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Duane Froese

ResearcherEarth and Atmospheric SciencesUniversity of Alberta

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Duane Froese

Researcher

Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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2 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 21 research grants (21 NSERC), most recently in 2019.

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138

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Research

Cryosphere Mackenzie Valley Northern Environmental Change Permafrost Quaternary geology

Latest papers

Permafrost landsystems define regional variability in climate change effects on northern environments.
Nature communications · 2026
Pleistocene mitogenomes reconstructed from the environmental DNA of permafrost sediments
Current Biology · 2022
Collapse of the mammoth-steppe in central Yukon as revealed by ancient environmental DNA
Nature Communications · 2021

All 13 publications

Latest funding

LEAP: Training tomorrow's leaders in permafrost thaw and northern research
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$389,130
Nature-based solutions for permafrost stabilization and permafrost carbon fixation
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$257,022
Permafrost archives of northern environmental change and permafrost landsystems of the Mackenzie valley
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$366,000

All 27 grants and awards

13 publications.

Permafrost landsystems define regional variability in climate change effects on northern environments.

Kokelj SV, Wolfe SA, Weiss N, Froese D, Baltzer JL, Lantz TC, O'Neill HB, Morse PD, Sniderhan A, Speetjens NJ, Van der Sluijs J, Alvarez A, Tank SE, Gruber S

Nature communications2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-71216-2 PMID: 41932897

Pleistocene mitogenomes reconstructed from the environmental DNA of permafrost sediments

Murchie TJ, Karpinski E, Eaton K, Duggan AT, Baleka S, Zazula G, MacPhee RDE, Froese D, Poinar HN

Current Biology202235 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.12.023

Collapse of the mammoth-steppe in central Yukon as revealed by ancient environmental DNA

Murchie TJ, Monteath AJ, Mahony ME, Long GS, Cocker S, Sadoway T, Karpinski E, Zazula G, MacPhee RDE, Froese D

Nature Communications2021103 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27439-6 PMID: W4200313250

Late Pleistocene shrub expansion preceded megafauna turnover and extinctions in eastern Beringia.

Monteath AJ, Gaglioti BV, Edwards ME, Froese D

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2107977118 PMID: 34930836

Optimization of subsampling, decontamination, and DNA extraction of difficult peat and silt permafrost samples.

Saidi-Mehrabad A, Neuberger P, Cavaco M, Froese D, Lanoil B

Scientific reports2020

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-71234-0 PMID: 32868827

Testate amoeba records indicate regional 20th-century lowering of water tables in ombrotrophic peatlands in central-northern Alberta, Canada.

van Bellen S, Magnan G, Davies L, Froese D, Mullan-Boudreau G, Zaccone C, Garneau M, Shotyk W

Global change biology2018

DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14143 PMID: 29569789

Peat Bogs Document Decades of Declining Atmospheric Contamination by Trace Metals in the Athabasca Bituminous Sands Region.

Shotyk W, Appleby PG, Bicalho B, Davies LJ, Froese D, Grant-Weaver I, Magnan G, Mullan-Boudreau G, Noernberg T, Pelletier R, Shannon B, van Bellen S, Zaccone C

Environmental science & technology2017

DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b04909 PMID: 28485980

Fossil and genomic evidence constrains the timing of bison arrival in North America.

Froese D, Stiller M, Heintzman PD, Reyes AV, Zazula GD, Soares AE, Meyer M, Hall E, Jensen BJ, Arnold LJ, MacPhee RD, Shapiro B

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2017First author

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1620754114 PMID: 28289222

Timing and causes of mid-Holocene mammoth extinction on St. Paul Island, Alaska.

Graham RW, Belmecheri S, Choy K, Culleton BJ, Davies LJ, Froese D, Heintzman PD, Hritz C, Kapp JD, Newsom LA, Rawcliffe R, Saulnier-Talbot É, Shapiro B, Wang Y, Williams JW, Wooller MJ

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2016

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1604903113 PMID: 27482085

Bison phylogeography constrains dispersal and viability of the Ice Free Corridor in western Canada.

