Meteorological, Climatological & Atmospheric Science Professionals from 2026 Federal Directory

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1. The Federal Directory of Scientists & Professionals was removed from on line listings in March 2026. We have captured photos and information on many scientists and researchers who were listed there. Several are also seen at recent CMOS congresses, presenting, mentoring or chairing sessions.

2. Information on 44 scientists was captured, but only 33 mug photos were downloaded before the firectory was permanently removed. Photos of 11 more scientists were found from other recent sources and are likely the same as on the deleted Directory. Both groups are posted in alpha order by surname; Please scroll down.

CCCMa - Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis at University of Victoria, BC
ECCC - Environment Canada and Climate Change (Department)

Kian Abbasnezhadi is a Physical Scientist, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Dorval, Quebec Current research and / or projects: Lead developer of the operational suites of the Canadian Precipitation Analysis (CaPA) data assimilation system (RDPA, HRDPA, HREPA) Contibuted to some of ECCC's priority program areas, specifically in the area of spatial modelling of climate variables and blending of remotely sensed precipitation data in Canada Modernized the Climate Research Division’s spatial modelling platform Blended in-situ gauge precipitation data with satellite precipitation estimates	Reinel Sospedra-Alfonso is a research scientist working on application of earth system models and machine learning to seasonal-to-decadal climate prediction at CCCMa.	Vivek K Arora is a research scientist working on representation of terrestrial biogeochemical processes, including carbon cycle, in climate and earth system models and development, implementation, and application of land models and surface hydrological processes within Earth system models. Current research and / or projects: Investigation of the carbon cycle's role in determining future atmospheric COv(2) concentrations in response to anthropogenic emissions. Use of Earth system models to make quantitative projections of the future terrestrial biosphere and carbon exchange between land and atmosphere . Evaluation of feedbacks between the physical climate system and the terrestrial biosphere. Use of climate models to investigate the effects of climate change on hydrology.
Paul A. Bartlett is a Research Scientist - Surface process modelling and measurement, undertalking testing and development of the CLASSIC land surface model using field measuremnts and simulations with Environment and Climate Change Canada Current research and / or projects: Contributing towards Environmental Prediction Science through the measurement and modelling of surface processes Evaluation and development of the CLASSIC model Formerly CLASS (Canadian Land Surface Scheme) and CTEM (Canadian Terrestrial Ecosystem Model) Modelling snow processes and vegetation-snow interaction ESM-SnowMIP (Earth System Model Snow Model Intercomparison Study) Surface energy, water and carbon budget modelling and measurement Land cover data assessment	Courtney Bayer is a Physical Scientist, Canadian Meteorological Centre, Environment and Climate Change Canada Dorval, QC Canada Current research and / or projects: Snow data assimilation Terrestrial Snow Mass Mission (TSMM)	Barrie Bonsal is a Research Scientist - Climate Impacts on Hydrology and Ecology conducting research to examine past and projected future climate change and variability on freshwater availability across Canada. He is with. Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Hydrology Research Centre (NHRC) Saskatoon, Canada Current research and/or projects: Contributing to Environment and Climate Change Canada’s mandate to conserve and protect Canada's water resources. Research and/or project statements: Past and Projected Future Climate Impacts on Freshwater Availability across Canada Historical and Future Extreme Hydro-Climatic Events across Canada: Droughts and Floods Large to Synoptic-Scale Atmospheric Patterns Influencing Northern Hemisphere Hydro-Climate Assessment of Modelled and Observed Climate across Canada Historical Trends and Variability in Canadian Hydro-Climate
