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I received my PhD in physical geography from McMaster University in 1992 and my MSc from McMaster University in 1986.
My research focuses on processes of sediment transport in beach-dune systems and management of Great Lakes beaches and dunes, especially in protected areas. I have four main research sites with ongoing investigation: Point Pelee National Park, Pinery Provincial Park, Sandbanks Provincial Park and Sauble Beach. I am interested in working with local groups to develop sustainable management plans for the stewardship of beaches and dunes.
- Inaugural recipient of Canadian Association of Geographers President’s Award for Outstanding Service (2011).
- Wilfrid Laurier University Award for Teaching Excellence (2008).
- Nayak, P.M. and M.L. Byrne. 2019. "Impact of land use land cover change on a sand dune ecosystem in Northwest Beach, Point Pelee National Park, Canada". Journal of Great Lakes Research Volume 45, Issue 6, pp.1047-1054.
- Juan Felipe Gómez, Mary-Louise Byrne, James Hamilton, and Federico Isla. 2016. “Historical Coastal Evolution and Dune Vegetation in Isla Salamanca National Park, Colombia.” Journal of Coastal Research. In-Press. doi: https://www.jcronline.org/doi/abs/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-15-00189.1
- Robert W. Christopherson, Mary-Louise Byrne, and Philip Giles; GEOSYSTEMS An introduction to physical geography, Third Canadian Edition. Pearson Prentice Hall, Toronto, 2013.
- Bill Freedman and Mary-Louise Byrne. 2016. "Historic Observations and Uses of Sable Island.” In: Freedman, B. (Ed.) Sable Island Explorations in Ecology & Biodiversity. Fitzhenry and Whiteside, Toronto, p1-16.
- Mary-Louise Byrne, Bill Freedman and David Colville. 2016. "The Geology of Sable Island and Evolution of the Sable Island Bank". In: Freedman, B. (Ed.). Sable Island Explorations in Ecology & Biodiversity. Fitzhenry and Whiteside, Toronto, p 17-34.
- Abdullah BaMasoud and Mary-Louise Byrne, 2013: “The predictive accuracy of shoreline change rate methods on Point Pelee Ontario (1931-2008)”. Journal of Great Lakes Research Volume 39, Issue 1, March 2013, Pages 173–181. (Article featured in IAGLR news release).
- Bamasoud, A. and Byrne, M.-L. 2012. “The impact of low ice cover on shoreline recession: A case study from Western Point Pelee, Canada.” Geomorphology Volumes 173-174, pp.141–148.
- Bamasoud, A. and Byrne, M.-L. 2011. “Analysis of Shoreline Changes (1959–2004) in Point Pelee National Park, Canada”. Journal of Coastal Research Volume 27, Issue 5: pp. 839 – 846.
- Byrne, Mary-Louise; Freedman, Bill; Colville, David. “The Geology of Sable Island and Evolution of the Sable Island Bank”. In: Freedman, B. (Ed.). 2014. An Ecological and Biodiversity Assessment of Sable Island. Report prepared for Parks Canada, Halifax, NS.