Email: gekeefe@upei.ca
Genevieve joined the Climate Smart Lab as a Master’s Student in January 2022. Her background is in chemistry with a BSc from UPEI (2013) and an MSc from the University of Edinburgh (2016). After returning to Prince Edward Island from the UK, she worked in R&D at Biovectra (Charlottetown) as an analytical research scientist. Her current project involves the assessment of coastal erosion vulnerabilities on Prince Edward Island and the investigation of appropriate protection measures. She loves exploring PEI’s woods and beaches and trying to tire her dog out.
News related to Genevieve Keefe
- Climate Smart Lab Members Presented at PEOPLE 2023 Conference in Montreal
The International Water Association Young Water Professionals Canada (IWA-YWP Canada) and partners, including the University of the Arctic, co-hosted the sixth annual conference of the global Network on Persistent, Emerging and Organic Pollution in the Read more… - New opinions on coastal erosion assessment from the perspective of climate change
Climate Smart Lab members have recently published a study on the limitations of current coastal erosion assessments under climate change in the journal of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Ambio. This review article, entitled Read more… - Climate Smart Lab members attended the Coastal Zone Canada 2023 Conference
Director of Climate Smart Lab, Dr. Xander Wang, and his two student members (Genevieve Keefe and Tianze Pang) attended the CZC2023 Conference on 11-15 June 2023 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The conference theme is Read more… - CBC News: Bracing for climate change: How P.E.I. land management is evolving after Fiona
It’s definitely kind of given us a little bit more reason to work, to push forward.— Genevieve Keefe, coastal erosion researcher Other questions posed after Fiona are difficult to answer, but some information about what Read more… - Climate Smart Lab members attended the CSCE 2023 in Moncton from 24-27 May 2023
Members of Climate Smart Lab presented their research at the CSCE 2023 Conference, held on 24-27 May 2023 in Moncton City, New Brunswick, Canada. The theme of this conference is changing tides and ingenuity. - Members of Climate Smart Lab Expressed Their Opinions About Climate Change Perspective at CBC Radio Station
Dr. Pelin Kınay, a postdoctoral research associate and Genevieve Keefe, a master student at the Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation, University of Prince Edward Island, have been interviewed by the CBC Radio Station Read more… - Why P.E.I.’s lack of sea ice this winter is a risk to shorelines
Despite the extreme cold warning in effect for all of Prince Edward Island, it has been a relatively mild winter, and that’s why Islanders may have noticed less sea ice along the province’s shorelines. P.E.I.’s Read more… - CCCCA hosted guest speakers from Island Studies
On November 22, 2022, the Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation (CCCCA) hosted guest speakers from Island Studies, UPEI. Dr. Xander Wang, director of the Climate Smart Lab, welcomed all Island Studies participants visiting Read more… - PEOPLE 2022 -A hybrid International Conference in Charlottetown, PEI
PEOPLE 2022 – A Hybrid International Conference on Persistent, Emerging, and Organic Pollution in the Environment – Challenges and Solutions under Climate Change was held on August 23–26, 2022 in Charlottetown, PEI. This is an Read more…