Previous Group Members

Faculty & Research Associates

Zahra Akbarzadeh

Research Associate

Rute Pinto

Research Associate

Saraswati (Saru)

Research Associate

Sarah Kaykhosravi 

Post Doctoral Fellow

Mahyar Shafii

Research Scientist

Lewis Alcott

Post Doctoral Fellow

Tariq Aziz

Post Doctoral Fellow

Eunji Byun

Post Doctoral Fellow

Mehdi Gharasoo

Research Associate and GWF Core Modeller

Bingjie Shi

Post Doctoral Fellow

Kunfu Pi

Post Doctoral Fellow

Serghei Bocaniov

Research Associate

Christina Smeaton

Research Scientist from July 2012 until August 2020

Stephane Ngueleu

Post Doctoral Fellow

Homa Kheyrollah Pour

Research Scientist

Yuki Audette

Post Doctoral Fellow

Kimberly Van Meter

Post Doctoral Fellow from October 2016 December 2018

Geertje Pronk

Post Doctoral Fellow from 2015 to August 2018

Hans Dürr

Research Assistant Professor

Raoul-Marie Couture

Associate Professor

Avid Banihashemi

Post Doctoral Fellow from April 2014 to August 2015

Jennifer Hood

Post Doctoral Fellow from March 2013 to February 2015

Ana Lima

Research Associate from October 2011 to 2015

David O'Connell

Post Doctoral Fellow from September 2011 to September 2014

Kristen Mitchell

Research Associate from September 2012 to August 2013

Staff

Marianne Vandrgriendt

Senior Research Technician, January 2000 to August 2024

Yubraj Bhusal

Research Assistant, September 2020 to December 2023

Mickey Nielsen

Project Coordinator, April 2021 to May 2022

Linden Fairbairn

Project Coordinator September 2019 to April 2021

Amanda Niederkorn

Water Quality Technician, May 2017 to September 2020

Tatjana Milojevic

Project Coordinator, 2016 to August 2019

Erin Jones

Program Manager, 2013 to August 2019

Megan Jordan

Assistant Coordinator, January 2018 to December 2018

Guy-Thierry Tenkouano

Senior Research Assistant, September 2017 to August 2018

Sarah Legemaate

Senior Research Assistant, 2015

Maren Pauly

Ecohydrology Research Group Coordinator, January 2015 to October 2015

Radmila Kovac

Senior Research Assistant, January 2012 to February 2015

Maria Mesquita

Laboratory Coordinator (Geomicrobiology), November 2012 to April 2014

Brad Lawrason

Program Coordinator, May 2011 to April 2013

Kristin Mueller

Science Officer, November 2011 to March 2013

Doctoral Students

Jovana Radosavljevic

Ecohydrology Research Group PhD student; defended 2023

Lu Huang

Ecohydrology Research Group PhD student; defended 2020

Igor Markelov

Ecohydrology Research Group PhD student; defended 2019

Md Abdus Sabur

Ecohydrology Research Group PhD student; defended 2019

Adrian Mellage

Ecohydrology Research Group PhD student; defended 2018

Bingjie Shi

Ecohydrology Research Group PhD student; defended 2018

Tariq Aziz

Ecohydrology Research Group PhD student; defended 2018

Zahra Akbarzadeh

Ecohydrology Research Group PhD student; defended 2018

Gabriel Bacca

Ecohydrology Research Group PhD student; defended 2018

Helen Powley

Ecohydrology Research Group PhD student; defended 2017

Taylor Maavara

Ecohydrology Research Group PhD student; defended 2017

Ekaterina Markelova

Ecohydrology Research Group PhD student; defended 2017

Masters Students

Erin Griffths

Ecohydrology Research Group MSc student; defended 2024

Danielle Green

Ecohydrology Research Group MSc student; defended 2024

Jane Ye

Ecohydrology Research Group MSc student; defended 2023

Mehdi Ramezanzadeh

Ecohydrology Research Group MSc student; defended 2023

Ariel Lisogorsky

Ecohydrology Research Group MSc student; defended 2022

Riley Mills

Ecohydrology Research Group MSc student; defended 2022

Konrad Krogstad

Ecohydrology Research Group MSc student; defended 2021

Heather Townsend

Ecohydrology Research Group MSc student; defended 2021

Nady Kao

Ecohydrology Research Group MSc student; defended 2020

Shengde Yu

Ecohydrology Research Group MSc student; defended 2020

Linden Fairbairn

Ecohydrology Research Group MSc student; defended 2020

Tamara Van Staden

Ecohydrology Research Group MSc student; defended 2019

Stephanie Slowinski

Ecohydrology Research Group MSc student; defended 2019

Danny Hyumin Oh

Ecohydrology Research Group MSc student; defended 2018

Christine Ridenour

Ecohydrology Research Group MSc student; defended 2017

Elaine Secord

Ecohydrology Research Group MSc student; defended 2017

Tatjana Milojevic

Ecohydrology Research Group MSc student; defended 2016

Alex Driedger

Ecohydrology Research Group MSc student; defended 2015

Amanda Niederkorn

Ecohydrology Research Group MSc student; defended 2015

Sana Louie

Ecohydrology Research Group MSc student; defended 2015

Saliy Shaker

Ecohydrology Research Group MSc student; defended 2014

Undergraduate 4th Year Thesis Students

Asal Jaberansari

Ecohydrology Research Group BSc student; Biochemistry; completed 2023

Katarina Poganatz

Ecohydrology Research Group BSc student; Earth and Environmental Sciences; completed 2022

