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Gerald is now with Environment Canada

Education

• PhD: University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ, Aquatic Toxicology (2012): Thesis title: The Response of Wild FishÌýto Municipal Wastewater Effluent Exposures at Sites in Canada
• MSc: University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ, Aquatic Toxicology (2003): Thesis title: Monitoring the aquaticÌýenvironment in the Alberta Athabasca Oil Sands using reproductive endpoints in small fishÌýspecies
• BSc: University of Guelph; Honors Biology (1996)

Current research projects (funding source)

• Development of an Aquatic Cumulative Effects Assessment Framework for the GrandÌýRiver Watershed: Project Coordinator (Canadian Water Network)
• Response of fish to remedial actions at selected Sewage Treatment Plants in the GrandÌýRiver: Project Coordinator (Ontario Ministry of the Environment)
• Understanding the recovery of ecosystems from pulp and paper mill effluents (National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC))
• Reproductive Health Assessment of Wild Fish in the Athabasca Oil Sands (EnvironmentÌýCanada)
• Development, validation and application of cell assays for anti-androgenic compounds:Ìý(United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Duluth)
• Tracking Contaminants of Emerging Concern in the Grand River (Trent University)

Research Interests

1. How do human activities affect normal reproductive development inÌýfish?
2. Can we differentiate these affects from natural variability?
3. What is the ³Ù³ó°ù±ð²õ´Ç±ô»åÌýwhere altered reproductive state influence reproductive success?
4. How does impaired fishÌýhealth influence the perseverance of a fish population?
5. Can we link population effec³Ù²õÌýto alterations in the fish community structure?

Afflilations

• North American Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)ÌýSETAC LaurentianÌýChapter
• American Fisheries Society (and Ontario Chapter)
• Grand River ConservationÌýAuthority Fisheries Management Plan Committee (Technical advisory sub-group).

In theÌýpast I have been a member of the Canadian Water Network Student and Young ProfessionalÌýCommittee, and of the Aquatic Toxicology Workshop Board of Directors.