Ellie is completing a 4th year undergraduate thesis project under the supervision of Principal Investigator Laura Hug and Co-Principal Investigator Maria Strack.
Undergraduate students Tara Ferguson, Olivia Penn and Melissa LeBlonc co-author the paper with co-Principal Investigator Fereidoun Rezanezhad and Principal Investigator Laura Hug in Journal of Environmental Management.
The student-led workshop combined presentations and hands-on demonstrations to showcase the project’s research advances in methane detection at hot-spots in landfills.
Tara conducted soil column experiments to quantify methane oxidation capacity in landfill cover soils.
Kyle’s research using a Canadian technology and his collaboration with Laura Hug through the Methane Emissions Hot-spots project was featured in Waterloo News.
Melissa conducted lab soil experiments related to microbial methane mitigation during her spring 2024 co-op term.
Laura appears as the real-world pro to explain what waste in landfills means for the planet and climate change.
Congratulations to team member Sandani Buddhima on being selected as a 2024 Master’s Scholar for her research on drivers of spatial and seasonal variation of methane emissions from capped landfills in Southern Ontario.
Dr. Hug, Lead Principal Investigator and Canada Research Chair in Environmental Microbiology, is one of 56 new Members being welcomed as part of the 2024 Cohort.
Dr. Laura Hug was selected to be one of 47 delegates to participate in this year’s Science Meets Parliament (SMP) program which took place in Ottawa on May 6-7, 2024.