Ben Akrigg
Associate Professor, Department of Classics, U of T
Instructor
ENV362H Energy & Environment: Transitions in History
Dr. Akrigg’s principal area of research is the economic history of archaic and classical Greece. Current projects include the historical demography of Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries BC, Athens’ fuel supply, and the mobility of labour in antiquity.
Simon Appolloni
Sessional Lecturer
ENV 100 Introduction to Environmental Studies
Dr. Appolloni received his PhD in the Study of Religion with the Collaborative Program in Environmental Studies, School of the Environment (Toronto). His focus is on the intersection of religion, science, environmental and social ethics. He has taught an array of courses on ethics, worldviews, religion and environment, world religions, religion-science, and cultural heritage, at Brock University, Humber College and U of T.
Jörg Bollman
Associate Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, U of T
Instructor
ENV 234 Environmental Biology
Dr. Bolmann received his PhD in 1995 from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, and a Diploma in 1990 from the Free University of Berlin, Germany. His research focus is Marine Geobiology, particularly the history of the global oceans including paleo-ecology, paleo-biogeography and the evolution of calcareous marine microorganisms.
Hélène Cyr
Associate Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, U of T
Instructor
ENV 234 Environmental Biology
ENV 334 Environmental Biology: Applied Ecology
Dr. Cyr’s interests are in the ecology of littoral areas in lakes (spatial and temporal distribution of habitats and benthic communities), foodwebs (feeding interactions in planktonic and benthic communities, especially between invertebrates and algae), and macroecology.
Jessica D’eon
Undergraduate Associate Director, School of the Environment; Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry (on leave July 1, 2019-June 30, 2020)
Instructor
ENV 233 Earth System Chemistry
Dr. D’eon earned a Ph.D. in Environmental Chemistry from the University of Toronto. Her research interests involve understanding the disposition of xenobiotic chemicals both in the environment and the body.
Research Interests
Understanding the disposition of xenobiotic chemicals both in the environment and the body. With this focus in mind we have looked at the oxidation of fluorinated alcohols to fluorinated aldehydes via alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) enzymes.
Miriam Diamond
Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, U of T
Instructor
ENV261H Is the Internet Green?
Dr. Diamond earned a PhD in Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry and a BSc from Toronto, an MScEng. in Mining Engineering (Queen’s) and an MSc in Zoology (Alberta). She examines chemical contaminants from emission, to transport indoors, and on human and ecological exposure to inform regulation, policy and public health.
Steve Easterbrook
Director, School of the Environment; Professor, Dept. of Computer Science
Instructor – ENV361H Social Media and Environmentalism
Dr. Easterbrook received his Ph.D. from Imperial College, London. He studies the development of computational models for understanding climate change, along with the role of models and data visualizations for sharing that knowledge about climate and sustainability with other communities. He teaches courses on Systems Thinking, Climate Literacy, and Software Design.
For a full list of papers, see his publications page
Monika Havelka
Senior Lecturer, Environment Programs, UTM
Instructor
ENV 395 Special Topics Field Course: Ecology and Conservation in the Andes, Western Amazonia & Galápagos
Dr. Havelka received her PhD in Zoology at the University of Western Ontario. She has taught a wide variety of courses in evolutionary biology, ecology and environmental science, and field courses in Ecuador, Ontario, and the Arctic. She was twice a semi-finalist and once a finalist in the TVO Best Lecturer Competition.
Anastasia Hervas
Human Geography PhD Student
Instructor
ENV222H Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies
Ms. Hervas earned a B.Sc. Physical Geography, Statistics, Economics and M.Sc. Physical Geography (Climate and Vegetation Modeling) from the University of Toronto. Her research interests include, climate change policy (Kyoto, CDM, REDD+), biofuels – socio-economic and environmental impacts of feedstock production and trade, rural livelihoods and development, Latin America, and political ecology.
