R. Scott McKinley

Dr. R. Scott McKinley is Professor of Aquaculture and the Environment and Director of the Centre for Aquaculture and Environmental Research at the University of British Columbia. He also holds a senior Canada Research Chair in Aquaculture and the Environment and an NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Biotelemetry. Dr. McKinley has successfully promoted Canadian research nationally and internationally with particular emphasis on student development through his position as the Executive Scientific Director of AquaNet, Canada's NCE in Aquaculture.

An environmental physiologist who has frequently demonstrated the use of wireless communication technology that permit scientists to monitor environmental change from the animal's perspective, Dr. McKinley's studies have taken him across Canada and to various parts of the globe including the Amazon, the Mediterranean, and Scandinavia. Dr. McKinley has been widely consulted by many national and international organizations. He received his B.Sc. in fisheries and wildlife from the University of Guelph, and M.Sc. from York University, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Physiology from the University of Waterloo.