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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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Chinchu Mohan (she/her), Ph.D., Post-doc (2020 - )
​Project: Redefining the freshwater planetary boundary
@mohanchinchu
Recent work to check out:
  • Mohan et al. (preprint - in review). "Poor correlation between large-scale environmental flow violations and freshwater biodiversity: implications for water resources management and the water planetary boundary". In review at HESS.​


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Xander Huggins (he/him), Ph.D. candidate (2019 -- )
​Project: Analyzing groundwater sustainability within complex social-ecological systems
​@xander_huggins
Recent work to check out:
  • Huggins, X. et al. (preprint - in review). "Groundwater in complex adaptive social-ecological systems". In review at Groundwater.
  • Huggins, X. et al. (2022). "Hotspots for social and ecological impacts from freshwater stress and storage loss". Nature Communications 13(1), 1-11. 

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Kristina Disney (she/her), Ph.D. candidate (2021 -- )
​Project: Community-based watershed monitoring in the Koksilah Watershed, Vancouver Island
#notwitter
Recent work to check out:
  • ​Starting on Koksilah Connections

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David Serrano-Suárez (he/him), Ph.D. student (2021 -- )
​Project: Community-based watershed modeling
@davidauresy

Recent work to check out:
  • Salinas-Rodriguez, C.; Gersonius, B.; Zevenbergen, C.; Serrano, D.; Ashley, R. A Semi Risk-Based Approach for Managing Urban Drainage Systems under Extreme Rainfall. Water 2018, 10, 384. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10040384


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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
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)
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
Xander Huggins Visiting BEng (2016), Guelph
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)
Mark Cuthbert (visiting researcher, 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)