Members

Dr. Maria Strack (Professor)

Dr. Nicole Balliston (PDF): Hydrologic controls on peatland C storage and GHG exchange

Maryam Bayatvarkeshi (PhD candidate): Effect of seismic lines on water balance at local to watershed scales

Melanie Bird (MSc candidate): Data compilation to assess peatland response to restoration and reclamation

Sandani Buddhima (MSc candidate): Local controls on landfill methane emissions

Chinonso Chris-Emenyonu (PhD candidate)Plant communities and carbon exchange in restored Manitoba fens

Tasha-Leigh Gauthier (PhD candidate) - co-supervised with Jon Price: Functional traits of restored peatland mosses

Henry Gibbons (MSc candidate): Assessing seismic line restoration methods in northeastern BC

Miranda Hunter (PDF): Controls on GHG exchange in Canadian peatlands

Kim Kleinke (Project manager) - on leave: Can-Peat: Canada's peatlands as nature-based climate solutions

Dr. Percy Korsah (PDF): C and nutrient cycling in a constructed fen in the Alberta oil sands

Rayden Laliberte (MSc candidate): Effect of salinity on GHG emissions from stormwater management ponds

Carissa MacKenzie (PhD candidate): Effect of linear disturbance on plant communities and carbon cycling in peatlands

Dr. Iqra Naaem (Research Associate): Can-Peat project and Alberta soils database

Veronica Santia (MSc candidate): Fate of carbon in peatland stockpiles

Megan Schmidt (PhD student): Carbon exchange in temperate swamps in Ontario

Nazia Tabassum (PhD candidate): Effect of seismic line disturbance and restoration on ecosystem C storage

Yimeng Wang (Visiting Scholar): Effect of peatland restoration on plant communities and biomass accumulation

Akshara Withanage (MSc candidate): GHG emissions from urban wetlands and stormwater ponds

Justin Yu (MSc candidate): A reference data set to assess swamp reclamation outcomes in Alberta

See lab alumni.