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Faculty Members
- Atkinson, DavidAssociate ProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Geography & Environmental StudiesAreas Of ExpertiseArctic biophysical systems, remote sensing, carbon flux, GIS and environmental analysis.
- Aversa, JosephAssociate ProfessorDepartmentTed Rogers School of Retail ManagementAreas Of ExpertiseRetail Location Decision Making, Data Analytics, Location Strategy
- Bardecki, MichalProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Geography & Environmental StudiesAreas Of ExpertisePhD, York University, Geography Environmental assessment and decision-making, economic valuation, cumulative impact management, media and the environment, environmental discourse, wetlands, Nepal.
- Behzadfar, EhsanAssociate ProfessorDepartmentSchool of Graphic Communications ManagementAreas Of ExpertiseSustainable Design and Processing of Materials, Rheology of Complex Fluids, Structure-Process-Property of Polymers; Sustainable Polymer Packaging; Bio-polymers, and Bio-composite material
- Bener, AyseProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Mechanical & Industrial EngineeringAreas Of ExpertiseElectronic waste and green IT; empirical software engineering: software measurement, software economics, and software quality.
- Bostan, VadimAssociate ProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Chemistry & BiologyAreas Of ExpertiseEnvironmental biology, aquatic ecotoxicology and geochemistry, assessment of antibiotic pollution on foodwebs, study of freshwater primary production community structure as a function of environmental changes.
- Campbell, LesleyProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Chemistry & BiologyAreas Of ExpertisePlant Agriculture, Plant Population Biology, Plant Communication
- Ceh, BrianAssociate ProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Geography & Environmental StuidesAreas Of ExpertiseUrban sustainability, food sustainability and security, technology in society, geography of innovation and entrepreneurship, urban development and gentrification, economic impact assessment, retail and commercial activities, real-estate, location analysis in business decision making
- Cevik, MucahitAssistant ProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial EngineeringAreas Of ExpertiseMarkov Decision Processes; integer programming; medical decision making; radiation therapy treatment planning
- Chen, SiboAssistant ProfessorDepartmentSchool of Professional CommunicationAreas Of ExpertiseCrisis Communication, Environmental Communication, Energy Society Relationship
- Dahman, YaserProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Chemical EngineeringAreas Of ExpertiseGreen fuel, green energy, and green chemicals, utilization of agriculture residues and wastes, nanostructured biomaterials (design, synthesis, and applications), design and examination of novel bioreactors, bioseparation sciences.
- De Sousa, ChristopherProfessorDepartmentSchool of Urban & Regional PlanningAreas Of ExpertiseBrownfields Redevelopment; Sustainability; Environmental Management and Planning; Parks and Open Space.
- Derbal, YoucefAssociate ProfessorDepartmentTed Rogers School of Information Technology ManagementAreas Of ExpertiseArtificial Intelligence in Clinical Decision-Support Systems for Oncology
- Dodds, RachelProfessorDepartmentTed Rogers School of Hospitality & Tourism ManagementAreas Of ExpertiseSustainable tourism, corporate social responsibility, ecotourism, climate change and tourism, tourism planning, stakeholder issues, tourism demand, island tourism, greening festivals & events, tourist motivations.
- Doshi, HiteshProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Architectural ScienceAreas Of Expertise Current focus on using rooftops for enhancing urban ecosystems (green roofs, blue roofs, urban farming)
- Dworkin, SethProfessor | Professor and Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Energy Modelling and Simulation, Mechanical, Industrial, and Mechatronics EngineeringDepartmentDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial EngineeringAreas Of ExpertiseSustainable Energy, Combustion Emissions, Geothermal Heating and Cooling, Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Elbeshbishy, ElsayedAssistant ProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Civil EngineeringAreas Of ExpertiseEnergy and nutrient recovery from organic fraction of municipal solid wastes; anaerobic digestion and anaerobic membrane bioreactor; pretreatment of solid wastes; anaerobic co-digestion; dark fermentation.
