixing, physical environments and planktonic organisms, early life stage, requirement processes.

 

CROSS-LISTED FACULTY
Name Contact

Gleeson, Tom (CIVE, Professor)

Groundwater sustainability, mega-scale groundwater systems, groundwater recharge and discharge and fluid flow around geologic structures.

250 853 3934