School of Environment and Sustainability

Associate Faculty

The School of Environment and Sustainability enthusiastically welcomes experts to join us in building a diverse and engaged faculty that will help the School to meet its objectives and that will enhance student opportunities and experiences. In return, the School aims to provide opportunities to all associate and adjunct faculty to enhance their research and professional activities.

Associate Members hold appointments in other units at the University of Saskatchewan. If you are interested in becoming an Associate Member of SENS, please contact jennifer.milburn@usask.ca for information on how to apply.

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Angela Bedard-Haughn
Dean and Professor, College of Agriculture and Bioresources

Research keywords: Applied pedology; soils and global change; wetland soils


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Ken Belcher
Professor, College of Agriculture and Bioresources

Research keywords: Ecological economics: resource and environmental economics; environmental policy; wetland and wildlife conservation policy


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Martin Boucher PhD, MA, BSc
Faculty Lecturer Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy

Research keywords: cities and climate change; sustainability transitions; energy sustainability, including Northern energy transitions; public policy and decentralized energy; energy justice


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Ajay Dalai
Distinguished Professor and Canada Research Chair in Bioenergy and Environmental Friendly Chemical Processes, College of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Chemical reaction design; Heterogeneous catalysis; Biomass and bioenergy; Petroleum processing; Sustainable energy


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Rachel Engler-Stringer
Associate Professor, Community Health and Epidemiology, College of Medicine

Research keywords: Food systems; community food security; health promotion


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Colin Laroque PhD, PAg
Professor, Soil Science, College of Agriculture and Bioresources

Research Keywords: Past and future climates in Canada; Dendrology and dendrochronology; Dendroarchaeology; Dendrochemical investigations


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Kerry McPhedran
Centennial Enhancement Chair & Associate Professor, Civil, Geological and Environmental Engineering

Research keywords: Indigenous water and environmental-related projects; municipal and environmental engineering, including municipal wastewater; partitioning to organic matter; recreational water quality; and stormwater runoff


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Christy Morrissey PhD
Professor, Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences

Research Keywords: Avian and aquatic ecotoxicology; Pesticides; Bird migration; Conservation; Agroecosystems


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Benjamin Ralston BA, JD, LLM
Assistant Professor, College of Law

Research keywords: Aboriginal rights; Administrative law; Canadian constitutional law; Environmental and natural resource law; Human rights law


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Jeremy Rayner
Professor, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy

Research keywords: Policy analysis, resource policy, energy policy, multi-level governance, public engagement


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Jafar Soltan
Professor, College of Engineering

Research keywords: Environmental engineering; environmental catalysis; treatment of polluted air; treatment of emerging pollutants in water; wastewater treatment


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Susann Tegtmeier Dr. rer.nat
Assistant Professor, Physics & Engineering Physics

Research Keywords: Chemistry-climate interactions; Tropospheric pollution; Impact of oceanic trace gases on the atmosphere; Stratospheric dynamics


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Ryan Walker PhD, RPP, MCIP
Professor, Geography and Planning | Associate Dean, College of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

Research keywords: City planning; urban geography; urban design; Indigenous urbanism; public space


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Andrew Watson
Assistant Professor, Department of History

Assistant Professor, History, College of Arts and Science