John Johnston Email & Phone Number

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

The Associate Chair is responsible for matters pertaining to undergraduate programs within the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science at the University of Waterloo. This includes scheduling and delivery of programs offered, course instructors, curriculum development, scholarships and awards, and other tasks related to the.

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

As part of the University of Waterloo’s continuing efforts to promote excellence in teaching, a network of Teaching Fellows was established in 2012 to provide leadership and support for faculty members with the ultimate goal of improving the depth, effectiveness, and efficiency of student learning. Within the Faculty of Science, each department and school.

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

• Teach numerous courses including Introductory Earth Sciences, Stratigraphic Approaches to Learning Earth History and Methods in Geological Field Mapping. Undergraduate and graduate student theses supervision and.
• Technical Expert (2021) for the Mayors Advisory Council on Coastal Resilience, Great Lakes and St. Lawrence, Cities Initiative.
• Chair (2020-2021) (Vice Chair 2019-2020) for the North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature (NASCN) and representative for the Geological Association of Canada on NASCN (2017 to 2023).
• Board Member (2019-2022) for the University of Waterloo Earth Science Museum.
• Technical Expert (since 2017) for the Michigan Coastal Roundtable. Service:
• 2020 to 2023 - Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Teaching Fellow

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Waterloo, Ontario

• Teaching:
• Recruited to teach 4 classes (~500 students) in physical geography, climate change, geology (surface and subsurface).
• Initiating compilation of geotechnical data to establish WLU Campus Geology.
• Developed WLU 3rd-year Climate Change collaboration with students in Singapore to assess credible information, understand climate literacy and compare two countries.International Recognition:
• Invited to lead part of a workshop to train professionals - “Interpreting the Sediment Record, Theory & Field Methods” sponsored by US Army Corp. Engineers and Great Lakes Commission.
• Invited Great Lakes contribution to a Special Publication on "Sedimentary Coastal Zones from High to Low Latitudes: Similarities and Differences" for the Geological Society of London.Innovative Research:

Guelph, Ontario

• Providing Leading Edge Technology and Uncompromising Support to those Field Professionals working in the Research and Management of our Natural Resources Worldwide.
• Operating divisions of our company are Halltech Atmospheric Systems, Halltech Agricultural GPS, Halltech Aquatic Research Inc. and Halltech Exploration Outfitters.
• We are trusted and valued suppliers to federal, provincial, and state governments, educational institutions, private and multinational forestry and mineral exploration companies, environmental and agricultural.

Mississauga, Ontario

• NEWLY PUBLISHED RESEARCH PAPERS:
• (1) Decade of work in world’s largest lake (Superior) in world’s largest fresh, surface-water system (Laurentian Great Lakes).Johnston et al. 2012 – Canadian Journal of Earth Science “EDITORS.
• (2) Twelve years of work in world’s largest boreal delta, an internationally recognized area.Wolfe, Hall, Edwards & Johnston (2012) - Environmental.
• Inspiring 500 students in 5 courses (1st to 3rd year, 30 to 300 students) after recruited to teach: ERS103 Geology & Public Issues, ERS120 Planet Earth, ERS202 Dynamic Earth, ERS317 Geological Hazards, ERS315.
• Constructing 1st geologic map of UTM campus - 99 boreholes in 11 geotechnical reports.
• Global Climate Connection Projects: Canada-Qatar & –Singapore (Johnston & Johnston 2012). http://www.teaching.utoronto.ca/about_ctsi/symposium.htmTECHNOLOGY:

Mississauga, Ontario

• Constructed the most detailed hydrographs required to merge instrumental & geological records (Johnston et al. 2010 and Johnston et al. in review).
• Initiated and integrated GPR (fieldwork, analysis and interpretation) into a new multidisciplinary approach to define shoreline behavior in the upper Great Lakes (Thompson et al. 2011).
• Contributed to a novel reconstruction of lake level from geochemical data (Wolfe et al. 2011).
• Sought after to teach 7 courses (1st to 4th year, 1 to 360 students, 1074 total students) – physical geography, weather & climate, climate change, coastal processes.
• Invited presenter at a U.S. Army Corp of Engineers and Great Lakes Commission “Interpreting the Sediment Record, Theory and Field Methods” workshop in Michigan.
• Peer reviewer of manuscripts & abstracts (since 1998) > 15 journals (i.e. EOS & Science).

