Dan Weaver

I post highlights of my photos here, but post more frequently to Instagram.

Arctic

Nature

Toronto

(CV)

I’m an Assistant Professor (physics) at the University of Toronto Scarborough, in the Dept. of Physical and Environmental Sciences.

I grew up wanting to be a scientist.

I couldn’t be happier to have completed my doctorate at the University of Toronto Physics Department as a member of Prof. Kim Strong’s experimental atmospheric physics group. I started out working for her after my undergraduate (B.Sc., astronomy & astrophysics) and education (B.Ed.) degrees, conducting measurements and maintaining instruments at the Toronto Atmospheric Observatory on the roof of the U of T Physics building. I then became a graduate student and completed my M.Sc. in physics in 2012 (on water vapour measurement techniques in the High Arctic).

My Ph.D. work primarily revolved around measurements taken at the Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory (PEARL) on Ellesmere Island, near Eureka, Nunavut. It’s a fascinating place to work, and makes important measurements for research into climate, ozone depletion, atmospheric dynamics, and air quality. I’ve also worked with several satellite datasets, including those from Canada’s Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE) mission.

I wrote a short article about my research for the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) Bulletin (Dec. 2016 issue). They included a set of my photos, including one on the cover. I’ve had two cover photos for Canadian science journals.

I’ve posted a virtual tour of PEARL here.

If you want to get in touch with me regarding my research, I can be reached at:

dan (dot) weaver (at) utoronto.ca

Details about my public outreach can be found here. 

My CV is available here.

• Useful science education resources
• Summary of my public outreach activities
• Advice about how to prepare and write exams/tests

For teaching-related email, I can be reached at dan (dot) weaver (at) utoronto.ca

(If you’re looking for course materials for a class I’m teaching at U of T, please visit the course Quercus page. )

Feel welcome to get in touch with me.

You can find me on LinkedIn, Instagram, and Twitter.

For U of T, science, & teaching matters, please contact me at

dan (dot) weaver (at) utoronto.ca

or drop by my office in the Science Wing (SW) at the University of Toronto Scarborough