Alex J Cannon conducts research on climate extremes and climate projections with Environment and Climate Change Canada, Climate Data and Analysis Section, Climate Research Division, Victoria, BC Current research and / or projects: Activities that contribute to the understanding of the state, trends, variability, extremes, and future projections of climate at both global and regional scales.	Barbara Casati conducts research on verification methods for weather and environmental prediction . Current research and / or projects: spatial verification techniques:wavelet-based scale-separation methods; distance metrics. process-based diagnostics leveraging on super-site multivariate observations. address observation uncertainty and representativeness issues in verification practices. exploit data assimilation knowledge and tools, disentangle background model from assimilated observations for verification purposes. improve MRD / MSC research and operational verification practices.	Elton Chan is a physical scientist - Atmospheric Greenhouse Gases: Measurements, Modelling and Interpretation Current research and / or projects: Modelling and interpretation for carbon cycle research, emission sources and sinks quantification, climate policy and regulation development. Additional information: Canadian greenhouse gas program Scientific analysis and interpretation of the spatial and temporal trends of atmospheric greenhouse gases. Identifies probable causes for observed atmospheric variations in the measurement data. Applies atmospheric transport modelling results and greenhouse gas data to quantify national and regional emissions of natural and anthropogenic greenhouse gases in partnership with ECCC and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
Vincent Fortin is a Scientific Researcher, Terrestrial Environment Numerical Prediction Research, eteorological Research, Atmospheric Science & Technology, STB, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Meteorological Centre, Dorval QC Scientific Researcher - Hydrological Forecasting Develops automated systems that: - continuously estimate the quantity of precipitation falling over the canadian territory - estimate and forecast water levels and flows, with an emphasis on transboundary waters - provide gridded surface weather datasets that are suitable for surface and hydrological modelling Current research and / or projects: His work contributes to providing reliable information on the current and future state of various elements of the water cycle (precipitation, snow on the ground, soil moisture, water levels and flows), which increases the safety and efficiency of Canadian watershed management practices, and in particular of transboundary watersheds, when atypical situations occur (droughts, flooding, spilling of hazardous material).	Nathan Gillett is a research scientist and Coordinating Lead author, to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Reports Lead author, Working Group I contribution to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report, Chapter 10. Lead author, WMO Ozone Assessment, 2014, Chapter 4. Current research and / or projects: Understanding, attributing and predicting climate change through analysis of climate model simulations and comparison with observations Conducts research on the attribution of observed climate change and extremes, and projections of future climate change. Environment and Climate Change Canada Current research and/or projects: Identification of the causes of climate change through detection and attribution analysis. Development of a rapid event attribution system to quantify human influence on the probability of extreme events in Canada The carbon cycle and its interactions with climate change, including the long-term effects of carbon dioxide emissions Using observations of past climate change to constrain projections of future climate change	Since 2012 Syed Zahid Husain has been working as a research scientist within the RPN-A (Recherche en prévision numérique atmosphérique) section of Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) Canadian Meteorological Centre, Dorval QC As a member of RPN’s research group on numerical methods, Dr. Husain's present work primarily focuses on improving the dynamics aspect of ECCC's NWP model to achieve better forecast accuracy for the department's various operational NWP systems. He contributes to refining the existing operational model as well as through new model developments to meet the requirements for devising the next-generation NWP systems. He has been a lead developer of a new height-based dynamical core of the GEM model that provides enhanced stability over steeper orography and thus will improve ECCC's high-resolution forecasting capabilites over complex terrain.
