Jeremy Kerr Explained

Main Interests:Conservation biology, Macroecology, Global Change Biology, Pollinator conservation, Butterfly ecology
Website:macroecology.ca/

Jeremy Kerr is a biology professor at the University of Ottawa (uOttawa) where he holds the University Research Chair in Macroecology and Conservation.[1] [2] Kerr is a member of the NSERC Council, including its executive committee,[3] and the past president of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution (CSEE). He is the Chair of NSERC's Committee on Discovery Research and a founding member of its EDI subcommittee.[4] In 2021, Kerr was elected to be a member of Sigma Xi Society[5] and is an elected lifetime Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science,[6] and of the Royal Society of Biology.[7]

While CSEE president (2016–18), Kerr led development of the society's Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) policies, including its first Diversity and Inclusion Statement.[8] [9] Kerr has also helped develop EDI policy frameworks at NSERC[10] that contributes to inclusion in research environments nationally in Canada. He served as an expert witness to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research, giving testimony on the need for progress on inclusion in research, and on the need to expand federal support for students.[11] He has written extensively on this subject. Kerr was strongly engaged in the creation of Canada's current Chief Science Advisor position and was invited to Parliament with Dr. Kirsty Duncan for the announcement of the role.[12] Kerr has also been involved with federal budget discussions around support for science through public science,[13] [14] media engagement,[15] and writing,[16] and in the protection and restoration of scientific integrity in federal decision-making.[17] [18] [19]

As an ecologist and conservation biologist, Kerr is active in public science and citizen science and co-founded eButterfly in his laboratory.[20] [21] [22] [23] His research has focused extensively on understanding how environmental change, including especially climate change, affects life on Earth. Kerr is a well-known public science figure, featuring in scientific presentations at the National Arts Centre,[24] Parliament of Canada,[25] and in printed and broadcast media (e.g. New York Times,[26] [27] BBC,[28] CNN,[29] Time Magazine,[30] CBC's Quirks and Quarks[31]). He contributed as an expert witness on climate change, biodiversity, and protected areas networks in testimony to the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development.[32] He is also heavily engaged at the science-policy interface, including the expansion of Canada's protected areas network.[33]

Awards

Education

Undergraduate

University of Ottawa, Department of Biology.[38]

PhD

Department of Biology, York University with Laurence Packer.[39]

Post-Doc

Department of Zoology of University of Oxford with Lord Robert May and Sir Richard Southwood.[40]

