David MartellProfile page
Professor Emeritus/Emerita
John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
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- Professor Emeritus/EmeritaJohn H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
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- John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, University of Toronto, Institute of Forestry and Conservation, 33 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3B3, Canada
BIO
David Martell is a Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Forestry and Conservation in the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design. He completed his B.A.Sc. (1971), M.A.Sc. (1972), and Ph.D. (1975) in the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto where he studied Management Science and Operational Research and their application to forest fire management. He worked for the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests as a summer student in the Fire Control Unit in Toronto for several summers beginning in 1970. He joined the Faculty of Forestry at the University of Toronto as a forest fire management specialist in 1974. After he completed his Ph.D. he spent part of the 1975 fire season as a member of an Ontario Department of Lands and Forests fire crew stationed at Shebandowan in Thunder Bay district. He has worked as a consultant to the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (OMNRF) and several other government agencies. He was assigned as a research scientist, to one of the OMNRF's fire Incident Management Teams (IMT) for the 2010 - 2021 fire seasons.
Media availability: TV, Radio, Print/Online
Media availability: TV, Radio, Print/Online
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Professor EmeritusUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, Canada2016 - present
- Associate ProfessorUniversity of Toronto, Faculty of Forestry, Toronto, Canada1974 - 2016
- Associate ProfessorUniversity of Toronto, Environmental Studies, Toronto, Canada1994 - 2005
- Coordinator of Graduate StudiesUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, Canada1993 - 1995
- Research AssociateUniversity of Toronto, Erindale College, Toronto, Canada1989 - 1994
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- ConsultantOntario Ministry of Natural Resources, Spatial forest management planning2004 - 2004
- ConsultantOntario Ministry of Natural Resources, Forest fire suppression equipment inventory management2000 - 2004
- ConsultantCanadian Department of National Defence, Forest fire management at Canadian Forces bases1999 - 1999
- ConsultantSaskatchewan Environment and Resource Management, Sustainable forest management, Saskatchewan, Canada1998 - 1998
- ConsultantForest Protection Branch of the British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Canada1993 - 1993
- ConsultantAviation & Fire Management Centre of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources1990 - 1990
- ConsultantAviation & Fire Management Centre of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources1987 - 1987
- ConsultantAviation & Fire Management Centre of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources1981 - 1982
- Fire FighterThunder Bay District, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Canada1975 - 1975
DEGREES
- Ph.D in Industrial EngineeringUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, Canada1975
- M.A.Sc in Industrial EngineeringUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, Canada1972
- B.A.Sc in Industrial EngineeringUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, Canada1971
LANGUAGES
- EnglishCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- FrenchCan read and peer review
AVAILABILITY
- Collaborative projects
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
- Media enquiries