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:

Desmond Moser

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

Katrina Moser

Department Chair
Associate Professor
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

Natasha MacBean

Assistant Professor
nmacbean@uwo.ca 

 519-661-2111, x. 85008
Room 2412, 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, Global Change Biology

Geneviève Metson

Geneviève Metson

Associate Professor
gmetson@uwo.ca 

 519-661-2111, x. 85011
Room 2403, SSC

Research Areas
Urban ecology, sustainability, biogeochemistry (phosphorus and nitrogen), organic waste management, food systems.

Teaching
Introduction to Statistics for Geographers, Research Design (Graduate)

James Voogt

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

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)