BERNARD BAUER
Professor, EARTH & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AND GEOGRAPHY

bernard.bauer@ubc.ca
SCI311
250.807.9595

MSc University of Toronto
PhD Johns Hopkins University 

RESEARCH: process geomorphology (coastal, aeolian, fluvial); hydrology; environmental science; understanding how wind systems, water currents, and ocean waves pick up and transport sediments, leading to problems of erosion and sedimentation on beaches, dunes, and river (levee) banks

FES DE SCALLY
Associate Professor, GEOGRAPHY

WEBSITE

fes.descally@ubc.ca
ART250
250.807.9361

MSc University of Alberta
PhD University of Waterloo

RESEARCH: historical and modern tropical cyclone risks in the Cook Islands, South Pacific Ocean; differentiation of debris flow, streamflow and snow avalanche fans in mountain environments and implications for risk management in the Southern Alps, New Zealand

TEACHING: physical geography; natural hazards management; mountain environments

TRUDY KAVANAGH
Instructor I
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

trudy.kavanagh@ubc.ca
SCI 314
250.807.8754

MSc University of Toronto
PhD University of Western Ontario

RESEARCH: biogeography; treeline ecology; abiotic controls on vegetation dynamics; examination of the water-repellent soils that develop after severe wildfire, which modifies the soil micro-environment and subsequent vegetation establishment

TEACHING: biogeography; environmental science; field methods; physical geography

MICHAEL PIDWIRNY
Associate Professor, PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

WEBSITE

michael.pidwirny@ubc.ca
SCI 376
250.807.8758

MA University of Manitoba
PhD Simon Fraser University

RESEARCH: species interactions in wetland plant communities; spatial patterns and community structure in vegetation; climate change and its influence on the distribution of species and communities; computer applications, education technology, and modeling in physical geography; use of Wiki technology in providing Earth Science information to global internet users

TEACHING: physical geography; biogeography; statistical applications in geography; environmental science

JASON PITHER
Assistant Professor, BIOLOGY AND PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

WEBSITE 

jason.pither@ubc.ca
ASC 367
250-807-9629

MSc Acadia University
PhD Queen's University

RESEARCH: spatial ecology, community ecology, and biodiversity; how changes in landscape structure and the environment affect biodiversity patterns within and among ecological communities; pattern investigation within a variety of taxa, including terrestrial plants, insects, and freshwater diatoms

TEACHING: geographic information systems; data management and analysis; ecology

IAN SAUNDERS
Associate Professor, PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
 
ian.saunders@ubc.ca
SCI 313 
250.807.8753

BSc University of East Anglia, England
PhD Simon Fraser University

RESEARCH: climatology; glaciology; and mountain environments; use repeat aerial photography and GPS mapping to determine the volumetric rates of change of ice in parts of the Illecillewaet River Basin

TEACHING: climatology; meteorology; cartography and remote sensing

ROBERT YOUNG
Associate Professor, EARTH & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AND GEOGRAPHY 

WEBSITE

robert.young@ubc.ca
SCI 214
250.807.9523

MSc University of Alberta
PhD University of Calgary

RESEARCH: reconstruction of events and environments of the past using sedimentology, stratigraphy (physical and biological), and geomorphology