The Groundwater Geochemistry and Remediation Research Group (GGR) at the University of Waterloo invites qualified applicants for undergraduate co-op, MSc, PhD, and Post-doctoral Fellow (PDF) positions.
Laboratory Manager (2 Year Term)
The Groundwater Geochemistry and Remediation Laboratory Manager will provide technical and scientific expertise for development, execution and coordination of research projects related to the geochemistry of inorganic and organic environmental contaminants in the fields of mining, industrial waste management, and agriculture. The Laboratory Manager will provide leadership and oversight for laboratory and field experiments/data collection, analytical instrument operation, and data analysis, including QA/QC and training of graduate students, undergraduate students and technicians, and will assist the Principal Investigators (PIs) with funding acquisition and deliverables.
Applications can be submitted on the Careers at Waterloo website.
Job ID 2023-11268, Laboratory Manager, Groundwater Geochemistry and Remediation Group.
PDF Position - Controls on release of contaminants from Au mine tailings
This research will apply advanced pore-gas concentration and flux measurement techniques to provide a rigorous quantification of tailings evolution and contaminant loadings under current conditions at the field site, and will evaluate and assess the potential effectiveness of remediation alternatives. Supplemental analysis of historical data and continuation of data collection and monitoring of an instrumentation network to enhance the existing data set will be used to develop an integrated conceptual model of contaminant transport mechanisms within this system. The main tasks of the postdoctoral fellow will be to implement a comprehensive pore-gas concentration and flux measurement program that will complement the existing large geochemical and mineralogical data set to develop an integrated characterization of the pore-gas transport processes influencing the geochemical evolution of the tailings and to conduct gas transport and reactive transport modelling.
This project is associated with the TERRE-NET program, which is a multi-institutional and multi- and trans-disciplinary research Network spanning seven universities across Canada and supported by numerous partner organizations, with the overarching goal of ensuring the environmentally responsible, socially acceptable extraction of mineral and energy resources using cutting-edge approaches and technologies.
Interested candidates are invited to provide their transcripts, CV, a brief statement of research interests, names and contact information for three referees, and copies of publications (if available). For further information regarding this position, please contact David Wilson, TERRE-NET Program Manager (dwilson2@uwaterloo.ca), Dr. David Blowes (blowes@uwaterloo.ca), or Dr. Carol Ptacek (ptacek@uwaterloo.ca).
MSc Position - Non-traditional Isotopes in Mine-impacted Water
This MSc position will focus on measuring isotope ratios for metal(loid)s frequently encountered in mine drainage. This MSc will digest, purify, and analyze solid-phase material collected from field sites using multi-collector inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS).
PDF Position - Application of novel characterization approaches to a waste-rock pile located at an abandoned mine in Yukon Territory, Canada
This research will apply advanced pore-gas concentration and flux measurement techniques, and reactive transport modelling to provide a rigorous quantification of waste rock evolution and contaminant loadings under current conditions at the field site, and will evaluate and assess the potential effectiveness of remediation alternatives. The main tasks of the postdoctoral fellow will be to implement a comprehensive pore-gas concentration and flux measurement program that will complement the large geochemical and mineralogical data set to develop an integrated characterization of the pore-gas transport processes influencing the geochemical evolution of the waste rock and to conduct gas transport and reactive transport modelling.
This project is associated with the TERRE-NET program, which is a multi-institutional and multi- and trans-disciplinary research Network spanning seven universities across Canada and supported by numerous partner organizations, with the overarching goal of ensuring the environmentally responsible, socially acceptable extraction of mineral and energy resources using cutting-edge approaches and technologies.
Interested candidates are invited to provide their transcripts, CV, a brief statement of research interests, names and contact information for three referees, and copies of publications (if available). For further information regarding this position, please contact David Wilson, TERRE-NET Program Manager (dwilson2@uwaterloo.ca), Dr. David Blowes (blowes@uwaterloo.ca), or Dr. Carol Ptacek (ptacek@uwaterloo.ca).