Dr. Melissa McKinney
Research Scientist
Department of Natural Resources & the Environment
Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation Center
Office: McGill University, Macdonald-Stewart Building, 21111 Lakeshore Road, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, QC, Canada
Email: melissa.mckinney@mcgill.ca
Education
PhD, 2010 | Carleton University; National Wildlife Research Centre |
MS, 2004 | University of Windsor; Great Lakes Institute of Environmental Research |
BSc, 2002 | University of British Columbia; Department of Chemistry |
Professional Experience
2018-Present | McGill University | Assistant Professor |
2015 - 2018 | University of Connecticut Storrs,CT | Assistant Professor |
2013 - 2014 | University of Windsor; Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research | Postdoctoral Fellow |
2011 - 2012 | Dalhousie University; Department of Biology | Postdoctoral Fellow |
Research Interests
I am interested in how anthropogenic stressors, particularly bioaccumulative contaminants and climate change, act and interact to affect the health of aquatic species and ecosystems. My research program has used field- and lab-based approaches to successfully identify climate-linked ecological changes, and their ecotoxicological consequences with respect to persistent contaminant exposures in wildlife and their food webs.