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Professor Peter Leavitt is a faculty member at Queen's University Belfast within the School of Biological Sciences. His research spans multiple interdisciplinary themes, focusing on the interaction between human activities and natural systems.
- Research Areas: Coupled Human-Natural Systems, Climate Change, Paleolimnology, Pollution Ecology, Urbanization, and Global Elemental Cycles
Professor Leavitt supervises PhD students in projects related to freshwater ecosystems, including Heather A. Haig (2012-2018), Vanessa J. A-M. Swarbrick (2011-2017), and Lushani C. Nanayakkara (2012-2018).
His scientific achievements were recognized with a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada award, highlighting his contributions to ecological research.
Research fields
Coupled Human-Natural SystemsPathways of energy and mass transferHuman impacts on environmentClimate change and social responseLong-term ecological research (LTER)Regulation of ecosystem structure and functionVariation as a system propertySocial controls of biophysical environmentsPaleolimnology and PaleoecologyGlobal cycles of major elements (C, N, P)Pollution ecologyUrbanizationSocio-economic trade-offs with ecosystem servicesCentennial-scale effects of agricultural developmentRegulation of primary productionLimnology and Aquatic EcologyEnvironmental changeDisturbanceRegulation of food-web structureWater
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