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Dr. Leland Jackson

 
EDUCATION

	Doctor of Philosophy	1992
	Thesis: Rooted aquatic macrophytes and the cycling of littoral zone elements.
	McGill University, Montreal, Quebec

	Master of Science	1988
	Thesis: Seasonality, sinking and the chlorophyll maximum of an oligotrophic British Columbia lake.
	University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia

	Bachelor of Science (Honours)	1984
	Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario

 
EMPLOYMENT

	Professor, and Scientific Director (ACWA) - University of Calgary	September 2009 - present
	Structuring role of macrophytes in lakes; EDC effects on riverine biota; Wastewater impacts on streams.

	Professor, and Associate Head (Graduate Program Director)	July 2007 - 2010
	Structuring role of macrophytes in shallow lakes; endocrine disruption in Southern Alberta rivers.

	Associate Professor - University of Calgary	July 2002 - June 2007
	Structure-function and regime shifts in shallow lakes; riverine ecology.

	Assistant Professor - University of Calgary	July 1997 - June 2002
	Ecosystem modelling; structure-function in aquatic communities.

	Assistant Professor - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	August 1996 - June 1997
	Aquatic chemistry; ecosystem modelling; Great Lakes contaminant cycling.

	Research Associate - University of Wisconsin-Madison	November 1994 - July 1996
	Modelling microcontaminant fluxes in Great Lakes food webs.

	Post-Doctoral Fellow - University of Wisconsin-Madison	November 1992 - October 1994
	Ecosystem modelling, organochlorine dynamics in Great Lakes food webs.