Rivers, Landscapes and Environmental Change at Simon Fraser University

Pattern ground of ice-wedge polygons located on Axel Heiberg Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada

Basecamp setting on Axel Heiberg Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada

The Focus of our Research

We are a newly formed research group in the School of Environmental Science. We follow our curiosities and explore questions and problems that fall within the broad topic of Earth and Planetary Surface Processes. We bridge geophysics, geomorphology, hydrology and applied math in conducting our research, which commonly applies a variety of methods from fieldwork to laboratory experiments.

News from Our Group

  • October 27, 2021: Looking for a PhD student collaborator to begin Fall 2022! See the Research Opportunities tab for more information.

  • October 5, 2021: PRESENTATION ALERT - I am excited to share that undergraduate researcher Sarah Zwiep will be leading a poster at #AGU21 summarizing her work in developing a particle scale transport model in collaboration with me and David Jon Furbish. She is presenting in session EP45B-1520 scheduled for Thursday, 16 December 2021; 16:00 - 18:00 CST. A gif of results generated from Sarah's model is shown below.

  • September 9, 2021: It is a privilege to share that I am one of this years Fiona Kirkby award winners for peer review services to Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. The full list of awardees can be viewed here, as well as a description of the award.

Simulation of particle transport using a model framework developed collaboratively with undergraduate researcher Sarah Zwiep, Computing Science '22. The particle colours reflects the particle age in terms of mobility, or specifically here the number of iterations since a particle moved. This output represents work we are pursuing in collaboration with David Jon Furbish at Vanderbilt University.