Jeremy T. Kerr, University of Ottawa
Biology
Professor
Ottawa, Ontario
jkerr@uottawa.ca
Office:
(613) 562-5800 ext. 4577
Bio/Research
Professor Jeremy Kerr completed his B.Sc. in Biology at the University of Ottawa, completing a thesis testing different human causes of extinction risk around the world. He went on to graduate work at York University, where he won the Governor General's Gold Medal. He accepted a postdoctoral posi...
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Bio/Research
Professor Jeremy Kerr completed his B.Sc. in Biology at the University of Ottawa, completing a thesis testing different human causes of extinction risk around the world. He went on to graduate work at York University, where he won the Governor General's Gold Medal. He accepted a postdoctoral position with Professor Lord Robert May in Zoology at Oxford, also working with Sir Richard Southwood. Having stubbornly avoided applying for positions anywhere except Canada for most of his post-doc, the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, headed by Josef Cihlar, offered him a research position in September 2000.
He moved to the University of Ottawa in mid-2002. Jeremy's research addresses questions around how environmental change affects species. This research program has led to practical applications conserving species affected by climate and habitat changes and predictions of how environmental conditions alter disease vector abundance, increasing malaria prevalence in children. Jeremy also works on policy applications related to his research. Past efforts have included helping organize and develop science consensus statements on requirements for effective endangered species legislation in Ontario and the need for boreal wilderness conservation. Such policy efforts have been accompanied by substantial media communications in Canada and the US. He was awarded an Early Researcher Award in 2007 and the Young Researcher of the Year award at University of Ottawa in 2010. He teaches lecture and field courses in aspects of ecology in Ottawa and Tanzania.
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He moved to the University of Ottawa in mid-2002. Jeremy's research addresses questions around how environmental change affects species. This research program has led to practical applications conserving species affected by climate and habitat changes and predictions of how environmental conditions alter disease vector abundance, increasing malaria prevalence in children. Jeremy also works on policy applications related to his research. Past efforts have included helping organize and develop science consensus statements on requirements for effective endangered species legislation in Ontario and the need for boreal wilderness conservation. Such policy efforts have been accompanied by substantial media communications in Canada and the US. He was awarded an Early Researcher Award in 2007 and the Young Researcher of the Year award at University of Ottawa in 2010. He teaches lecture and field courses in aspects of ecology in Ottawa and Tanzania.
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