Brian Branfireun, Western University

Research

Read how they describe their research on their Western University profile.

Latest funding

Climate change and catchment controls on the mercury cycle of northern lakes
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$258,000
Development of New Analytical Methods for Speciation of Chromium in Subsistence Fish from northern Ontario
NSERC · 2018 · Co-investigator
$70,000
Solid-phase CHNS analyser for plant, soil and sediments from aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems
NSERC · 2018 · Co-investigator
$106,385

All 15 grants and awards

No publications available.

Climate change and catchment controls on the mercury cycle of northern lakes

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Branfireun, Brian

Keywords: aquatic ecology; carbon cycling; catchment; climate change; contaminants; hydrology; limnology; mercury; permafrost; stable isotopes

$258,000

Development of New Analytical Methods for Speciation of Chromium in Subsistence Fish from northern Ontario

Co-investigatorNSERC2018Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Gunn, John

$70,000

Solid-phase CHNS analyser for plant, soil and sediments from aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems

Co-investigatorNSERC2018Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Lindo, Zoe

$106,385

Mno Nimkodadding Geegi (We Are All Connected): The Ontario Node of the Indigenous Mentorship Network Program

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Training Grant: Indigenous Mentorship Network Program - Ontario

Principal investigators: Richmond, Chantelle A; Castleden, Heather E; Furgal, Christopher M; Gabel, Chelsea; Mushquash, Christopher J; Neufeld, Hannah J; Peltier, Cindy M; Smylie, Janet K; Stewart, Suzanne L; Walker, Jennifer

Keywords: Career Development; Community-Based Research; Indigenous Health; Indigenous Well-Being; Interdisciplinary; Mentorship; Networking

$1,000,000

An autonomous underwater vehicle for characterizing remote lakes

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Branfireun, Brian

$150,000

A field-portable ultra-trace mercury analysis system

Co-investigatorNSERC2016Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Swanson, Heidi

$94,462

Northern peatland ecosystem responses to climate change

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Strategic Projects - Group

Principal investigators: Branfireun, Brian

$516,281

Environment and Sustainability

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Branfireun, Brian

$25,000

A field-based experimental system for the evaluation of the effects of elevated temperature and CO2 on peatlands

Co-investigatorNSERC2014Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Lindo, Zoë

$148,612

Environment and Sustainability

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Branfireun, Brian

Keywords: CRC

$75,000

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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