Logan is a PhD student at the University of Victoria, working under the guidance of Dr. Trevor Lantz in the Arctic Landscape Ecology Lab.
Logan’s research focuses on the ecological consequences of Arctic landscape change and permafrost thaw, focusing on its impact to wildlife habitat in the Western Canadian Arctic. His work will combine fieldwork, remote sensing, and spatial analysis to study how species from different taxa respond to changing Northern landscapes. One aspect of his work will investigate the habitat use and movement ecology of a moose population on the Yukon North Slope. Another aspect will investigate how ecological shifts such as treeline expansion, shrubification, and hydrologic changes influence the composition and dynamics of terrestrial bird communities. This includes a detailed examination of the impacts of widespread thermokarst development and other thaw-related landforms that restructure existing wildlife habitats. Logan has a Bachelor of Science (Hons.) and Master of Science in Ecology from the University of Alberta. For his MSc he delved into the enigmatic world of the Yellow Rail, contributing significantly to the understanding of this elusive bird and its populations in Alberta and the Northwest Territories. In his spare time he is almost always playing chess.
