Lake Futures Researcher Elaine Ho is joining Great Art for Great Lakes as the Resident Researcher. In this role, she will be bringing science and art together through collaboration and workshops with local artists.
Melani Ivy Samson, Lake Futures HQP, successfully completed her Master of Applied Science Seminar. She presented her work titled, ‘The Urban Metabolism of the Greater Toronto Area: A Study of Nitrogen and Phosphorus across an Urban, Suburban, and Rural Continuum’. Congratulations Melani!
Lake Futures Researcher Zobia Jawed has recently been appointed by the Hamilton City Council to serve as a Board of Director for Conservation Halton. She will serve on the board from 2019 to 2022. Visit the McMaster Faculty of Engineering site for the full announcement.
Lake Futures HQP John Dony and Lamisa Malik celebrated World Water Day by presenting their research at World Water Day events at the University of Waterloo.
Meghan Mcleod, an undergraduate research assistant, won the Best Undergrad Poster award at the University of Waterloo World Wetlands Day celebration! Her poster focused on phosphorus legacies in human-impacted watersheds.
Congratulations Meghan!
Multiple Lake Futures researchers presented their work at the University of Waterloo World Wetlands Day 2019 celebration on February 4th. Philippe Van Cappellen opened the event with welcoming remarks, including a brief history of World Wetlands Day with the Ecohydrology Research Group.
In a recent article in The Record, Nandita Basu commented on the potential impact of proposed Bill 66, saying it threatens the environment by allowing municipalities to bypass policies and acts protecting water and land.
Nandita Basu received the Award of Excellence in Graduate Supervision from the Faculty of Engineering.
This award is given to an exemplary faculty member who have demonstrated excellence in graduate student supervision at the University of Waterloo. Nandita was one of three faculty members recognized with this annual award.
Lake Futures is attending AGU 2018 in Washington DC!
Throughout the week there will be presentations and posters from Nandita Basu, post-doctoral fellows and students associated with Lake Futures. This is a great opportunity to find out more about research being done in the Basu Lab. See the schedule below for times and dates.
Nandita Basu was invited to the Michigan Drinking Water Workshop to both participate and be the lead-off speaker in a session on Water Source Issues.