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Funded graduate student opportunities in the Hydrometeorology Research Group, University of Waterloo

October 31, 2023

Alpine Watershed Hydroclimatology Research Opportunities

Fully funded MSc and PhD studentships are open in the Canadian Rocky Mountains to examine autogenic feedbacks on wetland and forest...

Congratulations Sarah Fetah on your MSc Defence!

January 14, 2021

Sarah defended her MSc on November 9, 2020 on the evolving hydrologic controls of developing upland vegetation in a reclaimed watershed. Excellent paper on its way! Read more about Congratulations Sarah Fetah on your MSc Defence!

Congratulations to Kevin DeHaan

January 14, 2021

Great job on your defence and thesis Kevin! Kevin successully defended a very ambitious MSc Thesis on November 5, 2020 on water use efficiency in Southern Ontario Agriculture. Stay posted for his publications!! Read more about Congratulations to Kevin DeHaan

Jess Williamson, Successful MSc Defence!

March 25, 2020

Congrats to Jess who succesfully defended her MSc today! Jess was the first virtual defence of our lab group, due to the COVID - 19 virus. Despite the difference in delivery, it was a successful day. Jess's thesis focused on the spatial variability of evapotranspiration on a subalpine ridge in Kananaskis, Alberta. Her project looked at two distinct transitional tree patches, krummholz and tree islands, and analyzes how these growth forms will influence water storage and loss. She will also determined feedbacks between evapotranspiration and dominant controls (snow pack, net radiation,... Read more about Jess Williamson, Successful MSc Defence!

Congrats to new MSc, Tyler Prentice!!

January 31, 2020

Yesterday Hydromet team member Tyler Prentice successfully defended his MSc thesis! Congrats Tyler, great work! Tyler's thesis focused on the reclamation of boreal forests following oil sands operations in Fort McMurray, Alberta. Specifically, his research aimed to determine how interactions between vegetation and soil are influenced by the cover soil used at the start of the reclamation process. His fieldwork involved monitoring soil moisture and nutrient regimes throughout the growing season at several reclaimed sites within the Athabasca Oil Sands Region spending summer field season... Read more about Congrats to new MSc, Tyler Prentice!!

Dylan Hrach, newest Hydromet M.Sc!

December 17, 2019

Congratulations to our own Dylan Hrach, who successfully defended his Masters thesis today! Dylan's project analyzed the unique microclimate of a heavily shaded wetland with a large presence of snow and a short growing season. He performed a wetland characterisation and observed the influence of photosynthetic active radiation on plant growth and the rate of evapotranspiration. Wishing him the best as he enters the workforce!

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NEW STUDENT OPPPORTUNITIES AND PRIORITIES

October 9, 2019

Water fluxes and system evolution of mine pit lakes

Fully funded MSc and PhD students are being sought to work on research on End-Pit Lakes in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region. All oil sands mine closure landscapes are designed to include pit lakes. Thus, designing and constructing self-sustaining pit lake ecosystems in an...

Lindsey Langs: Successful MSc Defence!

May 8, 2019

On Monday May 6th, Lindsey successfully defended her MSc thesis titled 'Quantifying coniferous subalpine tree transpiration and source water under seasonal and hydrological stress in the Canadian Rocky Mountains'. Her work helps to inform subalpine forest hydrological connectivity in mountain watersheds, and gave insight to potential tree behaviour and water under a changing climate.

Lindsey will stay onboard with the Hydromet group continuing her work as the Kanasaskis Project Manager and Technician. She also works closely with the University of Saskatchewan's...

Adam Green, Successful MSc Defense!

April 15, 2019

Huge congrats to Hydromet lab group technician Adam Green, for successful defending his MSc thesis on boreal weatlands in Northern Alberta today!

Adam (picture on the right) will continue to work for the lab group as a technican, sharing his expertice and knowldge on the subject. We are lucky to have him!

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Congrats new M.Sc Christine Van beest!

January 11, 2019

On Thursday, newly minted M.Sc Chrstine Van beest sucessfully defended her Masters thesis titled 'Deeper burning increases availabile phosphorus, promotes moss growth, and cabron dioxide instake in a fen peatland one-year post-wildfire in Fort McMurray, AB'. Christine's work has helped provide insights into the nutrient and carbon dynamics of post-burn peatland systems in Canada's north. Congratulations!!

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