Staff

Director of School

Adams, M.

Academic Program Coordinator

Zurba, M.

Professor Emeritus

Beazley, K. F., BLA (Guelph), MA (Waterloo), PhD (Dalhousie). Biodiversity conservation; protected area system design; ecosystem and protected area management; focal species; landscape ecology and conservation biology; environmental ethics.
Côté, R. P., BSc (Loyola), MSc (Memorial). Industrial ecology; marine environmental protection strategies; management of chemical hazards and wastes; environmental policy
Duinker, P., BSc Agr (Guelph), MES (Dalhousie), PhD (UNB). Forest management and policy, environmental impact assessment, sustainable development, sustainability indicators, public participation and conflict resolution, forest biodiversity assessment, climate change and forests, public opinions on environment and natural resources, urban forests.

Professors

Adams, M., BEng, MSc (Royal Military College), PhD (Dalhousie). Industrial ecology, community energy systems (renewable),  sustainable industrial development, business sustainability, by-product valourization, eco-industrial networks, rural economic development, community/industry inter-relationships.
Asah, S., BEng/MSc (Univ of Dschang, Cameroon), MSc, PhD (Minnesota - Twin Cities). Canada Research Chair Tier 1. Human dimensions of cleaner technologies. 
Sherren, K., BES (Hons) (Waterloo), PhD (ANU). Cultural landscapes, natural resources management, multifunctionality, climate change adaptation and mitigation, visual methods, conservation on private land, policy settings.
Tyedmers, P. H., BSc (Hons) (Waterloo), LLB, PhD (UBC). Food, ecological economics, biophysical accounting, sustainable development, fisheries and aquaculture, life cycle assessment, ecosystem services.
Walker, T., BSc (Univ of Portsmouth), MPhil (Essex), PhD (Nottingham), PDF (Dalhousie). Management and remediation of contaminated sites, ecological impacts and mitigation of industrial pollution, ecological risk assessment and environmental effects monitoring, management of aquaculture impacts, management of Arctic and Antarctic natural resources, air pollution impacts on ecosystems.

Associate Professors

Zurba, M., BSc (Winnipeg), MNRM, PhD (Manitoba). Research focuses on equity, rights, participation and collaboration relating to resource and environmental governance. Her work engages with primarily Indigenous communities around these topics. She also focuses much of her work on the development of policy and frameworks for global environmental governance.

Assistant Professors

Medeiros, A., BSc (Brock), MES, PhD (York). Freshwater systems; applying new methodologies to community-based research in the Arctic; influence of environmental change on aquatic trophic systems.
Westwood, A., BSc (Winnipeg), PhD (Dal), PDF (Mitacs, NRCan). Forest ecology and management, boreal and Maritime forests, impact assessment, terrestrial species at risk, protected areas planning, knowledge exchange across the science-policy interface, and justice, reconciliation and reparations in science and research

Instuctors

Cray, H., BA, MSc (McGill), PhD (Waterloo). Restoration ecology; environmental education; landscape ecology; translation ecology; plant-insect interactions; ecosystem adaptation. 

Cross-Appointed Professors

LeBrasseur, R., B. Landscape (Connecticut), M. Landscape Arch. (Michigan), PhD (Edinburgh). Dept. Plant, Food and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture. Green Infrastructure, environmental psychology, peri-urban landscapes, ecological design and sustainable planning.
Martin, D., BSc-R, MA and IDPhD (Dalhousie). Major appointment at School of Health and Human Performance. Indigenous health and health promotion, community-engaged and community-led research, social and structural determinants of health, chronic disease prevention as it relates to strengthening our relationship to the land, water, air and ice.
Rapaport, E., BSc (Wisconsin), MSc, PhD (Royal Inst. of Technology, Stcokholm). Land use change; climate change and vulnerability analysis; using historical GIS as tool to investigate patterns of urban form change; adaptation of GIS base multiple criteria for siting residential land use, community gardens and bike ways.
Stephens, P., BA (McGill), MA, PhD (Waterloo). Dept of Business and Social Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture. Sustainable food systems, social innovation, alternative food systems, financialization.

