Dr. Andrew Medeiros

Education

• BSc Hon., Brock University
• MES, York University
• PhD, York University
• PDF, Wilfrid Laurier University
• PDF, University of Waterloo

Research interests

Dr. Medeiros (he/him) research interests focus on understanding the influence of environmental stress on freshwater systems, past, present, and future. He is particularly motivated in applying new methodologies to community-based research in the Arctic. His current research projects outline the influence of environmental change on aquatic trophic systems. This includes investigation of water security through the lens of sustainability and conservation, municipal planning, and engineering for freshwater supply services.

Selected publications

• Medeiros AS, Wood P, Wesche SD, Bakaic M, & Peters JF (2017). Water Security for Northern Peoples: review of threats to Arctic freshwater systems in Nunavut, Canada. Regional Environmental Change, 17(3):635-647.
• Bakaic M, Medeiros AS, Peters JF, & Wolfe BB (2017). Hydrologic monitoring tools for freshwater municipal planning in the Arctic: The case of Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada. Environmental Science and Pollution Research – ARTEK Special issue. doi:10.1007/s11356-017-9343-4
• Bakaic M & Medeiros AS (2017). Vulnerability of northern water supply lakes to changing climate and demand. Arctic Science, 3(1):1-16. 
• Balasubramaniam A, Medeiros AS, Turner KW, Hall RI, & Wolfe BB (2017). Biological responses to hydroecological change in the Old Crow Flats, Yukon, Canada. Arctic Science – Special Issue: Arctic Permafrost systems, 3(2):277-300.
• Beck K, Medeiros AS & Finkelstein S (2016). Drivers of change in a 7300-year Holocene diatom record from the Hemiboreal region of Ontario, Canada. PLOS-1, 11(8): e0159937.
• Taylor DJ, Ballinger MJ, Medeiros AS, & Kotov AA (2016). Climate-associated tundra thaw pond formation and range expansion of boreal zooplankton predators. Ecography, 39(1):43-53.
• Medeiros AS, Gajewski K, Vermaire JC, Porinchu D, & Wolfe BB (2015). Detecting the influence of secondary gradients on paleo-temperature reconstructions. Quaternary Science Reviews, 124(1):265-274.
• Fortin M-C, Medeiros AS, Gajewski K, Porinchu DF, Barley EM, Larocque-Tobler I, & Wilson SE (2015). Chironomid-environment relations in northern North America. Journal of Paleolimnology, 54(2):223-237
• Vinke K, Medeiros AS, & Giberson DJ (2015). Diversity patterns of benthic invertebrates in subarctic streams, Sahtu Settlement Area, NWT. Arctic Science, 1(1):9-25. 
• Medeiros AS, Taylor DJ, Couse M, Quinlan R, Hall RI, & Wolfe BB (2014). Biologic and nutrient responses to catchment disturbance and warming in small lakes near the Alaskan tundra-taiga boundary. The Holocene, 24(10):1308-1319..

Selected awards and honours

• W. Garfield Weston Postdoctoral Fellow, 2012-2014

Service & Activity

• Expert Panel: The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity
• Reviewer for Oxford University Press (2011-present)
  

Teaching Responsibilities

• SUST 3956 Topics in ESS: The Canadian North Climate Change and Challenges
• SUST 3953 Topics in ESS: The Situation Room
• ENVI 5504 Mgmt. of Resources & the Environment