Dr. Jennifer Baltzer
Associate Professor & Canada Research Chair in Forests and Global Change
Contact Information
Email: jbaltzer (at) wlu.ca
Phone: 519-884-0710 ext.4188
Academic Background
PhD (2005) Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto
BScH (2000) Department of Biology, Acadia University
Biography
2007-11, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Mount Allison University
2005-07, Postdoctoral Fellow Center for Tropical Forest Science, Harvard University
Research Interests
Studies in my lab seek to understand the mechanistic bases of plant species distributions along environmental gradients. By understanding the morphological and physiological mechanisms by which plants respond to environmental change, we can better predict responses of these same species to future conditions. We focus on forest ecosystems including tropical, temperate and boreal forests as well as low arctic tundra.
Dr. Nicola Day
Post Doctoral Fellow
Research Topic
Post-fire changes in soil fungal communities and patterns of forest regeneration in the Northwest Territories
Contact Information
email: nday(at)wlu.ca
website: nicolajday.weebly.com
Dr. Anna Coles
Post Doctoral Fellow
Research Topic
Anna is part of the Northern Water Futures Team and she is focused on the analysis and synthesis of integrative datasets. In particular Anna is focused on understanding how landcover changes associated with climate warming are impacting hydrological processes.
email: acoles(at)wlu.ca
Dr. Katherine Dearborn
Post Doctoral Fellow
Research Topic
Katherine is interested in plant-environment relationships and vegetation dynamics across environmental gradients in northern and alpine regions. As a postdoctoral fellow in the Forest Ecology Research Group, she will be exploring the influence of thawing permafrost on boreal forest composition and structure. Katherine is part of the growing Northern Water Futures team at Laurier.
email: kdearborn(at)wlu.ca
Website: https://katherinedearbornresearch.wordpress.com/
Dr. Ana Sniderhan
Research Associate
Research Topic
Ana is Laurier’s Global Water Futures ecosystem resilience research associate. Ana is using FERG as her home base but supporting ecological studies across Laurier’s network of research sites.
Cory Wallace
PhD Candidate
Research Topic
Cory’s research interests focus on understanding the mechanisms that control plant species distributions. More specifically, how plants respond to system components such as soil type, water and nutrient availability, neighbouring organisms, and microclimate and how these responses influence where and how plants grow. Cory’s thesis research is focusing on drivers of shrub distribution in tundra ecosystems.
Katherine Standen
PhD candidate
Research Topic
Katherine’s research interests involve responses of plants to large scale disturbance. Specifically, Katherine is researching changes in plant community composition, structure and function in response to permafrost thaw in the boreal forest.
Jason Paul
MSc Candidate
Research Topic
Jason is interested in understanding the importance of the ecological and geological drivers of near-surface ground ice in fine-grained permafrost soils.
Meagan Warkentin
MSc Candidate
Research Topic
Meagan loves working in northern boreal forests studying forest ecology. Her thesis work focuses on the rate and trajectory of forest succession following wildfire, particularly in terms of stand structural attributes and understory vegetation communities.
Geneviève Degré-Timmons
Research Technician
Research Topic
Geneviève is part of the team working to understand the recovery of forests in the NWT post-fire.
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