Andrew Tanentzap, Trent University

Research

lakes soils ecosystem function dissolved organic matter carbon cycling climate change boreal microbial ecology

Latest funding

ChronoForNet: Improving the long-term recovery of post-agricultural temperate and boreal forests
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$171,209
Enabling world-leading mass spectrometry for environmental science
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$137,214
Ecological importance of organic matter in a warming world
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$140,000

ChronoForNet: Improving the long-term recovery of post-agricultural temperate and boreal forests

Principal investigatorNSERC2025Advantage

Principal investigators: Tanentzap, Andrew Joseph

Keywords: Forestry (silviculture, forest management); Environmental impact of economic activities (including agriculture)

$171,209

Enabling world-leading mass spectrometry for environmental science

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Tanentzap, Andrew

Keywords: boreal; carbon cycling; climate change; dissolved organic matter; ecosystem function; environmental chemistry; forests; lakes; microbial ecology; soils

$137,214

Ecological importance of organic matter in a warming world

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Tanentzap, Andrew

Keywords: lakes; soils; ecosystem function; dissolved organic matter; carbon cycling; metagenomics; climate change; boreal; microbial ecology; environmental chemistry

$140,000

Ecological importance of organic matter in a warming world

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Grants Program - Northern Research Supplement

Principal investigators: Tanentzap, Andrew

Keywords: lakes; soils; ecosystem function; dissolved organic matter; carbon cycling; metagenomics; climate change; boreal; microbial ecology; environmental chemistry

$28,000

Climate Change and Northern Ecosystems

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Tanentzap, Andrew

Keywords: lakes; soils; forests; ecosystem function; dissolved organic matter; carbon cycling; metagenomics; climate change; boreal; microbial ecology

$335,000

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: lakes Dear Professor Tanentzap, 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 lakes 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 "ChronoForNet: Improving the long-term recovery of post-agricultural temperate and boreal forests" (2025), 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]