Dr. Ryan Danby

Biography

Ryan Danby is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning at Queen's University. He obtained his Bachelor's Degree (Hons.) in Environment Resource Studies from the University of Waterloo in 1993 and worked as a full-time consulting analyst on waste management projects and environmental planning initiatives in southwestern Ontario. He pursued his Master's degree in Geography and Environmental Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University, graduating in 1999, and commenced his doctoral studies in Environmental Biology and Ecology at the University of Alberta in Edmonton in 2000, completing his dissertation in 2006. Danby served as a post-doctoral fellow during the International Polar Year and later worked as a lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences. He joined Queen's University in 2008. His research interests lie in the interface of ecology and geography and contribute to biogeography, landscape ecology, and conservation biology, particularly focusing on habitat change and vegetation dynamics in Arctic alpine environments. He employs a wide range of methods, including dendrochronology, remote sensing, GIS spatial analysis, species distribution modeling, historical ecology, and plant community analysis, with significant fieldwork being a crucial aspect of his work.

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