Jeremy Kerr

Jeremy Kerr, University Research Chair in Macroecology and Conservation at the University of Ottawa and member of NSERC Council.
Jeremy Kerr, University Research Chair in Macroecology and Conservation at the University of Ottawa and member of NSERC Council.
Jeremy Kerr
Academic work
Main interestsConservation biology, Macroecology, Global Change Biology, Pollinator conservation, Butterfly ecology
Websitemacroecology.ca/

Jeremy Kerr is a biology professor at the University of Ottawa (uOttawa) where he holds the University Research Chair in Macroecology and Conservation.[1][2] Kerr is a member of the NSERC Council, including its executive committee,[3] and the past president of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution (CSEE). He is the Chair of NSERC's Committee on Discovery Research[2] and a founding member of its EDI subcommittee.[4] In 2021, Kerr was elected to be a member of Sigma Xi Society[5] and is an elected lifetime Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science,[6] and of the Royal Society of Biology.[7]

While CSEE president (2016–18), Kerr led development of the society's Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) policies, including its first Diversity and Inclusion Statement.[8][9] Kerr has also helped develop EDI policy frameworks at NSERC[10] that contributes to inclusion in research environments nationally in Canada. He served as an expert witness to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research, giving testimony on the need for progress on inclusion in research, and on the need to expand federal support for students.[11] He has written extensively on this subject. Kerr was strongly engaged in the creation of Canada's current Chief Science Advisor position and was invited to Parliament with Dr. Kirsty Duncan for the announcement of the role.[12] Kerr has also been involved with federal budget discussions around support for science through public science,[13][14] media engagement,[15] and writing,[16] and in the protection and restoration of scientific integrity in federal decision-making.[17][18][19]

As an ecologist and conservation biologist, Kerr is active in public science and citizen science and co-founded eButterfly in his laboratory.[20][21][22][23] His research has focused extensively on understanding how environmental change, including especially climate change, affects life on Earth. Kerr is a well-known public science figure, featuring in scientific presentations at the National Arts Centre,[24] Parliament of Canada,[25] and in printed and broadcast media (e.g. New York Times,[26][27] BBC,[28] CNN,[29] Time Magazine,[30] CBC's Quirks and Quarks[31]). He contributed as an expert witness on climate change, biodiversity, and protected areas networks in testimony to the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development.[32] He is also heavily engaged at the science-policy interface, including the expansion of Canada's protected areas network.[33]

Awards

  • 1999 Governor General's Gold Academic Medal[34]
  • 2002 Province of Ontario Early Researcher Award[35]
  • 2009 University of Ottawa Young Researcher Award in Science and Technology[36]
  • 2016 Excellence in Media Relations award[37]

Education

Undergraduate

University of Ottawa, Department of Biology.[38]

PhD

Department of Biology, York University with Laurence Packer.[39]

Post-Doc

Department of Zoology of University of Oxford with Lord Robert May and Sir Richard Southwood.[40]

Bibliography

Selected publications

OUPFB Field Course

Kerr is the long-time course director for Wildlife and Ecology of East African Ecosystems, a field course offered by the Ontario Universities Program in Field Biology (OUPFB).[41] Examples from his field course photography collection include detailed metadata explaining lion behaviours in Tanzania, available in uOttawa's open access digital collection.[42]

