Faculty with Wildlife and Fisheries Interests

The Wildlife and Fisheries program draws on courses from a number of disciplines, but is housed in the Ecosystem Science and Management program.  Faculty from this program who have an interest in Wildlife and Fisheries and who teach the core courses include:

  • Erin Baerwald
    MSc and PhD University of Calgary
    • Assistant Professor
    Phone: 250-960-5664
    Office Number: 8-206

    Areas of expertise: Animal behaviour, bat biology, conservation biology, ecology, migration biology

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  • Heather Bryan
    PhD (University of Calgary)
    • Assistant Professor (on leave)
    Phone: 250-960-5861
    Office Number: 8-306

    Areas of expertise: Wildlife, conservation, predator-prey interactions, carnivores, mammals, disease ecology, ecophysiology, wildlife health, wildlife ecology, conservation physiology

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  • Dr. Russ Dawson
    PhD (University of Saskatchewan)
    • Professor
    Phone: 250-960-6068

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  • Dr. Dezene Huber
    PhD (Simon Fraser University), BSc (University of Calgary)
    • Professor
    • ESM Undergraduate Coordinator
    Phone: 250-301-0827
    Email: huber@unbc.ca
    Office Number: 8-248

    Areas of expertise: Arthropods, insects, beetles, integrated pest management, chemical ecology, ecology, conservation, biodiversity, genomics

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  • Chris Johnson
    BSc University of Victoria, PhD University of Northern BC
    • Professor, Landscape Conservation and Management
    Phone: 250-960-5357
    Office Number: 8-330

    Areas of expertise: caribou, conservation, cumulative impacts, ecological thresholds, endangered species

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  • Dean Nicole Koper, Faculty of Environment
    PhD (University of Alberta), MSc (University of Guelph), BSc (University of Guelph)
    • Dean, Faculty of Environment
    Phone: 250-960-5121
    Office Number: 8-266

    Areas of expertise: Avian conservation, wildlife biology, prairie conservation, habitat loss and fragmentation, fire

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  • Eduardo Martins
    PhD and MSc Universidade Estadual de Campinas
    • Associate Professor
    Phone: 250-960-5855

    Areas of expertise: fish ecology, thermal ecology, movement ecology, population dynamics

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  • Dr. Ken Otter
    PhD, MSc (Queen's University), BSc (University of British Columbia)
    • Professor
    • Chair, Ecosystem Science and Management
    • Co-Chair, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
    Phone: 250-960-5019
    Office Number: 8-341

    Areas of expertise: Animal communication, reproductive strategies, behavioural ecology, avian ecology, urban & disturbance ecology

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  • Roy Rea
    PhD, Ecology (Norwegian University of Life Sciences - 2014), Doctor Philosophiae Thesis, MSc, Biology (UNBC - 1999), BSc (California State University, Stanislaus - 1992)
    • Assistant Professor
    Phone: 250-960-5833

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  • Dr. Mark Shrimpton
    PhD (UBC)
    • Professor
    Phone: 250-960-5991

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