Lin Huang, ia a Research Scientist, leading stable isotope research, including isotope measurements in long-term climate forcers (e.g., δ¹³C-CO₂and δ¹⁸O-CO₂), as well as in short-lived climate forcers (e.g., black carbon and organic carbon in carbonaceous aerosols), to attribute emission sources and track their changes over time. Current research and / or projects: Understanding changes in atmospheric carbon by integrating longterm measurements of chemical properties (e.g., black carbon [BC], organic carbon, and its isotopes such as ¹³C/¹²C and ¹⁴C/¹²C) and the optical properties of aerosols (e.g., light absorption) in support of evaluating the effectiveness of mitigation policies. Studying BC emissions from biomass burning, particularly from peats burning. Conducting black carbon (BC) and carbon isotope measurements in snow and ice to understand the history and processes of climate change. Developing measurement techniques for BC and carbon isotopes (¹³C/¹²C and ¹⁴C/¹²C), particularly for ultra small samples. Investigating uncertainties in the traceability of CO² isotopes (¹³C/¹²C and 18O/16O) to improve sources – sinks attribution of CO2 fluxes.	* Liisa Jantunen was an analytical environmental chemist & research scientist Liisa worked as a Research Scientist in the Atmospheric Science and Technology Directorate. Based in Egbert, Ontario, she first joined ECCC as a co-op student in 1992 and went on to build a distinguished career in environmental science. She was nationally and internationally recognized as a leading expert in contaminants and microplastics research. Her work advanced understanding of the environmental fate of these pollutants in support of ECCC's Air Pollution Program, the Chemicals Management Plan, the Oil Sands Monitoring Program, the Canadian Plastics Science Agenda, the Northern Contaminants Program, the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, as well as other northern initiatives. Her research also contributed to key international efforts, including the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and its Global Monitoring Plan, the United Nations Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, and the Arctic Council's Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme. Liisa had a deep passion for the Arctic and spent much of her career conducting fieldwork there, both on land and at sea, combining her love of travel with her dedication to scientific discovery. * Liisa Jantunen died in 2026. Please see the Deceased List	Slava Kharin is a research scientist with ECCC Victoria, BC Current research and/or projects: Climate model tuning Climate model bias correction Regional climate modelling Seasonal predictions
Nicolas Lambert is a physical scientist working on ocean modelling and coupling infrastructure as part of the development of the Canadian Climate Earth System Model (CanESM). Professional activities / interests: His work focuses on numerical modelling to simulate the physical and biological processes occurring in the world's oceans, helping to better understand their evolution over time. He is also involved in a project analyzing the results of various climate change models from the IPCC and developing regional modelling to assess the impacts of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions on oceanographic conditions	Sylvie Leroyer is a Research Scientist in Urban boundary-layer processes and surface processes. She is an urban meteorology specialist at the Environmental and Weather Numerical Prediction section (RPN-E) at the Meteorological Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada Centre Météorologique Canadien, Dorval, QC (region de Montreal) Her research includes High-resolution atmospheric modelling in urban areas, development of numerical systems for weather and environment prediction and for impact studies. Current research and / or projects: Contributes to Environnement and climate Change Canada mandate to improve environmental numerical prediction, according to the following themes: Urban Heat Island (ICU): studies on the warm anomalies in urban areas in compariosn to natural surfaces. More specifically, we analyse the spatial heterogeneity from the city to the neighborhood scales, and the enegy exchanges at the surface. bio-meteorology: prediction of thermal confort indicators, humidex, Universal thermal and climate index (UTCI), wet-bulb globe temperature (WBGT), Mean Radiant Temperature (MRT). Atmospheric physics: High-resolution modelling at high resolution of the surface-atmosphere interactions, local atmospheric circulations such as sea and lake breezes, orographic and urban induced circulations, turbulence, surface radiation. Impact studies: Evaluation of the impact of urban planning measures on heat mitigation in cities. Extreme Weather: Effect of urban surfaces on extreme weather events such as heavy localized rainfalls and heat waves.	John Liggio is a research scientist with expertise on gas and particle chemistry research and understanding atmospheric processes leading to secondary organic chemicals. Current research and / or projects: Field and laboratory studies of primary aerosol emissions, secondary organic aerosol formation, evolution, transformation and fate; understanding the processes controlling the formation of smog Process research on aerosol particle emissions and transformation in the atmosphere through laboratory and field studies Ammonia / sulfuric acid/organic aerosol interactions Black carbon emissions from gasoline and diesel vehicles Kinetics of heterogeneous reactions and secondary organic aerosol formation; elucidation of new secondary organic aerosol formation mechanisms Near roadway measurements of vehicle emissions and their evolution; implications for population exposure Aerosol mass spectrometry and chemical mass spectrometry measurements of oxidants and aerosols.
