Members

Dr. Maria Strack (Professor)

Oluwabamise Afolabi (PhD candidate): Effects of climate change on temperate swamp carbon cycling

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

Christina Bao (MSc candidate): Response of peatland plant functional traits to seismic line disturbance

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

Melanie Bird (MSc candidate): Compile data on peatland response to restoration and reclamation

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

Dr. Marissa Davies (PDF): Effects of peatland disturbance (e.g., wildfire, oil exploration) on peatland soil C stocks

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

Miranda Hunter (PhD candidate): Hydrological controls on GHG emissions from actively harvested peatlands

Kim Kleinke (Project manager): 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

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

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

Samantha Price (MSc candidate): GHG emissions from a novel peat harvesting technique

Andrew Rutland (MSc candidate): Ecological indicators of carbon storage in restored horticultural peatlands.

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

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

Abigail Shingler (MSc candidate): Effect of wildfire on peatland methane exchange

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

Emma Wegener (MSc candidate): Recovery of boreal peatland plant communities and C cycling following wildfire

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

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