Cross Listed Faculty

Bailey, M., Cooperative Management of Shared Fish Stocks, traceability and informational governance, seafood global value chain governance, food security and fisheries, market-based conservation, Indonesian tuna fisheries, western and central Pacific Ocean tuna governance, fair trade fish.
Cameron, G. A., BA (St. FX), MA (York), PhD (London), Faculty of Agriculture. Co-operatives, food sovereignty, re-localization, democratization, East Africa.
Charlebois, S., BComm (Royal Military College), MBA (Research) (UQAM), DBA (Sherbrooke), Major Appointment is Dean, Faculty of Management. Food distribution, food policy, food safety, food security, and traceability.
Gagnon, G., BScE (Guelph), PhD (Waterloo), PEng, major appointment in Civil Engineering. Water and wastewater treatment, water quality, environmental engineering
Clark, S., BA (Guelph), MSc (Saskatchewan), PhD (North Carolina State), Faculty of Agriculture. Food taxes, health economics, applied agricultural econometrics.
France, R., BSc, MSc (Manitoba), PhD (Toronto), Faculty of Agriculture, Environmental Sciences Department. Aquatic remediation, implications of shoreline development, urbanization and stream fish communities, wetland restoration.
Gass, S., BSc (McGill), MES (Dalhousie), PhD (Scottish Association for Marine Science/Open University), Teaching Fellow (Ulster), Major appointment in Environmental Science Program. Biology, ecology and conservation of cold-water corals and biodiversity conservation.
Grek Martin, J., BA, MSc (Wisconsin), MLIS (Dalhousie). Major Appointment in School of Information Management. Geospatial information, visualization and mental imagery, multimedia representation or information and cognition.
Hughes, F. L., BSc (Carleton), MSc, PhD (Newcastle upon Tyne). Major appointment in Electrical and Computing Engineering. Energy security, climate change, renewable energy.
Kevany, K., BA (Carleton), MEd, EdD (Toronto), Business and Social Sciences Department Faculty of Agriculture. Well-being, Social change, Community development, Community learning, Consciousness, Positive psychology.
Rainham, D., BES (Waterloo), MSc (Alberta), PhD (Ottawa), [Elizabeth May Chair in Sustainability and Environmental Health] Broad research interests are directed at understanding the associations between human health and ecological integrity. Geographic information science, spatial analysis and eco-epidemiology provide some of the tools and theories to guide his research. Current research uses wearable global positioning system technology to investigate the influence of neighbourhood characteristics on human health and measures of environmental sustainability.
Schnurr, M., BSc (Queen's), MA (SOAS, London), PhD (UBC), International Development Studies. Environment and development, political ecology, agricultural biotechnology, environmental justice.
Sheehan, L., BSc (Alberta), MEDes, MBA, PhD (Calgary). Current research includes a stakeholder approach to strategic management and tourism destination management. Coauthor on research related to entrepreneurship and tourism, socially inclusive tourism, and risk and tourism.
Swan, L., BSc (Cal Poly), MASc, PhD (Dalhousie), Major appointment in Mechanical Engineering. Energy storage, renewable energy, electric vehicles, energy demand analysis.
Ülkü, M. A., BSc (Bilkent), MSc (Çukurova), PhD (Waterloo). Theoretical modeling of service and manufacturing systems, the development of practical logistics policies for green supply chains, and such interdisciplinary topics as behavioural issues in operations management, sustainable consumption, and the mathematical modeling of societal problems. Ali believes in the “science and teaching of better.”
Wright, T. S., BES (Waterloo), MES (Dalhousie), PhD (Alberta), major appointment in Faculty of Science Undergraduate Environmental Programs. Environmental sustainability in higher education; indicators of environmental sustainability; institutional environmental change; environmental education (particularly applying experiential and transformative learning theories).

Adjunct (FGS)

Beresford, R., BSc (CBU), MSc, PhD Candidate (Dalhousie). Assistant Professor, Department of Indigenous Studies & Biology, Cape Breton University
Bouman, T., PhD (Gottingen), Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Cape Breton University
Bullock, R., BA (Laurentian), MES (Wilfred Laurier), PhD (Waterloo). Associate Professor, CRC Tier II and Director for Forest Interdisciplinary Research
Cameron, R., BSc (UNB), MSc (Acadia). Protected Areas Branch, Nova Scotia Environment and labor
Charles, A. T., BSc (Carleton), PhD (UBC), School of Environment, Saint Mary’s University
Cohen, A., BA (McGill), MA (UBC), PhD (UBC), Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Acadia University
Dias, G., (Waterloo), BA (Western), BSc & PhD (Guelph). Associate Professor, School of Environment, Enterprise and Development, University of Waterloo.
Doucette, L., BSc (Guelph), MSc (U Iceland), PhD (U of New England, Australia). Resource Scientist, Wildlife Division, Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forestry
Groszko, W., BSc (Calgary), PhD (Dalhousie). Renewable Energy Coordinator, Ecology Action Centre
Harper, K., BA (Middlebury College), MSc, PhD (Alberta), Environmental Programs, Faculty of Science, Dalhousie University
Kelly, N., (Fisheries & Oceans Canada), BSc (Guelph), PhD (Dalhousie). Research Scientist, Coastal Ecosystem Science Division, Habitat Ecology Section, Fisheries & Oceans Canada.
Kernaghan, G., BSc, MSc (UBC), PhD (Alberta), Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Mount Saint Vincent University
Liu, Z., (Xi'an Jiaotong University), BEng (Shenyang Univ), MSc (Fujian Normal Univ), PhD (Chinese Academy of Sciences).  Professor, Institute for Population and Development Studies, School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
Mason, B., BSc (Edinburgh), MSc (Alberta), PhD (Alberta). CEO, Verschuren Centre for Sustainability in Energy and the Environment.
Moody, A., (Parks Canada Agency), BSc (MUN), MSc (Saskatchewan), PhD (Auburn Univ). Ecosystem Scientist, Parks Canada.
Oakes, K., BSc, PhD (Guelph), Industrial Research Chair in Environmental Remediation, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Cape Breton University
Owen, R., BSc, MES (Dalhousie).Executive Director, Office of Sustainability, Dalhousie University
Parker, R., (Aquaculture Stewardship Council), BA (Mount Allison), MES (Dalhousie), PhD (Tasmania). Senior Coordinator – GEG Emissions, Aquaculture Stewardship Council, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Steenberg, J., BSc, MES (Dalhousie), PhD (Ryerson). Climate Change and Forest Carbon Resource Analyst, Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forestry
Turner, B.L.,  BA (UTexas Austin), MA (UTexas Austin), PhD (UWisconsin Madison). Regent's Professor, Arizona State University
Waldron, I., (McMaster University), BA (McGill), MA (ULondon), PhD (UToronto).  Hope Chair in Peace & Health, English & Cultural Studies, Faculty of Humanities, McMaster University.
Whalen, R., BA (SMU), M.A. (Chengchi Univ), J.D. (Northwestern), PhD (Northwestern). Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore
Willis, R., BSc (Guelph),MES (Dal). Sr. Toxicologist and Risk Assessor, Dillon Consulting
Zigler, F., (Research Institutes of Sweden), PhD (Göteborg University). Senior Scientist, Research Institutes of Sweden (Marine Ecology).