Waterloo, Ontario

• Climate change & variability on water resources in North America's S & N Great Lakes.
• Devised new method integrating GPR-based stratigraphic analysis of a beach-barrier complex and limnological analyses of lagoonal sediments in Alberta (Johnston et al. 2010).
• Published two co-authored journal articles: Sinnatamby et al. (2010) - Linked historical maps/aerial photos to lake sediments to define hydroecological conditions in Peace Athabasca Delta and Wolfe et al. (2008) - Used.
• Created 1st stratigraphic framework below Sandbanks Prov. Park’s sensitive/protected ecosystem, ON (Childs et al. in prep).
• Designed and Built Ice-based Monopod Vibracore System for coring remote lakes. Planned & carried out a winter coring trip to Slave River Delta, NWT.
• Sought after to teach 9 classes (1st to 3rd year, 16 to 275 students, 1111 total students) – field studies, geology, field & lab techniques, risks & disasters, physical geography, climate change.

Waterloo, Ontario

• Joined multidisciplinary team - hydrology of the Mackenzie basin. Pivotal contributions involved adding a sedimentological & geophysical aspect (Johnston et al. 2010) while developing new expertise in isotope.
• Internationally recognized expert in sediment assessment and training of professionals: Invited to lead part of a workshop to train professionals - “Interpreting the Sediment Record, Theory & Field Methods” sponsored.
• Recognized expert in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence watersheds: Invited panelist at the GRCA Annual Water Forum - regional context after Can. Space Agency.
• Recognized expert in ground movement: Only Canadian specialist of shoreline data invited to an expert workshop to compared data with GPS and water level gauge data for the International Joint Commission’s Upper Great.
• Published two lead-authored journal articles – Johnston et al. (2007a, b), in special issues. Devised link between conceptual model of shoreline development & preserved record using GPR. Used beach ridge form &.
• Published two co-authored journal articles: (Argyilan et al. 2005) - Established OSL as a viable alternative to radiocarbon dating of shorelines in the Great Lakes and (Sharma et al. 2005) – Used stable isotope ratios.

Bloomington, Indiana

• Joined multidisciplinary team - hydrology of the Great Lakes, USGS. Pivotal contributions involved integrating a self taught geophysical component (Johnston et al. 2007), developing a new geochronologic method.
• Conducted 6 field seasons of one month in duration each studying five strandplains of beach ridges. Collected surveys (~8 km topo & 3 km GPR), cores (321 vibracores), samples (~100 peat & 70 quartz) to analyze.
• Published one lead-authored journal article: Johnston et al. (2004) – invited article leads an updated compilation of 40 years of cutting-edge research studying the largest lake in the world, Lake Superior. Published.
• Co-chaired a special session “Water Levels, Past, Present, and Future Trends” at the combined IAGLR (46th) & ILEC (10th) World Lake Conference with the deputy director of Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory.
• Attended a short course by Sensors & Software Inc., ON (Ground Penetrating Radar).
• Mapped 3D architecture of the Salem limestone in quarries (building stone & reservoir rock).

Waterloo, Ontario

• Responsible for lab sections - Palaeontology, Mineralogy, Quaternary and Economic Geology.

Calgary, Alberta

• Hired to save Chevron $1.2 million, finding a local subsurface source of water for water injection, AB.
• Compiled, analyzed & interpreted drilling records & articles. Created isopach & structure maps.

Phd, Geological Sciences

Activities and Societies: Vice President of Student Advisory Committee in the Department of Geological Sciences. Corresponding Secretary.

Msc, Earth Sciences

Activities and Societies: Quaternary Science Institute, Earth Science Hockey and Soccer teams.Thesis: Sedimentology and Depositional.

Bsc, Physical Science

Activities and Societies: Hockey, Soccer, Volleyball.Geology, Geography, Mathematical and Computer Science, Chemistry, Physics, Biology. U.