Dr. Suzanne Bayley

Dr. Suzanne Bayley is an expert in the ecology and management of wetlands and shallow lakes. Her primary interest is in applied ecology, effects of climate change on aquatic systems and enhancing the understanding of the value, health, and ecological processes of aquatic systems. She now works increasingly on wildlife with an emphasis on the role of beaver in aquatic systems. She hailed originally from the U.S. where she earned a PhD from John Hopkins University, followed by Post Doctoral Fellowship and Assistant Professor positions at the University of Florida. She then became Director of the Coastal Ecology Laboratory (and Associate Professor) at Louisiana State University. After relocating to Canada, Suzanne first worked at the Experimental Lakes Area in northwest Ontario, then moved west with her husband Dr. David Schindler to become an Associate Professor and Professor of Ecology at the University of Alberta from 1989 to 2010. She’s now an Emeritus Professor of Ecology and most recently, in 2016, became the President of the Columbia Wetlands Stewardship Partners (CWSP). Suzanne lives in Brisco in the East Kootenay.