- Estable, MarioAssociate ProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Chemistry & BiologyAreas Of ExpertiseBiochemistry, molecular retrovirology, examination of the effects of environmental conditions on gene mutations and their role in human disease, gene transcription factors and DNA sequencing.
- Fang, LipingProfessor,Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs & Student Affairs, Faculty of Engineering & Architectural ScienceDepartmentDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial EngineeringAreas Of ExpertiseDecision making and strategic planning in management, environmental management systems and operations research, environmental decision support systems, risk and reliability, bargaining and negotiations.
- Floerke, PaulAssociate ProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Architectural ScienceAreas Of ExpertiseEnergy efficiency building, sustainable design, buildings in existing contexts ( recycling, reusing and refurbishing), urban densification, new wood architecture, innovative envelope systems.
- Forsythe, WayneProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Geography & Environmental StudiesAreas Of ExpertiseUrban change detection, geospatial analysis of sediment contamination, remote sensing, GIS.
- Fung, AlanP.Eng., Associate ProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Mechanical & Industrial EngineeringAreas Of ExpertiseEnergy efficiency/conservation, alternative/sustainable/renewable energy, net-zero energy building, sustainable building integrated energy/HVAC systems, sustainable community energy systems, advanced power generation systems, GHG emission reduction strategy.
- Gore, ChristopherProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Politics & Public AdministrationAreas Of ExpertiseComparative environmental policy and politics
- Gossage, RobertProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Chemistry & BiologyAreas Of ExpertiseCoordination chemistry, catalysis
- Graben, SariAssociate ProfessorDepartmentLaw & Business, Ted Rogers School of ManagementAreas Of ExpertiseAboriginal law; administrative law; risk; regulation; governance; environmental law; Indigenous lawmaking; property systems, with a particular focus on administrative board and tribunal authority, negotiated agreements, and contemporary treaties
- Graci, SonyaAssociate ProfessorDepartmentTed Rogers School of Hospitality & Tourism ManagementAreas Of ExpertiseSustainable tourism, corporate social responsibility, environmental management systems, environmental impact assessment, community capacity building, pro-poor tourism development, partnership development, ecotourism, aboriginal issues.
- Guergachi, AzizProfessorDepartmentTed Rogers School of Information Technology ManagementAreas Of ExpertiseMathematical modeling of systems, data mining and machine learning with applications to environmental engineering and management.
- Harris, AnneAssistant ProfessorDepartmentSchool of Occupational and Public HealthAreas Of ExpertiseEpidemiology, environmental risk factors for health and disease, occupational risk factors for chronic disease, bicycling safety and the built environment
- Hausner, MartinaAssociate ProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Chemistry & BiologyAreas Of ExpertiseMicrobial ecology, environmental microbiology and biotechnology, biofilms, characterization of the structure, composition and function of biofilms and other bioaggregates, fate of catabolic plasmids in biofilms, bioaugmentation, drinking water biofilms.
- Hehmeyer, IngridProfessorDepartmentDepartment of HistoryAreas Of ExpertiseHistory of water engineering and management in ancient and medieval Arabia, history of pharmacy
- Hernandez, TonyProfessorDepartmentTed Rogers School of Retail ManagementAreas Of ExpertiseGIS and spatial analysis for business applications, site selection & location decision making, urban planning & land-use policy, smart growth, consumer service sector, commercial real estate.
- Heyd, DarrickAssociate ProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Chemistry & BiologyAreas Of ExpertiseSurfaces and interfaces in water and air environments.
- Hon, Chun-YipAssociate Professor, School of Occupational and Public HealthDepartmentSchool of Occupational & Public HealthAreas Of ExpertiseOccupational health and safety, exposure assessment, risk assessment, evaluation of interventions to prevent injury or disease
- Impellizzeri, StefaniaAssociate Professor, Department of Chemistry and BiologyDepartmentDepartment of Chemistry & BiologyAreas Of ExpertiseMaterials Chemistry, Physical Organic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry
- Johns, CarolynProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Politics & Public AdministrationAreas Of ExpertiseEnvironmental policy; water policy; land use policy; public administration; intergovernmental relations; Canada and US.
