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, microtopography and wind speed) in order to assess the changes in the hydrological cycle driven by differences in canopy cover.