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Earth Day Experts

August 24, 2010

The fol­low­ing is a list of Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to experts who can com­ment on a vari­ety of issues relat­ed to Earth Day.

Envi­ron­men­tal ethics
Ker­ry William Bow­man
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor
Joint Cen­tre for Bioethics
Depart­ment of Fam­i­ly and Com­mu­ni­ty Med­i­cine
Office: 416–946-5057 or 416–586-4800, ext.2163
Home: 416–532-4594
Cell: 647–235-6159
kerry.bowman@utoronto.ca
Note: Best to call cell first

Air pol­lu­tion
Atmos­pher­ic & envi­ron­men­tal chem­istry
Radioac­tiv­i­ty in the envi­ron­ment
Greg John Evans
Pro­fes­sor; Direc­tor
Depart­ment of Chem­i­cal Engi­neer­ing and Applied Chem­istry
South­ern Ontario Cen­tre for Atmos­pher­ic Aerosol Research
Office: 416–978-1821
greg.evans@utoronto.ca
Oth­er Lan­guages: French
Note: Best to call office first

Envi­ron­men­tal pol­i­cy
Sus­tain­able devel­op­ment
Pierre Desrochers
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Geog­ra­phy
Office: 905–828-5206
pierre.desrochers@utoronto.ca
Oth­er Lan­guages: French
Note: Best to email first (On Sab­bat­i­cal)

Mam­malian con­ser­va­tion
Mark D. Engstrom
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Ecol­o­gy & Evo­lu­tion­ary Biol­o­gy
Insti­tute for Envi­ron­men­tal Stud­ies
Office: 416–586-5517 or 416–603-5456 (lab)
Home: 905–693-9719
marke@rom.on.ca

Air pol­lu­tion abate­ment tech­nolo­gies
Envi­ron­men­tal sul­phur chem­istry
Indus­tri­al waste uti­liza­tion
Mul­ti­me­dia envi­ron­ment mod­el
Canada’s Oil­sands Indus­try
Charles Q. Jia
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Chem­i­cal Engi­neer­ing and Applied Chem­istry
Insti­tute for Envi­ron­men­tal Stud­ies
Office: 416–946-3097
Home: 416–498-6541
Cell: 416–627-6166
cqjia@chem-eng.utoronto.ca
Oth­er Lan­guages: Man­darin

Geo­mor­phol­o­gy
Riv­er process­es
Cli­mate change
Pale­o­hy­drol­o­gy Human-Envi­ron­ment inter­ac­tions
Affects on Urban Streams
Joe Desloges
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Geog­ra­phy & Pro­gram in Plan­ning
Woodsworth Col­lege
Office: 416–978-5234 or 416–978-5782
Cell: 416–523-6032
desloges@geog.utoronto.ca

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

Cli­mate change
Dis­tur­bance and for­est man­age­ment effects
For­est car­bon cycle
Kyoto Agree­ment
Remote sens­ing and appli­ca­tions to envi­ron­ment
Jing Ming Chen
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Geog­ra­phy & Pro­gram in Plan­ning
Office: 416–978-7085
Home: 905–755-9381
chenj@geog.utoronto.ca
Oth­er Lan­guages: Chi­nese

Bio­fu­els
For­est genet­ics
For­est health
For­est tree genomes / genomics
Pulp and paper mak­ing
Tree growth
Wood for­ma­tion
Mal­colm Camp­bell
Pro­fes­sor ; Asso­ciate Chair
Depart­ment of Cell & Sys­tems Biol­o­gy
Office: 416–946-0817 or 416–978-3543 (lab)
malcolm.campbell@utoronto.ca
Oth­er Lan­guages: French

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

Envi­ron­men­tal edu­ca­tion
Hilary Inwood
Instruc­tor
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion of the U of T
Office: 416–978-0257
hinwood@oise.utoronto.ca

Wood com­pos­ites
Wood preser­va­tion, dete­ri­o­ra­tion and pro­tec­tion
Wood prod­ucts and pro­cess­ing
Paul Coop­er
Pro­fes­sor
Fac­ul­ty of Forestry
Office: 416–946-5078
Home: 905 ‑990‑1295
p.cooper@utoronto.ca