Ray Nassir Current research and / or projects: Quantification of CO2 and CH4 sources and sinks using satellite-based and surface-based atmospheric CO2 / CH4 observations and models Retrieval and application of CO2 and CH4 concentrations from satellite observations Studies to assess the benefits of planned or proposed future satellite missions Professional activities / interests: Principal Investigator (PI) for the Arctic Observing Mission (AOM) Science team member for the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE, since 2000) Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO / OCO-2 / OCO-3, since 2007), Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT / GOSAT-2, since 2009) Reviewer for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment Reports Member of the Atmospheric Science Advisory Committee (ASAC) for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) since 2017	Shabnaz Pashapour, Assistant Research Manager at CCCMa. Supports CCCma science program delivery, line manages scientists who are members of different CCCMa scientific working groups, oversees CCCMa staffing, and supports CCCMa management and operation.	Natasha Ridenour is a Research Scientist, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Victoria, British Columbia. She is interested in using high resolution regional models to understand oceanic processes in Canadian waters and how these processes might change in a future climate.
Damien Ringeisen's role at CCCma is to develop and maintain the sea ice component of the Canadian Earth System Model (CanESM), and to perform research in cryospheric and climate sciences and present my research in sciencific articles and internationnal conferences. Current research and / or projects: Development of the sea ice and land ice components of the Canadian Earth System Model (CanESM) Research on the tensile fracture of sea ice in large scale modelling Research on new granular rheological models for sea ice Improve the representation of land ice in CanESM.	John Scinocca is a Research Scientist responsible for coordinating the development and application of the regional climate model, CanRCM; support the development and application of the global Earth System model, CanESM, including its tuning, online bias correction and its applications for future climate projections and seasonal prediction; support and contribute to the development of the package of physical parameterizations in the global atmospheric model, CanAM. He has expertise in climate modelling circulation.	Pourya Shahpoury, Research Scientist - Aerosol chemistry and health, is conducting field and laboratory measurements to study the inhalation toxicity of organic and inorganic air pollutants. Current activities: Oxidative potential of fine and ultrafine aerosol particles from the National Air Pollution Surveillance network Effects of emission sources and atmospheric processes on environmental cycling and toxicity of air pollutants Development of new methods for characterization of redox-active species and soot particles in ambient air
Sangeeta Sharma is a Physical Scientist - Study Leader - Aerosol chemical and optical properties specialist including black carbon. Leading Canadian Aerosol Baseline Measurement (CABM) program that monitors changes in emissions and transport on the optical and chemical properties of the aerosol at various Canadian locations including the high Arctic, Alert. Environment and Climate Change Canada Current research and / or projects: Coordinating and Managing Canadian Aerosol Baseline Measurement program and related research activities Changes in physical and chemical properties of aerosols at five Canadian sites to examine the impact of changes in emissions and climate in the Northern Hemisphere Changes in atmospheric aerosol composition in the Arctic, and related ice-core snow pack studies in conjunction to the atmospheric concentrations of sulphate, nitrate, black carbon and methane sulphonate Changes in aerosols properties due to change in fire activities in the Canadian Boreal region Biogenic sulphur emissions in the Arctic Changes in aerosol properties due to increase in ship's emissions in the Arctic in near future.	Mark Shephard is a scientist with ECCC, Downsview ON Current research and / or projects: Main efforts include utilizing satellite remote sensing to further advance the air quality research and applications (i.e. air quality monitoring, air quality model evaluations, cumulative effects of deposition, and emission of pollutants).	Rajesh R. Shrestha, is a research scientist, Hydro-Climatic Impacts. Current research and / or projects: Large-scale hydrologic modelling and assessment. Cascading impacts of climate change on hydrological processes (e.g., snowpack, water quantity and quality). Attribution and projection of hydrological extremes (floods and drought).