Heintzman PD, Froese D, Ives JW, Soares AE, Zazula GD, Letts B, Andrews TD, Driver JC, Hall E, Hare PG, Jass CN, MacKay G, Southon JR, Stiller M, Woywitka R, Suchard MA, Shapiro B

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2016

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1601077113 PMID: 27274051

LEAP: Training tomorrow's leaders in permafrost thaw and northern research

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Gruber, Stephan SW

Keywords: adaptation; climate change impacts; climate services; cryosphere; ecology; natural resources; northern development; permafrost; permafrost carbon feedback; water

$389,130

Nature-based solutions for permafrost stabilization and permafrost carbon fixation

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Maghoul, Pooneh P

Keywords: biodiversity; carbon fixation; climate change adaptation; nano-bio cementation; nanotechnology; nature-based solutions; northern infrastructure; permafrost; permafrost carbon feedback

$257,022

Permafrost archives of northern environmental change and permafrost landsystems of the Mackenzie valley

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Froese, Duane

Keywords: quaternary geology; permafrost; mackenzie valley; cryosphere; northern environmental change

$366,000

Permafrost archives of northern environmental change and permafrost landsystems of the Mackenzie valley

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Northern Research Supplement

Principal investigators: Froese, Duane G

Keywords: cryosphere; mackenzie valley; northern environmental change; permafrost; quaternary geology

$108,000

Permafrost archives of northern environmental change and permafrost landsystems of the Mackenzie valley

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Accelerator Supplements

Principal investigators: Froese, Duane

$120,000

NSERC Permafrost Partnership Network for Canada

Co-investigatorNSERC2018Strategic Network Grants Program

Principal investigators: Gruber, Stephan SW

Keywords: adaptation; climate change impacts; cryoshphere; environmental modelling; monitoring; natural resources; northern development; northern engineering; permafrost; water

$5,497,226

Future ArcTic Ecosystems (FATE): drivers of diversity and future scenarios from ethnoecology,_x000d_ contemporary ecology and ancient DNA

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Belmont Forum / BiodivERsA Scenarios of Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services

Principal investigators: Froese, Duane

$203,490

Northern Environmental Change

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Froese, Duane

$50,000

Northern Environmental Change

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Froese, Duane

Keywords: CRC

$50,000

Northern Environmental Change

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Froese, Duane

$400,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Duane Froese

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Permafrost landsystems define regional variability in climate change effects on northern environments.

Pleistocene mitogenomes reconstructed from the environmental DNA of permafrost sediments

Collapse of the mammoth-steppe in central Yukon as revealed by ancient environmental DNA

Late Pleistocene shrub expansion preceded megafauna turnover and extinctions in eastern Beringia.

Optimization of subsampling, decontamination, and DNA extraction of difficult peat and silt permafrost samples.

Testate amoeba records indicate regional 20th-century lowering of water tables in ombrotrophic peatlands in central-northern Alberta, Canada.

Peat Bogs Document Decades of Declining Atmospheric Contamination by Trace Metals in the Athabasca Bituminous Sands Region.

Fossil and genomic evidence constrains the timing of bison arrival in North America.

Timing and causes of mid-Holocene mammoth extinction on St. Paul Island, Alaska.

Bison phylogeography constrains dispersal and viability of the Ice Free Corridor in western Canada.

LEAP: Training tomorrow's leaders in permafrost thaw and northern research

Nature-based solutions for permafrost stabilization and permafrost carbon fixation

Permafrost archives of northern environmental change and permafrost landsystems of the Mackenzie valley

Permafrost archives of northern environmental change and permafrost landsystems of the Mackenzie valley

Permafrost archives of northern environmental change and permafrost landsystems of the Mackenzie valley

NSERC Permafrost Partnership Network for Canada

Future ArcTic Ecosystems (FATE): drivers of diversity and future scenarios from ethnoecology,_x000d_ contemporary ecology and ancient DNA

Northern Environmental Change

Northern Environmental Change

Northern Environmental Change

Frequent collaborators

William Shotyk

Hendrik Poinar

Robin Woywitka

Brian Lanoil

Stephan Gruber

Ana Duggan