Curriculum vitae

 

 

Professor, Department of Biology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON

 

 

B.Sc. Biology, 1979. Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON. Honours Thesis: The gizzard grit of Ruffed Grouse in Northwestern Ontario. Advisor: Dr. J.P. Ryder

 

M.Sc. Biology, 1991. University of Windsor, Windsor, ON. Thesis: Habitat selection in Eumeces fasciatus, the five-lined skink, at Point Pelee National Park, Ontario, Canada. Advisor: Dr. R.T. M'Closkey

 

Ph.D. Biology, 1996. University of Windsor, Windsor, ON. Dissertation: Species richness, species turnover, and spatial dynamics of amphibian communities. Advisor: Dr. R.T. M'Closkey

 

Post-doctoral Fellow, 1997. Department of Zoology, University of Guelph. Advisor: Dr. R.J. Brooks.

 

 

Assistant Professor, appointed 1998,  renewed 2000. Department of Biology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON

 

Associate Professor, promoted and tenured, 2003. Department of Biology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON

 

Associated Graduate Faculty, 2001-2003, Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph

 

Core Faculty Member, 2004, Forest Sciences Ph.D. Program, Faculty of Forestry and the Forest Environment, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON

 

Full Professor, promoted 2008. Department of Biology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON

 

Premier of Ontario Research Excellence Award 1999

Fellow of the Linnean Society of London 2012

Canadian Herpetological Society Blue Racer Award 2015

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Post Graduate Scholarship 2

Ontario Graduate Scholarship

NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship

PREA Funding

Lakehead University Merit Awards for Teaching and Research (7 awards)

 

EPA GLNPO Grant

Lakehead University Startup Grant

NSERC Operating Grant

NSERC/SRC Grant

NSERC Discovery Grant

NSERC Summer Research Assistants (4)

Ontario Work Study Programs (3)

Ontario MNR

PREA Award

SARRFO (4)

SARSF (1)

Travel Awards (14)

 

Journals (84)

Book Chapters (2)

Book & Software Reviews (5)

Published Letters (2) 

Technical Reports (62)

Student publications from work in my lab (14)

Conferences (85)

Invited Seminars (32)

 

 

Ph.Ds contracted (1)

Postdoctoral Fellows (1)

Technicians (4)

Undergraduate Supervisions (20)

Graduate Supervisions (9)

Summer Research Assistants (13)

Research Interns (3)

 

Graduate Committee Membership (49)

External Examiner and PTR Reviews (10)

 

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

British Herpetological Society

Canadian Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Network

Canadian Association of Herpetologists

Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution

Ecological Society of America

Herpetologist's League

Fellow of the Linnean Society of London (elected 2012)

Societas Europaea Herpetologica

Society for Conservation Biology

Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles

National Center for Science Education

 

COSEWIC Amphibian and Reptile Subcommittee Member

College of Reviewers, Canada Research Chairs Program

Canadian Herpetological Society Board Member

Chair, IMPARA Committee

Northwestern Ontario Protected Areas Research Steering Committee Member

IUCN Amphibian and Reptile Specialist Group - representing Canada

 

Advisor to numerous agencies and programs including: Aquila Consulting, Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority, Ausable River Recovery Plan, Canadian Wildlife Service, City of Thunder Bay Animal Control, U.S. Department of Energy, Environment Canada, Lake Erie Sandspit Recovery Plan, Lake Superior Herpetofaunal Monitoring Program, Lyme Disease Association of Ontario, Maitland Valley Conservation Authority, Matawa First Nations, Minnesota DNR, North Dakota Fish & Game Commission, Ontario Herpetofaunal Summary and Ontario Nature Reptile and Amphibian Atlas (contributor of data), Ontario MNR, Ontario Parks, Parks Canada, Essex Region Recovery Plan, University of Guelph Department of Zoology.

 

Meetings or Workshops Organized (3)

Hosted Joint CARCNET/CAH conference in 2011 at Lakehead University.

