Heather Major, University of New Brunswick

Research

climate change dispersal habitat selection population biology recruitment seabird ecology sexual selection

Latest funding

An autonomous ocean vehicle for surveying fish in remote Arctic environments
NSERC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$150,000
Infrared Thermal Imaging System for High Precision Field Thermography Research
NSERC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$146,575
Seabird ecology in the North Atlantic
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$12,500

An autonomous ocean vehicle for surveying fish in remote Arctic environments

Co-investigatorNSERC2025Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Elliott, Kyle

Keywords: arctic ecology; predator-prey interactions; unoccupied vehicle systems; drones; seabirds; forage fish; machine learning; oceanography; marine biology; animal behaviour

$150,000

Infrared Thermal Imaging System for High Precision Field Thermography Research

Co-investigatorNSERC2021Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Tattersall, Glenn

$146,575

Seabird ecology in the North Atlantic

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Major, Heather

$12,500

Seabird ecology in the North Atlantic

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Major, Heather

Keywords: seabird ecology; dispersal; recruitment; population biology; climate change; sexual selection; habitat selection

$196,000

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: climate change Dear Professor Major, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on climate change connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Seabird ecology in the North Atlantic" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]