Alina Arvisais

Ecohydrology Research Group BSc student; Biology; completed 2022

Christina Lam

Ecohydrology Research Group BSc student; Biology; completed 2022

Danielle Green

Ecohydrology Research Group BSc student; Biology; completed 2022

Jane Ye

Ecohydrology Research Group BSc student; completed 2021

Kathleen Murr

Ecohydrology Research Group BSc student; completed 2021

Haoya Yin

Ecohydrology Research Group BSc student; completed 2020

Jianqi Kang

Ecohydrology Research Group BSc student; completed 2020

Victoria Elgersma

Ecohydrology Research Group BSc student; completed 2020

Nidhu Jagoda

Ecohydrology Research Group BSc student; completed 2020

Andrei Ivan Miler

Ecohydrology Research Group BSc student; completed 2020

Riley Mills

Ecohydrology Research Group BSc student; completed 2019

Zhejun He

Ecohydrology Research Group BSc student; completed 2019

Heather Townsend

Ecohydrology Research Group BSc student; completed 2018

Jiawei Pan

Ecohydrology Research Group BSc student; completed 2018

Linden Fairbairn

Ecohydrology Research Group BSc student; completed 2017

Joel Kim

Ecohydrology Research Group BSc student; completed 2017

Stephanie Slowinski

Ecohydrology Research Group BSc student; completed 2016

Danny Hyumin Oh

Ecohydrology Research Group BSc student; completed 2015

Rachele Fischer

Ecohydrology Research Group BSc student; completed 2014

Krista Thrasher

Ecohydrology Research Group BSc student; completed 2014

Tatjana Milojevic

Ecohydrology Research Group BSc student; completed 2014

Joey Jiangyue Ju

Ecohydrology Research Group BSc student; completed 2013

Eric Mcquay

Ecohydrology Research Group BSc student; completed 2013

Co-op students

Sam Smith

Co-Op Research Assistant, Summer 2024

Devine Samoth

Co-Op Research Assistant, Summer 2024

Emily Zelenyt

Co-Op Research Assistant, Summer 2024

Melissa LeBlonc

Co-Op Research Assistant, Summer 2024

Maria Neculau

Co-Op Research Assistant, Summer 2024

Ariadne Piperakis

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Winter 2024

Krish Aaryan Sethi

Co-op Research Assistant, Winter 2024

Katie Miller

Co-op Research Assistant, Winter 2024

Sabina Berglet

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Winter 2024

Ben DePetris

Laboratory Research Assistant, Winter 2024

Hannah Weatherson

Laboratory Research Assistant, Winter 2024

Emily Zelenyt

Laboratory Research Assistant, Winter 2024

Melissa LeBlonc

Laboratory Research Assistant, Spring 2023

Maria Neculau

Laboratory Research Assistant, Spring 2023

Devine Samoth

Laboratory Research Assistant, Spring 2023

Michelle Drapeau

Laboratory Research Assistant, Winter 2023

Matthew Erdelsky

Laboratory Research Assistant, Winter 2023

Asal Jaberansari

Laboratory Research Assistant, Winter 2023

Ethan Woo

Laboratory Research Assistant, Winter 2023

Melissa LeBlonc

Laboratory Research Assistant, Fall 2023

Katie Miller

Laboratory Research Assistant, Fall 2023

Maria Neculau

Laboratory Research Assistant, Fall 2023

Devine Samoth

Laboratory Research Assistant, Fall 2023

Tara Ferguson

Laboratory Research Assistant, Winter 2022

Taleya Sabrina Ouellet

Laboratory Research Assistant, Winter 2022

Richard Dinh Pham

Laboratory Research Assistant, Winter 2022

Tia Jenkins

