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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
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University of Victoria
Supervisor: Caetano Dorea
Research interests: Wastewater/fecal sludge treatment and resource recovery, public health, WASH in low-resource or emergency settings
2024 – 2025 Cohort
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Western University
Supervisor: Clare Robinson
Research interests: Reactive transport modelling, groundwater quality, arsenic
2024 – 2025 Cohort
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University of Victoria
Supervisor: Heather Buckley
Research interests: Arsenic detection in drinking water, green chemistry, materials science
2023 – 2024 Cohort
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Université Laval
Supervisor: Manuel J. Rodriguez
Research interests: Quality and access to water, drinking water in extremely vulnerable environmnets
2024 – 2025 Cohort
[/et_pb_team_member][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”1_4″][et_pb_team_member name=”Fabian Garcia” image_url=”https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/washcanada/wp-content/uploads/sites/7177/2024/09/fabian-e1748030909498.jpg” position=”Civil Engineering (MASc Student)” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”26292878-c74a-4695-8ced-8219b5d35b2d” alt=”Fabian Garcia” title_text=”Fabian Garcia” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]
University of Victoria
Supervisor: Caetano Dorea
Research interests: Point-of-use water treatment, filtration systems
2024 – 2025 Cohort
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University of Victoria
Supervisor: Caetano Dorea
Research interests: Drinking water treatment
2023 – 2024 Cohort
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University of Toronto
Supervisor: David Meyer
Research interests: Rural water systems, equitable distribution, intermittent water supply
2023 – 2024 Cohort
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Carleton University
Supervisor: Onita Basu
Research interests: Drinking water treatment, point-of-use devices, clean drinking water solutions, working with Indigenous communities
2024 – 2025 Cohort
[/et_pb_team_member][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_team_member name=”Patrick Mirindi” image_url=”https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/washcanada/wp-content/uploads/sites/7177/2024/10/PM_WashCanada.jpeg” position=”Environmental Systems Engineering (PhD Candidate)” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”26292878-c74a-4695-8ced-8219b5d35b2d” alt=”Patrick Mirindi” title_text=”Patrick Mirindi” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]
University of British Columbia
Supervisor: Sara Beck
Research interests: Public health, environmental diseases, waterborne diseases, infection prevention and control, policy analysis
2022 – 2023 Cohort
[/et_pb_team_member][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_team_member name=”Louis-Philippe Noel” image_url=”https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/washcanada/wp-content/uploads/sites/7177/2023/09/379547504_197131590053645_7189707428316460494_n1-e1726900005274.jpg” position=”Water Engineering (MASc Student)” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”26292878-c74a-4695-8ced-8219b5d35b2d” title_text=”379547504_197131590053645_7189707428316460494_n%911%93″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]
Université Laval
Supervisor: Peter Vanrolleghem
Research interests: Wastewater-based epidemiology, public health and environmental engineering, water and wastewater treatment, resource recovery
2023 – 2024 Cohort
[/et_pb_team_member][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_team_member name=”Aref Panjehfouladgaran” image_url=”https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/washcanada/wp-content/uploads/sites/7177/2023/11/Screen-Shot-2023-11-16-at-3.18.15-PM-e1748027970466.png” position=”Civil and Environmental Engineering (PhD Candidate)” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”26292878-c74a-4695-8ced-8219b5d35b2d” title_text=”Screen Shot 2023-11-16 at 3.18.15 PM” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]
Western University
Supervisor: Clare Robinson
Research interests: Groundwater-coastal water interactions, groundwater hydrology, environmental modelling
2023 – 2024 Cohort
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Carleton University
Supervisor: Onita Basu
Research interests: Water quality, wastewater treatment, adsorption, filtration, microplastics and non-plastics, statistical analysis
2023 – 2024 Cohort
[/et_pb_team_member][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_team_member name=”Kelsey Shaw” image_url=”https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/washcanada/wp-content/uploads/sites/7177/2023/03/Portrait-scaled.jpeg” position=”Civil Engineering (PhD Candidate)” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”26292878-c74a-4695-8ced-8219b5d35b2d” title_text=”Portrait” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]
University of Victoria
Supervisor: Caetano Dorea
Research interests: Sustainable sanitation, public health and environmental engineering
2022 – 2023 Cohort
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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
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University of Toronto
Supervisor: David Meyer
Research interests: Intermittent water supply, non-revenue water, equity in water supply
2023 – 2024 Cohort
[/et_pb_team_member][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,1_4,1_4,1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” width=”100%” max_width=”1662px” custom_margin=”10px|auto|-22px|auto|false|false” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_team_member name=”Mi Xuan (Joyce) Wong” image_url=”https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/washcanada/wp-content/uploads/sites/7177/2025/02/Joyce-Headshot.jpg” position=”Biological Sciences (MSc Student)” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”26292878-c74a-4695-8ced-8219b5d35b2d” title_text=”Joyce Headshot” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]
Simon Fraser University
Supervisor: Jane Fowler
Research interests: Microbial source tracking, waterborne pathogens, fecal indicators, marine water, public health
2024 – 2025 Cohort
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