Florin Pendea

Dr. Florin Pendea is an Associate Professor at Lakehead University, affiliated with the departments of Geography & The Environment and Sustainability Sciences. His research focuses on climate change, carbon cycling, and paleoenvironmental studies, integrating historical ecology and Nordic geoarchaeology.

Education:

• PhD, Babeş-Bolyai University, 2005
• PhD, McGill University, 2011

Research Interests: Dr. Pendea's work examines climate change impacts through carbon cycling, Quaternary paleoenvironments, and wetland dynamics. He combines historical ecology with Nordic geoarchaeological methods to reconstruct environmental changes over millennia.

Academic Activities: In 2023, he collaborated on a project highlighting wetlands' role in climate change mitigation. In 2016, he participated in Lakehead University's 'In Conversation' lecture series, discussing critical research questions in his field.