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ABOUT
 
 Interests

  • I have been playing in the "dirt" since I was a little boy and still love it!
  • No work is complete without fieldwork!
  • I love investigating new technologies and teaching methods.
  • I have been very lucky to have worked with such inspiring people.
  • My enthusiasm and passion to better understand the Earth and it's inner-workings shows.
  • (See the web page I created: Limnogeology Division web site for the Geological Society of America.)



      Education
    M.Sc. and post-doctoral experience in the
    Department of Earth Sciences
    Ph.D. from the Department of Geological Sciences at
    Indiana University, Bloomington
    B.Sc. in Physical Sciences
    (College of Physical and Engineering Science)
    and minor in Geology (Land Resource Science)


      Teaching
    UTM Geog. 117
    Where on Earth?
    UTM Geog. 214
    Weather & Climate
    UTM Geog. 377
    Climate Change
    UTM Geog. 479
    Coastal Env.
    Currently teaching at the University of Toronto.
    WLU Geog. 101
    Intro Phys Geo
    WLU Geog. 102
    Surface of Earth
    WLU Geog. 231
    Risks & Disasters
    WLU Geog. 399
    Field Studies
    WLU Geog. 380
    Field & Lab
    WLU Geog. 389
    Climate Change
    Started teaching again after changing from Visiting Professor to Assistant Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University.
    UW Earth 235
    Stratigraphy &
    Earth History
    Sessional lecturer after I returned to Canada
    & before starting a post-doc at the University of Waterloo.
    Re-taught it the next year during my post-doc.
    UW Earth 333
    Sedimentology
    Sessional lecturer during my post-doc at U of Waterloo
    (revamped the enitre course from the 60's)
    Indiana University
    Gave numerous invited lectures and helped lead fieldtrips during my doctorate (Dept. of Geol. Sc. and Indiana Geol. Survey)

      Positions
    Currently a Part-Time Lecturer
    in the Dept. of Geography at the University of Toronto Mississauga (as of Sept. 2010)

    An Assistant Professor
    in the Dept. of Geography & Env. Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University (from Jul. 2008 to Aug. 2010)

    (A Visiting Professor from Nov. 2007 to Jul. 2008)
    A Research Assistant Professor
    in the Dept. of Earth Sciences at U of Waterloo
    (as of Oct. 2006 including parental leave)
    Hired as a Research Associate at the Indiana Geological Survey, Indiana University (funding from USGS). Asking Todd Thompson several questions about one of his published articles, while I was working on my masters lead to this great opportunity.
    Hired as a Hydrodynamic Geologist
    Save $1.2 million: Study Cardium shorelines to find a local source of water for well injection.
    Competed to represent U of Guelph
    "Introduction to the Petroleum Industry"
     Run by the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists
     An incredible experience!

      
     Timeline: Education, Research and Teaching Experience


      (pdf version: Timeline: education, research and teaching experience)