Department of Geography and PlanningCurrent Graduate Students
Current Undergraduate Students - Independent Study
Previous Graduate Students And Postdoctoral Fellows
| Student | Degree | Year | Thesis/Research Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Stanton | MSc | 2023 | Net Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Soil Nutrient Availability Along a Permafrost Disturbance Chronosequence |
| Jacqueline Hung | PhD | 2021 | Impact of soil nitrogen status on carbon cycling in High Arctic ecosystems |
| Baris Uzel | MSc | 2021 | Seasonal Responses of Soil Nitrogen and Carbon Cycling Processes to Cold Season Warming in High Arctic Wet Sedge Tundra |
| Christina Braybrook | MSc | 2020 | Interannual and seasonal variation in vegetation properties and net C uptake in a mesic High Arctic ecosystem |
| Emily Su | MSc | 2020 | Simulated impact of headwater stream burial on downstream processes in Eastern Ontario |
| Paulina Marczak | MSc | 2019 | Predicting carbon accumulation in temperate forests of Ontario using a lidar-initialized growth-and-yield model |
| Sean Arruda | MSc | 2016 | Effects of temperature and snowfall changes on soil biogeochemical processes in a high Arctic ecosystem |
| Emma Buckley | MSc | 2015 | Controls on Net Carbon Balance of Polar Semi-desert Ecosystems in the High Arctic |
| Karin van Ewijk | PhD | 2015 | Defining Ecological Units Based on Remotely Sensed Data |
| Amy Blaser | MSc | 2014 | Factors Controlling the Net Carbon Balance of High Arctic Wet Sedge Ecosystems at Cape Bounty, Nunavut |
| Amanda Graham | MSc | 2012 | Nitrogen Fixation and the Fate and Turnover of Carbon Fixed Through Hydrogen-Coupled Carbon Dioxide Fixation in Soybeans |
| Erin Jaggard | MSc | 2012 | Soil Carbon Dynamics Following Switchgrass Establishment for Bioenergy Production in Southeastern Ontario |
| Fiona Gregory | MSc | 2011 | Biophysical Remote Sensing and Terrestrial CO2 Exchange at Cape Bounty, Melville Island |
| Meg Southee | MSc | 2010 | Ecological Land Classification and Soil Moisture Modeling in the Boreal Forest using Lidar Remote Sensing |
| Dr. Yanping Cen | 2008-2010 | Studied the production of hydrogen and nitrous oxide as a byproduct of nitrogen fixation in legume crops | |
| Dr. Johann Wagner | 2009-2011 | Explored variations in plant phenology in High Arctic ecosystems, and how these differences influence satellite-derived vegetation indices and carbon exchange |
Past Undergraduate Students - Independent Study
| Student | Degree | Year | Thesis/Research Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Guan | BSc Honours | 2022-23 | Impact of permafrost disturbance on phosphorus fractionation and distribution in High Arctic soils |
| Jonathan Allsup | BSc | 2022 | A quantification of the physiological changes in old and new growth tree stands in Northern Ontario |
| Claire Wright | BES | 2021 | Hydrological modelling in permafrost environments using the Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT):A case study of West Lake watershed at the Cape Bounty Arctic Watershed Observatory |
| Claire Wright | BES | 2020-21 | Investigating controls on ecosystem respiration from three vegetation types in the Canadian High Arctic |
| Sandra Yaacoub | BSc Honours | 2020-21 | Modeling canopy nitrogen and High Arctic productivity using hyperspectral remote sensing |
| Cole Robertson | BSc Honours | 2019-20 | Environmental controls on net carbon flux in High Arctic wet sedge ecosystems |
| Kaitlin Stansfield | BSc Honours | 2015-16 | Long-term effects of perennial grass bioenergy crops on soil quality and soil carbon storage |
| Sarah Jackson | BSc Honours | 2014-15 | Increased temperature and snowfall impacts on High Arctic ecosystems |
| Andrew Mendelson | BES Honours | 2013-14 | GHG production from perennial grass bioenergy systems for cement production |
| Emily McTaggert | BSc Honours | 2013-14 | Historic Land-use/Land-cover Change Detection in the Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve |
| Kirsten Geissler | BSc Honours | 2013-14 | Historic Land-use/Land-cover Change Detection in the Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve |
| Sarah Rosenblat | BSc Honours | 2013-14 | Historic Land-use/Land-cover Change Detection in the Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve |
| Sera Buchanan | BSc Honours | 2011-12 | Fertilizing switchgrass alters methane and nitrous oxide emissions |
| Sadie Eastwood | BSc Honours | 2011-12 | Monitoring canopy phenology at multiple spatial scales |
| Sinead Murphy | BES Honours | 2011-12 | Monitoring canopy phenology at multiple spatial scales |
| Student | Degree | Year | Thesis/Research Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allison Beamis | BSc Honours | 2010-2011 | Effects of active layer detachments on soil trace gas fluxes in High Arctic ecosystems |
| Aaron Tamminga | BSc Honours | 2009-2010 | Variation in soil properties across forest ecosite units of the Hearst Forest |
