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John P. Smol

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John Smol holding a Glew lake sediment corer in his lab at Queen`s University
Born
John P. Smol

Montreal, Quebec, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Alma mater
Known forAdvancements in the field of long-term environmental change
Awards
Vega Medal (2023)
Scientific career
FieldsLimnology
Paleolimnology
Limnogeology
Arctic
Diatoms[1]
InstitutionsQueen's University
ThesisPostglacial changes in fossil algal assemblages from three Canadian lakes (1982)
Websitequeensu.ca/pearl/

John P. Smol,

Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, where he also held the Canada Research Chair in Environmental Change for the maximum of three 7-year terms (2001–2021).[4] He founded and co-directs the Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Lab (PEARL).[5][1][6]

Early life

John Smol was born in Montreal, Canada. Both his parents were originally from Czechoslovakia. His mother was a war refugee and his father a political defector, who met in the immigrant sections of Montreal. His father was killed by a drunk driver in a car accident when Smol was 8 years old. He has three siblings, all of whom are in academia/education.

Education

Smol was educated at McGill University (BSc),[7] Brock University (MSc),[8] and Queen's University (PhD).[9]

Career and research

Smol works on a diverse range of subjects, most of which focus on using lake sediments to reconstruct past environmental trends. Topics include:

anthropogenic
stressors.

The author or editor of 24 books and over 700 journal publications and book chapters,[1][10] Smol is an international lecturer and media commentator on a variety of topics, but most dealing with environmental issues. From 1987 to 2007, he edited the Journal of Paleolimnology.[11] Since 2004, he has been editor of the journal Environmental Reviews.[12] He is the series editor of the Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research[13] book series. He held the Chair of the International Paleolimnology Association [14] for two three-year terms ending in August 2018, and until recently was President (2019–2022) of the Academy of Science, Royal Society of Canada.

John P. Smol at the Royal Society admissions day in London, July 2018
John P. Smol at the Royal Society admissions day in London, July 2018

Honours and awards

Among over 100 awards and fellowships,

Vega Medal from the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography (SSAG) was presented to Smol in 2023.[19] Smol was made a Member of the Order of Ontario for the class of 2022.[20]

Selected publications

John Smol giving the 2023 Vega Medal Lecture in Stockholm, Sweden.
John Smol on the Victoria Strait Expedition, Northwest Passage, High Arctic Canada.

References

  1. ^ a b c John Smol publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "Professor John Smol Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research". www.queensu.ca.
  3. ^ "Undergraduate Degree Biology Graduate Courses Research – Queen's Biology Department". biology.queensu.ca.
  4. ^ "Research Chair". 29 November 2012.
  5. ^ "PEARL".
  6. ORCID 0000-0002-2499-6696
  7. OCLC 883989884
  8. OCLC 1032916530
  9. OCLC 15941406
  10. ^ "Publication List".
  11. ^ "Journal of Paleolimnology". Springer.
  12. ^ "Canadian Science Publishing". Environmental Reviews.
  13. ^ "Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research".
  14. ^ "Home". Paleolim.
  15. ^ "Herzberg Gold Medal". 28 June 2016.
  16. ^ "NSERC". 28 June 2016.
  17. ^ Anon (2018). "John Smol". royalsociety.org. Royal Society.
  18. ^ General, Office of the Secretary to the Governor. "The Governor General of Canada". The Governor General of Canada.
  19. ^ "Other awards". PEARL. 2023-05-24.
  20. ^ "The 2022 Appointees to the Order of Ontario". Ontario.ca (Press release). November 6, 2023.
  21. doi:10.4033/iee.2016.9.5.e
     – via ojs.library.queensu.ca.
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