Research Axe Profile

Research Axe:

  • Agriculture, Environment, Sustainability and Climate Change

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Dr. Elisabeth Levac

Dr. Elisabeth Levac

Full Professor

Education: Postdoctoral Fellow, Halifax Pollen and Spores Monitoring Experiment, St. Mary’s University; PhD Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University; MSc Earth Sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal; BSc Physical Geography

elisabeth.levac@ubishops.ca

Keywords: Paleoceanography, paleoclimatology, climate change, phenology, citizen science

Research Project(s):

Research reconstructs past climate events using fossil pollen and dinoflagellate cysts, and engages the public in phenology projects to document climate change impacts on plant development over time.