Diploma in Geography, University of Basel; Ph.D. in Meteorology, University of Basel

"My research focuses on land-atmosphere interactions, carbon cycling, and atmospheric turbulence. I use experimental methods to investigate and measure physical and chemical processes relevant in land-atmosphere exchange in forest and urban ecosystems. Current research projects include basic turbulence and dispersion studies (exchange processes in forest canopies, urban dispersion processes) and applied approaches that link greenhouse gas exchange to ecosystem management practices. Our lab is equipped with several eddy covariance systems, a tunable diode laser absorption spectrometer for carbon and oxygen isotopes, a sonic array, autonomous meteorological stations, radiation instruments, and towers."

Website: www.geog.ubc.ca/~achristn

Email Contact: andreas.christen@ubc.ca

Office Phone: 604-822-6620

Lab Phone: 604-827-4520

Room Number: GEOG 132

Lab Number: GEOG 249, MCML 136

B.A.Sc., McMaster University; M.E.M., Duke University; Ph.D. (2002), University of Wisconsin-Madison

"Why does climate matter? This question is the basis of a broad program of modelling and field research examining how changes in the climate over time affect biogeochemical cycling and the function of marine ecosystems like coral reefs. This research provides insight into the causes and effects of human-induced climate change, the efficacy of policy and mitigation options, and the consequences for human welfare. Current areas of research include the climate change and coral reefs in the central equatorial Pacific; the obstacles to public education about climate change; the effect of climate and agriculture on nutrient loading to large river systems; and trade-offs between food, feed and fuel production."

Website: www.simondonner.com/

Website: www.geog.ubc.ca/~sdonner

Email Contact: simon.donner@ubc.ca

Office Phone: 604-822-6959

Room Number: GEOG 133

B.Sc. Honours, M.E.S., Dalhousie University; Ph.D. (1987), University of Toronto

Email Contact: greg.henry@ubc.ca

Office Phone: 604-822-2985

Room Number: GEOG 231

B.A. Honours, Williams College; M.Sc., Ph.D. (2007) University of Washington

"My research focuses on glacier processes, glaciated landscapes and landscape response to climate change, from the long term (the Quaternary Era) to recent change (i.e. in the past century). I am fascinated with rates of geomorphic change, particularly the effects of humans on the landscape and how we compare to other natural geomorphic agents such as glaciers and rivers. Some of my current research projects are focusing on quantifying glacier change, landscape response, and the effects of climate change on melt water resources in Alaska, southern Patagonia, Antarctica, and the northwestern Himalayas."

Website: www.geog.ubc.ca/~koppes

Email Contact: michele.koppes@geog.ubc.ca

Office Phone: 604-822-4896

Room Number: GEOG 141

B.Sc. Honours, Ph.D. (1985), University of Canterbury

"Long-term research goals have been primarily directed at understanding meteorological phenomena that develop in regions of complex, urbanized terrain. An important applied focus of this work has been the investigation of the role such phenomena (e.g. land sea breezes, slope winds and urban effects) have on the transport and dispersion of pollutants. Although much of this research has been site-specific (e.g. the Lower Fraser Valley, British Columbia) the findings are of general interest. Considerable progress has been made in understanding the processes contributing to, and the three-dimensional distribution of, air pollution in regions of complex terrain. This observational program has provided important information for development, initialization and validation of numerical models designed to forecast air quality and test pollutant abatement strategies. Recently, this research thrust has broadened to consider the impact of long-range transport of burgeoning pollutant emissions and crustal dust from Eurasia to North America. A central part of this work has been the installation of a state-of-the-art lidar facility at UBC in collaboration with Environment Canada."

Website: www.geog.ubc.ca/~ian

Email Contact: ian.mckendry@geog.ubc.ca

Office Phone: 604-822-4929

Room Number: GEOG 250

B.Sc. Honours, UBC; Ph.D. (1984), University of Canterbury

"I am trying to gain a better understanding of the ways in which climate variability and change on various time scales, in conjunction with forest and glacier dynamics, influence hydrological processes and the patterns of streamflow and water quality."

Dr. Moore currently holds the FRBC Chair in Hydrology.

Website: www.geog.ubc.ca/~rdmoore

Email Contact: dan.moore@ubc.ca

Office Phone: 604-822-3538

Room Number: GEOG 225

Lab Number: GEOG 246

B.A., University of Toronto; M.E.S., York University; Ph.D. (1981), University of Toronto

"My research is centred around developing the research program for the CIRS project (www.cirs.ubc.ca); sustainable energy systems; sustainable building systems; the interaction among climate change mitigation, adaptation and sustainability; gaming and simulation tools; futures studies; the intersection of lay and expert knowledge; participatory integrated assessment; business and sustainability issues; and generally the points of interaction among sustainability, climate change, socio-technical change, behaviour change, modeling and simulation, and community engagement processes. All my research has been on industrialized country applications."

Website: www.johnrobinson.ires.ubc.ca

Email Contact: john.robinson@ubc.ca

Office Phone: 604-822-9188

Room Number: 2260 West Mall, room 2351