Frederick John Longstaffe CM,[1] Ph.D., FRSC is the former Provost and vice-president (Academic) at The University of Western Ontario.
In 1987, Longstaffe moved to the Western as a full professor in Geology and opened the Laboratory for Stable Isotope Science.
The labs principal research areas are environmental geochemistry and clastic diagenesis, with special emphasis on the application of stable isotopes and other biogeochemical methods to studies of the environment and climate change.
His current research focuses on the use of stable isotopes to study earth and environmental science, ecosystems, oil sands, and anthropology.
He has frequently served on Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and Royal Society of Canada committees.