Graduated Trainees
Adefolawe Adeyeye
Civil Engineering (MASc)
University of British Colombia
Supervisor: Sara Beck
Research interests: UV disinfection of water in small-scale systems, WASH education in low-resource settings, water quality monitoring
2022 – 2023 Cohort
Alexa Bennett
Geography (PhD)
University of Waterloo
Supervisor: Susan Elliott
Research interests: Drinking water, global health
2023 – 2023 Cohort
Rachel Boyer
Civil Engineering (MASc)
University of Victoria
Supervisor:Â Caetano Dorea
Research interests:Â Microbial water quality monitoring in low-resource contexts, reducing barriers to data equity, public health and environmnetal engineering
2022 – 2023 Cohort
Dr. Anne Carabin
Civil Engineering (PhD)
University of Victoria
Supervisor:Â Caetano Dorea
Research interests: Water quality, environmental health, risk assessment
2022 – 2023 Cohort
Dr. Colin Gibson
Water Resources Engineering and International Development Studies (PhD)
University of Guelph
Supervisor:Â Ed McBean
Research interests: Water ethics, Indigenous environmental philosophies, co-design of water systems and technologies
2022 – 2023 Cohort
Negar Rahmati
Civil Engineering (MASc)
University of Victoria
Supervisor: Heather Buckley
Research interests: Sustainable water desalination, biofouling prevention in sanitation plants, green chemistry
2022 – 2023 Cohort
Thusitha Rathnayake
Civil Engineering (PhD Student)
University of British Colombia
Supervisor: Sara Beck
Research interests: Microplastics, UV LED applications, membrane-based water treatment
2022 – 2023 Cohort
Joseph Train
Water Resources Engineering (MASc)
University of Guelph
Supervisor: Ed McBean
Research interests: Water treatment and distribution systems
2023 – 2024 Cohort
Soobin Yim
Biological Sciences (MSc)
Simon Fraser University
Supervisor: Jane Fowler
Research interests: Drinking water microbiome, DNA damage by UV, DNA repair mechanisms
2022 – 2023 Cohort
Dr. Camille Zimmer
Civil Engineering (PhD)
University of Victoria
Supervisor: Caetano Dorea
Research interests: Risk assessment and water quality testing, point-of-use drinking water treatment
2022 – 2023 Cohort