Global concerns about climate change and the environment are on the rise. The following is a list of SFU faculty members, students and alumni with related expertise.

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Ryan Allen, assistant professor, health sciences, 778.782.7631; ryan_allen@sfu.ca
Air pollution health effects

Diana Allen, earth sciences, 778.782.3967; diana_allen@sfu.ca
Climate change impacts on water

John Clague, earth sciences, 778.782.4924; john_clague@sfu.ca
Environmental and climate change; earthquakes and tsunamis

Alex Clapp, geography, 778.782.3635; aclapp@sfu.ca
Forestry, resources; role of carbon taxes in climate change policy

Boyd Cohen, business, 778.782.7833; boyd_cohen@sfu.ca
Sustainable entrepreneurship, CEO of Visible Strategies, developer of See-It software, which tracks emissions (used during the Live Earth concerts.)

Isabelle Côté, biology, 778.782.3705; imcote@sfu.ca
Professor of tropical marine ecology, co-author of new study (Apr 3, in Current Biology) on exploitation of coral reef fisheries: see www.sfu.ca/mediapr/news_releases/archives/news04030701.htm

Sean Cox, REM, 778.782.5778; spcox@sfu.ca
Assessment of climate change impacts on tourism and recreational fisheries in B.C.

Gwenn Flowers, earth sciences, 778.782.6638; gflowers@sfu.ca
Impact of climate change on glacial melting

Frank Gobas, resource and environmental management, 778.782.5928; frank_gobas@sfu.ca
Chemical testing; toxicology. See related news release: www.sfu.ca/pamr/media_releases/media_releases_archive/media_release07120701.html

Deborah Harford, program director, 604.671.2449, adapt@sfu.ca
Program director for SFU’s Adaption to Climate Change Team (ACT)

Mark Jaccard, resource and environmental management, 778.782.4219; mark_jaccard@sfu.ca
Energy, climate change, greenhouse gas, Kyoto accord; #13 on Financial Post’s Climate Change Hot 20 Power List; author of Sustainable Fossil Fuels: The Unusual Suspect in the Quest for Clean and Enduring Energy (2006)

Dirk Kirste, 778.782.5365; dkirste@sfu.ca
Predicting the effects of climate change via investigations of the chemical and isotopic compositions of water, minerals and gases

Karen Kohfeld, Canada Research Chair in climate resources and global change, 778.782.7651, kohfeld@sfu.ca 
http://www.rem.sfu.ca/faculty/kohfeld.htm

Ken Lertzman, resource/environmental management, 778.782.3067; kenneth_lertzman@sfu.ca
www.rem.sfu.ca/forestry
Forests, fires and climate

Arne Mooers, biology, 778.782.3979; amooers@sfu.ca
Conservation biology, species and extinction

Janet Moore, BC Network and Working Group on Sustainability Education, 778.782.7884; jlmoore@sfu.ca
www.walkingthetalk.bc.ca

Nancy Olewiler, economics, 778.782.7700; olewiler@sfu.ca
Environmental economics/policy

Mark Roseland, centre for sustainable community development, 778.782.4161; roseland@sfu.ca
Sustainable community planning

Patrick Smith, political science, 778.782.3088, 604.291.1544 (h), psmith@sfu.ca
Politics and the environment

Tim Takaro, associate professor, health sciences, 778.782.7186; timothy_takaro@sfu.ca
Health-related impacts of climate change

Scott Venners, health sciences, 778.782.8494; scott_venners@sfu.ca
How day-to-day chemical pollution exposures impact human health

Peter Williams, director, centre for tourism policy research, 778.782.3103; peter_williams@sfu.ca
www.rem.sfu.ca/tourism
Environmental issues, tourism

Mark Winston, biology/dialogue program, 778.782.7894; mark_winston@sfu.ca
Growth of teaching/research programs to develop policies to adapt to climate change

Dave Redding, 604.338.4991; dredding@sfu.ca
Biology PhD student helping to pioneer EDGE (Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered), a new method of prioritizing species for conservation. Focus of a major conservation scheme with the London (UK) Zoological Society. www.edgeofexistence.org

Dua’a Riyal, 604.291.4594; driyal@sfu.ca
Biology graduate student who is researching how biotechnology can be used in the breeding of trees to replenish forests http://www.sfu.ca/alumni/our_alumni/outstanding/2006.html

Tracey Axelsson, 604.685.1393; tracey@cooperativeauto.net
While a student at SFU, Axelsson created Vancouver’s Co-operative Auto Network, for a course project. It’s now in its 10th year and has grown from four cars to more than 140 and from 16 members to more than 2,600.