Scott MacDonald
Scott arrived in Montreal from the Midwest U.S. in Fall 2015, and is earning a MSc degree in the McGill Department of Geography. His research with the AERLab will take place at the Seba Beach post-harvest restored peatland in central Alberta, to investigate how and why carbon flux varies at these ecosystems in two additional dimensions: interannual variability and fine-scale spatial heterogeneity. Scott will analyze carbon flux data from two eddy covariance towers located at the peatland site over multiple growing seasons. In addition, he will measure local hydrology at the site to examine moisture controls on carbon flux.
Scott graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Missouri in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography. He worked as an undergraduate research fellow at SUNY-Buffalo in Summer 2014, studying impacts of industrial land use on surface water-groundwater flux. Scott is a lifelong musician and a recovering student journalist who previously worked as managing editor of the University of Missouri student newspaper, The Maneater. He is learning to appreciate Habs hockey and has become a regular at the Tim Hortons on rue Sherbrooke.
Awards:
National Science Foundation (U.S.) Research Experience for Undergraduates, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 2014.
Presentations:
MacDonald, S.M., Spiering, D.J., and Lowry, C.S. (2015). Investigating hydrology at a post-industrial nature preserve, Buffalo, N.Y. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, Ill.
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Scott graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Missouri in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography. He worked as an undergraduate research fellow at SUNY-Buffalo in Summer 2014, studying impacts of industrial land use on surface water-groundwater flux. Scott is a lifelong musician and a recovering student journalist who previously worked as managing editor of the University of Missouri student newspaper, The Maneater. He is learning to appreciate Habs hockey and has become a regular at the Tim Hortons on rue Sherbrooke.
Awards:
National Science Foundation (U.S.) Research Experience for Undergraduates, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 2014.
Presentations:
MacDonald, S.M., Spiering, D.J., and Lowry, C.S. (2015). Investigating hydrology at a post-industrial nature preserve, Buffalo, N.Y. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, Ill.
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