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, September-December, 2018
1) Insect Biogeography and Ecology, GEOG4030/ENVS4000
2) Biogeography, GEOG2090


Teaching, January-April, 2019
1) Geographical Data Analysis, GEOG2700,
  Room C756, Tu Th 0925-1040, Instructor: Prof Dan Johnson
  Labs: Contact Department of Geography. Room E640, Tu 1505-1620; 1630-1745

2) Current Events in Environmental Science, ENVS4000,
  Room TH204 (Turcotte Hall), Tu Th 1340-1455, Instructor: Prof Dan Johnson


Independent Studies: to be arranged with an instructor;
  students make the request; deadline early January


Recent and current graduate students (D. Johnson, supervisor):
Qing Xia (successfully defended)
Stephanie Watson (successfully defended)
Martha Astorquiza (successfully defended)
Sejer Meyhoff (work in progress)
Piratheepa Jegatheeswaran (starting January, 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