Biography, Daniel L. Johnson

  • Biography and Current Work | Dan Johnson is currently Professor of Environmental Science at the University of Lethbridge, with research in  biogeography, environmentally sustainable agriculture, entomology, biodiversity, rational pest management, biological control, ecology, insect movement, biometeorology, alternatives to chemical pesticides, insects as vectors of plant diseases, methods of forecasting, wildlife ecology, environmental safety, and analysis and modeling of environmental and experimental data.

Classes


Teaching, Fall 2019

1) Biogeography, GEOG 2090, Fall 2019. Professor Dan Johnson
Registration Dates: 15-Mar-2019 to 10-Sep-2019
Science

Lectures 11:00 am - 11:50 am, MWF, University Hall C756 04-Sep-2019 to 04-Dec-2019

2) Insect Biogeography and Ecology (Advanced Biogeography), GEOG 4030, Fall 2019. Professor Dan Johnson
 Suggested prerequisites: Geography 2090, Fourth-year standing

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Instructor's approval based on student background and interests
Registration Dates: 15-Mar-2019 to 10-Sep-2019
Lectures 9:00 am - 9:50 am, MWF, University Hall C756, 04-Sep-2019 to 04-Dec-2019

Recent Courses

Spring 2013:
ENVS500 | First Nations Transition Program, Environmental Science
ENVS4000 | Sustainable Development and the Environment
GEOG3075 | Environmental Resources Management

Fall 2012:
GEOG 2700 | Geographical Data and Analysis
GEOG 2090 | Biogeography, and Lab

Other Recent Courses:
STAT 3850 | Design and Analysis of Experiments
ENVS 4000 | Impacts of Climate Change, Outline: Student Independent

Current Research

  • Topics of Current Research:

    • Monitoring and analysis of potato psyllid and Zebra chip disease in Canada. (Aug 2017 newsletter)
    • Monitoring and analysis of potato psyllid and Zebra chip disease in Canada. 
    • Development of biological control of grasshoppers and other agricultural pests.
    • Modeling insect development, growth, feeding and reproduction.
    • Effects of weather and other environmental variables on aquatic and terrestrial living systems.
    • Other: Environmental law and conflict resolution. Environmental data analysis. Biogeography.
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Recent Publications