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As a PhD candidate in Earth Sciences, Kevin B. White is focused on using stable isotopes as tools for improving the environmental monitoring and assessment of remediation strategies for arsenic as part of a national research program led by the Giant Mine Oversight Board. 

Congratulations to Jen Parks and Josh Neufeld on receiving the 2025 Excellence in Science Teaching Award (ESTA) from the Faculty of Science. 

Congratulations to Dr. Chris Yakymchuk in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, who has received the Award of Excellence in Graduate Supervision. 

This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of the Farvolden lecture series. Hosted by the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, this annual lecture honours Dr. Robert Farvolden, who established the department’s world-renowned groundwater research program in the 1970s.

As 2025 comes to a close, faculty and staff in Earth and Environmental Sciences are looking back on a year of milestones. Four members are being recognized for their long-time service to the department, and six are also stepping into retirement.

Fourth-year Earth Sciences student Joey Ruck is investigating the use of a scientific echosounder to estimate gas accumulation in the sediments of the Belwood Reservoir.  

Newly renewed Canada Research Chair Dr. Brian Kendall reflects on his first term and toward his next.

Marianne Vandergriendt, a long-time staff member in Science, was recognized for her service to the University of Waterloo at fall convocation. She was named an Honorary Member of the University, acknowledging her 43 years in the Earth and Environmental Sciences department.

Mario Coniglio has retired before, but this time, it’s for real. Rather than transitioning into retirement as originally planned, he continued in the role of Chair for the Earth and Environmental Sciences department. He completed his term at the end of June, capping off a 39-year career marked most notably in its latter half by a passion for academic service in a variety of leadership roles.

Earth Sciences alum Tyler Ciufo reflects on his time as a student at Waterloo, and how it shaped his career bringing a sustainability mindset to the mining industry.