Dr. Brian Greenwood

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Education

Ph.D. 1993, (Honoris Causa), Faculty of Mathematical & Natural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
Ph.D. 1970, Geography/Geology, Bristol, U.K.
B.Sc. (Honours) 1964, Geography, Bristol, U.K.

Academic Positions (University of Toronto, Canada)

Professor Emeritus (current)
Full Professor, Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, (UTSC)
Full Professor, Department of Geography, (U of T at St. George)
Full Professor, Centre for Environment, (U of T at St. George)
Head, Scarborough College Coastal Research Group, (UTSC)
2002-2007 Associate Chair, Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, (UTSC)
2005-2007 Director, Master of Environmental Science Program, Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, (UTSC)
1998-2002 Associate Chair (Research), Division of Physical Sciences, (UTSC)
1994-1998 Discipline Representative, Environmental Science, Division of Physical Sciences, UTSC
1981-2002 Professor of Geology (Cross-appointment), (University of Toronto at st. George)

Recent Consulting Work

Sand bars at Port Dover
Client: Linett & Timmis, Personal Injury Lawyers, Toronto, ON.
Nearshore sand bars as hazard
Client: Singer, Kwinter, and Insurance Lawyers, Toronto, ON.
Slope instability & slope engineering, St. Joseph, ON.
Client: Private Individual, Toronto, ON.
Environmental Impact Assessment, Epupa Hydropower Project, Namibia/Angola.
Client: NAMANG Consortium (SwedPower, NorConsult, Burmeister & Partners, SOAPRO), Stockholm, Sweden.
An assessment of the rip current hazard at Point Abino.
Client: Rachlin & Wolfson, Solicitors & Barristers, Toronto, ON.
Habitat regeneration, Second Marsh, Oshawa.
Client: Marshall, Macklin, Monaghan, Consulting Engineers, Thornhill, ON.
The Toronto Islands Study.
Client: W.F. Baird & Associates, Coastal Engineers, Ottawa, ON.
Pointe Mouillee/Bainsville Bay Integrated Land Use and Habitat Restoration Study.
Client: LGL Environmental Research Associates Ltd., King City, ON.
Environmental management: installation of a permanent bridge at Kelly's Beach.
Client: Environment Canada, Parks Service, Atlantic Region, Halifax, N.S.
St. Mary's Cement, Wharf Extension.
Client: Port Darlington Community Association, Port Darlington, ON.
Effects of the Pickering Nuclear Generating Plant on the Aquatic Physical Environment and Erosion and Sedimentation.
Client: LGL Ltd. Environmental Research Associates, King City, ON.

Other Research Experience

2004 Visiting Researcher, Universities of New South Wales & Sydney, Australia
2003 Visting Researcher, Institute of Geography, Copenhagen, Denmark
1988-1989 Visiting Researcher, Naturgeografiska Institutionen, Uppsala, Sweden
1987 Visiting Scientist, Dept. Interpretation Avancee, Societe Nationale Elf Aquitaine (Production), Pau, France
1983 Visiting Scientist, USGS, Menlo Park, California, U.S.A.
1983 Visiting Professor, CSU & Dept. Geography, Univ. Sydney, Australia.
1982 Visiting Professor, Naturgeografiska Institutionen, Uppsala, Sweden
1975-1976 Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Geography, Bristol, U.K.

Professional Activities, Honours, Prizes, Awards

2004 NSERC Letter and Pin, 25-years of excellence in research
2001-2004 Member, NSERC College of Reviewers, Canada Research Chairs
2003-2004 Member, Ross Mackay Award Committee, CAG
2000-2002 Advisor on Appeals, NSERC Canada
1994-2000 Member, Advisory Board, Institute of Geography, Copenhagen, Denmark
2001 Chair, Research Network Committee, NSERC Canada
1999-2001 Member, Earth Sciences Liason Committee, NSERC, Canada
1998-1999 Chair, Environmental Earth Sciences Research Grant Selection Committee, NSERC, Canada
1996-1999 Member, Environmental Earth Sciences Research Grant Selection Committee, NSERC Canada
1995 and 1996 Nominated for Research Professorship, UTSC
1993-1996 Member, IGU Commission on Coastal Systems
1995-1996 Chair, Scientific Review Committee, NSERC, Canada
1992-1995 Member, Editorial Board, Canadian Geographer
1993 Chairman, Strategic Grants Selection Panel, Oceans and Inland Waters, NSERC, Canada

Grants for Basic Research

2006-2008 Danish Natural Sciences Research Council - $ 150,000.00
(with T. Aagaard and others)

2004-2009 NSERC, Canada - $ 147,500.00
Program: Coastal Hydrodynamics, Sedimentation & Morphodynamics

2000-2004 NSERC, Canada - $ 158,000.00
Program: Sediment Flux and Shoreface Morphodynamics

2001-2002 NSERC, Canada - $ 57,000.00
Program: Hot Wire Anemometry (with R. Bryan, Forestry)

2000-2001 NSERC, Canada - $ 36,995.00
Equipment: FOBS-7; 5-channel fibre-optic backscatter system

1999-2000 NSERC, Canada - $ 38,000.00
Equipment: Wave Channel (with M. Loewen, Engineering)

1998-2001 Danish Natural Sciences Research Council - $420,000.00
Project: Sediment Transport and Morphological Development in a Barrier/Lagoon system (with C. Christiansen, T. Aagaard and others)

1997-2000 NSERC, Canada - $ 91,680.00
Project: Sediment Transport and Beach Morphodynamics

Society Memberships

American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Canadian Coastal Science and Engineering Association (CC-SEA)
International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS)
Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists (SEPM)
International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR)
Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG)
Canadian Geomorphological Research Group (CGRG)
Ontario Association of Geomorphologists (OAG)
Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario

Created by J. Davidson-Arnott
Updated February 2009

	2006-2008	Danish Natural Sciences Research Council - $ 150,000.00 (with T. Aagaard and others)
	2004-2009	NSERC, Canada - $ 147,500.00 Program: Coastal Hydrodynamics, Sedimentation & Morphodynamics
	2000-2004	NSERC, Canada - $ 158,000.00 Program: Sediment Flux and Shoreface Morphodynamics
	2001-2002	NSERC, Canada - $ 57,000.00 Program: Hot Wire Anemometry (with R. Bryan, Forestry)
	2000-2001	NSERC, Canada - $ 36,995.00 Equipment: FOBS-7; 5-channel fibre-optic backscatter system
	1999-2000	NSERC, Canada - $ 38,000.00 Equipment: Wave Channel (with M. Loewen, Engineering)
	1998-2001	Danish Natural Sciences Research Council - $420,000.00 Project: Sediment Transport and Morphological Development in a Barrier/Lagoon system (with C. Christiansen, T. Aagaard and others)
	1997-2000	NSERC, Canada - $ 91,680.00 Project: Sediment Transport and Beach Morphodynamics