Nandita Basu, Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth and Environmental Sciences, will now serve on the of the , representing Canada.Ìý
The Lake Futures team is excited to announce the launch of a new webinar series. This series will be an opportunity for the academic and non-academic community to engage with Lake Futures researchers, as they share their latest research findingsÌýand discussÌýimplications for water policies, programs, and plans in Ontario.Ìý
Lake Futures PI Nandita Basu and Co-I Philippe Van Cappellen were part of a delegation of 24 water scientists to participate in Water Day on the Hill. This event brought together top water scientists from 14 institutions across Canada to discuss key water challenges and solutions with federal officials on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
Zobia Jawed was invited to give a Keynote Lecture to high school students in the . Her talk was titled, ‘Sustainability: A Complex World of Interconnected Challenges’.
In her lecture, she discussed the complex and interconnected challenges surrounding sustainability, and the need for collaboration to tackle these challenges.
, an undergraduate research assistant, won the Best Undergrad Poster award at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ World Wetlands Day celebration! Her poster focused on phosphorus legacies in human-impacted watersheds.
Congratulations Meghan!
Multiple Lake Futures researchers presented their work at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ World Wetlands Day 2019 celebration on February 4th. Philippe Van Cappellen opened the event with welcoming remarks, including a brief history of World Wetlands Day with the Ecohydrology Research Group.
In a recent article in The Record, Nandita Basu commented on the potential impact of proposed Bill 66, saying it threatens the environment by allowing municipalities to bypass policies and acts protecting water and land.
Lake Futures is attending AGU 2018 in Washington DC!
Throughout the week there will be presentations and posters from Nandita Basu, post-doctoral fellows and students associated with Lake Futures. This is a great opportunity to find out more about research being done in the Basu Lab. See the schedule below for times and dates.
The University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ hosted the workshopÌýLocal Water Solutions in a Changing ClimateÌýon December 5, 2018. Almost 100 researchers, partners and knowledge users attended.
Nandita was invited to speak at the Ohio State University SENR Seminar Series. Her talk was entitled, "Back to the Future: How Past Land Use Impact Current Water Quality".