Colin Bates
Adjunct professor
Botany Department
Quest University
Canada
Biography
Colin Bates brings many hats to Quest University Canada: ecologist, beekeeper, botanist, polar expedition guide, and filmmaker. These seemingly disparate vocations are united by his interest in understanding human relationships with the natural world, through research, teaching, documenting, exploring, and communicating: Colin has studied coastal ecology from the west coast of Vancouver Island to the Bay of Fundy. Primarily, he researches the causes and consequences of anthropogenic impacts on marine biodiversity. He has biology degrees from Simon Fraser University (B.Sc. 1996), the University of New Brunswick (M.Sc., 2002), and the University of British Columbia (Ph.D., 2007). He is an adjunct professor in the Botany Department at UBC.
Research Interest
Science filmmaking; Seaweed biodiversity & ecology; Plant biodiversity.