Research Data Assistant, Spring 2022

Maitri Lad

Laboratory Research Assistant, Spring 2022

Lisa Yu

Laboratory Research Assistant, Spring 2022

Bethany Chan

Laboratory Research Assistant, Fall 2022

Isabella Di Biasio

Laboratory Research Assistant, Fall 2022

Tara Ferguson

Laboratory Research Assistant, Fall 2022

Asal Jaberansari

Laboratory Research Assistant, Fall 2022

Colin Mende

Research Assistant, Fall 2022

Alina Arvisais

Research Assistant, Winter 2021

Danielle Green

Research Assistant, Winter 2021

Maitri Lad

Laboratory Research Assistant, Winter 2021

Christina Lam

Research Assistant, Winter 2021

Danielle Green

Research Assistant, Spring 2021

Christina Lam

Research Assistant, Spring 2021

Gabriel Spizzirri

Research Assistant, Spring 2021

Alyssa Carbone

Research Assistant, Fall 2021

Anthony Dang

Laboratory Research Assistant, Fall 2021

Isabella Di Biasio

Laboratory Research Assistant, Fall 2021

Ashley Ferns

Laboratory Research Assistant, Fall 2021

Tia Jenkins

Data Management Assistant Position in Microplastics Research, Fall 2021

Lisa Yu

Laboratory Research Assistant, Fall 2021

Hannah Faith Adams

Research Laboratory Assistant, Winter 2020

Laurel Elizabeth McBride

Research Laboratory Assistant, Winter 2020

Arash Rafat

Research Laboratory Assistant, Winter 2020

Hannah Faith Adams

Research Laboratory Assistant, Spring 2020

Alyssa Kiara Graham

Research Laboratory Assistant, Spring 2020

Annika Jade Kjerulf

Research Laboratory Assistant, Spring 2020

Brianna Sarah Pasternak

Research Assistant, Spring 2020

Arash Rafat

Research Laboratory Assistant, Spring 2020

Jane Ye

Research Assistant, Spring 2020

Nathaniel James Espanol

Research Assistant, Fall 2020

Laurel Elizabeth McBride

Research Laboratory Assistant, Fall 2020

Cole Cordeiro Warling

Research Laboratory Assistant, Fall 2020

Alison Mao

Research Laboratory Assistant, Winter 2019

Melissa Turcotte

Research Laboratory Assistant, Winter 2019

Alison Mao

Research Laboratory Assistant, Spring 2019

Ryan Cheung

Research Laboratory Assistant, Fall 2019

Alyssa Kiara Graham

Research Laboratory Assistant, Fall 2019

Kelly Tran

Research Laboratory Assistant, Fall 2019

Lisa Kester

Research Laboratory Assistant, Winter 2018

Lindsay Marie Norwood

Research Laboratory Assistant, Winter 2018

Jane Ye

Research Laboratory Assistant, Winter 2018

Auristela Bantegui

Research Laboratory Assistant, Spring 2018

Lindsay Marie Norwood

Research Laboratory Assistant, Spring 2018

Leah Mary-Grace Fulton

Research Laboratory Assistant, Fall 2018

Brooke Lynn McNeil

Co-op student, Winter 2017

Geoffrey New

Co-op student, Winter 2017

Shannon Oliphant

Co-op student, Winter 2017

Riley Hanson Mills

Co-op student, Spring 2017

Geoffrey New

Research Laboratory Assistant, Spring 2017

Heather Rose Townsend

Research Laboratory Assistant, Spring 2017

Auristela Bantegui

Research Laboratory Assistant, Fall 2017

Sierra Willow Cranmer-Smith

Research Laboratory Assistant, Fall 2017

Shannon Oliphant

Research Laboratory Assistant, Fall 2017

Jenna Paik

Research Laboratory Assistant, Fall 2017

Linden Fairbairn

Co-op student, Winter 2016

Manal Chaudhry

Co-op student, Spring 2016

Linden Fairbairn

Co-op student, Spring 2016

Avery Joseph To

