Cherie Westbrook

Ecohydrologist

Beaver Ecohydro Lab


Current Members



Postdoctoral Fellow
Tracing beaver bite marks from the sky—using drone-based LiDAR and imagery to spot shrub engineering in action and tally the carbon it costs.

PhD Candidate
Chilling out with carbon: studying winter's impact on fluxes in montane and above treeline peatland ecosystems.

PhD Candidate
Quantifying how beavers tweak the seasonal rhythm of peatland vegetation—with a drone’s-eye view.

MSc Student
Simulating soggy landscapes to see how nature’s sponges (a.k.a. peatlands) in mountain valleys soak up extra flows post-logging.

MSc Student
Pushing beaver engineering to the limit to discover just how much force these paddle-tailed architects' creations can weather before going with the flow

MSc Student
Unpacking beaver behavioural responses to pond levelers—because even nature’s best engineers might not always love a retrofit.

MSc Student
Unraveling how beaver engineering rewrites the chemical script and green palette of pond life.

MSc Student
Parsing the plant-life fingerprints of beaver dams to see whether these structures host communities all their own—and why.

Research Assistant
A varsity volleyball player known for quick reflexes—both on the court and when problem-solving in the field—ensuring high-quality, consistent datasets for long-term analysis. Named Academic All-Canadian for 2025-2026.
Logo and header photo credit: alumna Amanda Ronnquist
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