Academic Synopsis
2004: Professor of Biology, Dalhousie University
2002: Canada Research Chair in Marine Conservation & Biodiversity
1995: Assistant Professor, Dalhousie University
1992-94: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Fisheries & Oceans, St. John's, Newfoundland
1991-92: NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
1991: PhD (Biology) Memorial University of Newfoundland
1985: MSc (Biology) Memorial University of Newfoundland
1980: BSc (Zoology) University of Toronto

Professional Experience Synopsis
In addition to my teaching and research responsibilities, I am Chair (2006-10) of the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC; www.cosewic.gc.ca), the national science advisory body responsible for advising the federal Minister of the Environment on the status of species at risk in Canada. Additional professional responsibilities have included the following:  Editor of Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences (2002-07); Vice-President (2010-2011) and President (2012-2013) of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution (www.ecoevo.ca); Member (2003-05) and Co-Chair (2005-06) of the Evolution & Ecology Grant Selection Committee of NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council; www.nserc.ca); Chair (2008-2009) of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships Selection Committee of NSERC; Editorial Board Member for Proceedings of the Royal Society B (2009-2011), Evolutionary Applications (2007-present; www.blackwellpublishing.com/eva), and Environmental Reviews (2008-present); and Member of the Royal Society of Canada’s Expert Panel on the Future of Food Biotechnology (2000-01; www.rsc.ca) and Committee on Expert Panels (2008-present).

Research Synopsis
My research centres on questions pertaining to the life history evolution, behavioural ecology, population dynamics, and conservation biology of marine and anadromous fishes, particularly Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), and brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis). From an applied perspective, this work has bearing on questions pertaining to: the collapse, recovery and sustainable harvesting of marine fishes; interactions between wild and farmed Atlantic salmon; population consequences of fisheries-induced evolution; and the biodiversity of Arctic and sub-Arctic fishes.