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Mark Servos Was appointed a Fellow of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC Fellow) at the annual meeting of SEATC in November 2018.  The SETAC Fellows Award was created to recognize members demonstrating BOTH (i) significant long-term scientific or science policy contributions and (ii) service and leadership within SETAC.  See the story at the Water Institute or

The team led by Robert Liang (Postdoctoral Fellow Biology/Mechanical Engineering) won second prize at the recent AquaHacking event. See story on the Water Institute website.

Mark and Patricija traveled to Patagonia to collaborate with the MERI Foundation in Melimoyu, Chile.

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Mark Servos was reappointed as the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Water Quality Protection (Oct. 2018). You can visit the CRC site here.

Mark Servos participated in a national expert panel on wastewater contaminants. The report was released at the Canadian Water Network's Blue Cities conference.  The report outline a blueprint for approaching investments in Canada's wastewater systems to ensure maximum benefit for society and the environment.

The Star Vancouver. Ainslie Cruickshank Environment Reporter, May 1, 2018. 

Maricor has graduated and moved on to a Post Doctoral Fellowship with Eawag/ETH, Switzerland. Read about her story on the Water Institute website.

Read a summary of the recent research results on how fish are recovering the Grand River in response to major infrastructure upgrades at the wastewater treatment plants.

Many successes but also many challenges were identified for water management in the Grand River in a recent new article in the the Waterloo Region Record (Dec. 2, 2017).

https://therecord.com/news-story/7975783-a-grand-challenge/

A recent article in Influents (Water Environment Association of Ontario) describes the recent work to model estrogens in the Grand River.

Arlos, M., W. Parker, S. Andrews, M. Servos. 2017. Relationship between estrogens and intersex in a major Lake Erie tributary: a modelling approach. Influents: Official Publication of the Water Environment Association of Ontario.  Summer 2017: 52-55.    http://www.kelmanonline.com/httpdocs/files/WEAO/influentssummer2017/index.html

Graduate program brings together students from all six Waterloo faculties, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Oct. 6, 2017.  

Prof. Mark Servos was Director of the Collaborative Water Program and continues to teach the Water courses.