Russ Houldin
Sessional Lecturer
ENV 323 Ontario Environmental Policy
ENV 347 Power of Economic Ideas
Mr. Houldin has worked in the Ontario Public Service for over 30 years. He recently retired as senior adviser to the Ontario Energy Board. He continues to work as an energy and environment consultant. His interests include environmental and ecological economics, sustainable electricity systems, environmental and economic regulation, and Ontario environmental policy.
Donald Jackson
Professor & Chair, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, U of T
Instructor
ENV 432 Urban Ecology
Dr. Jackson is former Interim Director of the School of the Environment. His research examines the structure and composition of ecological communities in aquatic ecosystems. His work focuses on comparing fish communities in lakes and streams to determine the relative importance of environmental factors in determining the species composition. His current work looks at the colonization and extinction of fish species in lakes and connecting waterways.
Susan McGeachie
Sessional Lecturer
ENV 1707H Environmental Finance and Sustainable Investing
Ms. McGeachie is the Central Canada Leader of Climate Change and Sustainability Services at EY. She advises companies on managing risks associated with environmental, social and governance issues, as well as developing appropriate governance and management models. She is a member and former chair of the School of the Environment’s Environmental Finance Advisory Committee.
Stephen W. Morris
Professor, Department of Physics, U of T
Instructor
ENV262H The Science of Energy in the Environment
Dr. Morris is the J. Tuzo Wilson Professor of Geophysics. Prof. Morris research interests are in the area of experimental nonlinear physics and pattern formation, especially in fluids, icicles, mud cracks and other geomorphological systems. He has appeared frequently on the Discovery Channel. He sometimes passes his scientific photographs off as art.
Karen Morrison
Sessional Lecturer
ENV 223 Fundamental Environmental Skills
Dr. Morrison is Vice-President of the International Association for Ecology and Health and a member of the Steering Committees of Ecohealth Ontario and the Ontario Biodiversity Council. Her work focuses on the intersection of ecology and public health, with a particular focus on watersheds as settings for health and well-being. She is an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University.
Paul Muldoon
Sessional Lecturer
ENVENV 1701H / ENV 422H Environmental Law
Mr. Muldoon is Associate Chair, Assessment Review Board. He is the former Executive Director of the Canadian Environmental Law Association. He has graduate degrees from McMaster University and McGill University (MA, LLM) and has written and co-written books and articles on Canadian environmental law and policy including the textbook An Introduction to Environmental Law and Policy in Canada.
Barbara Murck
Senior Lecturer, Department of Geography, UTM
Instructor
ENV 395 Special Topics Field Course: Ecology and Conservation in the Andes, Western Amazonia & Galápagos
Dr. Murck received her undergraduate degree from Princeton and her PhD in Geology from U of T. She has focused on international development, through environmental management projects in Africa, China, and SE Asia. She is an award-winning lecturer (President’s Teaching Award 2010) and has written many books in geology and environmental science.
Christopher Ollson
Sessional Lecturer
ENV 1704 Risk Analysis & Management
Dr. Ollson is Owner of Ollson Environmental Health Sciences. He has been practicing in the field of environmental risk and toxicology for almost 20 years and has an active research program in the field of Health Impact Assessment and health issues associated with living in proximity to Renewable Energy projects. He also teaches in the Deparment of Physical and Environmental Sciences at UTSC.
Tania Onica
Sessional Lecturer
ENV4001H Graduate Seminars in Environment and Health
Tania Onica is Senior Regulatory Toxicologist with Environment and Climate Change.
David Pond
Sessional Lecturer
ENV 320 National Environmental Policy
ENV 221 Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Environment
Dr. Pond teaches environmental politics and public policy in the Department of Political Science at U of T. He has published a comparative study of the federal Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development and the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario (Canadian Study of Parliament Group, 2010).
David Sider
Sessional Lecturer
ENV 307 Urban Sustainability
ENV 440 Professional Experience Course
Dr. Sider is an instructor in the Environmental Management and Water Resources Management certificate programs and teaches in the undergraduate program at the School. He completed his PhD in Geography and Environmental Studies (Toronto), doctoral research on community-based environmental management in low-income urban settlements in India, and worked with environmental groups in Nicaragua, Malaysia and Canada.
