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Academic staff

Departmental Chair: Brian Driscoll

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BASU, Niladri

Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Environmental Health Sciences; Professor cross-appointed to the School of Human Nutrition
Exposure of humans and wildlife to toxic environmental chemicals, such as mercury; development, validation, and application of new approaches to rapidly test chemicals/samples for toxicity; global health focused on policy, environmental justice and the extractive sector.
T: 514-398-8642Ìý | niladri.basu [at] mcgill.ca (Email) | CINE Building-Room 204

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BENNETT, Elena

Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Sustainability Science; Professor jointly-appointed to the Bieler School of Environment
Sustainable use and management of biodiversity and ecosystem services; multi-functional landscapes; human impacts on biogeochemical cycles; management of tradeoffs among ecosystem services, especially agricultural production and water quality; global food security, agriculture and the SDGs, land use change and water quality; urban ecology; communicating science; scenariosÌý
elena.bennett [at] mcgill.ca (Email)Ìý |Ìý Macdonald-Stewart Building, MS2-062

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BUDDLE, Christopher M.

Associate Provost (Teaching and Academic Programs), 91ÉçÇø; Professor
Ecology, biodiversity and natural history of insects and spiders, in forest, Arctic and agro-ecosystems.
T: 514-398-2291Ìý |Ìý chris.buddle [at] mcgill.ca (Email)

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CARDILLE, Jeffrey A.

Associate Professor jointly-appointed to the Bieler School of Environment
Causes of landscape pattern change and the consequences of these changes on ecosystems, biodiversity, and the human world. Uses a combination of cloud computing, geographic information systems, and satellite imagery to understand the impacts on nature at local, regional, and continental scales.
T: 514-398-7902Ìý |Ìý jeffrey.cardille [at] mcgill.ca (Email)Ìý |Ìý Macdonald-Stewart Building, MS2-078

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CÔTÉ, Benoit

Associate Professor
Eco-physiology of woody plant species. Relationships between soil fertility and hardwood forest species composition. Nutritional standards for hardwoods. Agroforestry. Ìý
T: 514-398-7952Ìý |Ìý benoit.cote [at] mcgill.ca (Email)Ìý |Ìý Macdonald-Stewart Building, MS2-067A

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Mary Doidge, Department of Natural Resource SciencesDOIDGE, Mary

Assistant Professor
Behavioural and experimental approach to agricultural economics; how farmers make economic decisions on their farms; land change and use change, crop insurance choices, conservation practice adoption, and climate change adaptation, applying behavioural theories. T: 514-398-2026 | mary.doidge [at] mcgill.ca (Email) | Macdonald-Stewart Building, MS3-043

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DRISCOLL, Brian T.

Departmental Chair; Associate Professor
Molecular genetics and biochemical studies of bacterial gene expression, focusing on genes of carbon metabolism in Sinorhizobium meliloti, the nitrogen-fixing symbiont of alfalfa.
T: 514-398-7887Ìý |Ìý brian.driscoll [at] mcgill.ca (Email)Ìý |Ìý Macdonald-Stewart Building, MS3-038

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ELLIOTT, Kyle B.

Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Arctic Ecology; Associate Professor
Arctic ecology, evolutionary ecology of senescence, ornithology, birds, marine biology, wildlife conservation, ecophysiology, foraging behaviour, biodiversity.
T: 514-398-7907Ìý |Ìý kyle.elliott [at] mcgill.ca (Email)Ìý |Ìý Macdonald-Stewart Building, MS3-042

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FAUCHER, Sébastien

Associate Professor
Genetics and evolution of water-borne pathogens. Biodiversity in water systems.
T: 514-398-7886Ìý |Ìý sebastien.faucher2 [at] mcgill.ca (Email)Ìý|Ìý Macdonald-Stewart Building, MS3-034

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FYLES, Jim

Emeritus Professor - jim.fyles [at] mcgill.ca (Email)

Dr. Fyles' research looks at theÌýrelationships between the plants, animals and microorganisms and the soil that supports them and the ways in which these relationships response to climate, disturbance and human activity.Ìý

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GILLUNG, Jessica

Assistant Professor
Entomology, biodiversity discovery, macroevolution, molecular phylogenetics, functional and comparative morphology, genomics and bioinformatics, statistical comparative methods.
T: 514-398-TBD |Ìýjessica.gillung [at] mcgill.ca (Email )|Ìý Centennial Centre, Room 16

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HAROU, Aurélie

Assistant Professor
Improvement of household food security to reduce poverty and malnutrition in sustainable ways; measuring how economic, political and climatic shocks affect human welfare, nutrition and household consumption and production decisions.
T: 514-398-7826Ìý |Ìý aurelie.harou [at] mcgill.ca (Email) |Ìý Macdonald-Stewart Building, MS3-035

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HEAD, Jessica

Associate Professor
Genetic and epigenetic factors underlying responses to environmental contaminants in birds and other wildlife.
T: 514-398-7841Ìý |Ìý jessica.head [at] mcgill.ca (Email)Ìý | Macdonald-Stewart Building, MS3-045

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HICKEY, Gordon M.

