Media Releases

Earth Day Experts

April 12, 2011

The fol­low­ing is a list of Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to experts who can com­ment on a vari­ety of issues relat­ing to Earth Day, April 22.



Envi­ron­men­tal ethics
Ker­ry William Bow­man
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor
Joint Cen­tre for Bioethics
Depart­ment of Fam­i­ly and Com­mu­ni­ty Med­i­cine
St. George
Office: 416–586-4800, ext. 2163
Cell: 647–235-6159
Home: 416–532-4594
kerry.bowman@utoronto.ca

Envi­ron­men­tal assess­ment and risk man­age­ment
Sol­id waste man­age­ment
Philip H. Byer
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Civ­il Engi­neer­ing
Cen­tre for Envi­ron­ment
St. George
Office: 416–978-5980
byer@civ.utoronto.ca
NOTE: Unavail­able April 20–22

For­est genet­ics
For­est health
For­est tree genomes/genomics
Pulp and paper mak­ing
Tree growth
Wood for­ma­tion
Mal­colm Camp­bell
Pro­fes­sor; Vice-Prin­ci­pal, Research (UTSC)
Depart­ment of Cell & Sys­tems Biol­o­gy
St. George
Cell: 647–267-7714
Malcolm.campbell@utoronto.ca
Oth­er lan­guages: French

Envi­ron­men­tal pol­i­cy
Sus­tain­able devel­op­ment
Pierre Desrochers
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Geog­ra­phy
UTM
Office: 905–828-5206
Home: 519–605-0698
Pierre.desrochers@utoronto.ca
Oth­er lan­guages: French

Elec­tric­i­ty: pric­ing and envi­ron­men­tal effects
Glob­al warm­ing poli­cies
Pol­lu­tion con­trol pol­i­cy and eco­nom­ics
Waste man­age­ment and recy­cling eco­nom­ics
Don­ald N. Dewees
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Eco­nom­ics
Fac­ul­ty of Law
St. George
Office: 416–978-4473
Home: 416–766-2712
dewees@chass.utoronto.ca

Air pol­lu­tion
Con­t­a­m­i­nant health risks
Con­t­a­m­i­nant move­ment
Urban pol­lu­tion
Water pol­lu­tion
Indoor pol­lu­tion
Miri­am L. Dia­mond
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Geog­ra­phy
Depart­ment of Chem­i­cal Engi­neer­ing
Cen­tre for Envi­ron­ment
St. George
Office: 416–978-1586
Home: 416–533-1303
Cell: 416–573-2977
miriam.diamond@utoronto.ca

Rela­tion­ship of envi­ron­ment, cli­mate change and air qual­i­ty to human health
Kirsty Dun­can
Adjunct Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Geog­ra­phy
St. George
Home: 416–241-6326
Cell: 416–305-9082
kirsty.duncan@utoronto.ca

Urban and region­al eco­nom­ics includ­ing real estate mar­kets
Urban growth and region­al devel­op­ment
Gilles Duran­ton
Pro­fes­sor and Noran­da Chair in eco­nom­ics
Eco­nom­ics
St. George
Office: 416–978-2678
gilles.duranton@utoronto.ca

Arc­tic stud­ies
Envi­ron­men­tal his­to­ry
Mil­i­tarism and geopol­i­tics
Urban cul­ture
Matthew Far­ish
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Geog­ra­phy
Office: 416–978-6671
Cell: 416–834-6760
farish@geog.utoronto.ca
NOTE: Unavail­able April 7 – 17

Glob­al warm­ing
Hydroen­er­gy
Renew­able ener­gy
Dan­ny Har­vey
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Geog­ra­phy
St. George
Office: 416–978-1588
Home: 416–778-0670
harvey@geog.utoronto.ca
Oth­er lan­guages: French

Drink­ing water treat­ment
Pathogens and tox­ins in drink­ing water
Ron Hof­mann
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Civ­il Engi­neer­ing
St. George
Office: 416–946-7508
hofmann@ecf.utoronto.ca

