The Water Institute welcomes new members

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

We have been fortunate over the past several months to have some amazing new talent join the University of Waterloo and the Water Institute. A sincere welcome and we look forward to opportunities to collaborate!


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Warren Dodd

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Health Systems

Warren's research aims to understand and address the social and ecological determinants of global health and development. In particular, he is interested in how factors such as poverty, migration, food security, and climate change interact and shape health and development outcomes. He conducts research in close collaboration with community partners and organizations with the goal of co-producing information to support decision-making and action. Regionally, he works in Central America, Southeast Asia, East Africa, and Canada.


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Peter A. Hall

Professor, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Health Systems & Director, Prevention Neuroscience Laboratory

Peter's research examines how the brain and social environment interact to produce risk for chronic disease. Understanding such interactions may better position us to prevent the onset of physical illnesses such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease, as well as mental disorders such as depression, addictions and post-traumatic stress disorder. His studies span the full age spectrum from childhood and adolescence to older adulthood.


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Nadine Ibrahim

Turkstra Chair in Urban Engineering / Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Nadine comes from a background in industry and academia and focuses in the areas of urban infrastructure, sustainable cities, and sustainable development. Nadine takes an interdisciplinary approach, combining civil and environmental engineering with architecture, economics and governance. Most recently, she was a post-doctoral fellow working on engineering education for sustainable cities in Africa, launching a “sustainable cities” course online, and piloting a global classroom.


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Anita T. Layton

Canada 150 Research Chair in Mathematical Biology and Medicine
Professor of Applied Mathematics, Pharmacy and Biology

Anita’s group is a diverse and interdisciplinary team of researchers using computational modelling tools to better understand aspects of renal physiology and pathophysiology. Mathematics is their microscope. They collaborate with physiologists, biomedical engineers, and clinicians to formulate detailed models of renal hemodynamics, transport, and metabolism.


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Julie Messier

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology

Julie is a plant functional ecologist interested in the causes and consequences of trait variation and integration across biological scales (from within individuals to among communities). She is broadly interested in questions at the intersection of plant physiology, scaling, ecology and evolution, and uses empirical data to uncover general principles governing patterns of phenotypic diversity.  Her research has highlighted the importance of individual variation, phenotypic complexity and the scale dependence of patterns and processes in trait-based ecology.


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Anh Pham

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Anh’s research group applies aquatic chemistry and geochemistry principles, and employs analytical chemistry tools, to investigate contaminant fate and transformation. His current research focuses on developing novel technologies for the remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater, treatment of various industrial waste streams including oil sands produced water, and removal of emerging contaminants.