Professor
Sustainable natural resource management, policy and governance; environmental monitoring and assessment; community-based development; participatory approaches; innovation systems; forests, fisheries and food.
T: 514-398-7214Ìý |Ìýgordon.hickey [at] mcgill.ca (Email)Ìý |Ìý Macdonald-Stewart Building, MS2-081

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HUMPHRIES, Murray M.

91ÉçÇø Northern Research Chair; Director, Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment; Professor
Mammalogy. Mammal energetics, behaviour, and ecology, especially in relation to hibernation, food and fat storage, and life histories.
T: 514-398-7885Ìý |Ìý murray.humphries [at] mcgill.ca (Email) | Macdonald-Stewart Building, MS3-067 and CINE Building, Room 207

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KALLENBACH, Cynthia

Professor
Application of soil microbial ecology, biodiversity and biogeochemistry to understand how soil carbon and nutrient cycling is affected by agricultural management and global change
T: 514-398-8640Ìý |Ìý cynthia.kallenbach [at] mcgill.ca (Email)Ìý |Ìý Macdonald-Stewart Building, MS2-064

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KOSOY, Nicolas

Associate Professor jointly appointed to the Bieler School of Environment
Markets for ecosystem services from an institutional economics perspective, critical analyses of commodification of nature, Ecological economic. Ìý
T: 514-398-7944Ìý |Ìý nicolas.kosoy [at] mcgill.ca (Email)Ìý |Ìý Macdonald-Stewart Building, MS3-037

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McKINNEY, Melissa

Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Ecological Change and Environmental Stressors; Associatet Professor
Advanced chemical tracer approaches in marine mammals, as sentinels of ecosystem change, to evaluate fundamental questions about habitat use and feeding habits. Interaction between ecological changes and other anthropogenic stressors facing biota, particularly pollutants, pathogens, and parasites, and the cumulative effects of these stressors on individual and population health and biodiversity.
T: 514-398-8714Ìý |Ìý melissa.mckinney [at] mcgill.ca (Email)Ìý |Ìý Macdonald-Stewart Building, MS3-044

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MUKHOPADHYAY, Kakali

Associate Professor

Her research has focused on Energy and Environment, Trade and Environment, Air Pollution and Health, Economics of Health, Regional Economic Integration and R and D.

T: 514-398-8651Ìý |ÌýÌýkakali.mukhopadhyay [at] mcgill.ca (Email)Ìý |Ìý Macdonald-Stewart Building, MS3-031

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ROY, Denis

Assistant Professor
Ecology and evolution of fish and wildlife in relation to their use and sustainability as natural resources – adaptive divergence, population genetics/genomics and the use, refinement and development of bioinformatics protocols and techniques. Adaptive dynamics of mostly marine and freshwater fish in both natural and increasingly disturbed ecosystems. Arctic marine fish ecology and evolution.
T: 514-398-8026Ìý |Ìý denis.roy5 [at] mcgill.ca (Email)Ìý | Macdonald-Stewart Building, MS2-071

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THOMASSIN, Paul

Professor
Environmental and resource economics; economic-ecological macroeconomic modeling, non-market valuation of environmental goods, natural capital and wealth accounts, input-output modelling, climate change and its impact on agriculture, carbon trading, carbon offset markets, pollution abatement and agriculture, behavioural risk factors and the social determinants of health for non-communicable diseases, alternative energy, and life cycle analysis.
T: 514-398-7956Ìý |Ìý paul.thomassin [at] mcgill.ca (Email)Ìý |Ìý Macdonald-Stewart Building, MS3-032

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WHALEN, Joann

James 91ÉçÇø Professor
Soil fertility and on-farm nutrient management planning. Soil organic matter dynamics, carbon sequestration and greenhouse gases in agricultural systems. Soil microorganisms and earthworms, their interactions and contributions to nutrient cycling and plant growth in agro-ecosystems. Biodiversity.
T: 514-398-7943Ìý |Ìý joann.whalen [at] mcgill.ca (Email)Ìý |Ìý Macdonald-Stewart Building, MS2-069

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WHYTE, Lyle G.

Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Polar Microbiology; Professor
Polar microbial ecology and biodiversity, cold-adapted microorganisms, low temperature biodegradation and bioremediation. Molecular microbial ecology, environmental genomics.
T: 514-398-7889Ìý |Ìý lyle.whyte [at] mcgill.ca (Email)Ìý |Ìý Macdonald-Stewart Building, MS3-036

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