Canada/US trans­bound­ary waters
Energy/water nexus
Water gov­er­nance
Adele M. Hur­ley
Direc­tor
Pro­gram on Water Issues
Munk School of Glob­al Affairs
St. George
Office: 416–946-8919
hurleyut@istar.ca

Envi­ron­men­tal edu­ca­tion
Hilary Inwood
Instruc­tor
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
St. George
Office: 416–978-0257
hinwood@oise.utoronto.ca
NOTE: Email is best

Fate, trans­port and impacts of atmos­pher­ic pol­lu­tants
Air and water pol­lu­tion abate­ment tech­nolo­gies
Applied inor­gan­ic sul­phur chem­istry
Indus­tri­al waste treat­ment and uti­liza­tion
Charles Q. Jia
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Chem­i­cal Engi­neer­ing and Applied Chem­istry
Cen­tre for Envi­ron­ment
St. George
Office: 416–946-3097
Home: 416–498-6541
Cell: 416–627-6166
cq.jia@utoronto.ca

Eco­nom­ics and sus­tain­able for­est man­age­ment
Oth­er-regard­ing pref­er­ences of Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ple
Co-man­age­ment of for­est resources
Insti­tu­tions, orga­ni­za­tions and sus­tain­abil­i­ty for­est man­age­ment
For­est tenure and tim­ber pric­ing
Shashi Kant
Pro­fes­sor
Fac­ul­ty of Forestry
Insti­tute for Envi­ron­men­tal Stud­ies
St. George
Office: 416–978-6196
Home: 416–546-1861
Shashi.kant@utoronto.ca
Oth­er lan­guages: Hin­di

Cli­mate change
Ener­gy pro­duc­tion, con­ser­va­tion and mea­sure­ment
Urban infra­struc­ture (water sup­ply and dis­tri­b­u­tion)
Water sup­ply
Bryan Kar­ney
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Civ­il Engi­neer­ing
St. George
Office: 416–978-7776
karney@ecf.utoronto.ca

Sus­tain­able urban infra­struc­ture
Christo­pher A. Kennedy
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Civ­il Engi­neer­ing
St. George
Office: 416–978-5978
christopher.kennedy@utoronto.ca
NOTE: Email is best

Out­door, expe­ri­en­tial and envi­ron­men­tal edu­ca­tion
Gary Knowles
Pro­fes­sor
Adult Edu­ca­tion and Coun­sel­ing Psy­chol­o­gy
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
St. George
Office: 416–978-0778
jgaryknowles@oise.utoronto.ca
NOTE: Unavail­able after April 20

Bio ener­gy
Bio­mass
Bio­ma­te­ri­als
Biore­fin­ery tech­nolo­gies
Pulp and paper
Recy­cling
Sal­ly Krigstin
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor
Fac­ul­ty of Forestry
St. George
Office: 416–946-8507
Cell: 647–888-5297
sally.krigstin@utoronto.ca

Eco­nom­ic analy­sis of munic­i­pal water and waste­water projects
Ultra­vi­o­let dis­in­fec­tion (UV) of water and waste­water
Yuri Lawryshyn
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Chem­i­cal Engi­neer­ing and Applied Chem­istry
Office: 416–946-0576
Home: 705–252-6614
yuri.lawryshyn@utoronto.ca

Neg­a­tive social and envi­ron­men­tal impacts of major sport­ing events
Helen Jef­fer­son Lenskyj
Pro­fes­sor Emeri­ta
Soci­ol­o­gy and Equi­ty Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion
Fac­ul­ty of Phys­i­cal Edu­ca­tion and Health
St. George
Office: 416–978-0447
Cell: 647–206-9345
helen.lenskyj@utoronto.ca

Envi­ron­men­tal pol­i­cy
Robert Logan
Pro­fes­sor Emer­i­tus
Depart­ment of Physics
Home: 416–361-5928
logan@physics.utoronto.ca
Oth­er lan­guages: French, Span­ish, Ital­ian, Dutch, Ger­man, Lat­vian

