Simon Courtenay
Professor
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
PHD
Supervised by Simon Courtenay
Project: Regional aquatic environmental assessment.
Jess Kidd
PhD
Supervised by Heidi Swanson and Simon Courtenay
Project: Cumulative effects monitoring in Canada.
Kyle Knysh
PhD
Supervised with Mike van den Heuvel
University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI)
Project: Cumulative effects and assessment of agricultural nutrients and pesticides on coastal Gammarus spp. (Amphipoda: Gammaridae) and brackish faunal assemblages.
PhD
Co-supervised by Rob Moir and Simon Courtenay
University of New Brunswick – Saint John (UNBSJ)
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)
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
Supervised by Simon Courtenay
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
Supervised by Simon Courtenay
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
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)
Project: Internal nutrient loading in a PEI estuary impacted by agriculture.
Hayley Austin
Undergraduate Honours Thesis
Co-supervised by Claire Goodwin (Huntsman Marine Science Centre) and Simon Courtenay
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
Project: Peatland Methane Flux Response to Light and Dark Conditions
Alicia Wong
Undergraduate Honours Thesis
Co-supervised by Nat Bergbusch and Simon Courtenay
Project: Assessing the Impact of Wastewater Treatment Plants on Stream Conditions and Bacterial Communities in the Canadian Prairies
Ning (Selena) Xu
Undergraduate Honours Thesis
Co-Supervised by Mark Saunders Simon Courtenay
Project: Comparison Between Environmental DNA Metabarcoding and Beach Seining Sampling Methods to Characterize Fish Assemblages in Prince Edward Island Estuaries