Physical Geography

Jeff Allen

Research Interests

• urban systems
• transportation
• spatial analysis
• cartography

Sarah Archibald

Research Interests

•  Exploring how micro-organisms, plants and humans can work together

Her research with Dr. Marney Isaac and UTSC Integrative Agroecology Lab will collaborate with Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), Costa Rica, and their long-term coffee agroforestry research site. This project will measure how different fertilization and shade treatments in coffee agroforestry systems impact the spread of coffee leaf-rust, a disease that threatens coffee-production and therefore coffee growers.

Sarah is passionate about this research as  coffee leaf-rust is causing increasing significant damage to farmers across the Americas and Africa with climate change. This research aims to support farmers in utilizing low-chemical input systems, particularly in tropical environments, that face increased pest outbreaks and contribute to The Integrative Agroecology Lab’s vital research. 

Karl Chastko

Research Interests

• GIS
• Atmospheric Pollution
• Transportation Geography

Phuong D. Dao

Research Interests

• Remote Sensing
• Geographic Information System
• Plant physiology
• Drought Stress

Alicia Dauginis

Research Interests

• Cryosphere
• GIS and Remote Sensing
• Climate Change

Spencer Elford

Research Interests

• applying GIS based techniques for modelling the dispersion of atmospheric pollutants in urban areas

I plan to combine advanced computer programming, statistical  and modelling techniques to investigate how exposure to atmospheric pollutants varies on on the individual scale by activity.

Kira Holland

Research Interests

• Arctic paleoclimatology
• Isotope geochemistry
• Periglacial processes

Lauren Jewett

Research Interests

• spatial statistics
• geospatial modeling
• health geography
• health services research

Catherine L. Jimenea

Research Interests

• Smart cities: definitions and frameworks
• Smart buildings
• Low-energy buildings
• Whole building energy modelling
• Building energy use
• Energy efficiency
• GCC countries

Amanda Loder

Research Interests

• Wetland conservation and restoration
• Carbon cycling in wetlands
• Paleoecology
• Environmental change
• Global biogeochemistry
• Ecosystem services

Like Miao

Research Interests

Net zero energy high-rise residential buildings in cold climate

Building science

Bartosz Osiecki

Research Interests

• air quality
• meteorological processes

Alexis Robinson

Research Interests

• Cryosphere
• Cold Region Hydrology
• Remote Sensing
• Climate Change

Cheryl Rogers

Research Interests

• Remote Sensing
• Carbon Cycle
• GIS
• Climate Change

Mehrdad Shirinbakhsh Masouleh

Research Interests

• Building Energy
• Renewable Energy
• Net Zero-Energy Buildings (NZEBs)

Pamela Tetford

Research Interests

• Fluvial geomorphology
• Urbanization impact on soil and stream erosion
• Modelling and spatial analysis of land surface and fluvial processes
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Emma Windfeld

Research Interests

• Agroecology
• Food security
• Sustainable food systems
• Climate change

Victoria Wisniewski

Research Interests

• High Arctic Limnology and Biogeochemistry
• Methylmercury Cycling
• Wetland Biogeochemistry, and Greenhouse Gas Quantification
• Carbon Cycling.