Busi­ness and envi­ron­men­tal pol­i­tics
Cana­di­an cli­mate change pol­i­cy and pol­i­tics
Cana­di­an envi­ron­men­tal pol­i­cy and pol­i­tics
Dou­glas Mac­don­ald
Senior lec­tur­er
Cen­tre for Envi­ron­ment
St. George
Office: 416–978-1558
Home: 416–686-0773
douglas.macdonald@utoronto.ca

Cli­mate change and bio­di­ver­si­ty
Effects of log­ging on wildlife
Rain­for­est and bore­al for­est canopy
Jay R. Mal­colm
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
Fac­ul­ty of Forestry
St. George
Office: 416–978-0142
Cell: 416–406-5219
jay.malcolm@utoronto.ca
Oth­er lan­guages: Por­tuguese

Gas and oil pol­i­tics, arc­tic resources, non-renew­able resources
Nat­ur­al dis­as­ters: tsunamis, floods, land­slides, vol­ca­noes, earth­quakes
Nat­ur­al haz­ards: vol­ca­noes, earth­quakes, floods, land­slides
Plate tec­ton­ics
Andrew D. Miall
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Geol­o­gy
St. George
Office: 416–978-8841
Home: 416–236-9264
Cell: 416–588-6562
miall@geology.utoronto.ca

Con­t­a­m­i­nant trans­port
Envi­ron­men­tal con­t­a­m­i­na­tion
Mer­cury pol­lu­tion
Hydrol­o­gy
Water qual­i­ty
Wet­lands
Carl Mitchell
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Phys­i­cal and Envi­ron­men­tal Sci­ences
UTSC
Office: 416–208-2744
Cell: 647–282-7627
carl.mitchell@utoronto.ca
NOTE: Unavail­able after April 21

Nuclear waste and radi­a­tion safe­ty
Pekka K. Sin­er­vo, FRSC
Pro­fes­sor
Senior Vice-Pres­i­dent, Research
Depart­ment of Physics
The Cana­di­an Insti­tute for Advanced Research
St. George
Office: 416–978-3383 or 416–978-5270
Cell: 647–283-3074
pekka.sinervo@utoronto.ca
Oth­er lan­guages: Finnish

Inva­sive species
For­est health and bio­di­ver­si­ty
San­dra M. Smith
Pro­fes­sor
Fac­ul­ty of Forestry
St. George
Office: 416–978-5482
s.smith.a@utoronto.ca

Atmos­pher­ic mea­sure­ments
Cli­mate change
Ozone deple­tion
Remote sound­ing of the atmos­phere (ground, bal­loons, satel­lites)
Spec­troscopy
Tro­pos­pher­ic pol­lu­tion
Kim­ber­ly Strong
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Physics
St. George
Office: 416–946-3217 or 416–978-2933
strong@atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca

Aging process­es in trees
Cli­mate change effects on forests
For­est canopies
Sug­ar maple
Tree phys­i­ol­o­gy
Tree rings
Trop­i­cal forests
Sean Thomas
Pro­fes­sor
Cana­da Research Chair (Tier 1) Forests and Envi­ron­men­tal Change
Fac­ul­ty of Forestry
St. George
Office: 416–978-1044
sc.thomas@utoronto.ca
Oth­er lan­guages: French, Malay, (also some Ger­man and some Swahili)
NOTE: Unavail­able after April 16

Envi­ron­men­tal eco­nom­ics and reg­u­la­tion
Urban sprawl
Matthew Turn­er
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Eco­nom­ics
St. George
Office: 416–978-5110
mturner@utoronto.ca

Dis­as­ter pre­pared­ness
Carin Wit­tnich
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Surgery
Depart­ment of Phys­i­ol­o­gy
Insti­tute of Med­ical Sci­ence
St. George
Office: 416–978-7744
c.wittnich@utoronto.ca

Envi­ron­men­tal impact of avi­a­tion
David W. Zingg
Pro­fes­sor; Direc­tor; Cana­da Research Chair in Com­pu­ta­tion­al Aero­dy­nam­ics
Insti­tute for Aero­space Stud­ies
St. George
Office: 416–667-7709
dwz@oddjob.utias.utoronto.ca

For more infor­ma­tion, please con­tact:

Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to media rela­tions
416–978-0100
Media.relations@utoronto.ca