GROUNDWATER SCIENCE + SUSTAINABILITY
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  • about
    • mission
    • equity, diversity, inclusion
    • people
    • prospective people
  • engaging
    • in British Columbia
    • globally
    • with media
    • through stories
  • research
    • research topics
    • publications
    • data
  • teaching
    • Resources for instructors
    • How and what I teach

Passionate engineers and geoscientists committed to
​studying and protecting water.

current group members and projects

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Julie Zettl (she/her), Ph.D., Ph.D candidate (2023 - )
​Project: Groundwater-related environmental racism in Canada
google scholar or research gate
Recent work to check out:
Zettl, J.D, Kennel, J.R., Quinn, P., and Parker, B.L. (2022). “Relative Transmissivity within Layered Fractured Rock Aquifer informed by Hydraulic Head in a Moveable Four-Packer String.” Battelle 2022 Chlorinated Conference, Palm Springs, USA, May 22-26.


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Kristina Disney (she/her), Ph.D. candidate (2021 -- )
​Project: Community-based watershed monitoring in the Xwulqw'selu Watershed
#notwitter
Recent work to check out:
Gleeson, T., Martindale, E., Shepherd, J., Serrano, D., Disney, K., Kulchyski, T. (Q'utxulenuhw), Elliott, T. (Tuwuxuwul't-hw), campbell, e (2025) Situating Place-Based, Community-Engaged Watershed Research at Xwulqw'selu Sta'lo'. Community Science. 4:4 e2024CSJ000120 doi: 10.1029/2024CSJ000120


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Navya Vikram Nair (she/her), Postdoctoral fellow (2026 -- )
​Project: Groundwater and wildfire resilience
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Recent work to check out:
Nair, N. V. & Nayak, P. K. (2023). Exploring Water Quality as a Determinant of Small-Scale Fisheries Vulnerability. Sustainability, 15(17), 13238. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151713238



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Sacha Ruzzante (he/him), Ph.D. student (2021 -- )
​Project: Global groundwater contamination
@RuzzanteSacha

Recent work to check out:
  • Ruzzante, S., Labarta, R., & Bilton, A. M (2021). Adoption of agricultural technology in the developing world: A meta-analysis of the empirical literature World Development, 146, 105599.

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Ella Martindale (she/her), Quw’utsun Community Researcher (2022 -- )
​Project: Xwulqw’selu Connections
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Jennifer Shepherd (she/her/hers) Community Researcher (2022 -- )
​Project: Xwulqw’selu Connections
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visiting colleagues, past and present
Dongmei Han (2023)
Magdalena Krol, Canada (2021)
Petra Döll, Germany (2020)
Ingo Fetzer, Sweden (2019)
Nils Moosdorf, Germany (2019)
Xiao-Wei Jiang, China (2016)
Mark Cuthbert, United Kingdom (2014)
Andreas Hartmann, Germany (2013)
Anne Van Loon, Netherlands (2012)

meet our community of past groundwater nerds!
(hover over picture for info; click on picture for link to a paper they wrote)
Xander Huggins (PhD 2025)
David Serrano (MASc, 2025)
Chinchu Mohan Postdoctoral Fellow (2020 - 2022)
Summer Okibe, Research Assistant on Anti-racism in teaching (2021-2022)
Noella Horoscoe, Research Assistant on Anti-racism in teaching (2021-2022)
Thomas Boerman (MASc, 2021)
Ashley Van Acken, Msc (2019-2021)
Qiang Li, Post-doc (2018 2018 - 2020)
Sam Zipper Postdoc (2017-2019)
Jacek Scibek, PhD (2014-2019)
Tara Forstner, MSc (2016-18), UVic.
Mikhail Smilovic, PhD (2012-2017 ), McGill
Tom Dallemange, visiting MSc (2017) Utrecht
Jordan Huscroft, visiting MSc (2017), McGill
Bas van Dijk, visiting MSc (2016), Utrecht
Leigh Borrett, BEng student (2016), UVic
Mark Ranjram (Master's, 2014-2016)
Erin Mundy (Master's, 2014-2016)
Ana Schneider (visiting PhD, 2015)
James Arambari (visiting undergraduate, 2015)
Andrea Popp (visiting masters, 2015)
Anne Van Loon (visiting postdoc, 2014)
Hillary Topps (Undergraduate, 2014)
Andreas Hartmann (visiting postdoc, 2014)
Elco Luijendijk (Postdoc, 2012-2014)
Yoshi Wada (visiting PhD, 2012)
Inge de Graaf (visitng PhD, 2013)
Laurent Esnault (Masters, 2012-2013)
Jessica Doyle (Masters, 2011-2013)
Juliette Malgrange (Masters, 2011-2013)
Claire Gassiat (Masters, 2011-2012)
Emily Anderson (Undergraduate, 2013)
Priyanka Pandey (Masters, 2011)
Mark Roberts (Undergraduate, 2012)
Dawn Paszkowski (Masters, 2011)
Liz Flanary (Undergraduate, 2012-2014)
Hilary Dugan (Masters, 2010)
Matt Herod (Undergraduate, 2009)
Richard Zavitz (Undergraduate, 2008)