Bibliography

Selected publications

OUPFB Field Course

Kerr is the long-time course director for Wildlife and Ecology of East African Ecosystems, a field course offered by the Ontario Universities Program in Field Biology (OUPFB).[41] Examples from his field course photography collection include detailed metadata explaining lion behaviours in Tanzania, available in uOttawa's open access digital collection.[42]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Two University of Ottawa research chairs renewed. 2021-10-14. Research. en.
  2. Web site: Government of Canada. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. 2018-05-31. NSERC - Jeremy Kerr. 2021-10-14. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
  3. Web site: Government of Canada. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. 2016-06-28. NSERC - Executive Committee. 2021-10-14. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
  4. Web site: Government of Canada . Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada . 2022-03-09 . NSERC - Committee on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion . 2022-10-07 . Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
  5. Web site: Sigma Xi Scientific Honour Society member listing. 2022-04-01. Sigma Xi Scientific Honor Society. en.
  6. Web site: AAAS List of Fellows. 2022-04-01. AAAS. en.
  7. Web site: https://www.rsb.org.uk/. 2024-01-19. RSB. en.
  8. Web site: Diversity and Inclusivity Statement CSEE – Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution. 2021-10-14. en-US.
  9. Kerr. Jeremy. Winter 2018. President's Report, August 2017 through March 2018. Bulletin of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution. 23. 2–4.
  10. Web site: NSERC . 2017 . Guide for Applicants: Considering equity, diversity and inclusion in your application . October 7, 2022 . NSERC.
  11. Web site: Evidence - SRSR (44-1) - No. 8 - House of Commons of Canada . 2022-10-07 . www.ourcommons.ca . en-ca.
  12. Canadian Society for Ecology & Evolution. 2018. President's Report: Chief Scientific Advisor for Canada. http://csee-scee.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Bulletin-no-23-En-b.pdf. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
  13. Web site: 2017-10-27 . Science Policy and Science Politics Panel Discussion: A recap! . 2022-10-09 . Evidence For Democracy . en.
  14. Web site: IDRC hosts the Science Writers and Communicators of Canada conference IDRC - International Development Research Centre . 2022-10-09 . www.idrc.ca . 20 September 2017 . en.
  15. News: Semeniuk . Ivan . 2017-12-18 . Sensing a moment, Canadian scientists swing for the fences . en-CA . The Globe and Mail . 2022-10-09.
  16. Web site: Making Canadians care about science again . 2022-10-09 . www.ipolitics.ca . en.
  17. Web site: 2015-10-25 . Opinion How Justin Trudeau can bring science back to Ottawa . 2022-10-09 . thestar.com . en.
  18. Carroll . Carlos . Hartl . Brett . Goldman . Gretchen T. . Gretchen Goldman . Rohlf . Daniel J. . Treves . Adrian . Kerr . Jeremy T. . Ritchie . Euan G. . Kingsford . Richard T. . Gibbs . Katherine E. . Maron . Martine . Watson . James E. M. . October 2017 . Defending the scientific integrity of conservation-policy processes: Strengthening Scientific Integrity . Conservation Biology . en . 31 . 5 . 967–975 . 10.1111/cobi.12958 . 28741747 . 205022465 . free.
  19. Web site: The Canadian Press . 2013-09-16 . Scientists in white lab coats rally against federal government . 2022-10-09 . Macleans.ca . en-US.
  20. News: Semeniuk . Ivan . 2018-10-07 . The butterfly effect: How Canadians and their smartphones are helping scientists map species diversity . en-CA . The Globe and Mail . 2022-10-09.
  21. News: Chung. Emily. July 9, 2015. Climate change is killing off bumblebees: study. CBC. October 14, 2021.
  22. News: Anonymous. Feb 17, 2019. Monarch butterfly resurgence might not take flight, says Ottawa prof. October 14, 2021.
  23. Web site: eButterfly. 2021-10-14. www.e-butterfly.org.
  24. Web site: About the Impacts of Climate Change on Pollinators with Dr. Jeremy Kerr SPHERE Festival - Talk Sat, Sep 24, 2022, 4:30 pm Peter A. Herrndorf Place . 2022-10-09 . nac-cna.ca . 21 September 2022 . en-CA.
  25. Web site: Dr. Jeremy Kerr: The great biodiversity challenge: conserving nature through a century of unprecedented change Le grand défi de la biodiversité : la conservation de la nature pendant un siècle marqué par des changements sans précédent . 2022-10-09 . PAGSE . en-US.
  26. News: Pierre-Louis . Kendra . Popovich . Nadja . 2020-02-06 . Climate Change: It's a Buzzkill for Bumblebees, Study Finds . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-10-09 . 0362-4331.
  27. News: Albeck-Ripka . Livia . 2017-09-26 . Is Climate-Themed Fiction All Too Real? We Asked the Experts . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-10-09 . 0362-4331.
  28. News: 2015-07-09 . Climate 'vice' constricts bumblebees' natural ranges - researchers . en-GB . BBC News . 2022-10-09.
  29. Web site: Rogers . Kristen . 2020-02-06 . Bumblebees are going extinct because of the climate crisis, but there are easy ways to help . 2022-10-09 . CNN . en.
  30. Bees Are Losing Their Habitat Because of Climate Change . 2022-10-09 . Time . en.
  31. News: McDonald . Bob . June 8, 2018 . Scientists say restrictions on neonic pesticides aren't enough to save bees - we need a ban . Quirks and Quarks . October 9, 2022.
  32. Web site: Evidence - ENVI (42-1) - No. 164 - House of Commons of Canada . 2022-10-09 . www.ourcommons.ca . en-ca.
  33. Web site: 2018-06-26 . Opinion Indigenous partnerships hold the key to conserving Canada's boreal forests . 2022-10-09 . thestar.com . en.
  34. Web site: Governor General's Academic Medals. 2022-04-01. gg.ca. en.
  35. Web site: Early Researcher Awards. 2021-10-14. ontario.ca. en.
  36. Web site: Kerr, Jeremy. 2021-10-14. Institute of the Environment. en.
  37. Web site: December 6, 2016 . Excellence in Media Relations announcement at University of Ottawa . October 7, 2022 . Twitter.
  38. Web site: Macroecology & Conservation. 2021-10-18. Macroecology & Conservation. en-US.
  39. Kerr. Jeremy T.. Packer. Laurence. January 1997. Habitat heterogeneity as a determinant of mammal species richness in high-energy regions. Nature. 385. 6613. 252–254. 10.1038/385252a0. 1997Natur.385..252K . 4342300 . 0028-0836.
  40. Kerr. J. T.. Southwood. T. R. E.. Cihlar. J.. 2001-09-11. Remotely sensed habitat diversity predicts butterfly species richness and community similarity in Canada. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98. 20. 11365–11370. 58735 . 10.1073/pnas.201398398. 11553792 . 2001PNAS...9811365K . 0027-8424. free .
  41. Web site: Ontario Universities Program in Field Biology. 2021-10-18. www.oupfb.ca.
  42. Kerr. Jeremy. 2019. Male lion on a kopje in Serengeti National Park. en.

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