- Joksimovic, DarkoAssociate Professor, Civil Engineering Program Director - TMU Cairo Campus, Co-operative Internship Program CoordinatorDepartmentDepartment of Civil EngineeringAreas Of ExpertiseUrban drainage systems modelling and optimisation, hydroinformatics, development and application of decision support systems, water reuse, incident management in water distribution systems.
- Khakzad, NimaAssociate ProfessorDepartmentSchool of Occupational & Public HealthAreas Of ExpertiseSystem safety, Industrial fire safety, Domino effects, Natural-Technological accidents.
- Kheraj, SeanAssociate Professor, Vice-Provost AcademicDepartmentDepartment of HistoryAreas Of ExpertiseCanadian and environmental history; parks; urban animals; oil pipelines; energy
- Koivisto, BryanAssociate Professor, Graduate Program Director - Environmental Applied Science & ManagementDepartmentDepartment of Chemistry & BiologyAreas Of ExpertiseAdvanced solar design, solar fuels, photovoltaics and redox-active chromophores.
- Koprivnikar, JanetProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Chemistry & BiologyAreas Of ExpertiseDisease ecology, wildlife infectious diseases, environmental parasitology
- Kyeremeh, EmmanuelAssistant ProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Geography and Environmental StudiesAreas Of ExpertiseImmigrant Wellbeing, Immigrant Integration, Network, Food Sovereignty, Food Security
- Laursen, AndrewAssociate ProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Chemistry & BiologyAreas Of ExpertiseEcosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, limnology.
- Lee, Seung Hwan (Mark)Professor, Director - Retail ManagementDepartmentTed Rogers School of Retail ManagementAreas Of ExpertiseConsumer behavior, social networks, virtual reality, green marketing/branding, ethical consumption, sensory marketing, education
- Lee, ChungHyukAssistant ProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Chemical EngineeringAreas Of ExpertiseClean Energy Technologies, Electrochemistry, Hydrogen Fuel Cells, Water Electrolyzers
- Li, JamesProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Civil EngineeringAreas Of ExpertiseWater pollution control process, water quality monitoring and modelling, storm water management, immunoassay analysis of persistent organic pollutants, GIS applications in environmental management, watershed management planning, eco-hydraulics and hydrology, and green building design.
- Li, SongnianProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Civil EngineeringAreas Of ExpertiseBig geospatial data, human mobility, geosocial media, geo-collaboration, spatiotemporal analytics, 3D modeling and visualization, geospatial digital twin, environmental modeling with GIS, public-participated GIS and spatial decision-making in environmental impact assessment, geospatially-integrated environmental management systems, 3D GIS for land-surface-subsurface modeling, urban solar energy modeling and mapping
- Liberda, EricProfessor and Interim Co-Director, School of Occupational and Public HealthDepartmentSchool of Occupational & Public HealthAreas Of ExpertiseRisk assessment, toxicology, environmental health, vulnerable populations
- Liss, Steven N.Vice-President, Research and Innovation,, opens in new window and ProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Chemistry & BiologyAreas Of ExpertiseEnvironmental biotechnology and waste water treatment, floc stabilization and bio-remediation, biofloculation and environmental analysis
- Lister, Nina-MarieProfessorDepartmentSchool of Urban & Regional PlanningAreas Of ExpertiseEcological design, landscape planning and design, biodiversity, climate resilience, nature based solutions, nature positive design
- Lu, JuliaProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Chemistry & BiologyAreas Of ExpertiseDevelopment, evaluation, validation, and applications of analytical methods for environmental studies; identification and quantification of toxic chemical species in environmental samples; biogeochemistry of environmental pollutants; sources, transport, transformation, fate, and impacts of persistent toxic pollutants in the natural environment.
- MacKay, KellyProfessorDepartmentTed Rogers School of Hospitality & Tourism ManagementAreas Of ExpertiseDestination image, information search and processing, visual representations in tourism; information technology and vacation behaviour; special interest (nature, wildlife) and community tourism; photo-elicitation, mixed-methods.
