Alan R Emery
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Alan R Emery

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Alan R. Emery, PhD
BSc. University of Toronto
MSc. McGill University
PhD. Cornell University and University of Miami

Alan’s scientific specialty is ecology and evolution with a focus on marine sciences. He pioneered in direct observation underwater at night on coral reefs and in fresh water. He was among the first to dive under the ice in the Arctic. He has led expeditions to the Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. He was a research scientist with the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, the Ministry of Natural Resources in Ontario, professor at the University of Toronto, Curator and Sciences Coordinator at the Royal Ontario Museum, President of the Canadian Museum of Nature, and has been the governor, president, or director of many scientific organizations. When his brother fell terminally ill, Alan brought his engineering company back to a profitable position to be sold by his brother’s family.

He has published nearly 100 scientific, technical, and popular articles and books spanning subjects from marine biology to global warming and climate change, to the management of academic organizations, and even one science fiction book warning future space explorers to be careful of different evolutionary pathways. He has appeared on hundreds of radio and television interviews and has been the subject of, technical advisor for, or written over 150 television shows for CTV, Discovery, and the CBC.

He has worked with Indigenous Peoples in many countries with the aim of ensuring the long-term Indigenous Knowledge they hold is introduced and used appropriately as equal to both western science and the decision-making processes. As part of his work with indigenous people, he prepared policy papers for the World Council for Indigenous Peoples, Canada, the World Bank and the UN. In addition, he has worked as a consultant with the Canadian Nuclear Waste Management Organization almost since its inception. He taught at the Banff Centre in Canada on how to integrate Indigenous Knowledge into Environmental Surveys.

Recently, Alan has moved his primary attention from global biodiversity loss to the solution of human-caused global warming and its impacts on changes in local and regional climates as well as the damaging effects resulting from such things as sea level rise, excess heat and drought, and mass migration. In 2015, he initiated and is now leading an international group of scientists and engineers to help solve the global warming problems: The Stable Climate Group.
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