Graduate Students

Current


Rebecca Baldock

M.Sc. University of Alberta. Thesis research (in progress): Harvesting impacts on the soil organic carbon and dissolved organic carbon signature within Alberta’s Southern Rocky Mountains


Jeremy Fitzpatrick

M.Sc. University of Alberta. Thesis research (in progress): Investigating climatic and geophysical controls on spatial and temporal patterns of stream temperature.


Chris Williams

Ph.D. University of Alberta. Thesis research (in progress): Impacts of wildfire on precipitation-runoff relationships in Rocky Mountain watersheds.


Kate Geng

M.Sc. University of Waterloo. Thesis research (in progress): Wildfire effects on organics in source waters: implications to water treatment processes.


Kelsey Kundert

M.Sc. University of Waterloo. Thesis research (in progress): Water treatment optimization.


Completed


Derek Mueller

M.Sc. University of Alberta.

Thesis: Forest harvesting impacts on dissolved organic carbon in Alberta's southern Rocky Mountains: implications on shallow subsurface fate and transport. University of Alberta, June 2020, 116 p.


Samantha Karpyshin

M.Sc. University of Alberta.

Thesis: Transpiration response of residual Lodgepole pine after partial-cut and strip-shelterwood harvesting in Alberta’s southern Rocky Mountains. University of Alberta, Sept. 2019,  112 p.


Sheena Spencer

Ph.D. University of Alberta.

Thesis:  Runoff generation in a steep snow-dominated watershed in Alberta's southern Rocky Mountains. University of Alberta, Sept. 2019, 154 p.


Amanda Martens

M.Sc. University of Alberta.

Thesis:  Long-term impacts of severe wildfire and salvage logging on macroinvertebrate assemblages and food web structure in Rocky Mountain headwater streams. University of Alberta, Apr. 2019, 110 p.


Daniel Greenacre

M.Sc. University of Alberta.

Thesis:  Effects of alternative forest harvesting strategies on snowpack dynamics and seasonal soil moisture storage in Alberta's mountain headwaters. University of Alberta, Apr. 2019, 117 p.


Melissa Howard

M.Sc. University of Alberta

Thesis:  Erosion and erodibility from off highway vehicle trails in Alberta's southern Rocky Mountains. University of Alberta, Sept. 2018, 139 p.


Caitlin Watt

M.Sc. University of Waterloo

Thesis:  Abiotic controls of fine sediment on the form and mobility of phosphorus in a gravel-bed river during low flow. University of Waterloo, June 2018, 116 p.


Shoeleh Shams

Ph.D. University of Waterloo.

Thesis:  Wildfire and forest harvesting effects on natural organic matter: implications to drinking water treatability. University of Waterloo, Apr. 2018, 195 p.


Kira Puntenney-Desmond

M.Sc. Oregon State University.

Thesis:  Runoff and sediment transport from harvested hillslopes to riparian buffers of a Rocky Mountain headwater catchment. Oregon State University, Mar. 2018, 115 p.


D. Michael Stewart

M.Sc. University of Waterloo.

Thesis:  Nitrogen dynamics in a harvested Rocky Mountain catchment. University of Waterloo, Jan. 2018, 125 p.


Amelia Corrigan

M.Sc. University of Alberta.

Thesis: Assessing the short-term impacts on sediment production following rapid harvest and stream crossing decommissioning in Rocky Mountain headwaters. University of Alberta, Sept. 2017, 121 p.


François-Nicolas Robinne

Ph.D. University of Alberta.

Thesis: More people, more fire, less water: exploring wildfire risks to water security in a changing world. University of Alberta, 2017, 201 p.


Sarah Prescott

M.Sc. University of Alberta.

Thesis:  Analysis and economic valuation of off highway vehicle use in southwestern Alberta, Canada. University of Alberta, Jan. 2017, 181 p.


Ken Glasbergen

M.Sc. University of Waterloo.

Thesis: The effect of coarse gravel on cohesive sediment entrapment in an annular flume. University of Waterloo, Jan. 2014, 87 p.


Kirk Hawthorn

M.Sc. University of Alberta.

Thesis: The role of fine sediment in phosphorus dynamics and stream productivity in Rocky Mountain headwater streams: Possible long-term effects of extensive logging. University of Alberta, Jan. 2014, 126 p.


Ryan MacDonald

Ph.D. University of Lethbridge.

Thesis: Stream temperature drivers and modelling in headwater catchments on the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. University of Lethbridge, Dec. 2013, 122 p.


Jacqueline Ho

M.Sc. University of Waterloo.

Thesis: Toxicity and bioaccumulation of sediment-associated metals in wildfire impacted streams of southern Alberta. University of Waterloo, Sept. 2013, 134 p.


Alex Chik

MES. University of Waterloo.

Thesis: Assessing the role of phosphorus as a source water and treatment vulnerability indicator: Implications for planning, management and operations. University of Waterloo, Oct. 2013, 189 p.


Donny Allin

M.Sc. University of Waterloo.

Thesis: Effects of wildfire on sediment associated phosphorus in the Crowsnest River.


Kathleen Little

M.Sc. University of Waterloo.

Thesis: The effect of in-stream wood on channel morphology and sediment deposition in headwater streams of the Canadian Rocky Mountains: planning and management implications. University of Waterloo, Jan. 2012, 343 p.


David Dixon

M.Sc. University of Lethbridge.

Thesis: Watershed-scale controls on snow distribution in an alpine watershed. University of Lethbridge, Aug. 2011, 130 p.


Katie Burles

M.Sc. University of Lethbridge.

Thesis: Snowmelt energy balance in a burned forest stand, Crowsnest Pass, Alberta. University of Lethbridge, Oct. 2010, 123 p.


Jocelyn Howery

M.Sc. University of Alberta.

Thesis: Regional assessment of the effects of land use on water quality: a case study in the in the Oldman River Basin, Alberta. University of Alberta, Sept. 2010, 147 p.