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Biography

I am a professor in the Department of Environment and Geography at Bishop's University.
​https://www.ubishops.ca/academic-programs/faculty-of-arts-and-science/social-sciences/environment-and-geography/faculty
I am an earth scientist with a broad training and even broader research interests. I hold a PhD in Earth Sciences from Dalhousie and my area of expertise was paleoclimatology and paleoceanography. For my dissertation, I used dinoflagellate cysts to reconstruct sea surface conditions in the North Altantic over the last 10,000 years, and I used pollen to track how vegetation changed in Eastern Canada over that same time period. I still have ongoing projects in paleoceanography, examining the causes and the impacts of the Younger Dryas and other abrupt climatic events of the last deglaciation.

During grad school, I specialized in palynology because it is a very versatile tool  with applications in many fields. During a postdoctoral fellowship, I monitored pollen concentrations in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and I then implemented a monitoring program in Sherbrooke, Qc. I now studying the impact of airborne pollen concentrations on people`s health in Sherbrooke Qc and the long distance transport of pollen. pollenlennoxville.ca

And if you are passionate about trees and like to make observations, please visit TreeTraque.ca, a citizen science project that will help scientist track the timing of seasonal development phases of trees (phenology). We will need this type of data in the future to measure the impact of climate change on trees.

My most recent project is documenting how trees help fight the urban heat island effect in cities, and will include a knowledge mobilization component. Stay tuned! More will come during the summer of 2025.

Research interests

My research interests are broad and overlap many fields: medical geography, geology and atmospheric sciences. This reflects in part the way my research has evolved since graduate school, and in part, my personal interests.  I have ongoing projects examining the link between pollen, allergies, and other health problems, biogenic aerosols, urban heat island effect and changes in the timing of development phases of trees (treetraque.ca).

Opportunities exist for students to get involved in any of these research projects, either as research assistants, honours student or graduate student. Please feel free to contact me.

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  • Biography
  • Biographie
  • Pollen and Allergies
  • Pollen et Allergies
  • Ragweed pollen
  • Pollen d'herbe à poux
  • Pollen transport
  • Transport du pollen
  • Tree Traque
  • Traque ton arbre
  • Publications
  • Contact me
  • Contacez-moi