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Dr Alexandre Gagnon

School of Biological and Environmental Sciences

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Dr Alexandre Gagnon is a Reader in Climatology at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU). He is a Geographer by training with expertise in Climatology. His research focuses on climate change impacts and societal responses. More specifically, his research aims to understand climate change and variability and their impacts on society. He is particularly interested in the connections between climatology and hydrology, notably on the impacts of climate change on water resources, as well as the risks that the built environment, including cultural heritage, is facing and adaptation of this sector to increase resilience.

Dr Gagnon completed an undergraduate degree in Environmental Geography at Concordia University, an M.Sc. in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Alberta, and a PhD in Physical Geography at the University of Toronto. Before joining LJMU, Dr Gagnon was a Lecturer at the University of the West of Scotland. He also held a number of research fellowships and postdoctoral positions, notably at the Environmental Research Institute of the University of the Highlands and Islands, the University of Liverpool and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography of the University of California, San Diego.

Dr Gagnon is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS).

Languages

French
Spanish; Castilian
Greek, Modern (1453-)
German

Degrees

University of Toronto, Canada, PhD
University of Alberta, Canada, MSc
Concordia University, Canada, BSc

Academic appointments

Reader in Climatology, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, 2024 - present
Senior Lecturer in Geography (Climate Change), School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, 2018 - 2024
Lecturer, University of the West of Scotland, 2007 - 2018

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