References

  1. ^ "Two University of Ottawa research chairs renewed". Research. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  2. ^ a b Government of Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (2018-05-31). "NSERC - Jeremy Kerr". Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  3. ^ Government of Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (2016-06-28). "NSERC - Executive Committee". Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  4. ^ Government of Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (2022-03-09). "NSERC - Committee on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion". Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  5. ^ "Sigma Xi Scientific Honour Society member listing". Sigma Xi Scientific Honor Society. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  6. ^ "AAAS List of Fellows". AAAS. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  7. ^ RSB https://www.rsb.org.uk/. Retrieved 2024-01-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ^ "Diversity and Inclusivity Statement | CSEE – Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution". Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  9. ^ Kerr, Jeremy (Winter 2018). "President's Report, August 2017 through March 2018" (PDF). Bulletin of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution. 23: 2–4.
  10. ^ NSERC, ed. (2017). "Guide for Applicants: Considering equity, diversity and inclusion in your application" (PDF). NSERC. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  11. ^ "Evidence - SRSR (44-1) - No. 8 - House of Commons of Canada". www.ourcommons.ca. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  12. ^ Canadian Society for Ecology & Evolution. 2018. President's Report: Chief Scientific Advisor for Canada. http://csee-scee.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Bulletin-no-23-En-b.pdf. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
  13. ^ "Science Policy and Science Politics Panel Discussion: A recap!". Evidence For Democracy. 2017-10-27. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  14. ^ "IDRC hosts the Science Writers and Communicators of Canada conference | IDRC - International Development Research Centre". www.idrc.ca. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  15. ^ Semeniuk, Ivan (2017-12-18). "Sensing a moment, Canadian scientists swing for the fences". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  16. ^ "Making Canadians care about science again". www.ipolitics.ca. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  17. ^ "Opinion | How Justin Trudeau can bring science back to Ottawa". thestar.com. 2015-10-25. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  18. ^ Carroll, Carlos; Hartl, Brett; Goldman, Gretchen T.; Rohlf, Daniel J.; Treves, Adrian; Kerr, Jeremy T.; Ritchie, Euan G.; Kingsford, Richard T.; Gibbs, Katherine E.; Maron, Martine; Watson, James E. M. (October 2017). "Defending the scientific integrity of conservation-policy processes: Strengthening Scientific Integrity". Conservation Biology. 31 (5): 967–975. doi:10.1111/cobi.12958. PMID 28741747. S2CID 205022465.
  19. ^ "Scientists in white lab coats rally against federal government". Macleans.ca. The Canadian Press. 2013-09-16. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  20. ^ Semeniuk, Ivan (2018-10-07). "The butterfly effect: How Canadians and their smartphones are helping scientists map species diversity". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  21. ^ Chung, Emily (July 9, 2015). "Climate change is killing off bumblebees: study". CBC. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  22. ^ Anonymous (Feb 17, 2019). "Monarch butterfly resurgence might not take flight, says Ottawa prof". Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  23. ^ "eButterfly". www.e-butterfly.org. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  24. ^ "About the Impacts of Climate Change on Pollinators with Dr. Jeremy Kerr | SPHERE Festival - Talk | Sat, Sep 24, 2022, 4:30 pm | Peter A. Herrndorf Place". nac-cna.ca. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  25. ^ "Dr. Jeremy Kerr: The great biodiversity challenge: conserving nature through a century of unprecedented change | Le grand défi de la biodiversité : la conservation de la nature pendant un siècle marqué par des changements sans précédent". PAGSE. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  26. ^ Pierre-Louis, Kendra; Popovich, Nadja (2020-02-06). "Climate Change: It's a Buzzkill for Bumblebees, Study Finds". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  27. ^ Albeck-Ripka, Livia (2017-09-26). "Is Climate-Themed Fiction All Too Real? We Asked the Experts". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  28. ^ "Climate 'vice' constricts bumblebees' natural ranges - researchers". BBC News. 2015-07-09. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  29. ^ Rogers, Kristen (2020-02-06). "Bumblebees are going extinct because of the climate crisis, but there are easy ways to help". CNN. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  30. ^ "Bees Are Losing Their Habitat Because of Climate Change". Time. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  31. ^ McDonald, Bob (June 8, 2018). "Scientists say restrictions on neonic pesticides aren't enough to save bees - we need a ban". Quirks and Quarks. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
  32. ^ "Evidence - ENVI (42-1) - No. 164 - House of Commons of Canada". www.ourcommons.ca. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  33. ^ "Opinion | Indigenous partnerships hold the key to conserving Canada's boreal forests". thestar.com. 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  34. ^ "Governor General's Academic Medals". gg.ca. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  35. ^ "Early Researcher Awards". ontario.ca. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  36. ^ "Kerr, Jeremy". Institute of the Environment. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  37. ^ "Excellence in Media Relations announcement at University of Ottawa". Twitter. December 6, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  38. ^ "Macroecology & Conservation". Macroecology & Conservation. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
  39. ^ Kerr, Jeremy T.; Packer, Laurence (January 1997). "Habitat heterogeneity as a determinant of mammal species richness in high-energy regions". Nature. 385 (6613): 252–254. Bibcode:1997Natur.385..252K. doi:10.1038/385252a0. ISSN 0028-0836. S2CID 4342300.
  40. ^ Kerr, J. T.; Southwood, T. R. E.; Cihlar, J. (2001-09-11). "Remotely sensed habitat diversity predicts butterfly species richness and community similarity in Canada". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98 (20): 11365–11370. Bibcode:2001PNAS...9811365K. doi:10.1073/pnas.201398398. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 58735. PMID 11553792.
  41. ^ "Ontario Universities Program in Field Biology". www.oupfb.ca. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
  42. ^ Kerr, Jeremy (2019). "Male lion on a kopje in Serengeti National Park". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)