Current Trainees
Georgia Douglas
Chemistry (PhD), University of Victoria
Supervisor: Heather Buckley
Research Interests: Arsenic detection in drinking water, green chemistry, materials science
2023-2024 Cohort
Tawab Balakarzai
Geography (PhD), University of Victoria
Supervisor: Michele-Lee Moore
Research Interests: Water governance in arid regions, Indigenous water practices, nature-based solutions, water-related higher education
2023-2024 Cohort
Alice Gentleman
Civil Engineering (Master), University of Victoria
Supervisor: Caetano Dorea
Research Interests: Drinking water treatment
2023-2024 Cohort
Samantha LeValley
Civil Engineering (PhD), University of Toronto
Supervisor: David Meyer
Research Interests: Rural water systems, equitable distribution, intermittent water supply
2023-2024 Cohort
Patrick Mirindi
Civil Engineering (PhD), University of British Columbia
Supervisor: Sara Beck
Research Interests:Â Public health, environmental diseases, waterborne diseases, infection prevention and control, policy analysis
2022-2023 Cohort
Louis-Philippe Noel
Water Engineering (Master), Université Laval
Supervisor: Peter Vanrolleghem
Research Interests: Wastewater-based epidemiology, public health and environmental enigneering, water and wastewater treatment, resource recovery
2023-2024 Cohort
Aref Panjehfouladgaran
Civil and Environmental Engineering (PhD), Western University
Supervisor: Clare Robinson
Research Interests: Groundwater-coastal water interactions, groundwater hydrology, environmental modeling
2023-2024 Cohort
Kelsey Shaw
Civil Engineering (PhD), University of Victoria
Supervisor: Caetano Dorea
Research Interests: Sustainable sanitation, public health and environmental engineering
2022-2023 Cohort
Dr. Samira Sarkardei
(PhD in Food Biochemistry/ Toxicology & Analytical Chemistry)
Civil Engineering (MASc), University of Victoria
Supervisor: Caetano Dorea
Research Interests: Biological mechanisms of biosand filters, green STEM, industrial symbiosis, philosophy of change, ecospirituality, earth charters educator
2023-2024 Cohort
Abbas Seyedabbas Rasouli
Geographical and Environmental Studies (PhD), Carleton University
Supervisor: Onita Basu
Research Interests: Water quality, wastewater treatment, adsorption, filtration, micro- and non-plastics, statistical analysis
2023-2024 Cohort
Florence Udenby
Civil Engineering (PhD), University of Toronto
Supervisor: David Meyer
Research Interests: Intermittent water supply, non-revenue water, equity in water supply,
2023-2024 Cohort
Eloisa Sia
Civil Engineering (PhD), University of Victoria
Supervisor: Caetano Dorea
Research Interests: Non-sewered sanitation, pathogen transport, nutrient cycling, soil microbial activity, climate resilience, hydrogeology, sanitation policy and regulation
2022-2023 Cohort
Joseph Train
Water Resources Engineering (Master), University of Guelph
Supervisor: Ed McBean
Research Interests: Water treatment and distribution systems
2023-2024 Cohort
Fabian Garcia
Civil Engineering (Master), University of Victoria
Supervisor:Â Caetano Dorea
Research Interests:Â Point of use water treatment, filtration systems
2024-2025 Cohort
Owen Donnelly
Environmental Engineering (PhD), Western University
Supervisor: Clare Robinson
Research Interests:Â Reactive transport modellling, groundwater quality, arsenic
2024-2025 Cohort
Cristian Garcia
Aménagement du territoire et développement régional (PhD), Université Laval
Supervisor: Manuel J. Rodriguez
Research Interests: Quality and access to water, drinking water in extremely vulnerable environments
2024-2025 Cohort
Mejbah Uddin Chowdhury
Civil Engineering (Master), University of Victoria
Supervisor: Caetano Dorea
Research Interests:Â Wastewater/fecal sludge treatment and resource recovery, WASH & public health, WASH in low resource or emergency settings
2024-2025 Cohort