Dr. Nick Lunn is a Research Scientist with the Wildlife Research Division, Science & Technology Branch, Environment and Climate Change Canada. He has been a member of the PBSG since 1997. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Zoology from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada and undertook his Ph.D. with the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge, United Kingdom. He began working on polar bears in 1981 and has been involved in studies of polar bears in Baffin Bay, Foxe Basin, Kane Basin, Northern Beaufort Sea, Southern Hudson Bay, and Western Hudson Bay. His primary research interests lie in polar marine ecology, with particular emphasis on marine mammals. His current research focuses on the ecology, population dynamics, and status of polar bears in relation to environmental change. He is the Project Leader of Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Polar Bear Research Program in western Hudson Bay. In addition to his involvement on the PBSG, Dr. Lunn is a member of the Canadian Polar Bear Technical Committee, the Scientific Working Group to the Canada-Greenland Joint Commission on Polar Bear, the Southern Hudson Bay Polar Bear Subpopulation Scientific Information and Indigenous Knowledge Management Options Working Group, and the Western Hudson Bay Polar Bear Subpopulation Management Options Working Group.

Eric Regehr is a quantitative biologist that has spent 20 years studying the demography of terrestrial and marine wildlife populations. He develops and applies methods to estimate animal abundance and vital rates (e.g., survival and reproduction) and to understand the ecological impacts of climate change. Eric’s recent work has focused on sustainable harvest for wildlife populations experiencing habitat loss. He is interested in primary research, and— recognizing humans as a key part of many ecosystems—in applied methods to improve conservation and find management solutions that work for both animals and people.