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Editorships and Reviews


  1. Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (2003 – Present)
  2. Editorial Board, Global Change Biology (2016 – Present)
  3. Editor, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (2010 – 2015)
  4. Vice Editor, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (2007 – 2009)
  5. Reviewer, Alberta Conservation Association Grants in Biodiversity, Ambio, Am Midl Nat, Aquatic Microbiology, Archiv für Hydrobiol, BioScience, Canadian Climate Change Action Fund, Canadian Foundation for Innovation, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Ecology, Ecoscience, Ecology, Ecology Letters, Ecological Applications, Ecosystems, Freshwater Biology, Hydrobiologia, Int Rev Hydrobiol, J North Am Benth Soc, Journal of Phycology, Journal of Plankton Research, Limnology and Oceanography, Nature, NSERC, US National Science Foundation, and PLosOne

Administrative


  1. Provincial Cyanobacterial Monitoring Program, Alberta Environment/Health and Wellness departments (2012 – Present)
  2. Associate Chair of Graduate Studies, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta (2008 – 2011)
  3. Executive Committee, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta (2008 – 2011)
  4. Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellows Award Committee, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta (2008 – 2011)
  5. Graduate Student Program and Admissions Committee, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta (2008 – 2011)
  6. Undergraduate Awards Committee, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta (2008 – 2011)
  7. Assistant Associate Chair of Graduate Studies,Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta (2005 – 2007)
  8. Undergraduate Plant Biology Program Advisor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta (2004 – 2007)
  9. Biodiversity Steering Committee, Heritage Watershed Project: Multi-disciplinary project funded by the Canadian Museum of Nature (2002 – 2006)
  10. Undergraduate and Graduate Research Coordinator, Department of Biology, University of Regina. (2000 – 2003).

External PhD examiner


  1. Laura Beecraft. 2018. University of Waterloo.
  2. Caron Scott. 2012. Benthic metabolism in a boreal lake. University of Toronto.
  3. Emily Darling. 2012. Effects of multiple stressors on coral reef communities. Simon Fraser University.
  4. Jennifer Ask. 2010. Carbon metabolism in clear-water and brown-water lakes. Umea University, Umea, Sweden.

Scientific Collaborations



  1. Wolfe, A. University of Alberta. Validation of sedimentary algal pigments as paleo-proxies for lake production.
  2. Fischer J, Olson M & Williamson, C. Franklin Marshall College, PA. Ecological role of ultraviolet radiation in mountain lakes.
  3. Ask J & Karlsson J. Umea University, Sweden. Biodiversity and ecosystem function of boreal lakes.
  4. Hampton S. National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA. Multiautoregression analysis of long-term mountain lake and meteorological data sets.
  5. Turner, M. Freshwater Institute, MB. Biological recovery of acidified lake ecosystems.
  6. Davis C, Pacas C & Taylor R. Parks Canada, Banff AB. Paleogenetics of invasion and hybridization by stocked exotic sportfish.