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. Dan Johnson (Professor, 2003-present). Each term also includes options for courses in ENVS and GEOG Independent Studies.  

 

If you have interests and some background, and want to register but have a problem with prerequisites, email dan.johnson@uleth.ca for authorization and a waiver.  

 

2020, Fall:  

GEOG2090: Biogeography (introduction). On-line class, with additional recorded videos, labs, projects, and readings. 10:30 am – 11:45 am, Monday and Wednesday, 09-Sep-2020 to 09-Dec-2020. Weekly labs will be on-line, 3:00 pm - 5:45 pm, Thursdays, attended by Dan Johnson and Theepa Jegatheeswaran. A general description is on Moodle. 

 

2020, Fall:  

GEOG4030, also called ENVS 4000: Advanced Biogeography. (Fourth year and previous biogeography; contact instructor if permission or waiver is needed). On-line class, with additional recorded videos, forum, projects, and readings. 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm, Monday and Wednesday, 09-Sep-2020 to 09-Dec-2020. No lab, but we will have some practical case study discussion and workshops. A general description is on Moodle. 

 

 

2021, Spring:  

GEOG3095, Advanced Geographical Data Analysis (follows GEOG2700 or equivalent). This course is the next step in analysis of research data, and includes methods and projects. This is not a GIS class (those are separate). 

 

2021, Spring:  

ENVS4000, Current Events in Environmental Science. 

 

 

2021, Fall:  

GEOG2090, Biogeography (introduction). 

 

2021, Fall:  

GEOG2700, Geographical Data and Analysis (introductory statistics). 

 

  

2022, Spring:  

GEOG3095, advanced geographical data analysis (follows GEOG2700 or equivalent). 

 

2022, Spring:  

ENVS4000, Current Events in Environmental Science. 

 

 

2022, Fall:  

GEOG2090, Biogeography (introduction). 

 

2022, Fall:  

GEOG2700, Geographical Data and Analysis (introductory statistics). 

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