Team

Jean-Philippe Waaub holds a Doctorate of Environmental Planning, a Master of Land Management and Regional Planning and an agricultural engineering degree.

He has been a Professor in the Geography Department at Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) since 1993, and has been a full professor since 1999. He is a member of UQAM’s GEIGER [group for interdisciplinary studies in regional geography and environment], of FRQNT’s Strategic Clusters and of GERAD, the Group for Research in Decision Analysis (HEC Montréal, Polytechnique Montréal, McGill, UQAM). He was Vice-Dean of Research at the Faculty of Human Sciences at UQAM from 2017 to 2020.

He has done research in Quebec (including in collaboration with First Nations), Canada, Europe, Africa and the Caribbean, focusing on environmental assessment systems, the application of decision-making tools for land, resources and environmental management, and energy and environmental planning. He conduct his research based on a multi-model approach, using an energy system optimization model and a collaborative multi-criteria multi-actor analysis model, coupled with a Geographic Information System (GIS).

Jean-Philippe is also director of E3SA Consultants, which provides decision aid support services for sustainable development and environmental assessment systems, and more specifically for natural resource management, energy development strategies and climate change mitigation and adaptation policies. E3SA and AUDITERRA work together on environmental assessment and land use planning projects.

Sandra Kloff is a biologist specializing in coastal and marine biodiversity conservation in West Africa and is known for simplifying complex ecological concepts for stakeholders in the private sector, government, and civil society. She has been active in this region since 1995 and has contributed to environmental assessments of projects, plans, programs, and policies.

With over two decades of experience, Sandra has been instrumental in bridging the policy-practice gap within extractive industries and fisheries of the West African coast. Her efforts have led to the ban of an unsustainable fishing technique, the mobilization of private sector funding for marine research, and the integration of young environmental leaders into government and business institutions. Sandra holds an M.Sc. in marine ecology from the University of Amsterdam and the University of Groningen, Netherlands.

Gaétan Poulin has a master’s degree in environmental science, a bachelor’s degree in science with a concentration in physical geography, geomorphology and geomatics, and a certificate in management. His master’s thesis looked at how municipal zoning changed over time in relation to major changes to a territory’s primary occupations, natural risks and physical characteristics.

As Coordinator in the Geomatics Department at the Quebec Ministère des Transports, he worked on developing GIS tools for spatial analysis. He was previously a Geomatics Analyst for the Sureté du Québec, where he helped create a provincial database of natural hazard factors.

As a Geomorphologist, he worked on developing the Outaouais ecological reference framework and applying land use planning decision-making tools based on local and territorial administrative characteristics, such as the location of water intakes, logging roads and landfill sites.

He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Institute of Geomatics. Since 2006, he has participated in a Montréal-region municipal geomatics sharing group to pool geomatics solutions and strategies for land management. Since 2009, he has been a member of the Open Geospatial Consortium, which works to establish open standards and facilitate interoperability for geospatial information content and services. He has many years of experience working for major Quebec and international public and private partners in sectoral geomatics and data management.

Mr. Zurcher Mardy holds a Ph.D. and a Master’s degree in Environmental Science from Université du Québec à Montréal, a Master’s degree in Natural Risk Management from the University of Liège (ULg/Belgium), and an Agricultural Engineering degree from Quisqueya University (UNIQ/Haiti). His research has focused on land and environmental resource management. He specializes in Multi-Criteria Decision Aid (MCDA), Geomatics and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA).

For about ten years, he has been working in collaboration with partners from various sectors on SEAs and communities’ resilience and adaptation to climate change’s impacts. He is also interested in participatory action research, the environmental impacts of projects on agricultural lands, and the issue of natural resource degradation within watersheds.

Mr. Mardy’s influence extends beyond his consulting work. He is a scientific advisor for the City of Laval in Canada, contributing his expertise to their environmental initiatives. He also imparts his knowledge by teaching geomatics and environmental assessment at UQAM.