- Mai, KristiinaAssociate ProfessorDepartmentElectrical, Computer, and Biomedical EngineeringAreas Of ExpertiseSustainability Engineering, including Environment, Health, and Socio-cultural Sustainability, Health engineering, Language and sensory perception
- McArthur, JennAssociate Professor, Graduate Program Director - Project Management in the Built EnvironmentDepartmentDepartment of Architectural ScienceAreas Of ExpertiseSmart buildings, technical mediation, smart and ongoing commissioing, fault detection, and online (building energy) optimization.
- McCarthy, LyndaProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Chemistry & BiologyAreas Of ExpertiseEnvironmental biology and environmental biotechnology, aquatic ecotoxicology, assessment of pollution and remediation, particularly endocrine disruptors in Great Lakes aquatic systems, land applications of pulp mill bio-solids and their impacts.
- Mehrvar, MehrabProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Chemical EngineeringAreas Of ExpertiseAdvanced oxidation technologies for water and wastewater treatment; biochemical engineering; air pollution control and modeling; photochemical reaction engineering in environmental processes; integration of advanced oxidation technologies and biological processes for the treatment of water and wastewater.
- Meldrum, RichardAssociate Professor, Director of School of Occupational and Public HealthDepartmentSchool of Occupational & Public HealthAreas Of ExpertiseFood safety, public health epidemiology, microbial biochemistry.
- Melles, StephanieAssistant ProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Chemistry & BiologyAreas Of ExpertiseCross-scale drivers of species diversity on land and in water; network theory and network metrics as predictors of movement or flow (e.g., of organisms); aquatic ecosystem classification models of diversity based on catchment characteristics, the design of optimal sampling strategies given known spatial variation.
- Millward, AndrewAssociate ProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Geography & Environmental StudiesAreas Of ExpertiseApplication of geospatial methods to the study urban parks and nature in built environments. Principal investigator, Urban Forest Research & Ecological Disturbance (UFRED) Group.
- Mitra, RaktimAssociate ProfessorDepartmentSchool of Urban & Regional PlanningAreas Of ExpertiseSustainable transportation planning, healthy communities, planning for children and youth, the built environment- transportation-health interactions.
- Moriarity, RobAssistant ProfessorDepartmentSchool of Occupational and Public HealthAreas Of ExpertiseIndigenous health and well-being; Environmental health; Hazard and risk assessment; Exposures to metals and environmental pollutants; Geographic information systems; Big Data
- Naylor, DavidProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial EngineeringAreas Of ExpertiseHeat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics
- Nippak, PriaAssociate Professor, Interim Director of the School of Health Services ManagementAreas Of ExpertiseNeurobiology of Aging, Healthcare Quality Improvement, Program Evaluation
- Nunes, KrystalAssistant ProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Chemistry & BiologyAreas Of ExpertiseSTEM Pedagogy
- Oiamo, TorAssociate Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental StudiesDepartmentDepartment of Geography & Environmental StudiesAreas Of ExpertiseEnvironmental health; environmental epidemiology; air pollution; noise pollution; urban soundscapes
- Ong, CorinneAssociate ProfessorDepartmentSchool of Occupational & Public HealthAreas Of ExpertiseMicrobial source tracking, contamination source inference, multi-use watersheds, source water protection, rural and urban water quality, foodborne parasites, epidemiology of foodborne and waterborne diseases, molecular epidemiology, spatial/temporal disease mapping.
- Oswald, ClaireAssistant ProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Geography & Environmental StudiesAreas Of ExpertiseWatershed hydrology and biogeochemistry, contaminant fate and transport, water quality, urban landscape analysis.
- Oulahen, GregAssistant ProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Geography & Environmental StudiesAreas Of ExpertiseHuman-environment interaction; Hazards; Risk; Vulnerability; Climate change adaptation; Flood.