Co-op student, Spring 2016

Riley Hanson Mills

Co-op student, Fall 2016

Mohammad Mohsin

Co-op student, Winter 2015

Steph Slowinski

Co-op student, Winter 2015

Jia Yu

Co-op student, Winter 2015

Steph Slowinski

Co-op student, Spring 2015

Jia Yu

Co-op student, Fall 2015

Shaun Fraser

Co-op student, Winter 2014

Joseph Jargstorf

Co-op student, Winter 2014

Kassandra Ma

Co-op student, Fall 2014

Emily Spiler

Co-op student, Fall 2014

Mitch Verbuyst

Co-op student, Fall 2013

Sannan Mansoor

Co-op student, Spring 2012

Elaine Lisa Secord

Co-op student, Spring 2012

Zhengkai Tu

Co-op student, Spring 2012

Visiting Researchers

Wenkai Qiu

Visiting PhD Student

Home Institution: China University of Geoscience

Qiwei Huang

Visiting PhD Student

Home institution: Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Ali Zaeri

Visiting PhD Student

Home institution: Shiraz University, Iran

Qingqing Sun

Visiting PhD Student from January 2020 to December 2020

Home institution: Tianjian University, China

Yao Wu

Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow

Home institution: Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Anna Störiko

Visiting PhD Student

Home Institution: University of Tübingen, Germany

Camille Vautier

Visiting PhD Student

Home Institution: University of Rennes, France

Laureline Vallée

Visiting MSc Student from April 2018 to August 2018

Home Institution: University of Angers, France

Lennart Gosch

Visiting PhD Student from June 2018 to July 2018

Home Institution: DFG Research Training Group Baltic TRANSCOAST, Germany

Catherine Landesman

Visiting Scholar from February 2017 to February 2018

Home Institution: Subatomic Physics and Associated Technologies Laboratory, France

Email: landesma@subatech.in2p3.fr

Peng Zhang

Visiting PhD Student from October 2017 to September 2017

Jingjing Lin

Visiting PhD Student from January 2017 to July 2017

Gianna Marchmann

Visiting PhD Student from March 2017 to July 2017

Matthias Kreuzburg

Visiting PhD Student from September 2017 to December 2017

Home Institution: DFG Research Training Group Baltic TRANSCOAST, Germany

Eleonora Brancazi

Visiting Scholar from April 2013 to July 2013

Home Institution: Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Christian Kleimeier

Visiting Scholar from March 2013 to June 2013

Home Institution: University of Rostock, Germany

Mayumi Seto

Visiting Professor from April 2013 to May 2013

Home Institution: Nara Women's University, Japan

Nienke Ansems

Visiting Scholar from February 2012 to January 2013

Home Institution: Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Cecilia DeBiase

Visiting Researcher from September 2012 to November 2012

Home Institution: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany

Caroline Sy

Visiting Researcher from June 2012 to September 2012

Home Institution: Ecole Nationale Superieure des Ingernieurs en Arts Chimiques et Technologiques (ENSIACET), France

Anastasia Kottara

Visiting Researcher from June 2012 to August 2012

Home Institution: University of Ghent, Belgium

Ana Maria Nieto Castillo

Visiting Researcher from April 2012 to June 2012

Home Institution: Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

Lucie Pastor

Visiting Researcher