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Assistant Professor, University of Quebec (TELUQ)

Marianne Falardeau is an Assistant Professor in Environmental Sciences at the University of Quebec, TELUQ (Montreal, Canada) and an Associate Research Member of the Institute of Integrative Biology and Systems (IBIS) at Université Laval (Quebec, Canada). She holds a Ph.D. in Natural Resource Sciences (McGill University, Montreal, Canada) and completed a postdoc in the Departments of Biology, Social and Preventive Medicine (Université Laval), and the Research Center of the CHU of Quebec-UL, receiving postdoctoral fellowships from the L'Oréal-UNESCO excellence program for Women in Science and the Weston Family Foundation. She studies marine ecosystems and food systems in the context of a changing Arctic, and the importance of marine resources for Indigenous and coastal communities, especially Arctic Char fisheries. Her research further aims to guide resilience-building efforts and sustainable management of Arctic marine social-ecological systems. Marianne's approach is transdisciplinary, interweaving different types of knowledge and academic disciplines. Marianne is also an eager science communicator who shares her research through articles, podcasts, conferences, short films, interactive workshops, and new media. She was named amongst the Top 30 leaders in sustainability under 30 years old of Canada by the Magazine Corporate Knights, and as a Clean50 Emerging Leader, in recognition of her research and science outreach efforts.

Key research Interests: Arctic, Oceans, Social-ecological systems, Ecosystem services, Resilience, Applied ecology, Fisheries, Impacts of climate change, Ecosystem approaches to health, Transdisciplinary, Community-collaborative research

Member Since: 2016