Assistant professor
Faculty of Science
Earth Sciences

Contact information:

Office: 8329438588
E-mail: cbataill@uottawa.ca

Preferred method of contact:

Office Telephone

Research information:

My research group combines isotope geochemistry and numerical modeling to develop and apply 1) isotope geolocation tools in ecology and forensics sciences, 2) isotope tracers of chemical weathering processes in hydrology, and 3) isotope proxies for paleoenvironmental reconstruction. The data and products generated in this research program have wide-reaching relevance to the investigation of forensic cases, traceability of food, implementation of wildlife conservation policies, improvement of water management practices, and reconstruction of paleoenvironments in Canada and beyond.

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Ecology
• Environmental geology
• Geochemistry
• Geology
• GIS
• Hydrogeology
• Soils

Language preference:

English and French

Dr.
Full professor
Faculty of Arts
Geography

Contact information:

Office: 613-562-5800 (1043)
Cell: 613-864-5775
E-mail: caohuhua@uOttawa.ca
Website

Preferred method s of contact:

E-mail, Cell Telephone

Research information:

Dr Huhua Cao has been involved in extensive research activities in North America, Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa. In recent years, his research has focused on urban and regional development in China, particularly minority regions, and around the following three axes: 1) Mobility and Urbanisation; 2) Spatial inequality and Accessibility of social services; 3) Ecosystem Assessment and Management (EAM). The majority of his research is founded on the usage of geostatistical methods and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Professor Cao’s research has been funded several times by institutions including the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) and also by Chinese Government ministries such as the Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Education.

Area(s) of expertise:

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• GIS

Language preference:

English and French , Chinois (mandarin)- Langue maternelle

PhD Student
Faculty of Arts
Geography

Contact information:

E-mail: skploeger@uOttawa.ca

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E-mail

Research information:

My research focus is earthquakes in Ottawa including wide range of scenarios/damage projections (specifically building damage and casualties) for downtown Ottawa. Earthquake loss estimations.

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Geology
• GIS

Language preference:

English only

Associate Professor Geographic Information Systems and Geomatics
Associate professor
Faculty of Arts
Geography

Contact information:

Office: 613-562-5800 (1040)
Office: 613-562-5800 (2293)
E-mail: msawada@uOttawa.ca
Website

Preferred method of contact:

E-mail

Research information:

My main field of research is applied Geomatics. Geomatics consists of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Remote Sensing (RS), Global Positioning systems(GPS), Spatial Analysis, Cartography, and Geodesy. Like information systems in general, geomatics is an enabling science that extends the IT model into the geographic realm with techniques and methods applicable to almost every conceivable discipline. For example, I currently have active projects in fields including: disaster mapping of tsunami devestated regions in the Bay of Bengal, health geography/epidimiology, wireless telecommunications, precision agriculture, and Quaternary climate change among others. Geomatics underlies our everyday activities as the science is used for both the planning and management of anything that exists in geographic space.

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Biogeography
• Climate change
• GIS
• Image processing
• Paleoclimatology
• Paleoecology
• Telecommunications
• Topography

Language preference:

English only