{"id":100,"date":"2013-10-21T07:35:07","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T07:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/couplet.unbc.ca\/?page_id=100"},"modified":"2025-09-19T17:54:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T17:54:32","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/couplet.unbc.ca\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-visual-portfolio alignfull\">\n<div class=\"vp-portfolio vp-uid-497bccaa vp-id-3Ldoj\"\n\tdata-vp-layout=\"slider\" data-vp-content-source=\"images\" data-vp-items-style=\"emerge\" data-vp-items-click-action=\"advanced\" data-vp-items-gap=\"0\" data-vp-items-gap-vertical=\"\" data-vp-pagination=\"infinite\" data-vp-next-page-url=\"\" data-vp-random-seed=\"3913570762\" data-vp-slider-effect=\"fade\" data-vp-slider-items-height=\"auto\" data-vp-slider-slides-per-view=\"3\" data-vp-slider-speed=\"0.3\" data-vp-slider-autoplay=\"6\" data-vp-slider-autoplay-hover-pause=\"false\" data-vp-slider-centered-slides=\"true\" 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viewBox=\"0 0 20 20\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t<path d=\"M12 4L6 10L12 16\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" fill=\"transparent\" \/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vp-portfolio__items-arrow vp-portfolio__items-arrow-next\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Next Slide\">\n\t\n<svg class=\"vp-svg-icon\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 20\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t<path d=\"M8 4L14 10L8 16\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" fill=\"transparent\" \/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"vp-portfolio__items-bullets\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:25% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2106\" height=\"2632\" src=\"https:\/\/couplet.unbc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/brian_portrait.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-735 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Hello, I am a professor of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unbc.ca\/geography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Geography Program<\/a> at the University of Northern British Columbia (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unbc.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UNBC<\/a>) and a former <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca\/home-accueil-eng.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Canada Research Chair<\/a> in Glacier Change. My research interests include process geomorphology, paleo-environmental reconstruction, process geomorphology, quaternary and surficial geology, and surface hydrology. I completed my Bachelor&#8217;s (1994) and Master\u2019s (1996) degrees from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colorado.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University of Colorado, Boulder<\/a>, and my PhD is from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubc.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University of British Columbia<\/a> (2002). I have been interested in the mountains since high school. I enjoy hiking, skiing, camping, canoeing, and being a father of two boys.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, I am a professor of the Geography Program at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) and a former Canada Research Chair in Glacier Change. 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