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Research Interests
As a researcher, I am interested in how climate change will affect remote, sensitive environments and the implications towards ecosystem health, rural settlements and infrastructure development. Specifically, I am interested in how permafrost disturbances in Canada’s High Arctic influence flow channel connectivity. For my Ph.D. research, I will be investigating the controls and constraints to the downslope movement of suspended materials and dissolved nutrients following active layer detachments, a common type of permafrost disturbance. Salt and fluorescent dye tracers (bromide, sodium chloride, rhodamine WT) will be utilized to measure flow paths and flow rates. Field work will be conducted at two locations on Melville Island, Nunavut - Cape Bounty and the Sabine Peninsula.
Educational Background
Wilfrid Laurier University
Master of Environmental Studies (2011)
University of Waterloo
Bachelor of Environmental Studies, Honours Geography, Biophysical Systems specialization
Minor in English Literature (2008)
Awards and Scholarships
Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (2011)
SSHRC Graduate Research Grant (2010)
Wilfrid Laurier Graduate Fellowship Grant and Entrance Scholarship (2009)
University of Waterloo Entrance Scholarship (2003)
Research Presentations
Lamhonwah, D., Murphy, B., and Brown, L. (2011) A GIS-based approach to projecting responses of sugar maples to climate change in Ontario, Canada: Final Results. The Maple Syrup Museum of Ontario, March 1, St. Jacobs, Ontario, Poster donated for permanent public display.
Lamhonwah, D., Murphy, B., and Brown, L. (2011) A GIS-based approach to projecting responses of sugar maples to climate change in Ontario, Canada: Final results. Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Conference, June 2, University of Calgary, Alberta.
Lamhonwah, D., Murphy, B., and Brown, L. (2010) A GIS-based approach to projecting responses of sugar maples to climate change in Ontario, Canada: Preliminary Results. Annual meeting of the International Maple Syrup Institute and the North American Maple Syrup Council, October 20-23, Stratford, Ontario, Poster.
Lamhonwah, D., Murphy, B., and Brown, L. (2010) A GIS-based approach to projecting responses of sugar maples to climate change in Ontario, Canada: Preliminary Results. Canadian Association of Geographers, Ontario Region Annual Conference, October 16, Ryerson University, Ontario.
Link to Masters research poster: http://www.wlu.ca/docsnpubs_detail.php?grp_id=12610&doc_id=45843
Teaching Assistantships
Wilfrid Laurier University
Canadian Urban Spaces (Fall 2009)
Soils and Geomorphology (Winter 2010)
Queen’s University
Biogeography (Fall 2011)
Soils and Geomorphology (Winter 2012)
Professional Memberships
Canadian Association of Geographers, member
Association of Early Career Scientists, member
National Geographic Society, member
The Sierra Club, member
Interpretive Guides Association, Apprentice Interpreter and Hiking Guide
Supervisor: Dr. Melissa Lafrenière |
Daniel Lamhonwah (Ph.D. Candidate)