I am interested in many aspects of land surface modelling. I develop and use the Canadian Land Surface Scheme Including Biogeochemical Cycles (CLASSIC) model in my research. My present focus is on:
  • High latitude processes (permafrost, vegetation)
  • Simulating the Canadian carbon cycle
    • Elyn Humphreys and I co-lead the NSERC Alliance Project COHERENT-C (Canadian Optimized High-resolution Representation of the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle). COHERENT-C's main objective of this project is to rapidly advance Canada's skill at representing and predicting Canada's terrestrial carbon cycle as climate, disturbances, and atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations evolve. 
    • Sian Kou-Giesbrecht and I are co-leading the NSERC Alliance Project COALESCES (Canadian Open Alliance for Landscape
      Ecosystem Science on Climate Impacts and Ecosystem Services). COALESCES will incorporate climate-sensitive forest disturbances (coupled wildfire / insect pest dynamics) and agricultural climate sensitivity in CLASSIC, while coordinating ongoing developments in wildfire emissions, reforestation, sustainable forest management, and water routing and chemistry to establish CLASSIC as a climate impact model with unique specialisation in high-latitude ecosystems and the ability to capture multiple compounding stressors at high resolution within
      the pan-Canadian domain. In collaboration with ECCC, COALESCES will develop knowledge transfer pathways to translate CLASSIC projections into assessments and high-resolution maps of future C cycling, ecosystem services, and climate impacts to support climate-resilient planning in Canada.
  • Wetland methane
  • Peatlands
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The WETland and wetland CH4 Inter-comparison of Models Project (WETCHIMP)