Faculty Fellow, Faculty of Science
Faculty Fellow

Sapna Sharma is an associate professor in the Department of Biology and a York Research Chair in global change biology. She aims to understand how lakes worldwide respond to climate change, including rapid ice loss, warming water temperatures, degrading water quality, and changing fish distributions. She reinvigorated the field of winter limnology using large datasets and cutting-edge statistical analysis. She is the co-chair of the inaugural Gordon Research Conference on the Biology of Winter. In addition, Sapna is a dedicated science communicator, generating millions of media impressions by clearly conveying complex research and as founder of SEEDS, an outreach program for refugees.
Research keywords:
Climate change; aquatic ecology, lake ice; water quality degradation; non-indigenous species invasions; big data; quantitative ecology and machine learning
Themes | Planetary Health |
Status | Active |
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Updates |
2024 Year in Review | December 19, 2024
Dahdaleh Researchers Receive $5.9M From New Frontiers Research Fund to Support Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Efforts | June 4, 2024 Recap – Highlights from the Planetary Health Council Launch | January 19, 2024 Dahdaleh Global Health Intern Shares Summer Undergraduate Research Conference Experience | August 23, 2023 York University Leads Water Sustainability Event Featuring Panel of Renowned Experts | July 12, 2023 York University Presents 15 York Research Chairs | July 10, 2023 |
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