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The Ecohydrology Research Group hosted a symposium on December 6, 2019 celebrating the research impact of Philippe Van Cappellen, his colleagues, and his current and former students. The full-day schedule included research seminars and lightning talks from researchers from over 15 institutions around the world.

Ecohydrology group PhD candidate Igor Markelov successfully defended his PhD thesis today titled: "Modelling biogeochemical cycles across scales: From whole-lake phosphorus dynamics to microbial reaction systems".

Ecohydrology PhD student Igor Markelov was part of a team that participated in the ETHWaterloo hackaton that took place in Waterloo on November 8-10, 2019. His team was selected as 1 of 5 winners out of over 60 submissions at the event.

A new publication entitled, “Sulfate Mobility in Fen Peat and Its Impact on the Release of Solutes”, considers the effects of subsidence and seawater intrusion on the decomposition of organic matter in coastal peatlands.

Ecohydrology Research Group member Tamara Van Staden successfully defended her MSc thesis today titled "Phosphorus Legacies and Water Quality Risks: A Vulnerability-Based Framework in Southern Ontario". Tamara completed her MSc research under the supervision of Dr. Philippe Van Cappellen and her advisory committee included Dr. Chris Parsons and Dr. Nandita Basu.

Congratulations, Tamara!

The Ontario Certified Crop Advisors (CCAs) Association held its Soil and Water Information Day in Guelph on November 20.

A perspective paper published in the journal Freshwater Science, co-authored by ERG members Chris Parsons and Philippe Van Cappellen, delineates the main knowledge gaps and uncertainties facing the remediation of eutrophication and associated harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie.

The 11^th annual Canadian Science Policy Conference was held on November 13-15 in Ottawa and was attended by former Ecohydrology Research Group member Homa Kheyrollah Pour, now an Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in Remote Sensing of Environmental Change at Wilfred Laurier University and Linden Fairbairn, current Ecohydrology MSc student.

A new paper by Ecohydrology group researchers titled "Effects of damming on river nitrogen fluxes: A global analysis" was published this week in Global Biogeochemical Cycles.

Sensor technologies developed by researchers in the Ecohydrology Research Group were pitched by Dr. Philippe Van Cappellen at the Global WaterTech Challenge earlier this month and were awarded the 3^rd place prize.