Meet Prof. Paul Sibley Descriptive Transcript

Summary: Prof. Paul Sibley briefly describes his research in the School of Environmental Science at the University of Guelph, and what he enjoys about working with graduate students. 

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Text: :60 Second Snapshots
Meet the Profs of the Ontario Agricultural College

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Text: Prof. Paul Sibley
School of Environmental Sciences
Paul: The research that I'm doing is focused on
 understanding 
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the anthrogenic
and natural disturbance impacts on both 
terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.
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I'm particularly interested in understanding the 
mechanisms that drive the patterns that
we see in response to a disturbance and 
understanding how these might be applied
in a management context. 
So I'm really, really 
driven by the connection between understanding
fundamental processes in those responses and how 
we can take that information and apply it in a way
that allows us to either regulate or manage in
some way to mitigate those responses.

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Paul: I actually love being out in the field, collecting the samples and working on the projects there,
but it's also a very fascinating component to interact with the students and that's one of the things that really drives my interest is 
kind of on the mentoring side.
We're teaching them about the tools, techniques and 
the trade of doing science and then to 

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Paul: get those students to think about how they can solve some of the problems that we're facing in the world today.
So it's that combination of teaching 
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and research that I really, really enjoy.

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Text: www.uoguelph.ca/oac
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