Colin Laroque
Professor
Soil Science
University of Saskatchewan
Canada
Biography
I was born and raised in Saskatoon and our family farm is near Duck Lake Sk. I was first struck by science when I completed my undergraduate degree here at the U of S, and then I conducted both my Master's and Ph.D degrees on the west coast of Canada in Victoria. I then jumped all the way to the East coast of Canada to teach for ten years in the Maritimes. I have now taken the opportunity to return to Saskatoon and complete my full circle back to the U of S.
Research Interest
My research interests focus on past and future climates in Canada, especially on how they relate to dynamic ecosystem and geomorpholgical processes. My specialization is dendrochronology (tree-ring analysis) and I use dendrochronological techniques to gain an understanding about past climates, past glacier activity and extents, past ecosystem dynamics, and even past human activities through
Publications
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Richard MG, Laroque CP, Herman TB. Relating annual increments of the endangered Blanding's turtle plastron growth to climate. Ecology and evolution. 2014 May 1;4(10):1972-80.
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Amichev BY, Bentham MJ, Cerkowniak D, Kort J, Kulshreshtha S, Laroque CP, Piwowar JM, Van Rees KC. Mapping and quantification of planted tree and shrub shelterbelts in Saskatchewan, Canada. Agroforestry systems. 2015 Feb 1;89(1):49-65.
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Danek M, Bell T, Laroque CP. Some considerations in the reconstruction of lead levels using laser ablation: lessons from the design stage of dendrochemistry study, St. John's, Canada. Geochronometria. 2015;42(1).
