His research interests include landscape fire modeling, forest fire weather and climate change, and landscape ecology. Current research projects include large forest fire growth and suppression using simulation models, using satellite data to model forest fire 'spread events' for fire growth modeling, and developing future scenarios for area burned by forest fires under climate change. He teaches landscape ecology and ecological restoration at York's FES and is seeking master's students for the MES program with backgrounds in ecology, forestry, geography, computing, or others. Email: jpodur@yorku.ca. Ph: 416-736-5252x20742