Alexandra Sandy Steffen is a National Senior Mercury Researcher Lead mercury researcher for Atmospheric Processes Research Section specializing in environmental processes relating to the transport, transformation and deposition of mercury in and around the atmosphere. Current research and / or projects: Lead mercury researcher for Atmospheric Processes Research (ARQP) Section specializing in environmental processes relating to the transport, transformation and deposition of mercury in and around the atmosphere. Specialize in designing research to study the processes driving the transformation of mercury in and around the Canadian and Arctic atmospheres Investigate spatial and temporal trends of atmospheric mercury on a national, regional and global scale Atmospheric monitoring of mercury using passive and active sampling methods Science advisor to the Canadian government for national policy including the Minamata Convention on Mercury Unit lead for the ARQP Data Management Team	Felix Vogel leads research on atmospheric greenhouse gases at the subnational scale as member of the Climate Chemistry Measurement and Research section of Environment and Climate Change Canada. Current research and / or projects: Greenhouse gas emissions from Canada's industrial activities like waste management, up- and downstream natural gas infrastructure, oil and gas extraction Measurement techniques for atmospheric greenhouse gases, co-emitted species and carbon isotopes Understanding the urban atmosphere, especially sources and sinks of carbon dioxide and short-lived climate pollutants like methane Modelling of atmospheric greenhouse gases at local and regional scale to track emission changes due to mitigation policies and natural systems affected by climate change	Xiaolan L Wang, Senior Research Scientist - Leader, Data Theme, Climate Data and Analysis. is studying Climate trend / extremes / variability analysis, and development of methodologies for more realistic assessment and better understanding of climate trend/extremes/variability, to provide international leadership in this area of research, and to provide critical information to support the Department’s mandate within her areas of expertise. Current activities: Development of techniques for climate data homogenization, to enable more realistic assessment of climate trend, extremes, and variability Homogenization of climate data (surface winds, surface pressure, precipitation, ocean wave heights…) Development of methodologies for analyzing climate trend, extremes, and variability (including methods for projecting possible future climate extremes) Analysis of observed climate trend, extremes, and variability, including ocean surface waves Projections of future changes in various aspects of the climate system (including climate extremes) by analyzing (and statistical downscaling) climate model projections Development of methodologies for blending in-situ gauge precipitation data with satellite precipitation estimates, and production of a blended gridded precipitation database for Canada (North America)
Cynthia H Whaley is a research scientist with CCCMa, working on model development and applications of short-lived climate pollutants and climate-air quality feedbacks. Her current research and / or projects are: Research of climate and air quality issues and interactions using Earth System Models (ESMs) and other atmospheric models. Development and applications of the Canadian Earth System Model, CanESM, focused on short-lived climate pollutants in CanESM, including lightning, fire, and methane processes. Professional activities / interests Founding member of the IGAC BBURNED activity Coordinating a multi-species multi-model study on fires for the Hemispheric Transport of Air Pollution (HTAP) Group volunteer speaker for ECCC's pubic engagment: Scientists at Large, doing outreach to school children and the general public.	Megan Kirchmeier-Young is a research scientist working on climate extremes. Her current activities contribute to the understanding of the state, trends, variability, extremes, and future projections of climate at both global and regional scales including: Climate change detection and attribution at global and regional scales Analysis and attribution of extreme events (including temperature, precipitation, wildfires)	Xuebin Zhang, Senior Research Scientist, research contributes to the understanding of the state, trends, variability and extremes of climate at both global and regional scales. Current activities: Climate change detection and attribution at global and regional scales Methodological development for the analysis of extremes in the changing climate

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Elizabeth Bush is a Senior Climate Science Advisor with ECCC who provides advice related to change change science. Current research and / or projects: Support the provision of science advice for departmental decision making and policy development on climate change and the communication of climate change science to the public. Member of Canadian delegation to meetings under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Project lead for development of Canada's Changing Climate Report, a contribution to Canada's national climate change assessment.	Chris Derksen is an ECCC scientist Identifying interactions between the climate system and the cryosphere using satellite derived datasets and climate models. Current research and / or projects: Developing new knowledge on the state, variability, and change in the cryosphere, including the role in the climate system Retrieval of information on the cryosphere from airborne and satellite remote sensing Application of satellite datasets to climatological, hydrological, and modelling studies of the cryosphere Field studies of snow cover and sea ice	Salvatore Curasi is a Research Scientist, CCCMa, AS&T, STB, ECCC. He develops and evaluates land surface processes including biogeochemical processes in CLASSIC and CanESM. Current research and / or projects: Developing and analyzing land surface processes within earth system models: Integrating land surface processes, including more advanced representations of biogeochemical cycles in the Canadian Earth System Model (CanESM). Developing representations of wildfire, particularly those relevant to high latitude, boreal regions. Development and evaluation of land surface processes tailored to Canada.
