Environmental Science Professor Dr. Stephen Déry has been named Rio Tinto Research Chair in Climate Change and Water Security. The position is a renewal of an initial Industrial Research Chair (IRC) appointment jointly supported by Rio Tinto and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada in 2019.
The next phase of Déry’s research will include expanding the hydrometeorological monitoring and numerical modeling efforts developed through the IRC, as well as the development of forecasting systems to predict river water temperatures along the main stem Nechako River.
“Through the IRC program of research that began in 2019, our team has worked in collaboration with multiple partners including Rio Tinto to greatly expand our monitoring and understanding of climate change and meteorological phenomena such as atmospheric rivers,” Déry said.
“Over the next five years we will continue…
