Kayla Martin is in her first year of a biology master’s program at the University of Waterloo with a focus on aquatic invasive species. After graduating from Wilfrid Laurier University’s Water Science and Environmental Health (BSc) program in 2022, she worked for the University of Waterloo, where she is currently a member of the Ecohydrology Research Group. Her latest project was with the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The international team of scientists conducted a week-long expedition onboard the R/V LAKE GUARDIAN where she collected sediment core samples from the bottom of Lake Erie.
Kayla is active in Great Lakes conservation and education efforts. Her interests lie in examining our interactions with water, the environmental impacts and ways to achieve sustainability for future generations. Recently she was featured in the documentary All Too Clear which premiered as a three-part series on TVO in October 2024.