GLIER Faculty

GLIER researchers use a multi-disciplinary, collaborative approach to address the impact of multiple stressors on the environment, focusing on two interrelated themes:

1. Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology

• Doug Haffner - Aquatic Ecology
• Brian Fryer - Metal and Analytical Chemistry
• Ken Drouillard - Bioavailability
• Chris Weisener- Biogeochemistry

2. Conservation and Resource Management

• Hugh MacIsaac - Invasion Biology
• Daniel Heath - Conservation Genetics
• Phil Graniero - GIS and Environmental Models
• Aaron Fisk - Trophic Ecology
• Melania Cristescu - Evolutionary Genetics

Adjunct professors:

• Robert Letcher (Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada)
• Brian Dixon (University of Guelph)
• Stephen Brandt (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
• Sarah Bailey (Department of Fisheries and Oceans)

Awards

• Fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada
• 5 Canada Research Chairs
• 4 Premier’s Research Excellence Awards
• Department of Fisheries and Oceans Invasive Species Research Chair
• More than $17 million in funding in recent years

National Attention

• GLIER faculty have been featured in CNN, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Maclean’s, Globe and Mail, National Post, Discovery Channel, and CBC television and radio