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Industrial Waste
AGRICULTURE AND AQUACULTURE
Scientific
Advisory Group (SAG) Member Biographies
Dr. Doug
A. Bright
UMA
Engineering Ltd.
Adjunct Professor
Royal Roads University
Dr. Doug
A. Bright obtained his PhD from the University of Victoria
in 1991. While working on his PhD, Dr. Bright was a visiting
researcher at the Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK After completion
of his doctorate, he was a Senior Research Associate at Royal
Roads Military College. In 1995, Dr. Bright joined Royal Roads
University as Professor of Applied Research, with a close affiliation
with the Science, Technology, and Environment Division and
continued in that position until 2002. Dr. Bright is currently
employed with UMA Engineering Ltd. and is an Adjunct Professor
at Royal Roads University. Dr. Bright has had extensive experience
on local and national scientific panels, advisory boards, and
committees involved with liquid waste management, marine and
ecosystem monitoring, sewerage discharges, Canada Wide Standards
for petroleum hydrocarbons and dioxin / furans, bivalve environmental
effects, as well as DDT soil quality standards for BC. To date,
he has published over 25 scientific papers in international
journals along with more than 45 technical reports.
Dr. Bright's
research interests at Royal Roads University include the following:
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Use
of multivariate statistical and other pattern analysis techniques
to provide
a clear picture of the spatiotemporal redistribution
of anthropogenic releases.
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Interpretation
of environmental fate processes in marine and freshwater sediments,
as influenced by the magnitude of organic matter inputs, texture
and sedimentation rates, and both natural and anthropogenically
influenced redox changes at or beneath the sediment-water interface.
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Interactions
of marine organisms (both pelagic and benthic) with sediment
environments.
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Wastewater
treatment and the consequences of sanitary wastewater or
other nutrient and organic releases
to coastal environments.
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Research
on the historical frequency and intensity of harmful algal
blooms for individual algal
species such
as Heterosigma
akahiwo using biochemical markers of cysts and detrital
remains that are preserved in sediments.
Dr.
R. Scott McKinley
NSERC Industrial Research Chair (Biotelemetry)
Professor, Canada Research Chair (Aquaculture and the Environment)
Centre for Aquaculture and the Environment
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences
The University of British Columbia
Dr.
Scott McKinley obtained his PhD from the University of
Waterloo in 1993, receiving the W.P. Pearson medal for
creative research in a Doctoral Thesis. Prior to completion
of his PhD, Dr. McKinley spent 20 years with Ontario Hydro
Research Division and the Ontario Ministry of Environment.
In 1995, Dr. McKinley joined the faculty of the University
of Waterloo. In September 2001, Dr. McKinley joined the
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at the University of British
Columbia where he is Professor and holds a Canada Research
Chair in Aquaculture and the Environment, and is theme
leader for the Environmental Integrity Project with AquaNet.
In addition, he has participated in numerous national and
international environmental working groups, scientific
panels, and advisory boards throughout his career, with
over 50 scientific papers published in international journals
as well as over 40 technical reports and conference proceedings.
Dr. McKinley's research interests at UBC include the following:
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Development
and evaluation of physiological / biochemical sensors to
monitor the health of free ranging fish.
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Development
of physiological telemetry procedures to assess
fish performance and activity levels in the wild,
habitat preferences, and the evaluation of fishways / barriers.
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Use
of physiological telemetry to evaluate chronic exposure
of fish to natural and anthropogenic environmental
perturbations.
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Development
of remote sensing technologies to assess physical and chemical
changes in
habitat relative
to aquaculture facilities.
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Establishment
of site selection criteria for the aquaculture industry.
Dr. Asit Mazumder
Professor, and NSERC Senior Research Chair in Environmental
Management
of Drinking Water, Ecosystems, and Watersheds
Department of Biology
The University of Victoria
Dr.
Asit Mazumder obtained his PhD from the University of Waterloo
in 1988. After completion of his PhD, Dr. Mazumder held
positions of Researcher at Environment Canada and Assistant
and Associate Professor at the Université de Montréal.
In 1999, Dr. Mazumder joined the University of Victoria
as Associate Professor and Senior NSERC Research Chair
(Environmental Management of Drinking Water Ecosystems
and Watersheds). Since 2000, he has been a Professor in
the Department of Biology. While at the University of Victoria,
Dr. Mazumder has participated in scientific panels and
advisory groups dealing with drinking water quality and
watershed ecology. To date, he has published over 40 scientific
papers in international journals, served as editorial board
member for several international journals, grant and fellowship
committee members for provincial and national granting
councils, and as executive board member for international
societies.
Dr. Mazumder's research interests at the University of Victoria
include the following:
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Nutrient-Trophic
interactions of lakes, reservoirs, streams, and coastal
habitats.
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Ecosystem
and watershed-level ecology of drinking water sources.
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Foodweb
and nutritional ecology of Pacific and Atlantic salmon.
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Comparative
ecology of temperate, subtropical, and tropical ecosystems.
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Transport
and pathways of nutrients, organic contaminants and heavy
metals.
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Isotope
biogeochemistry of aquatic foodwebs.
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Collaborative
Mercury Research Network (COMERN).
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Ecological
interactions of Atlantic and Pacific salmon in British
Columbia and
Alaska.
Dr. Thomas F. Pedersen
Professor and Director, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
University of Victoria
Dr. Tom Pedersen obtained
his PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 1979. After completion
of his PhD, Dr. Pedersen held NSERC
post-doctoral and University Research fellowship positions at
UBC. In 1983, Dr. Pedersen joined the University of British Columbia
as Assistant Professor, and was a Professor in Oceanography and
Earth and Ocean Science from 1994 to 2002. As of September 1,
2002, Dr. Pedersen has been with the University of Victoria as
Professor and Director, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences. In
addition, he has held visiting fellowships at Cambridge University,
Centre des Faibles Radioactivitiés near Paris, and the
University of Bordeaux. In 2000, Dr. Pedersen was appointed Associate
Dean of Research and Faculty Development. During his career,
Dr. Pedersen has participated in numerous scientific panels and
advisory groups such as the Marine Science Panel that advised
BC and Washington state on the health of the inland waters of
Georgia Strait, Puget Sound, and the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
To date, he has published over 50 scientific papers in international
journals and more than two dozen book chapters and conference
proceedings articles.
Dr. Pedersen's research interests at the University of British
Columbia include the following:
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Quaternary
palaeoceanography and palaeochemistry.
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Organic
matter and trace metal cycling and interstitial water chemistry
in marine
and lacustrine sediments.
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Diagenesis
of submerged tailings deposits in marine and lacustrine basins.
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Stable
isotope geochemistry in sedimentary systems.
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Controls
on organic matter accumulation and distribution in coastal,
hemipelagic and pelagic sediments.
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