- Park, Jonghun (Jay)Associate ProfessorDepartmentGraphic Communications Management at The Creative SchoolAreas Of ExpertiseSustainable Packaging Systems and Design, Life Cycle Assessment, Packaging Distribution and Logistics, Solid Waste Management
- Pejovic-Milic, AnaProfessorDepartmentDepartment of PhysicsAreas Of ExpertiseMedical physics, trace elements analysis of human tissues, in vivo and ex vivo analysis, bone aluminum, manganese, lead and strontium, X-ray fluorescence, neutron activation analysis.
- Rinner, ClausProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Geography & Environmental StudiesAreas Of ExpertiseGeomatics, geospatial data analysis, cartography, multi-criteria evaluation, decision support systems, participatory GIS; open data; environmental, public health, and urban applications of GIS; COVID-19 and pandemic politics.
- Robinson, PamelaMCIP RPP, Associate ProfessorDepartmentSchool of Urban & Regional PlanningAreas Of ExpertiseCities and climate change, urban sustainability, regional planning, design, urban agriculture, civic engagement, progressive pedagogy, scholarship of teaching and learning, Southern Ontario, Canada, North America. [Not accepting new graduate students at this time.]
- Rogers, Cheryl A.Assistant ProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Geography and Environmental StudiesAreas Of Expertiseremote sensing; terrestrial carbon cycling; global change; plant ecophysiology; ecosystem ecology
- Rudkowski, JaniceAssistant ProfessorDepartmentTed Rogers School of Retail ManagementAreas Of ExpertiseThird places; making culture; makerspaces; circular economy; employee brand equity; employee influencers; innovative retail spaces; experiential education; conscious consumer behaviours
- Ruzgar, Nursel S.Assistant ProfessorDepartmentTed Rogers School of Business Management - Global Management StudiesAreas Of ExpertiseMathematical Modelling, Decision Making, Data mining, Statistical Applications, Data analytics in business and education
- Searcy, CoryProfessor and AVP InternationalDepartmentDepartment of Mechanical & Industrial EngineeringAreas Of ExpertiseSustainable supply chains
- Sekercioglu, FatihAssistant ProfessorDepartmentSchool of Occupational & Public HealthAreas Of ExpertisePlanetary health, public health policy, climate change, built environments, infection control, water quality.
- Shaker, AhmedAssociate ProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Civil EngineeringAreas Of ExpertiseSatellite sensor modelling, geometric correction of HRSI, image processing and data fusion, remote Sensing applications in urban planning, water resources management & monitoring, image classification, remote sensing/GIS integrations.
- Shirazi, FaridAssociate ProfessorDepartmentTed Rogers School of Information Technology ManagementAreas Of ExpertiseGreen IT with an emphasis on e-waste management and sustainable development, cloud computing, e-government strategies, and ICT security.
- Soudi, AfsoonAssistant ProfessorDepartmentRTA School of MediaAreas Of ExpertiseResponsible Machine Learning, Audience Analytics and computational social sciences, Climate communication
- Straka, VeraProfessor EmeritiDepartmentDepartment of Architectural ScienceAreas Of ExpertiseBuilding performance assessment, energy efficiency, energy reduction initiatives and occupant behaviour, net zero and positive design, post carbon communities, building envelope.
- Sweet, MatthiasAssociate ProfessorDepartmentSchool of Urban & Regional PlanningAreas Of ExpertiseTransportation planning & policy
- Sühring, RoxanaAssistant ProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Chemistry & BiologyAreas Of ExpertiseEnvironmental analytical chemistry, environmental forensics, method development, risk analysis, emerging contaminants
- Teelucksingh, CherylProfessorDepartmentDepartment of SociologyAreas Of ExpertiseEnvironmental justice, climate justice, energy justice, urbanization, community-based research
- Tustin, JordanAssistant ProfessorDepartmentSchool of Occupational & Public HealthAreas Of ExpertiseEnvironmental health, communicable diseases, global health, epidemiology/research methods.
- Ugarte, MagdalenaAssistant ProfessorDepartmentSchool of Urban & Regional PlanningAreas Of ExpertiseInstitutional and legal dimensions of planning, settler colonialism and planning, planning in intercultural contexts, social planning and policy-making, Indigenous/settler relations, planning theory and history.
