
PEARL Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Laboratory
Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston ON, Canada, K7L 3N6
People at PEARL
Professors
Current Students
Former Personnel
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John P. Smol, PhD, LLD (Hon),
PhD
(Hon),
DSc (Hon), FRSC
Professor
Canada Research Chair in Environmental Change
Editor In Chief:
Environmental Reviews
Editor In Chief:
Developments in
Paleoenvironmental Research
Phone: (+1) 613-533-6147
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Brian F. Cumming, PhD
Professor
Phone: (+1) 613-533-6153
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Adjunct Professors Associated
with PEARL
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Research Associates
Neal Michelutti, PhD
- Paleolimnology of Arctic and Tropical Regions.
Phone: (+1) 613-533-6159
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Kathleen Rühland,
PhD– Environmental and climatic change in lakes and peatlands.
Assistant
Editor for
Environmental Reviews
Phone: (+1) 613-533-6000 ext 77337
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Post Doctoral Fellows
Kris Hadley - Based with Andrew Paterson (MOE Dorset, Ontario)
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Adam Jeziorski,
PhD
- Cladoceran microfossils as
indicators of Calcium decline in central Ontario lakes.
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Jenny Korosi
- Working at Ottawa U in close association with PEARL![]()
Joshua Kurek, PhD- Aquatic invertebrates and environmental
change.
Phone: (+1) 613-533-6000 ext 75143
Technical Staff
Technical Director
John R. Glew, MSc
Phone: (+1) 613-533-6000, ext 77619
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Research Technician
Visiting Scholars
Catherine Dalton (July)
Department of Geography
Mary Immaculate College
University of Limerick
Vice Chair of the International Paleolimnology
Association

For information on future visiting scholars, click here. (pearlinternal password required)
Current Students