faculty of natural resources management seminar series

the faculty of natural resources management invites the university community to attend our seminar series on fri., oct. 20 in bb-10054 at 11am. post-doc fellow, dr. patrick levasseur will present the biogeochemistry of regreened forests on a mining and smelting degraded landscape.
presentation overview: understanding the biogeochemistry of regreened forests is essential to determining the long-term viability of regreening on degraded landscapes. the city of greater sudbury, ontario is home to one of the world’s largest regreening efforts and provides a unique location to study the effects of regreening on biogeochemical processes and how these processes change as stands age.
dr. levasseur holds a bsc in biology from the university of guelph, and his msc and phd in environmental sciences from trent university. his expertise is in forest biogeochemistry, and he is particularly interested in the effects of ecological restoration on soil carbon. dr. levasseur recently moved to thunder bay with his wife sarah, his daughter jacqueline, and his dog cedar.