Student projects

Below are examples of student research topics at both the undergraduate and graduate level. The list only intends to provide a general idea of the range of possible research topics, as students will be actively involved in defining the actual scope, objectives and methodology of their projects. Students interested in pursuing research in the ecohydrology group are encouraged to contact us for more in-depth discussions.

• Urban Soils: Biogeochemical Properties and Function of an Underexplored Extreme Environment
• Potential applications of electro-osmosis in soil organic contamination characterization
• Bioenergetic and kinetic controls on organic matter degradation
• Biogeochemistry of arsenic and selenium under redox-dynamic conditions
• How do physical and chemical heterogeneities affect geomicrobial activity in natural porous media?
• (Nano)particulate forms of phosphorus and silicon: importance for nutrient budgets
• Fate and transport of organic tracers of anthropogenic activity
• Redox controls on silicon mobility in the environment
• Impact of land-use changes on the bioavailability of nutrients in river catchments
• Reconstructing historical changes in nutrient loadings in the Grand river watershed
• Hydrological versus biogeochemical controls on watershed nutrient budgets
• Persistence of metal colloids produced during groundwater-surface water mixing
• Scaling of biogeochemical process rates to the catchment scale
• Environmental costs of eutrophication
• Long-term impacts of groundwater exploitation on coastal ecosystems
• Modeling coupled nutrient cycles in aquatic environments