Profiles

My role as Lead Field Technician is primarily to help support the numerous on-going projects across the Waterloo Wetland Lab. I have a range of experience in fieldwork environments and have participated in numerous research projects during my time in academia, with topics ranging from; invasive vegetation, soil, social sciences, water quality, benthic macroinvertebrates, fish, and freshwater mussels. I’ve worked in some beautiful environments across southern Ontario and can’t wait to explore more as a part of this team.

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 has 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 weeklong 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 will premiere as a three-part series on TVO in October 2024.