People

Our group currently has five members:

Alain Vézina

Research scientist at BIO and adjunct professor at Dalhousie University. He leads and coordinates the research activities in the group. He has a long term interest in inverse modeling and his recent research has also focused on physical-biological interactions on the Scotian shelf.

Markus Pahlow

Research associate at Dalhousie University. He focuses mostly on biogeochemistry and climate but also contributes strongly to shelf studies and inverse modeling.

Benoit Casault

Research assistant at BIO. He does programming, simulations and data processing and the maintenance of the laboratory's IT resources.

F. Olivier Berreville

PhD student in the biology department at Dalhousie University. His work is on inverse modeling of Arctic food webs.

Arnaud Laurent

PhD in the oceanography department at Dalhousie University. His work is on modeling of ecological processes in Lunenburg Bay.

Our work spans all three major marine realms: inshore ( CMEP), shelf (Scotian shelf) and offshore (Northwest Atlantic). We work closely with physical oceanographers at BIO (Dan Wright, YoYou Lu, Charles Hannah) and Dalhousie University (Keith Thompson) who provide us with the environmental forcings for our ecosystem simulations. We collaborate with field scientists at BIO (Glen Harrison, Paul Kepkay, Erica Head, Bill Li) and Dalhousie (John Cullen) who provide data for the evaluation and tuning of the models. Finally, we have good working relationships with other ecological modelers in the area (Mike Dowd and Wendy Gentleman, Dalhousie University). Our biogeochemical work is part of the international SOLAS program which looks at interactions between the ocean and the atmosphere and their impact on biogeochemical processes. We are also members of the CFCAS-funded research network on marine environmental prediction in Lunenburg Bay.