- Varvani-Farahani, AhmadProfessorDepartmentDeaprtment of Mechanical & Industrial EngineeringAreas Of ExpertiseGreen materials, natural fibers and composite materials, recycling process, air pollution and purification techniques, environmentally friendly materials selection for engineering design, biosystems and biocompatibility , materials and corrosive environment, durability of structures and environmental effect.
- Vaz, Eric de NoronhaProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Geography & Environmental StudiesAreas Of ExpertiseGIS, Machine Learning, Spatial Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Complex Systems, Regional Science
- Venkatesh, BalaProfessor, Academic Director, Centre for Urban Energy & Clean Energy ZoneDepartmentDepartment of Electrical, Computer and biomedical EngineeringAreas Of ExpertiseElectric power systems, transmission and distribution systems, renewables, energy storage and smart grids.
- Walsh, PhilipProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Entrepreneurship and StrategyAreas Of ExpertiseSustainable Innovation
- Wang, LuAssociate ProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Geography & Environmental StudiesAreas Of ExpertiseGIS and spatial analysis, place and population health, neighbourhood and health, spatial accessibility modeling, immigration and settlement, retail location and consumer behaviour, statistical modeling, mixed-method approach.
- Webb, KernaghanAssociate ProfessorDepartmentLaw and Business Department, Ted Rogers School of Business ManagementAreas Of ExpertiseCorporate sustainability, environmental regulation (public and private), environmental management system standards and certification, corporate social responsibility, regulatory roles of government, private sector, civil society.
- Wellen, ChristopherAssociate ProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Geography & Environmental StudiesAreas Of ExpertiseHydrology; Nutrient Biogeochemistry; Soils; Watershed Modelling; Uncertainty Analysis; Socio-hydrolog
- Whetung, MadelineActing Assistant ProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Geography and Environmental StudiesAreas Of ExpertiseAreas of Expertise: Relational Sustainability, Place-based Research, Environmental Justice, Legal Geographies, Settler Colonialism and Geography, Gender Studies, Indigenous Geographies.
- Young, IanAssistant ProfessorDepartmentSchool of Occupational & Public HealthAreas Of ExpertiseEnvironmental epidemiology, food-borne and water-borne illness, recreational water quality, climate change and health, knowledge synthesis and translation, mixed-methods research, applied statistical modelling
- Zhang, Xiao-ping (Steven)ProfessorDepartmentDepartment of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical EngineeringAreas Of ExpertiseMultimedia signal processing, information processing for financial and business applications, sensor processing in the realm of the internet of things (IoT), mathematical models, machine learning/AI, probabilistic models and statistics
- Mohammad J. AbdekhodaieAssociate Professor, Sharif University of Technology, IranEducationPhD, University of Toronto, Chemical Engineering
- Ciro Bustillo LeCompteAdjunct Professor, School of Occupational and Public HealthEducationPhD, Toronto Metropolitan University, Environmental Applied Science and Management
- Sara EdgeAssistant ProfessorEducationPhD, McMaster University, Geography
- Anders KnubyAssociate Professor, Geography, Environment and Geomatics, University of OttawaEducationPhD, University of Waterloo, Geography - Remote Sensing
- Mustafa KocProfessorEducationPhD, University of Toronto, Sociology
- Dan McGillivrayExecutive Director, Centre for Urban Energy & Director of i-CUE, Toronto Metropolitan UniversityEducationPhD, University of Toronto, Geography
- Oguz MoraliInstructor, School of Business, Georgian College, OntarioEducationPhD, Ryerson Unviersity, Environmental Applied Science & Management
- Ron PushchakFounding Program Director of the EnSciMan programEducationPhD, Princeton University, Urban Planning
- Edgar Quinoñes BolañosUniversidad de Cartagena, Faculty of EngineeringEducationPhD, University of Guelph, Environmental Engineering
- Richard ShakerAssistant ProfessorEducationPhD, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Geography