PhD Students
Haibin Cai
Visiting Student (Hohai University, China)
Email: haibin.cai@mail.utoronto.ca
Research Interests: Ecological modelling, plankton community competition patterns, harmful algal blooms, internal nutrient cycling, Bayesian inference techniques
Aisha Javed
Email: aisha.javed@mail.utoronto.ca
Qualifications: University of Toronto (BSc)
Research Interests: Watershed modelling, hydroclimatology, water resources, water quality, uncertainty analysis
Selected Publications:
Javed A., Cheng V.Y.S., Arhonditsis G.B. 2019. Detection of spatial and temporal hydro-meteorological trends in Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, and Georgian Bay. Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management 22:1-14.
Georgina Kaltenecker
Email: georgina.kaltenecker@utoronto.ca
Qualifications: University of Toronto Scarborough (MEnvSc)
Research Interests: Hydrological and biogeochemical drivers of water quality, watershed processes, climate change
Felicity Ni
Email: felicity.ni@utoronto.ca
Qualifications: University of Toronto (BSc, MEnvSc)
Personal Website: felicityni.com
Research Interests: Mercury dynamics, fish contaminants, ecological modelling, food web dynamics, invasive species
Select Publications:
Neff, M.R., S.P. Bhavsar, F.J. Ni, D.O. Carpenter, K. Drouillard, A.T. Fisk, and M.T. Arts. 2014. Risk-benefit of consuming Lake Erie fish. Environmental Research 134: 57-65.
Akunne Grace Okoli
Email: aku.okoli@mail.utoronto.ca
Qualifications: University of Toronto Scarborough (MEnvSc); University of Waterloo (MSc)
Research Interests: Freshwater ecosystem modelling, water quality, and integrated watershed management
Diana Rocio Paredes
Email: d.paredes@mail.utoronto.ca
Qualifications: Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, Quito (MSc); University of the Americas, Quito, Ecuador (BSc)
Research Interests: Watershed modelling, water quality, climate change
Ratnajit Saha
Email: ratnajit.saha@mail.utoronto.ca
Qualifications: Memorial University of Newfoundland (MSc); Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh (MSc, BSc)
Research Interests: Water quality, climate change, GIS, biochar, land use management, environmental health, and more
Select Publications:
Ratnajit Saha, Nepal C. Dey, Mahfuzar Rahman, Prosun Bhattacharya and Golam H. Rabbani (2019). Geogenic arsenic and microbial contamination in drinking water sources: Exposure risks to the coastal population in Bangladesh. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 7:57 [Frontiers publisher]. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2019.00057
Ratnajit Saha, Nepal C. Dey, Sajidur Rahman, Lakshman Galagedara and Prosun Bhattacharya (2018). Exploring suitable sites for installing safe drinking water wells in coastal Bangladesh. Groundwater for Sustainable Development, Volume 7, Pages 91-100 [Elsevier publisher]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsd.2018.03.002
Nepal C. Dey, Ratnajit Saha, Mahmood Parvez, Sujit K Bala, AKM Saiful Islam, Joyanta K. Paul, Mahabub Hossain (2017). Sustainability of Groundwater Use for Irrigation of Dry-Season Crops in Northwest Bangladesh. Groundwater for Sustainable Development, Volume 4, Pages 66–77 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gsd.2017.02.001
Nepal C. Dey, Mahmood Parvez, Digbijoy Dey, Ratnajit Saha, Lucky Ghose, Milan K. Barua, Akramul Islam, Mushtaque R. Chowdhury (2017). Microbial contamination of drinking water from risky tubewells situated in different hydrological regions of Bangladesh. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 220: 621–636. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2016.12.007
Hossain M, Rahman SN, Bhattacharya P, Jacks G, Saha R and Rahman M (2015). Sustainability of arsenic mitigation interventions-an evaluation of different alternative safe drinking water options provided in Matlab, an arsenic hot spot in Bangladesh. Front. Environ. Sci. 3:30. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2015.00030
Ariola Visha
Email: a.visha@utoronto.ca
Qualifications: University of Toronto (MSc); York University (BSc)
Research Interests: Toxicity in fish, Bayesian inference, trend analysis, environmental risk assessment.
Select Publications:
Visha, A., N. Gandhi, S.P. Bhavsar, & G.B. Arhonditsis. 2015. A Bayesian assessment of the mercury and PCB temporal trends in Lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) and walleye (Sander vitreus) from Lake Ontario, Ontario, Canada. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 117: 174-186.
Visha, A., N. Gandhi, S. Bhavsar, G.B. Arhonditsis 2016. Guiding Fish Consumption Advisories in Lake Ontario: A Bayesian approach. Journal of Great Lakes Research 42: 70-82.
Tao Xu
Visiting Student (Hohai University, China)
Email: taohello.xu@mail.utoronto.ca
Research Interests: Sediment diagenesis; eutrophication, water quality, process-based models
Cindy Yang
Email: cindy.yang@mail.utoronto.ca
Qualifications: University of Toronto (BSc, MEnvSc)
Sophia Zamaria
Co-Supervised by Professor Sharon Cowling (University of Toronto)
Email: sophia.zamaria@mail.utoronto.ca
Personal Website: sophiazamaria.com
Qualifications: University of Toronto (MSc); University of Toronto (BSc)
Research Interests: Palaeoecology, watershed modelling, climate change, geographic information systems, human-environment interactions
Publications:
C Risk; SA Zamaria; J Chen; J Ke; G. Morgan; J Taylor; K Larsen; SA Cowling. (2020). Using geographic information systems to make transparent and weighted decisions on pit development: Incorporation of interactive economic, environmental, and social factors. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 59(9), 1103-1126.
Lamees Shah
Email: lamees.shah@mail.utoronto.ca
Qualifications: University of Toronto (BSc)
Research Interests: Extreme weather, climate change
Yasasi Fernando
Email: yasasi.fernando@mail.utoronto.ca
Qualifications: Simon Fraser University (BSc)
Research Interests: Aquatic ecology, ecological modelling, climate change
Alfred Achieng
Email: alfred.achieng@mail.utoronto.ca
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Qualifications: Moi University (BSc); University of Eldoret (MSc)
Research Interests: Aquatic ecology, biodiversity change, ecosystem modeling, aquatic ecosystem health, governance and policy development and conservation and management
Master’s Students
Casey Loudoun
Email: casey.loudoun@mail.utoronto.ca
Qualifications: Queen’s University (BSc); Seneca College (GIS Certificate)
Research Interests:
Bayesian modelling and statistical analysis to determine how land use and precipitation events that occur at varying intensities influences nutrient run-off
Rosen Chang
Email: rosen.chang@mail.utoronto.ca
Qualifications: xxx (BSc)
Research Interests:
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Undergraduate Students
None at the moment