Daniel LeE Peters, Ph.D., P.geo.

Research Scientist - Watershed Hydrologist
Tel: 250-363-8954
Fax: 250-363-3586
Email: Daniel.Peters@ec.gc.ca

Education:
B.Sc., Specialization Geography (Environmental), Concordia University
M.Sc., Ph.D., Watershed Ecosystems, Trent University

Research Expertise:

• Watershed hydrology, with expertise in field data collection, analysis, and modelling
• Impacts of climate variability & change on hydrologic systems
• Effects of flow regulation and land-use change on hydrologic systems
• Runoff processes and generation of flood waters
• Hydrology of northern deltas
• Instream flow needs
• integrated hydrometric, geochemcial, and isotopic water tracing

 

• Assessment of climatological & hydrological controls on extreme events in the lower Mackenzie River Basin, northwestern Canada
• Hydrology of tundra lakes impacted by shoreline slumping, adjacent to the Mackenzie Delta, northwestern Canada
• Development of ecological instream flow needs standards for agricultural watersheds in Canada
• Assessment of climate impacts on the hydrology and ecology of streams to Lake Okanagan BC
• Assessment of climate Impacts on the hydrology of Sooke Lake Reservoir, Victoria BC

• Limited Term Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Victoria
• Associate Fellow, Canadian Rivers Institute, University of New Brunswick
• Editorial Board, Canadian Water Resources Journal
• Member-at-Large, Canadian Geophysical Union Hydrology Section Executive
• Sessional Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of Victoria

• American Geophysical Union (AGU) - Hydrology Section Member
• Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Brisith Columbia (APEGBC) - Registered
• Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS) - Registered
• Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU) - Hydrology Section Member
• Canadian Water Resources Association (CWRA) - Member
• International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) - Member

• Visiting Fellowship in a Canadian Government Laboratory (NSERC)
• D.M. Gray Award for 'Best Student Paper in Hydrology', 26 th Canadian Geophysical Union
• 'Best of Session for Interactive Poster', 4th Internat. Conf. on Remote Sensing for Marine & Coastal Environments
• Ontario Graduate Scholarships
• Canadian Association of Geographers Undergraduate Award
• Bachelor of Science Conferred with Distinction