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ABOUT ME

I have worked on greenhouse gas dynamics, with a central focus on methane, in rivers, lakes and reservoirs in several different countries, including Switzerland, Germany, Canada, Zambia, China, Brazil and Greenland. I have lived and worked in North America and Europe, but am now settled in Canada as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Waterloo in Ontario. My group integrates field-based system analyses and experimental laboratory work into determining and predicting anthropogenic impacts on aquatic greenhouse gas dynamics from regional to global scales. I am a member of Global Water Futures - a consortium of Canadian researchers and universities that seeks to make Canada a global leader in water science in cold regions. We have access to world class water quality and isotope labs as well as other excellent research teams to help our research achieve the highest quality. If you are looking for academic opportunities, do not hesitate to contact me.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Inland waters in the global carbon cycle

and how their role will be impacted by global environmental change

Greenhouse gas dynamics of inland waters

Natural and man-made water bodies

How the drivers of eutrophication impacts aquatic greenhouse gas balances

Methane ebullition (bubbling)

Spatiotemporal variability and quantification methods, including hydroacoustic techniques

Physical transport in surface waters

Sediment biogeochemistry of greenhouse gases

Stable carbon isotope methods

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2019-2020     Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow

University of Geneva, Switzerland

2014-2017      Postdoctoral Research Fellow

University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada

Swiss NSF Advanced Postdoctoral Fellowship

2018-2019      Research & Teaching Fellow

University of Geneva, Switzerland

2011-2013     Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science

EDUCATION

Ph.D. 2011 - ETH Zürich, Switzerland

Environmental Systems Science Department

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M.Sc. 2006 - Univ. of California, Santa Barbara

Marine Science Program, Earth Sciences Department

B.Sc. 2003 - Stockton University, NJ

Valedictorian

Marine Science, Oceanography track, Geology minor

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