| Dan McParland | BSc Honours | 2009-2010 | Does nitrogen fertilization increase nitrous oxide emissions from switchgrass fields, reducing the climate benefits of substituting switchgrass for fossil fuels as an energy source? |
| Alison Neil | BSc Honours | 2009-2010 | Effects of active layer detachments on the net carbon balance of High Arctic ecosystems |
| Stephanie Gagliardi | BSc Honours | 2009-2010 | Ecosite classification and forest productivity: an analysis of variability in canopy structure across forest ecosite types. |
| Evangeline Fisher | BSc Honours | 2008-2009 | Temperature effects on soil trace gas fluxes from High Arctic plant communities |
| Tim Philpott | BSc Honours | 2008-09 | Quantifying rates of hydrogen coupled CO2 fixation in legume-based croppign systems. |
| Alexandra Hincke | BSc Honours | 2007-08 | Effects of plant community type on soil carbon storage and nitrogen mineralization in a High Arctic ecosystem at Cape Bounty, Melville Island, Nunavut. |
| Martha Baldwin | BSc Independent Study | 2006-07 | Using tree-ring chronologies to reconstruct historical changes in light-use efficiency related to different forest management practices. |
| Mandy Chong | BSc Honours | 2006-07 | Microclimatic and plant community interactions regulate soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics in High Arctic ecosystems. |
| Kimberley Molina | BSc Honours | 2006-07 | Plant community effects on soil carbon storage across a latitudinal sequence in the High Arctic - potential for remote sensing to quantify soil C storage. |
Undergraduate Students - Summer Assistants
| Student | Year | Thesis/Research Title |
|---|---|---|
| Michelle Anderton | 2023 | Impacts of landscape position and climate change on carbon cycle processes in High Arctic ecosystems |
| Eric Guan | 2023 | Controls on soil carbon cycling in High Arctic polar semi-desert ecosystems |
| Eric Guan | 2022 | Land-use history of Queen’s University Biological Station |
| Helen Tasker | 2021 | Controls on CO2 production High Arctic Soils |
| Danika Watson | 2021 | NH4OH /HF treatment method for C-13 NMR analysis of soils |
| Sandra Yaacoub | 2020 | Reconstructing land-use history at the Queen’s University Biological Station |
| Claire Wright | 2020 | Spatial variability in carbon exchange processes within wet sedge meadows in the Canadian High Arctic |
| Cole Robertson | 2019 | Seasonal controls on terrestrial carbon cycling in the Canadian High Arctic |
| Sandra Yaacoub | 2019 | Quantifying the carbon balance of Arctic Watersheds |
| Elissa Bozhkov | 2017 | Influence of vegetation changes on methane and carbon dioxide production in high Arctic ecosystems |
| Robbie MacTavish | 2016 | Climate change impacts on trace gas exchange in high Arctic ecosystems |
| Maddie Lightle | 2016 | Impact of land-use history on forest structure and biogeochemical processes |
| Sarah Jackson | 2014 | Increased temperature and snowfall impacts on High Arctic ecosystems |
| Jamie Mark | 2014 | GHG balance of perennial grass bioenergy systems |
| Andrew Mendelson | 2013 | Net GHG production from perennial grass bioenergy systems for cement production |
| Emily McTaggert | 2013 | Historic Land-use/Land-cover Change Detection in the Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve |
| Student | Year | Thesis/Research Title |
|---|---|---|
| Jayrin Yue | Summer 2012 | Carbon fluxes in High Arctic ecosystems |
| Heather Richardson | Summer 2011, 2012 | Soil nitrous oxide production in fertilized switchgrass fields |
| Krysten Rutherford | Summer 2011 | Soil nitrous oxide production in fertilized switchgrass fields |
| Dan McParland | Summer 2010 | Soil nitrous oxide production in fertilized switchgrass fields |
| Aaron Tamminga | Summer 2010 | Variation in soil properties for forest ecosites at Hearst Forest |
| Allison Beamish | Summer 2010 | Disturbance effects on soil trace gas fluxes from High Arctic ecosystems Alison Neil (Summer 2009). Disturbance effects on net carbon balance of High Arctic ecosystems |
| Sarah Bencharif | Summer 2008 | Soil nitrous oxide production in legume cropping systems |
| Tim Philpott | Summer 2008 | Soil nitrous oxide production in legume cropping systems. Assessing the fate of carbon dioxide fixed by hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria |
| Evangeline Fischer | Summer 2007, 2008 | Forest inventory work at Howland Forest, Maine (2007). Arctic trace gas research (2008) |
| Devon Miller | Summer 2007, 2008 | Data analysis of water quality data from Quinte Conservation Authority |
| Michael McDaniel | Summer 2007, 2008 | Carbon cycle research at Groundhog River, Timmins. Field sampling of streamwater in Quinte Conservation Authority |
| Kirby Calvert | Summer 2007 | Forest inventory work at Howland Forest, Maine |
| Brendan Daly | Summer 2006 | Carbon cycle research at Howland Forest, Maine |