Short professional resume - Roger H. Green
Academic qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science in Biology, College of William & Mary, 1961
- Ph.D. in Zoology, Cornell University, 1965
- Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Queensland, 1965-66
- Resident Ecologist, Marine Biological Lab, Woods Hole, 1966-68
- Asst. and Assoc. Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Manitoba, 1968-76
- Assoc. Professor and Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Western Ontario,
1977-99
- Professor Emeritus, Department of Zoology, University of Western Ontario, 1999-
- Visiting Professor with Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies, University Science
Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia, May 2001 - May 2002
- Research Affliliate, Environment and Natural Resources Institute, University of
Alaska Anchorage, 2003-
Publications:
- 57 papers in refereed journals
- 24 papers in refereed conference or workshop proceedings
- 1 book: Sampling Design and Statistical Methods for Environmental Biologists. 1979.
Wiley, New York.
- 1 book in prep: Environmental Study Design and Analysis: Principles and Examples
- 8 contributions to a book or document
- 4 invited book reviews
Invited contributions to conferences or workshops (since 1998):
- Aquatic Toxicity Workshop, Niagara Falls, Ontario, November 1999
- Workshop on Design of Forest Biodiversity Monitoring Program, Edmonton, Alberta,
April 1999
- Ninth Lukacs Symposium on Frontiers of Environmental and Ecological Statistics
for the 21st Century, Bowling Green, Ohio, April 1999 (I received an
Outstanding Ecologist award)
- Second ASEAN Experts Meeting on Regional Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable
Forest Management, Brunei, October 1999
- Asia-Pacific Conference on the Biology of the Environment, Singapore, November
1999
- Nature Conservancy planning workshop, Monterey, California, December 1999
- Sable Offshore Energy Program workshop, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, March 2000
- American Society of Testing & Materials (ASTM) conference, special session on
biomonitoring, April 2000
- Fisheries & Oceans Canada/Ministry of Natural Resources Ontario Workshop on
environmental monitoring of fish habitat, March 2001
- U.S. National Science Foundation sponsored Conference on Environmental Statistics,
Seattle, Washington, June 2001
- Asia-Pacific Conference on Marine Science and Technology, Kuala Lumpur, May 2002
- Invited participant in British Columbia provincial workshop "Biomonitoring: A
Decision Support Tool for Resource Management", Vancouver BC, May 2003
- Keynote speaker at workshop on Offshore Oil & Gas Environmental Effects Monitoring
sponsored by Fisheries and Oceans Canada, the Program for Energy Research and
Development, and the Atlantic Canada Petroleum Institute, Halifax, May 2003
- Invited participant in US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
workshop to develop an R&D strategy for oil spills, Durham NH, November 2003.
- Attending 24th annual meeting of Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry,
as representative of Prince William Sound Regional Citizens Advisory Council, Austin
TX, November 2003
Workshops I organized, and other external teaching and academic duties (since 1998):
- Half-day workshop on design and statistical analysis of ecological data from a
barrier island, University of North Carolina Institute of Marine Sciences,
Morehead City NC, March 1998
- Workshop on Design and Statistical Approaches to Applied Studies with Emphasis on
Multivariate Methods, Singapore Institute of Biology and Department of Biological
Sciences National University of Singapore, Singapore, March 1999
- Workshop on Environmental Study Design and Statistics (participants mostly government
scientists), Vancouver, BC, April 2001
- Workshop on multivariate analysis in environmental studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia,
January 2002
- International workshop on environmental study design and analysis, University Science
Malaysia, April 2002
- Working with environmental studies M.Sc. students on their research plans and study
designs, Trent University, Peterborough Ontario, October 2002
- One day workshop on design and statistical analysis of ecological data, University of
North Carolina Institute of Marine Sciences, Morehead City NC, September 2003
Graduate and postdoctoral students supervised:
- Masters students: 15 completed
- Ph.D. students: 8 completed
- Postdoctoral students: 3 completed
Research grants & contracts since 1998:
- Research grants from Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada,
for studies on freshwater and marine benthic communities, to 2003
- Co-principal investigator on research grant from Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee
Council, on "Development of a strategy for monitoring Exxon Valdez oil and other
contamination in Prince William Sound", for 2004
Consulting services provided (since 1998):
- Natural Resources Canada (CANMET) - advising on sampling design and statistical
analysis in the Aquatic Effects Technology Evaluation Program re. monitoring
environmental impacts of mine effluents (1996-99)
- Martec Ltd. - advised re. design of, assisted with statistical analysis &
interpretation for, and helped prepare reports on environmental effects monitoring
re. inshore portion of underwater gas pipeline from the Sable offshore field to the
Nova Scotia shore (1998- )
- Jacques Whitford Ltd. (Nova Scotia) - advised re. design of, assisted with
statistical analysis & interpretation for, and helped prepare reports on
offshore field environmental monitoring design for Sable Offshore Energy Program
(1998- )
- Department of Land, Water and Environmental Conservation, State of New South Wales,
Australia - advising on design of long-term monitoring program for large inland
rivers (1998)
- LGL Ltd/U.S. Minerals Management Service - advising on design and analysis for study
on feeding by bowhead whales on the Alaska north slope adjacent to the Beaufort Sea
(1998- )
- RL&L Environmental Services, Castlegar, British Columbia - analysis and modeling
of temperature data for an impoundment on the Columbia River in British Columbia
(1999-2000)
- Regional Centre for Forest Management, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - reviewing documents
and advising on design aspects of managing SE Asian forests to maintain biodiversity,
and periodic reviewing and advising re. environmental concerns & forest management
practice (1999- )
- University of Guelph, Ontario Hydro, and Chippewa First Nation - member of Advisory
Committee for project on "Whitefish Interactions with Nuclear Generating Stations"
(2000- )
- Ontario Ministry of Environment, reviewer of research document on mine-waste
contamination in Moira River (2000)
- Assisted with statistical analysis of Ph.D. research data on Malayan monitor lizards
at Sungei Buloh Nature Park, Singapore (2000-01)
- International Council for Science, member of UN scientific panel assessing impact of
uranium mining near Kakadu National Park, Australia - a World Heritage Site (2000)
- Alberta Ministry of Environment, Terrestrial Environmental Effects Monitoring program,
re. statistical issues related to compositing of samples prior to chemical analysis
(2000-2001)
- Member Scientific Advisory Committee of Prince William Sound Regional Citizens
Advisory Council, March 2003 -
- Member of advisory committee re. environmental effects monitoring design for White
Rose offshore oil & gas development, for Husky Energy, June-October 2003
- Consultant re. study design and analysis on two research grants from Exxon Valdez
Oil Spill Trustee Council on nutrient and energy coupling of nearshore coastal
waters with coastal drainages in Alaska, for 2004
December 2003