Urban Water Researchers
Urban Water Researchers are highly involved in the Centre and are regular contributors to Urban Water research projects and initiatives.
Andrew Laursen
Professor, Graduate Program Director, EnSciMan
Faculty of Science
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Keywords: Wetlands, Wastewater, Aquatic System
Bryan Koivisto
Associate Professor
Faculty of Science
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Keywords: Innovation, Resource Recovery, Photovoltaics
Carolyn Johns
Professor, Interim Director of the School of Public Policy and Democratic Innovation
Faculty of Arts
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Keywords: Water Policy
Christopher Wellen
Executive Member
Associate Professor
Faculty of Arts
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christopher.wellen@torontomu.ca
Keywords: Watershed Modelling, Nutrients, Hydrology, Biogeochemistry, Bayesian Inference, Socio-hydrology
Claire Oswald
Executive Member
Associate Professor; Academic Director (Interim), Urban Water TMU
Faculty of Arts
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Keywords: Water Quality, Watersheds, Wetlands, Data Analysis
Darko Joksimovic
Executive Member
Associate Professor, Department Chair
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
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Keywords: Municipal Water Infrastructure, Drainage, Optimization
David Atkinson
Executive Member
Associate Professor
Faculty of Arts
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Keywords: GIS, Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Spatial Analysis, Northern Communities
Elsayed Elbeshbishy
Professor
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
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elsayed.elbeshbishy@torontomu.ca
Keywords: Wastewater Treatment, Nutrient Recovery, AnMBR
Fatih Sekercioglu
Executive Member
Associate Professor, Director, Planetary Health Research Lab
Faculty of Community Services
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Keywords: Public Health, Climate Change, Indigenous, Drinking Water
Gideon Wolfaardt
Professor
Faculty of Science
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Keywords: Biofilms, Microbial Communities, Degradation of Waste Streams, Value-added Products
Hitesh Doshi
Professor
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
Keywords: Climate Change, Urban Planning
Ian Young
Associate Professor, Interim Co-Director
Faculty of Community Services
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Keywords: Public Health, Epidemiology, Beach Water Quality, Climate Change
James Li
Professor
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
Keywords: Drainage, Stormwater, Water Quality Modelling
Janet Koprivnikar
Professor and Interim Associate Dean of Programs, YSGPS
Faculty of Science
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Keywords: Aquatic Systems, Contaminants, Parasites
Kimberley Gilbride
Executive Member
Professor Emeritus
Faculty of Science
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Keywords: Wastewater, Microbiology, Contaminants
Martina Hausner
Associate Professor
Faculty of Science
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Keywords: Environmental Microbiology, Biofilms, Water Treatment
Mohammad Manshouri
Contract Lecturer
Faculty of Arts
Keywords: Water Quality, Wastewater, Wetlands, Remediation
Patricia Hania
Executive Member
Assistant Professor
Ted Rogers School of Management
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Keywords: Water Governance, Decision-Making, Legal, Policy
Rania Hamza
Executive Member
Associate Professor, Associate Chair Undergraduate
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
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Keywords: Biological Wastewater Treatment, Aerobic Granular Sludge, Removal of Nutrients and Emerging Contaminants
Roxana Sühring
Executive Member
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Science
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Keywords: Fate and Transport of Organic Contaminants, Plastic Contamination in Urban Water, Emerging Contaminants, High-resolution Mass-spectrometry, Long-range Chemical Transport
Stefania Impellizzeri
Associate Professor, Jet Ice Research Chair in Sustainable Materials Chemistry, Dimensions Faculty Lead
Faculty of Science
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Keywords: Jet Ice Research Chair in Sustainable Materials Chemistry, Materials and Nanomaterials, Molecular Synthesis Design and Engineering, Photochemistry and Plasmonics
Stephanie Melles
Executive Member
Associate Professor
Faculty of Science
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Keywords: Watershed, Data Analysis, Water Pollution
Steven Liss
Professor, Vice-President, Research and Innovation
Faculty of Science
Keywords: Microbial Structures, Biofilms, Biofoulants, Wastewater, Drinking Water
Vadim Bostan
Associate Professor, Undergraduate Program Director, Environmental Biology
Faculty of Science
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Keywords: Toxicology, Wetlands, Stormwater, Aquatic Systems
Affiliate Researchers are part of the Urban Water network and contribute to specific collaborative research projects and/or specific initiatives.
Andrew Millward
Associate Professor, Undergraduate Program Director, Environment and Urban Sustainability
Faculty of Arts
Faculty Page | Google Scholar (external link)
Keywords: GIS, Remote Sensing, Urban Trees
Christopher Gore
Professor, Graduate Program Director: Public Policy and Administration (MA)
Faculty of Arts
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Keywords: Great Lakes Policy, Natural Resources
Greg Oulahen
Associate Professor
Faculty of Arts
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Keywords: Human-environment Interaction, Hazards, Risks, Vulnerability, Climate Change Adaptation
Ingrid Hehmeyer
Professor
Faculty of Arts
Keywords: History, Hydraulic Engineering, Water Management
John Shiga
Associate Professor
The Creative School
Keywords: Science Communications
Kernaghan Webb
Associate Professor, Founding Director, Ryerson Institute for the Study of Corporate Social Responsibility
Ted Rogers School of Management
Keywords: Sustainability, Water Ethics
Mehrab Mehrvar
Professor; Associate Chair, Graduate Studies
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
Faculty Page | Google Scholar (external link)
Keywords: Wastewater, Photochemistry, Engineering
Nina-Marie Lister
Professor, Director, Ecological Design Lab; Founding Principal, PLANDFORM
Faculty of Community Services
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Keywords: Urban Environmental Planning
Pamela Robinson
Professor, Director, Civic Sandbox
Faculty of Community Services
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Keywords: Urban Environmental Planning
Yaser Dahman
Professor
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
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Keywords: Green Technology, Wastewater Treatment, Biofuels, Biodiesel, Algae