Farvolden Lecture Series

Join the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences for our annual Farvolden Day lecture, in honour of Dr. Robert N. Farvolden, on Thursday October 29th, 2026.  

This year, we welcome Science alum Paul Bauman (MSc '90), Geophysicist at BGC Engineering Inc., to deliver his lecture "Water in a World Without: A Geophysical Search through Drought, Famine and War."

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Past Farvolden Lecturers

• Dr. David Blowes, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo (2025) View the 2025 Farvolden Lecture on YouTube

• Dr. Clare Robinson, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Western University (2024) View the 2024 Farvolden Lecture on YouTube

• Dr. Masaki Hayashi, Department of Geoscience at the University of Calgary (2023) View the 2023 Farvolden Lecture on YouTube
• Dr. Rick Devlin, Geology Department, University of Kansas (2022) View the 2022 Farvolden Lecture on YouTube
• Dr. Beth Parker, Director, Morwick G360 Groundwater Research Institute, University of Guelph (2021) View the 2021 Farvolden Lecture on YouTube
• Dr. Thomas Harter, University of California Davis (2020) VIEW the 2020 Farvolden Lecture on YouTube
• Ian Clark, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Ottawa (2019)
• Ed Sudicky, Earth and Environmental Sciences (2018)
• Cathryn Ryan, Geoscience, University of Calgary (2017)
• Roger Woeller, Chief Executive Officer, BluMetric Environmental (2016)
• David Rudolph, Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo (2015)
• Peter Fritz, Scientific and Founding Director of Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Leipzig, Germany (2014)
• Jim F. Barker, Professor Emeritus Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Waterloo (2013)
• Andre Beland, Vice-President of Engineering and Construction (Retired) SNC-Lavalin Inc., Libya  (2012)
• Robert W. Gillham, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Waterloo Executive Director, Water Institute University of Waterloo (2011)
• Anthony D. Daus, AMEC Geomatrix, Newport Beach, CA (2010)
• John A. Cherry, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Waterloo Adjunct Professor, University of Guelph  (2009)
• Richard (Dick) Jackson, Intera Engineering, Heidelberg, ON (2008)
• John (Jack) Sharp, Department of Geological Sciences University of Texas at Austin (2007)
• Garth van der Kamp, Environment Canada (2006)
• Geog Teutsch Helmholtz, Helmholtz Centre For Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany (2005) 
• John Bredehoeft, The Hydrodynamics Group, Sausalito, CA (2004)
• Mary Anderson, Emeritus Professor Department of Geoscience University of Wisconsin-Madison (2003)
• Leonard Konikow, US Geological Survey, Reston, VA (2002)
• Frank Schwartz, Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio State University (2001)
• William Woessner, Department of Geology, University of Montana (2000)
• Ghislain de Marsily, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (1999)
• R. Allan Freeze, R. Allan Freeze Engineering, Inc. (1998)
• Jozsef Toth, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Science, University of Alberta (1997)
• Stephen Foster, British Geological Survey (1996)