Physical Geography

Studies of earth surface processes in hydrology, geomorphology, climatology, biogeography and pedology using instrumented field sites, terrain analysis, remote sensing and GIS. Current projects include urban heat island, forest fragmentation, subglacial hydrology, and fluvial sediment transport.

Environmental change studies include: paleoenvironmental reconstructions using dendrochronology and dendrogeomorphology, paleolimnology and environmental archeology, the response of river and vegetation systems to environmental change, and modified climates in urban areas.

Regional emphases include the Rocky Mountains, Canadian High Arctic, southwestern Ontario and the Boreal Plains.

Find Faculty Supervisors in this Area:

Peter Ashmore

Professor Undergraduate Chair pashmore@uwo.ca	519-661-2111, x. 85026 Room 1405, SSC
Research Areas Fluvial geomorphology, sediment transport Teaching Physical Geography; Geomorphology & Hydrology; Geomorphology of River Channels

Desmond Moser

Professor desmond.moser@uwo.ca	519-661-2111, x. 80115 Room 167, B&GS
Research Areas Tectonics, geochronology Teaching Geography & Geology of Southwestern Ontario, Isotopic Dating of Planetary and Resource Evolution

Katrina Moser

Associate Professor Department Chair kmoser@uwo.ca	519-661-2111, x. 80115 Room 2407, SSC
Research Areas Paleolimnology, climate change, paleoecology, quaternary environments, water quantity and quality, limnology Teaching Paleolimnology and Global Environmental Change; Paleolimnology (Graduate)

Natasha MacBean

Assistant Professor nmacbean@uwo.ca	519-661-2111, x. 85008 Room TBD, SSC
Research Areas Global environmental and climate change, carbon and biogeochemical cycles, vegetation dynamics, Terrestrial Biosphere/Land Surface Modeling, environmental remote sensing, model-data fusion/data assimilation Teaching Environmental modelling

James Voogt

Professor javoogt@uwo.ca	519-661-2111, x. 85018 Room 2401, SSC
Research Areas Urban climatology Teaching Physical Geography; Weather and Climate; Micrometeorology

Jinfei Wang

Professor jfwang@uwo.ca	519-661-2111, x. 85017 Room 2402, SSC
Research Areas Remote sensing and GIS Teaching Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS); Remote Sensing; Advanced Topics in Remote Sensing; Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (Graduate); Remote Sensing Digital Image Analysis (Graduate)

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