Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science & Professor of Geography and Environment, University of Lethbridge
Prof. Matthew G. Letts is the Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Lethbridge and a member of the Department of Geography and Environment. Matt has previously served as Associate Dean (2012-2019), as interim Associate Vice-President Research (2014-15) and as Academic Program Director of the Destination Project, the first stage of which was the development of the new Science Commons at the University of Lethbridge. Letts has also been a strong advocate for Engineering, the Agility program in innovation and entrepreneurship, as well as other experiential learning initiatives at the UofL. Matt has served on the PIMS Board of Directors since 2019.
Letts’ academic background includes a B.Sc. and B.A. from Queen’s University, an M.Sc. from McGill University and a Ph.D. in Geography, from King’s College London. His ecological research program at the University of Lethbridge has been supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and Alberta Innovates. His work focused on plant physiological acclimation to environmental stress in a variety of ecosystems, from coulee grasslands to the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, northern peatlands, tropical cloud forests of Colombia and Mediterranean environments of southern France.
He has been a member of the PIMS Board of Directors since 2019.