Co-man­age­ment of for­est resources
Eco­nom­ics and sus­tain­able for­est man­age­ment
Insti­tu­tions, orga­ni­za­tions and sus­tain­abil­i­ty for­est man­age­ment
Inter­na­tion­al trade of for­est prod­ucts
Tim­ber pric­ing
Shashi Kant
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
Fac­ul­ty of Forestry
Insti­tute for Envi­ron­men­tal Stud­ies
Cen­tre for South Asian Stud­ies
Office: 416–978-6196
shashi.kant@utoronto.ca
Oth­er Lan­guages: Hin­di

Inter­na­tion­al envi­ron­men­tal law (e.g. Kyoto Pro­to­col)
Jut­ta R. Brun­nee
Pro­fes­sor
Fac­ul­ty of Law
Office: 416–946-7353
Cell: 647–505-9358
jutta.brunnee@utoronto.ca
Oth­er Lan­guages: Ger­man, French

Cli­mat­ic change
Ener­gy effi­cien­cy
Ener­gy effi­cient build­ings
Glob­al warm­ing
Hydro­gen ener­gy
Renew­able ener­gy
Dan­ny Har­vey
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Geog­ra­phy
Office: 416–978-1588
Home: 416–778-0670
harvey@geog.utoronto.ca
Oth­er Lan­guages: French

Envi­ron­men­tal pol­i­cy
Robert Logan
Pro­fes­sor Emer­i­tus
Depart­ment of Physics
Home: 416–361-5928 or 416–977-6000 x.434
logan@physics.utoronto.ca
Oth­er Lan­guages: French, Span­ish, Ital­ian, Dutch, Ger­man, Lat­vian

Envi­ron­men­tal ethics, Reli­gion and ecol­o­gy
Chris­tian­i­ty and ecol­o­gy
Stephen Scharp­er
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
UTM, Depart­ment of Anthro­pol­o­gy
Cen­tre for the Envi­ron­ment, Cen­tre for the Study of Reli­gion
Cen­tre for Ethics
Office: 416–978-7433
Home: 416–656-9028
Cell: 416–200-4241
stephen.scharper@utoronto.ca
Note: Best to call home

For­est health and bio­di­ver­si­ty
San­dra M. Smith
Pro­fes­sor
Fac­ul­ty of Forestry
Office: 416–978-5482
Home: 416–324-8965
s.smith.a@utoronto.ca

Air pol­lu­tion
Bio­fu­els
Mur­ray Thom­son
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Mechan­i­cal and Indus­tri­al Engi­neer­ing
Depart­ment of Chem­i­cal Engi­neer­ing and Applied Chem­istry
Office: 416–580-3391
Home: 416–580-3391
Cell: 416–580-3391
thomson@mie.utoronto.ca
Oth­er Lan­guages: French

Con­t­a­m­i­nant Trans­port
Envi­ron­men­tal Con­t­a­m­i­na­tion
Hydrol­o­gy
Water Qual­i­ty
Wet­lands
Mer­cury Pol­lu­tion
Hydrol­o­gy
Carl Mitchell
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor
U of T at Scar­bor­ough, Depart­ment of Phys­i­cal and Envi­ron­men­tal Sci­ences
Office: 416–208-2744
Cell: 647–282-7627
carl.mitchell@utoronto.ca

Cul­ture and bio­di­ver­si­ty con­ser­va­tion
Envi­ron­ment and devel­op­ment
Ethics and devel­op­ment
Exploita­tion of moun­taineer­ing porters
Nat­ur­al haz­ards and vul­ner­a­bil­i­ty
Social and envi­ron­men­tal impacts of tourism
Ken­neth Iain Mac­Don­ald
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor
UTSC, Depart­ment of Geog­ra­phy
UTSC, Depart­ment of Inter­na­tion­al Devel­op­ment Stud­ies
Cen­tre for South Asian Stud­ies
Office: 416–287-7294
Home: 416–466-2651
kmacd@utsc.utoronto.ca
Oth­er Lan­guages: Balti

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

Envi­ron­men­tal deci­sion mak­ing
Envi­ron­men­tal ethics
Ingrid Leman Ste­fanovic
Direc­tor
Cen­tre for Envi­ron­ment
Office: 416–978-6526 or 416–978-3475
Home: 416–962-5885
ingrid.stefanovic@utoronto.ca

Rela­tion­ship of envi­ron­ment, cli­mate change and air qual­i­ty to human health
Kirsty Dun­can
Adjunct Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Geog­ra­phy
Home: 416–241-6326
416–747-6003
613–995-4702
kirsty.duncan@utoronto.ca
Note: On leave from uni­ver­si­ty as she is cur­rent­ly a MP

