Shannon Sterling

Ph.D. (Earth Sciences), Duke University, 2005
M.Sc. (Fluvial Geomorphology), University of British Columbia, 1997
B.Sc. (Honours Geography), McGill University, 1994

ERTH/ENVS 3701: Fundamentals of Hydrology
ERTH/ENVS 3601: Global Biogeochemical cycles  

• spatial patterns of the global water cycle
• effects of human activity on the water cycle and aquatic ecosystems, at the global, regional, and catchment scales
• land atmosphere interactions
• terrestrial acidification
• catchment liming

• 2015-present: Associate Professor, Director of the Dalhousie Hydrology Research Group, Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University
• 2009-2015: Assistant Professor, Director of the Dalhousie Hydrology Research Group, Earth Sciences and Environmental Science, Dalhousie University
• 2008: Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of Toronto
• 2005-2007: Marie Curie Intra-European Post Doctoral Fellow, Université de Paris Sorbonne, UMR 7619 Métis
• 1997-2001: Hydrologist at Northwest Hydraulic Consultants

• 2014-present: Convenor for Large Scale Hydrology Session at European Geophysical Union annual meeting
• 2014-present: Member and Chair, Southern Uplands Acidification Mitigation Committee
• 2014-present: Member, Southern Upland Atlantic Salmon Planning Committee

• 2019: KEYNOTE GRC Catchment Science, Andover NH
• 2017-2018: DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES TOUR, Atlantic Geoscience Society
• 2016: PUBLIC LECTURE Nova Scotia Institute of Science Lecture Series
• 2015: INVITED SPEAKER, European Geophysical Union, General Assembly
• 2015: INVITED SPEAKER, Canadian Geophysical Union Meeting
• 2014: INVITED SPEAKER, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting

• Lobke Rotteveel: Global patterns of Aluminium in Freshwaters
• Caitlin MacIvour: Response of soils and forests to liming treatment

• GETA (Global Actual Evapotranspiration Database)
• Nova Scotia Watershed Geodatabase (NSWAP)
• Nova Scotia Watershed Atlas (NSWAP)
• Setbacks and Riparian Buffers in Nova Scotia