What Do We Do?
- Nonlinear dynamic system and its application in biology
- Investigating fishing effects on fish populations in the context of a changing climate
- Investigating human disturbance on lake ecosystems in the context of a changing climate
- Plankton ecology and its role in the marine foodweb
- Community structures along a gradient of disturbance
See more details about our research!
What have we done?
Some of our research on NEWS!
Science Daily: Tracking changes in fish community
The Globe and Mail: Scientists find way to better predict size of salmon runs in Fraser River
NHK news: Collapsed balance of nature
New Scientist: Causality test could help preserve the natural world
Nature Research Highlights: Ecology: Bouillabaisse
Reuters: Throw the big ones back, fishing study suggests
National Geographic: Double jeopardy due to overfishing
Nature news: Why should we save the big fish
Science Daily: We face potential ecological catastrophe
SciVee: Fruit flies have free will
See the list of our scientific publications!
To prospective students
I will be happy to work with anyone who is SERIOUS about science and life. All undergraduate, master, and Ph.D. students will be treated as Ph.D. students; that is, you are expected to be independent to some degree.
Oceanography is not the only subject that we can work on together. Students with interests in all aspects of ecology are welcome. Students with non-biology major are very welcome, especially if you can bring in new ideas for ecological studies and carry out multidisciplinary research.
You are free to choose any system or method to carry out your research as long as it is interesting. If the system that you are interested in is beyond my knowledge, I will do my best to find you a co-advisor who is expert on that system. Students will be trained with quantitative skill in my lab.
To prospective postdocs
No requirement, as long as you do interesting science. I assume that you can work as an independent researcher.
Courses
Biological Oceanography
Mathematics for Life Scientists