Leland J. Jackson is an associate professor of aquatic community/ecosystem ecology at the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta. His formal training as been at Queen's University (Biology), University of British Columbia (Oceanography), McGill University (Biology), and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (PDF). His research interests include land-water coupling in riverine ecosystems, land use and water quality and quantity in southern Alberta rivers, environmental economics, biogeochemical cycling of trace metals in lakes, the role of fisheries management in affecting organochlorine contaminant fluxes in Great Lakes food webs, and processes that affect regime shifts in shallow lakes. Jackson teaches aquatic ecology, plant and animal ecophysiological ecology, ecological modelling, and ecology for non-majors. He has participated in provincial workshops to draft and implement a water strategy for the province of Alberta, and sits on the board of directors of the Alberta Lake Management Society.