Trainees

Current Trainees

profile – SDM-Chatsworth International Kindergarten Tawab Balakarzai
Geography (PhD)
University of Victoria
Supervisor: Michele-Lee Moore
 

Rachel Boyer
Civil Engineering (MASc)
University of Victoria
Supervisor: Caetano Dorea
Research Interests: Microbial water quality monitoring in low-resource contexts, Reducing barriers to data equity, Public health and environmental engineering
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Georgia Douglas
Chemistry (Master)
University of Victoria
Supervisor: Heather Buckley
Research Interests: Arsenic detection in drinking water, Green chemistry, Materials science
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profile – SDM-Chatsworth International Kindergarten Alice Gentleman
University of Victoria
Supervisor: Caetano Dorea
profile – SDM-Chatsworth International Kindergarten Samantha LeValley
University of Toronto
Louis-Philippe Noel
Water Engineering (Master)
Université Laval
Supervisor: Peter Vanrolleghem
Research interests: Wastewater-based epidemiology, public health and environmental engineering, water and wastewater treatment, resource recovery
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profile – SDM-Chatsworth International Kindergarten Patrick Mirindi
Civil Engineering (PhD)
University of British Columbia
Supervisor: Sara Beck
 

Negar Rahmati
Chemistry (PhD)
University of Victoria
Supervisor: Heather Buckley
Research Interests: Sustainable water desalination, Biofouling prevention in sanitation plants, Green chemistry
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Thusitha Rathnayake
Civil Engineering (PhD)
University of British Columbia
Supervisor: Sara Beck
Research Interests: Microplastics, UV LED Applications, Membrane-based Water Treatment
S. Abbas Rasouli
Geographical and Environmental Studies (PhD)
Carleton University
Supervisor: Onita Basu
Research Interests: Water Quality, Wastewater Treatment, Adsorption, Filtration, Micro -and Nano-plastics, Statistical Analysis
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Kelsey Shaw
Civil Engineering (PhD)
University of Victoria
Supervisor: Caetano Dorea
Research Interests: Sustainable Sanitation, Public health and Environmental Engineering
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profile – SDM-Chatsworth International Kindergarten Eloisa Sia
Civil Engineering (PhD)
University of Victoria
Supervisor: Caetano Dorea
profile – SDM-Chatsworth International Kindergarten Joseph Train
Guelph University
profile – SDM-Chatsworth International Kindergarten Florence Udenby
University of Toronto
Soobin Yim
Biological Sciences (Master)
Simon Fraser University
Supervisor: Jane Fowler
Research Interests: Drinking water microbiome, DNA damage by UV, DNA repair mechanism
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Past Trainees 

Adefolawe Adeyeye
Civil Engineering (Master)
University of British Columbia
Supervisor: Sara Beck
Research Interests: Ultraviolet disinfection of water in small-scale systems, WASH education in low-resource settings, and water quality monitoring.
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Alexa Bennett
Department of Geography and Environmental Management (PhD)
University of Waterloo

Research Interests: Drinking water; Global Health
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Anne Carabin
Civil Engineering (PhD)
University of Victoria
Supervisor: Caetano Dorea
Research Interests: Water quality, Environmental health, Risk assessment
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Colin Gibson
Water Resources Engineering and International Development Studies  (PhD)
University of Guelph
Supervisor: Ed McBean
Research Interests: Water ethics, Indigenous environmental philosophies, co-design of water systems & technologiesAcademia
profile – SDM-Chatsworth International Kindergarten Camille Zimmer
Civil Engineering (PhD)
University of Victoria
Supervisor: Caetano Dorea