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Research completed by the Waterloo Wetland Lab was recently featured on CBC's Quirks and Quarks podcast. The episode, titled "Managing Canada’s Worst Invasive Plant with Moths," aired on September 14 and explores an innovative approach to controlling the spread of invasive Phragmites australis via biocontrol.

The podcast, which features an interview with Dr. Rooney, as well as graduate student, Claire Schon, and field technician, Ryan Graham, is available online via CBC Radio.

We are excited to announce that Catriona Leven successfully defended her MSc thesis, titled "Wetland hydrology and the impacts of beaver dams in the Upper Columbia River floodplain wetlands" this afternoon! Her hard work offers valuable insights into the role of beaver activity in shaping wetland ecosystems.

Please join us in congratulating Catriona on this incredible achievement!

We are thrilled to announce that Grace Lew-Kowal successfully defended her MSc thesis, titled "Enhanced Precision of Aerial Herbicide Application for Invasive Species Management" this morning! Her hard work marks a significant contribution to the field of invasive Phragmites australis control.

Please join us in congratulating Grace on this incredible achievement!

The Water Institute has published a new article on Dr. Rooney's contributions to microplastic research, highlighting the risks that microplastics pose to the Laurentian Great Lakes.

While evidence of concern is quickly mounting, there is still a lot of uncertainty. We cannot yet say how much pollution is too much, or what monitoring thresholds and alerts should be. We also have not collectively agreed on the best monitoring approach, explained Rooney, “but the efforts of the Microplastics Work Group took us a big step closer to this for the Great Lakes.”

Congratulations to PhD Candidate, Claire Schon, for successfully completing her comprehensive exam this afternoon!

That's a total of four successful comprehensive exams by Waterloo Wetland Lab members in the past two and a half months. We are so proud!

Congratulations to PhD Candidate, Émilie Montreuil Strub, for successfully completing her comprehensive exam this afternoon!

Congratulations to PhD Candidate, Gab Izma, for successfully completing their comprehensive exam this morning!

Congratulations to PhD Candidate, Jersey Fontz, for successfully completing her comprehensive exam this morning!

A comment by Dr. Rebecca Rooney and Dr. Jose Luis Rodriguez-Gil has been published in Ecological Applications.

"As a community of authors, reviewers, and editors in ecotoxicological research, we need to do better in enforcing standards of transparency and reproducibility, and we must guard against overreach when offering opinions on regulatory decisions."

Note we are no longer accepting applications at this time.

The Waterloo Wetland Lab is looking to hire Summer Wetland Technicians for the upcoming field season!

If you are interested, please send your resume and cover letter describing why you are a good fit for the position to rebecca.rooney@uwaterloo.ca. Questions may also be directed to the same email address.