North Amer­i­can envi­ron­men­tal his­to­ry
Lau­rel Sefton Mac­Dow­ell
Depart­ment of His­to­ry
U of T at Mis­sis­sauga, Depart­ment of His­tor­i­cal Stud­ies
Office: 416–978-1941 or 905–828-5243
Cell: 647–989-5681
laurel.macdowell@utoronto.ca

Agro­forestry and farm forestry
Frag­ile ecosys­tems, reha­bil­i­ta­tion of degrad­ed lands in south­east Asia
Non-wood for­est prod­ucts (bam­boo, rat­tan, med­i­c­i­nal plants)
Trop­i­cal forestry and for­est prod­ucts
Cher­la B. Sas­try
Adjunct Pro­fes­sor
Fac­ul­ty of Forestry
Insti­tute for Envi­ron­men­tal Stud­ies
Home: 416–335-9949
csastry@rogers.com
Oth­er Lan­guages: Tel­ugu, Hin­di

Elec­tric­i­ty: pric­ing and envi­ron­men­tal effects
glob­al warm­ing pol­i­tics
Pol­lu­tion con­trol pol­i­cy and eco­nom­ics
Waste man­age­ment and recy­cling eco­nom­ics
Don­ald N. Dewees
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Eco­nom­ics
Fac­ul­ty of Law
Office: 416–978-4473
dewees@chass.utoronto.ca

Marine geol­o­gy
Ocean min­ing
Ore deposits
Steven Scott
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Geol­o­gy
scottsd@geology.utoronto.ca
Oth­er Lan­guages: French
Note: Out of coun­try and only avail­able for print inter­views. Best to con­tact by email

Fos­sil ener­gy (coal ben­e­fi­ci­a­tion and coal-slur­ry fuels)
Renew­able ener­gy (fuel ethanol, biodiesel — from veg­etable oil)
Olev Trass
Pro­fes­sor Emer­i­tus
Depart­ment of Chem­i­cal Engi­neer­ing and Applied Chem­istry
Office: 416–978-6901
Home: 416–656-5387
trass@ecf.utoronto.ca
Olev.trass@utoronto.ca
Oth­er Lan­guages: Eston­ian

Bush­meat cri­sis
Impact of sprawl, devel­op­ment, forestry on wildlife
North­ern Bore­al forests and con­ser­va­tion (Ontario, Cana­da)
Trop­i­cal forests and con­ser­va­tion (Africa)
Justi­na C. Ray
Adjunct Pro­fes­sor
Fac­ul­ty of Forestry
Exec­u­tive Direc­tor, Wildlife Con­ser­va­tion Soci­ety Cana­da
Office: 416–850-9038 ext. 22
Cell: 416–795-1636
justina.ray@utoronto.ca
Oth­er Lan­guages: French, Ger­man
Note: Best to con­tact cell on Earth Day

Recy­cling
Waste man­age­ment
Waste reduc­tion on the St. George cam­pus
Reno Stra­no
Waste man­age­ment super­vi­sor and recy­cling coor­di­na­tor
Facil­i­ties and Ser­vices
Office: 416–946-5711
reno.strano@utoronto.ca

Gas and oil Pol­i­tics, arc­tic resources, non-renew­able resources
Nat­ur­al dis­as­ters: tsunamis, floods, land­slides, vol­canos, earth­quakes
Plate tec­ton­ics
Nat­ur­al Haz­ards
Andrew D. Miall
Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Geol­o­gy
Office: 416–978-8841
Home: 416–236-9264
miall@geology.utoronto.ca

Con­t­a­m­i­nants from pulp and paper pro­duc­tion
Drink­ing water dis­in­fec­tion byprod­ucts
Bruce McK­ague
Adjunct Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Chem­i­cal Engi­neer­ing and Applied Chem­istry
Office: 416–978-7297
mckague@chem-eng.utoronto.ca

Glob­al envi­ron­men­tal pol­i­tics
Steven F. Bern­stein
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Polit­i­cal Sci­ence
Office: 416–978-3345 or 905–828-3913
steven.bernstein@utoronto.ca
Note: Email first for fast response

For more infor­ma­tion, please con­tact:
Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to Media Rela­tions
416–978-0100
media.relations@utoronto.ca