Host COSEWIC Amphibian & Reptile Specialist Group Meeting,Thunder Bay 2011. Conducted training course for government biologists 2014.

 

Reviews (577) for journals and agencies include: Alberta Conservation Association, American Naturalist, Amphibia-Reptilia, Animal Conservation, Applied Herpetology, Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority, Behaviour, Aquatic Ecology, Aquatic Ecosystems Health and Management, Archives of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, Biodiversity and Conservation, Biological Conservation, Canada Research Chairs Program, Canadian Field-Naturalist, Canadian Herpetologist, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Canadian Wildlife Service, Chemosphere, Conservation Biology, Copeia, COSEWIC, Current Zoology, Digital Frog International, Diversity and Distribution, Durrell Institute, Ecography, Ecology, Ecology & Society, Ecological Applications, Écoscience, Endangered Species Research, Environment Canada, Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, Freeman Publishers, Freshwater Biology, Freshwater Science, Global Ecology & Biodiversity, FCT (Portuese Govt. funding agency), Herpetologica, Herpetological Conservation & Biology, Herpetological Journal, Herpetological Review, Integrative Zoology, Journal of Animal Ecology, Journal of Applied Ecology, Journal of Arid Ecosystems, Journal of Great Lakes Research, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Journal of Herpetology, Journal of Biogeography, Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science, Journal of North American Herpetology, Landscape Ecology, Midwest Declining Amphibians Taskforce, Mitacs Accelerate Grants, Nardowe Centrum Nauki, NSERC, NRF South Africa, Northeastern Naturalist, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Parks, Ontario Power Generation, Oxford University Press, Parks Canada, Pearson Publishing, PLoSONE, SETAC, Royal Society, Southeastern Naturalist, TextReviews, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Turkish Journal of Zoology, Quarterly Review of Biology, Urban Ecosystems, U.S. EPA, U.S. NPS, Water SA, Wetlands, Zoological Studies.

 

Biol/Enst 2210 - Introductory Ecology (16)

Biol 3151- Biogeography (21)

Biol 3990 - Research Internship (4)

Biol. 4351 - Population Ecology (3)

Biol. 4435 - Herpetology (10)

Biol. 4610 - Special Topics (3)

Biol. 4610 - Global Change Biology (2)

Biol. 4630/4470 - Advanced Population Ecology (1)

Biol. 4117 - Advances in Contemporary Ecology (12)

Biol. 5111 - Advances in Herpetology (3)

Biol. 5151 - Advances in Contemporary Ecology (11)

 

*Seminar Committee 1998-2001

Seminars and Speakers Committee 2001-2005

Animal Care Committee 2001-2005

*Wet Lab Users Committee 1998-2005

Timetable Committee 2001-2005

Graduate Studies Advisory Committee 2000-

*Academic Planning Committee 2002

*Biology Facilities Committee 2005-

Biology Search Committees (12) 2000, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2015, 2017*, 2020*

Water Resources Program Committee 2006-

*Biology Graduate Scholarship Subcommittee 2007-2010

*Biology Library Committee 2010-

Biology Curriculum Committee 2011-

 

Graduate Student Committees (49)

Graduate Studies Scholarship Committee

Academic Program Advisor for pre-Dentistry 1998-2016

Academic Program Advisor for pre-Medicine 1998-2016

Academic Advisor for Ecology-Evolution Programs 2006-

Teaching Load Review Committee 2006-2008

Acting Chair of Department of Biology (3)

Faculty Association Liaison Officer for Biology 2013-

Faculty Association Research Committee 2014-2017

Faculty Association Executive Member 2017-

Faculty Association Pension Committee Member 2018-

 

Thunder Bay Regional Hospital Site Development Committee Member

Amphibian and reptile identification for general public

Frequent ecological advice provided to local and regional government agencies and NGOs

 

Media Interviews (Published or Aired) (29)