Jeremy Kerr

Jeremy Kerr is a Biology professor at the University of Ottawa (uO) where he holds the University Research Chair in Macroecology and Conservation.[1][2] Kerr is a member of the NSERC Council, including its executive committee,[3] and the past president of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution (CSEE). He is the Chair of NSERC's Committee on Discovery Research.[2] In 2021, Kerr was elected to be a member of Sigma Xi Society[4] and is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[5]

Jeremy Kerr, University Research Chair in Macroecology and Conservation at the University of Ottawa and member of NSERC Council.
Jeremy Kerr
Academic background
Academic work
Main interestsConservation biology, Macroecology, Global Change Biology, Pollinator conservation, Butterfly ecology
Websitemacroecology.ca/

While CSEE president (2016–18), Kerr oversaw the development of the society's Equity, Diversity and Inclusion policies. He constituted the committee to draft its first Diversity and Inclusion Statement.[6][7]

Kerr, who is an ecologist and conservation biologist, is also active in public science and citizen science, including the eButterfly project.[8][9][10][11][12]

Awards
  • 1999 Governor General's Gold Academic Medal[13]
  • 2002 Province of Ontario Early Researcher Award[14]
  • 2009 University of Ottawa Young Researcher Award in Science and Technology[15]

Education

Undergraduate

Completed biology honour project with David Currie at University of Ottawa.[16]

PhD

Completed in the Department of Biology, York University with Laurence Packer.[17]

Post-Doc

Completed in the Department of Zoology of University of Oxford, with Lord Robert May and Sir Richard Southwood.[18]

Bibliography

Selected publications
  • Kerr J. T., Pindar A, Galpern P, Packer L, Roberts SM, Rasmont P, Schweiger O, Colla SR, Richardson LL, Wagner DL, Gall LF, Sikes DS, Pantoja A. 2015. Climate change impacts on bumblebees converge across continents. Science 349: 177–180.
  • Acheson, E. S., A. Plowright, and J. T. Kerr. 2015. Where have all the mosquito nets gone? Spatial modelling reveals mosquito net distributions across Tanzania do not target optimal Anopheles mosquito habitats. Malaria Journal 14: 322.
  • Robillard, C., L. Coristine, R. Soares, and J. T. Kerr. 2015. Facilitating climate change-induced range shifts through a continental land use barrier. Conservation Biology
  • Boucher-Lalonde, V., J. T. Kerr, and D. J. Currie. 2014. Does climate limit species richness by limiting individual species' ranges? Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281: DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2695.
  • Kharouba, H. M., S. Paquette, J. T. Kerr, and M. Vellend. 2014. Predicting the sensitivity of butterfly phenology over the past century. Global Change Biology 20: 504–514.

OUPFB Field Course

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Kerr was the instructor of Wildlife and Ecology in East African Ecosystems, a field course offered by the Ontario Universities Program in Field Biology (OUPFB) in 2019.[19] His field course photography collection with detailed metadata explaining lion's behaviours in Tanzania was uploaded to the digital archive of uO.[20]

References
  1. "Two University of Ottawa research chairs renewed". Research. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  2. Government of Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (2018-05-31). "NSERC - Jeremy Kerr". Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  3. Government of Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (2016-06-28). "NSERC - Executive Committee". Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  4. "Sigma Xi Scientific Honour Society member listing". Sigma Xi Scientific Honor Society. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  5. "AAAS List of Fellows". AAAS. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  6. "Diversity and Inclusivity Statement | CSEE – Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution". Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  7. Kerr, Jeremy (Winter 2018). "President's Report, August 2017 through March 2018" (PDF). Bulletin of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution. 23: 2–4.
  8. "Macroecology & Conservation". Macroecology & Conservation. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  9. Chung, Emily (July 9, 2015). "Climate change is killing off bumblebees: study". CBC. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  10. Anonymous (Feb 17, 2019). "Monarch butterfly resurgence might not take flight, says Ottawa prof". Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  11. Kulkarni, Akshay (June 23, 2021). "Certain Canadian bee populations may not be declining at all, says SFU study". CBC. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
  12. "eButterfly". www.e-butterfly.org. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  13. "Governor General's Academic Medals". gg.ca. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  14. "Early Researcher Awards". ontario.ca. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  15. "Kerr, Jeremy". Institute of the Environment. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  16. "Macroecology & Conservation". Macroecology & Conservation. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
  17. Kerr, Jeremy T.; Packer, Laurence (January 1997). "Habitat heterogeneity as a determinant of mammal species richness in high-energy regions". Nature. 385 (6613): 252–254. doi:10.1038/385252a0. ISSN 0028-0836.
  18. Kerr, J. T.; Southwood, T. R. E.; Cihlar, J. (2001-09-11). "Remotely sensed habitat diversity predicts butterfly species richness and community similarity in Canada". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98 (20): 11365–11370. doi:10.1073/pnas.201398398. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 58735.
  19. "Ontario Universities Program in Field Biology". www.oupfb.ca. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
  20. Kerr, Jeremy (2019). "Male lion on a kopje in Serengeti National Park". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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