Current Members

Simon Courtenay

Professor

Simon Courtenay

Professor

Office: EV2-2034
simon.courtenay@uwaterloo.ca
519-888-4567, ext. 45796

Simon is a Professor and Director of the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability (SERS) at the University of Waterloo. He is also a Fellow of the Canadian Rivers Institute and a member of the UWaterloo Water Institute and the Ocean Canada Partnership.


Nathanael Bergbusch 

Nathanel Bergbusch

PHD

Supervised by Simon Courtenay

nbergbusch@gmail.com

Project: Regional aquatic environmental assessment.


Jess Kidd

Jess Kidd with a fish

PhD

Supervised by Heidi Swanson and Simon Courtenay

jess@anglerfishscience.com

Project: Cumulative effects monitoring in Canada.


Kyle Knysh

PhD

Supervised with Mike van den Heuvel

University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI)

Google Scholar (Kyle Knysh)

Project: Cumulative effects and assessment of agricultural nutrients and pesticides on coastal Gammarus spp. (Amphipoda: Gammaridae) and brackish faunal assemblages.


Michèle Banks

PhD

Co-supervised by Rob Moir and Simon Courtenay


University of New Brunswick – Saint John (UNBSJ)


michele.banks@unb.ca


Project: Connecting Environmental Stewardship/Sustainability and Outdoor Recreation in Local Communities


Vince McMullin

PhD

Supervised by Heather Hunt and Simon Courtenay

University of New Brunswick - Saint John (UNBSJ)

vince.mcmullin@unb.ca

Project: Caged blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) as a monitoring tool for the health of the water column in Saint John Harbour, New Brunswick.


Jessica Tureček

PhD

Jessica turecel

Supervised by Simon Courtenay

jturecek@uwaterloo.ca 

Project: Evaluating nekton structure and use as an indicator of trophic "health" on the east coast of Canada using historical data from the Community Aquatics Monitoring Program (CAMP).


Mark McCarthy

MES 

Mark Mccarthy

Supervised by Simon Courtenay

mtmccarthy@uwaterloo.ca

Project: Impact of Urban Development on Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Urban Rivers and Streams


Mark Saunders

MES

Supervised by Mike van den Heuvel and Simon Courtenay

m23saunders@uwaterloo.ca

Project: Potential of Environmental DNA to monitor fish assemblages in estuaries of Prince Edward Island.


Jerrica Cormier

MSc

Supervised by Mike van den Heuvel and Simon Courtenay

University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI)

jmcormier@upei.ca

Project: Internal nutrient loading in a PEI estuary impacted by agriculture.


Hayley Austin

Hayley Austin

Undergraduate Honours Thesis

Co-supervised by Claire Goodwin (Huntsman Marine Science Centre) and Simon Courtenay

hlaustin@uwaterloo.ca

Project: The Macro Problem with Microplastics in Atlantic Canada: microplastic ingestion by zooplankton in Saint John Harbour


Claire Li

Undergraduate Honour Thesis

Co-supervised by Maria Strack and Simon Courtenay

n72li@uwaterloo.ca

Project: Peatland Methane Flux Response to Light and Dark Conditions


Alicia Wong

Alicia Wong

Undergraduate Honours Thesis

Co-supervised by Nat Bergbusch and Simon Courtenay

ar4wong@uwaterloo.ca

Project: Assessing the Impact of Wastewater Treatment Plants on Stream Conditions and Bacterial Communities in the Canadian Prairies


Ning (Selena) Xu

Ning (selena) Xu

Undergraduate Honours Thesis

Co-Supervised by Mark Saunders Simon Courtenay

n46xu@uwaterloo.ca

Project: Comparison Between Environmental DNA Metabarcoding and Beach Seining Sampling Methods to Characterize Fish Assemblages in Prince Edward Island Estuaries