University of Windsor - GLIER research

Dr. Ken Drouillard

GLIER

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University of Windsor

401 Sunset Ave., Windsor
Ontario, Canada N9B 3P4
Phone: (519)253-3000 ext. 2732
E-mail: kgd@uwindsor.ca

Ken G. Drouillard

Head, GLIER Organic Analytical Laboratory,

Associate Professor, Biological Sciences

Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research,

Adjunct Professor - UNU-IWEH

(United Nations University, Institute on Water, Environment and Health)

Areas of Research Expertise

Contaminant Bioaccumulation Modelling

Environmental Fate & Chemistry of Organic Contaminants

Environmental Monitoring and Management

Ecological tracers of in situ bioenergetics

Academic Background

Associate Professor - University of Windsor 2007 - Present

Adjunct Professor - UNU-INWEH 2008 - Present

Assistant Professor - University of Windsor 2002 - 2007

PhD (2001) – Trent University, Watershed Ecosystems

MSc (1996) – University of Manitoba, Soil Science

BSc (1994) – University of Windsor, Biological Sciences

Research Synopsis

My main research involves the development of life-cycle contaminant bioaccumulation models applied to a variety of indicator species including invertebrates, amphibians, fish and birds.

These models consider bioaccumulation through the life-history of an animal and are especially useful for determining how bioenergetic stresses, as may be experienced at hatching, metamorphosis, over-wintering weight loss and/or intensive energy investments during reproduction, alter contaminant exposures and tissue distribution within the animal. While these models are immediately applicable to risk-assessments that characterize periods of enhanced toxicological stress during an animals lifetime, the models can also be used to interpret bioaccumulative contaminants as chemical tracers of ecological energetics.

I am also actively involved in the development of Environmental Monitoring Programs applied to freshwater and coastal ecosystems and the design of model-based managment tools that can aid in decisions about source control, remediation activities and cause-effect linkages for risk assessments. The design of such programs require implementation of valid statistical sampling designs that cover abiotic (water, sediments) and biotic (various food web components) media and require co-interpretation of various environmental processes operating at different time and space scales. These programs are often linked to clear environmental management goals and involve stakeholders that may include international regulatory bodies, public stakeholders, first nations communities and industry. Current examples of such programs that I am involved in include Environmental Monitoring and Risk Assessments generated for the Huron-Erie Corridor (2002-Present), Environmental Monitoring Programs being implemented in the Arabian Gulf off the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates and more recently extention of capacity building and monitoring programs in the Carribean nations.

Contact Information:

Office Location and telephone number:

Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, Room 130

2990 Riverside Drive West

Windsor, ON

Tel: (519) 253-3000 extension 4744

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Fax: (519) 971-3616

Email: kgd@uwindsor.ca

Shipping Address:

Canadian Reception

University of Windsor

401 Sunset Ave.,

Windsor, ON, Canada

N9B 3P4

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Last Updated On: Jul 21, 2010