David Barclay
Web:
ResearchGate,
Google Scholar
Post docs (former):
Ernst Uzansky (2023 - 2024)
Scott Loranger (OFI Post Doc Scholar, WHOI, 2020 - 2021)
Romina Gehrmann (2020)
Graduate Students (graduated):
David Hughes (MSc)
Thesis topic: Basin scale transmissions from the Kauai Beacon
Eva Goblot (MSc)
Thesis topic: Localization of blue whales in Honguedo Strait
Kamden Thebeau (MSc 2025, PhD)
Thesis topic: Acoustic variability
MSc Thesis: Localization of North Atlantic Right Whales Using a Deformable Sonobuoy Array
Kimberly Franklin (MSc, 2025)
Thesis: Quantifying northern bottlenose (Hyperoodon ampullatus) and sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) acoustic behavioural responses to anthropogenic noise in Baffin Bay-Davis Strait, Canada
Robert Drinnan (MSc,2023)
Thesis topic: Low-frequency hydrophone calibration
Nikita Kovaloff (MSc, 2023)
Thesis topic: Ocean Ambient Noise Field Modelling and the Optimized Noise Term
Saisai Li (PhD - incomplete, 2022)
Research topic: Ambient noise modelling
Brendan Smith (PhD)
Thesis topic: Passive acoustic monitoring of hydrothermal vents
Marina Antipina (MSc, 2022)
Thesis topic: Passive acoustic ship detection performance near the Port of Sept-Îles, Quebec, Canada
Jeffrey MacDonald (MSc, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2022) co- supervised with Dr. Jean-Francois Bousquet
Thesis topic: Analysis on the impact of flow on the underwater acoustic channel
Emmanuelle Cook (PhD)
Thesis topic: Arctic noise measurements and prediction
Web: www.emmanuellecook.ca
Calder Robinson (MSc, 2020)
Thesis title: Modelling the coastal ambient noise field in time, frequency, and space Underwater propagation modelling for acoustic communications
Afolarin Egbewande (PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2022) co-supervised with Dr. Jean-Francois Bousquet
Thesis title: Mitigating the impact of ocean ambient noise in an underwater acoustic communication system
Web: Linked-in
Emma Giesbrecht (Masters in Marine Management, 2018)
Graduate project: Acoustic modelling to inform policies: Mitigating vessel noise impact on Arctic cetaceans within the Tallurutiup Imanga NMCA
Najeem Shajahan (PhD, 2022)
Thesis title: Ocean Sound field characterization using processing techniques based on noise spatial coherence
Web: ResearchGate
Bruce Martin (PhD, 2018)
Thesis title: One minute at a time: Advancing our ability to estimate effects of human sound on marine life.
Web: ResearchGate
Dugald Thompson (PhD, 2025)
Thesis: Confronting Acoustic Data Scarcity: A Physics-Informed Approach to Trustworthy Machine Learning in Canada's Arctic
Web: Linked-in
Meghan Troup (PhD, 2023) Co-supervised with Dr. Craig Brown
Thesis title: Novel Approaches to Seafloor Mapping in the Northwest Atlantic
Maxime Miron-Morin (MSc, 2018) co-supervised with Dr. Jean-Francois Bousquet
Thesis title: Quantification of the oceanographic contributors to time-variance in the underwater acoustic channel during the DalCOMMS1 experiment.
Carolyn Binder (PhD, 2017) co-supervised with Dr. Paul Hines
Thesis topic: Impacts of environment-dependent acoustic propagation on passive acoustic monitoring of cetaceans
Anne Lombardi (MSc, 2016) co-advised with Dr. Alex Hay
Thesis topic: Soundscape characterization in a dynamic acoustic environment: Grand Passage, Nova Scotia, a planned in-stream tidal energy site
Undergraduate Students:
JP Tadman, Laurie Leys (DSIP, 2026) co-supervised with Brendan Smith
Research topic: Transient hydrothermal vent sound classification
Hannah Snook (NSERC USRA, 2024)
Research topic: Operational underwater noise forecasting
Gwen Logan (Honours student, NSERC USRA, 2023-2024)
Thesis: Data assimilative underwater noise modelling
Matt Mar (Honours student, Research assistant, 2021-2022)
Research topic: Construction of a hydrofoiling autonomous craft
Thesis: The dynamics of a hydrofoiling vehicle
Michael Beaudoin (Honours, 2020)
Thesis topic: Ambient noise in the Mississippi River
Zachary Wallot-Beale (NSERC undergraduate student research assistant, Honours student, 2019 - 2021)
Research topic: Sound transmission through a turbulent shallow water channel
Thesis topic: Localization of North Atlantic Right Whales in the Gulf of St Lawrence using a deformable array of hydrophones
Calder Robinson (undergraduate research assistant & Honours, Oceanography, 2017-2018)
Thesis topic: SPIRITed Seas: Inferring sea surface roughness with a custom built sensor
Matthew Auvinen (Honours, Oceanography, 2016-17, undergraduate research assistant, 2017)
Thesis: Performance of a low-frequency high-flow acoustic sensing array for turbulent ocean conditions
Faisel Fahad Aldenaini, Sebastien Boivin, Mohammed Alhamoud (Honours, ECE, 2016-17)
Research topic: Navigation and control system for an autonomous hovercraft.
Leo Vinour (ENSTA , 2016)
Research topic: Construction of a remotely controlled hovercraft.
Liang Bao (Co-op, Engineering, 2016)
Research topic: Design of acoustic array housing for a high flow environment.
Shannon Steele (undergraduate research assistant, 2016)
Research topic: Modelling an array of tidal turbines in the Minas Passage.
Danielle Moore (Co-op, Bio, 2015)
Research topic: Modelling the effect of oceanographic variability on fish tag detections along the Halifax line.
Brian Little and Eric Hamilton (Honours, ECE, 2015)
Research topic: GPS and inertial measurement unit navigation of an underwater vertical profiler.
Nick Hansen, Andrew Noujaim and Duc Cuong Dinh (Honours, ECE, 2015-16)
Research topic: Line array source optimization for underwater music fidelity in a pool.
Research Associates and Technicians:
Richard Cheel
Matt Hatcher
David Burns
Daniel Morrison