Greg Flato is a Senior Research Scientist with ECCC and CCCMa conducting research related to Environment Canada's global and regional earth system models, and their application to historical climate simulation, seasonal to interannual climate prediction, and long-term climate projection. Current research and / or projects: Development, application and evaluation of global and regional climate models.	Parsa Gooya is a Climate Modeling Scientist, CCCMa, Climate Research, AS&T, STB, ECCC working on Seasonal to Decadal Predictions (S2D), Group member working on 1- Applications of Machine Learning for improving S2D predictions. 2- Analysis and Diagnosis of the Ocean Biogeochemistry predictions. Current research and / or projects: Machine Learning: (Probabilistic) Post-processing bias adjustment tool for seasonal to decadal prediction Application of generative machine learning for ensemble generation of climate fields Ocean Biogeochemistry diagnosis: Analysis of CanESM5 ocean BGC skills for biological activity Mechanistic evaluation of model specific biases Mechanistic evaluation of biases due to data assimilation	Luke Grant is a Physical Scientist with ECCC and CCCMa working in a support role for the land modeling group of CanESM under the supervision of Vivek Arora. Expertise: Environment, climate change and processes, climate trends and variability, climate modelling, carbon budget
Mathieu Lachapelle is a Research Scientist and Cloud microphysicist, CCCMa, AS&T, STB, ECCC (Dorval QC). Current research and / or projects: modernizing the cloud physics scheme of the Canadian climate model. interested in the role of some microphysical processes, such secondary ice production, in weather and climate.	Elizaveta Malinina is a Research Scientist,CCCMa, AS&T, STB, ECCC, conducting climate research on attribution of extreme events and temperature changes in Canada. Current research and / or projects: Developer of rapid extreme event attribution system. Member of CMIP7 Model Benchmarking Task Team.	Elizabeth Ramsay is a Physical Scientist with ECCC and CCCMa. Current research and / or projects: Research, development and analysis for climate model tuning
Victoria Spada is a Physical Scientist, CCCma, Climate Research, AS&T, STB, ECCC. Current research and / or projects: Development and maintenance of methods and tools to enable the development and application of the Canadian Earth System Model (CanESM) and Canadian regional climate model (CanRCM). Processing and preparing forcings, initial conditions, and other data required to run the models.		Najda Steiner is a Research Scientist with DFO / IOS Sidney BC. She develops numerical models for Arctic marine ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles and assesses Arctic marine ecosystem responses to climate change, including its global and regional impacts. Dr. Steiner co-chairs the international expert community on Biogeochemical Exchange Processes at Sea-Ice Interfaces (BEPSII). Current research and/or projects: Modelling ecosystem in regional (Arctic, North Pacific) and global contexts (Canadian Earth System Model). The marine sulphur cycle (DMS measurements and modelling along Line P and at Station P). Climate change impacts on Arctic ecosystems and the inorganic carbon cycle (e.g. Response to sea-ice changes, acidification).

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