Facilities and labs
Beyond the range of specialized, dedicated research laboratories within the department, there are a number of other facilities available to researchers.
A shared wet/dirty prep lab equipped with two fume-hoods, a chemical lab, a 10-station senior undergrad/grad computer lab, a shared field equipment storage and staging area, a teaching and research equipment sign-out room, and a Wet Teaching Lab that includes a soil shaker, ovens, and a furnace.
Research equipment varies tremendously, from field equipment such as hand-held GPS units to boats and ATVs to state-of-the-art lab-based equipment such as an x-ray densitometer, electronic microscopes, an airborne hyperspectral scanner, and advanced analytical software.
Applied Conservation Science Lab
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Our mission is to develop applied conservation scholars and practitioners whose research informs and empowers environmental managers to make informed decisions based on evidence.
- Led by Chris Darimont
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Coastal Dynamics Lab
- Our aim is to include flow and sediment transport processes into numerical models of coastal evolution.
- Led by Eva Kwoll
Climate Lab
- Our work is field based, both community/end-user visits as well as deploying of instrumentation into the ocean, along the coast, or onto mountain icefields
- Led by David Atkinson
Community Based Research Lab
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Our mission is to conduct participatory action research with community members in order to achieve progressive social, economic and environmental sustainable and transformative change.
- Led by Jutta Gutberlet
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Critical Geographies Research Lab
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Our aim to critically examine the interrelations of space, knowledge, and power in society and within the academy.
- Led by Reuben Rose-Redwood
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Enviromental Governance Group
- Our mission is to support ethical production and consumption to improve lives and ecosystems in our increasingly interconnected world.
- Led by Sophia Carodenuto
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ICE Remote Sensing Lab
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Our research lab's primary interest is the study of the interactions between ice, climate, and ecosystems.
- Led by Randall Scharien
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Landscape and Wildlife Ecology Lab
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Our lab works on a range of ecological processes ranging from wildlife habitat use to wildlife nutrition to biogeochemical exchanges across ecosystems, among others.
- Led by Dennis Jelinski
Remote Sensing & SPECTRAL Lab
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Our laboratory facility investigates the interaction of light energy with organic and inorganic material in ocean waters in the field and controlled lab environment.
- Led by Maycira Costa
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Simulating Resilient Landscapes Lab
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Our lab integrates geospatial technologies, simulation modelling and visualization tools for helping communities and government build resilience landscapes.
- Led by Chris Bone
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Social Exergy & Energy Lab
- Our aim is to understand the emergence of clusters of low-carbon and renewable energy innovations and energy citizenship.
- Led by Christina Hoicka
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Whale Research Lab
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Our lab conducts extensive field research to collect information on marine creatures and combine these field data sets with cutting-edge Geographic Information System analysis.
- Led by Dave Duffus
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