Current Trainees
Tawab Balakarzai
Geography (PhD Candidate)
University of Victoria
Supervisor:Â Michele-Lee Moore
Research interests:Â Water governance in arid regions, Indigenous water practices, nature-based solutions, water-related higher education
2023 – 2024 Cohort
Mejbah Uddin Chowdhury
Civil Engineering (MASc Student)
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
Owen Donnelly
Environmental Engineering (PhD Student)
Western University
Supervisor:Â Clare Robinson
Research interests: Reactive transport modelling, groundwater quality, arsenic
2024 – 2025 Cohort
Georgia Douglas
Chemistry (PhD Candidate)
University of VictoriaÂ
Supervisor: Heather Buckley
Research interests:Â Arsenic detection in drinking water, green chemistry, materials science
2023 – 2024 Cohort
Cristian Garcia
Land Management and Regional Planning (PhD Student)
Université Laval
Supervisor: Manuel J. Rodriguez
Research interests: Quality and access to water, drinking water in extremely vulnerable environmnets
2024 – 2025 CohortÂ
Fabian Garcia
Civil Engineering (MASc Student)
University of VictoriaÂ
Supervisor: Caetano Dorea
Research interests: Point-of-use water treatment, filtration systems
2024 – 2025 Cohort
Alice Gentleman
Civil Engineering (MASc Student)
University of Victoria
Supervisor:Â Caetano Dorea
Research interests: Drinking water treatment
2023 – 2024 Cohort
Samantha LeValley
Civil Engineering (PhD Candidate)
University of Toronto
Supervisor: David Meyer
Research interests: Rural water systems, equitable distribution, intermittent water supply
2023 – 2024 Cohort
Alexis McGregor
Environmental Engineering (MEng Student)
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
Patrick Mirindi
Environmental Systems Engineering (PhD Candidate)
University of British Columbia
Supervisor:Â Sara Beck
Research interests: Public health, environmental diseases, waterborne diseases, infection prevention and control, policy analysis
2022 – 2023 Cohort
Louis-Philippe Noel
Water Engineering (MASc Student)
Université Laval
Supervisor: Peter Vanrolleghem
Research interests: Wastewater-based epidemiology, public health and environmental engineering, water and wastewater treatment, resource recovery
2023 – 2024 Cohort
Aref Panjehfouladgaran
Civil and Environmental Engineering (PhD Candidate)
Western University
Supervisor: Clare Robinson
Research interests: Groundwater-coastal water interactions, groundwater hydrology, environmental modelling
2023 – 2024 Cohort
Abbas Seyedabbas Rasouli
Environmental Studies (PhD Candidate)
Carleton University
Supervisor: Onita Basu
Research interests:Â Water quality, wastewater treatment, adsorption, filtration, microplastics and non-plastics, statistical analysis
2023 – 2024 Cohort
Kelsey Shaw
Civil Engineering (PhD Candidate)
University of Victoria
Supervisor:Â Caetano Dorea
Research interests: Sustainable sanitation, public health and environmental engineering
2022 – 2023 Cohort
Eloisa Sia
Civil Engineering (PhD Candidate)
University of Victoria
Supervisor:Â Caetano Dorea
Research interests: Non-sewered sanitation, pathogen transport, nutrient cycling, soil microbial activity, climate resilience, hydrogeology, sanitation policy and regulation
2022 – 2023 Cohort
Florence Udenby
Civil Engineering (PhD Candidate)
University of Toronto
Supervisor:Â David Meyer
Research interests:Â Intermittent water supply, non-revenue water, equity in water supply
2023 – 2024 Cohort
Mi Xuan (Joyce) Wong
Biological Sciences (MSc Student)
Simon Fraser University
Supervisor:Â Jane Fowler
Research interests:Â Microbial source tracking, waterborne pathogens, fecal indicators, marine water, public health
2024 – 2025 Cohort