Faculty

Shawn Chartrand: Shawn is an assistant professor at Simon Fraser University and is the lead researcher in the Landscape Dynamics Lab. He is broadly curious about how rivers and landscapes interact, from dam removal projects in California to the dynamics of ice-wedge polygons in the High Arctic. Prior to completing his PhD at the University of British Columbia, Shawn gained twenty years of experience working as a professional hydrologist and geomorphologist in Berkeley, California.

PhD students

Jonas Eschenfelder: Jonas is interested in how ground ice changes sediment transport dynamics to form new channel networks in permafrost regions. To explore this topic, they use flume experiments and field observations from the Canadian High Arctic.

MSc students

Grace Johnson: Grace uses applied physics to develop theories that explain how hillslope water streaks form and evolve in the Canadian High Arctic. Her research has implications for understanding how river basin hydrology will evolve more broadly in permafrost and periglacial environments under climate change.

Postdoctoral research fellows

Sam Anderson: Sam researches the hydrological impacts of heatwaves, focusing on the streamflow response to historical extreme events and the spatial and temporal variability of heatwave-precipitation characteristics.

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