Dr. Pensini and her team of UofG researchers, along with scientists from the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) are developing low-energy strategies to purify polluted water. Check out the article for more information! https://www.lightsource.ca/public/news/2022-23-q3-oct-dec/modifying-waters-structure-as-low-energy-method-for-removing-pollutants.php
The 2022 Farvolden Lecture
Come out to the University of Waterloo's Farvolden Lecture on Thursday, October 20th at 2 pm in the Theatre of the Arts, Modern Languages Building! The University Consortium's PI, Dr. J.F. (Rick) Devlin will be presenting "The Tools of Understanding (because to solve a problem you must first understand it)." Admission is free, and no … Continue reading The 2022 Farvolden Lecture
Check out this recently published, Fall Focus Meeting related paper: “A mechanistic derivation of the Monod bioreaction equation for a limiting nutrient”
This publication ties into our Fall Focus Meeting topic of quantitative microbial tools. Access it below: Enouy, R.W., Walton, K.M., Malton, I.I., Sra, K.S., Sihota, N.N., Daniels, E.J., Unger, A.J.A. (2022). A mechanistic derivation of the Monod bioreaction equation for a limiting nutrient. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 84, 62. DOI: 10.1007/s00285-022-01760-0
24 Guelph Women Scientists, including 3 Consortium PIs, recognized in Iron Willed: Women in STEM exhibit!
Congratulations to Drs. Beth Parker, Kari Dunfield and Emmanuelle Arnaud on being featured in the travelling exhibition, Iron Willed: Women in STEM! The exhibition will be featured in Guelph Museums starting from September 17th. Go check it out!
Congratulations to Dr. Beth Parker on her upcoming Keynote Address at NGWA’s Fractured Rock conference!
Please join us in congratulating Morwick G360's Director and The University Consortium's Associate Director, Dr. Beth Parker on her upcoming Keynote Address: Making Conceptual Site Models Predictive of Transport in Bedrock Aquifers. Her talk will take place on Monday, September 12th at NGWA's Fractured Rock conference in Burlington, VT.
Congratulations to The Consortium’s founding Director, Dr. John Cherry on his Keynote presentation at SIWI’s World Water Week!
Please join us in congratulating the founding director of the University Consortium, Dr. John Cherry on his Keynote presentation at Stockholm International Water Institute’s World Water Week. His presentation, entitled Solving rural water poverty – a hydrogeologist’s perspective, was very well received. The inspiring talk is available at the following link: https://www.geologi.lu.se/artikel/dr-john-cherry-global-fresh-water-and-crisis-beneath-our-feet
University of Guelph’s Dr. Kari Dunfield and the Alice St. research team are featured in Guelph Today!
Congratulations to Dr. Kari Dunfield and the Alice St. team on their feature in Guelph Today! Please give it a read! https://www.guelphtoday.com/grounded/u-of-g-project-seeing-how-trees-can-clean-up-contaminated-sites-5671735
June Annual Meeting
The University Consortium was pleased to host more than 140 attendees from 48 different organizations in a mixed in-person and virtual annual meeting on June 7-9, 2022. Consortium Principle Investigators, their students, and our dedicated Consortium Sponsors, Partners, and invited guests at the University of Guelph listened to a total of 58 talks over the … Continue reading June Annual Meeting
Meet the University Consortium’s Newest PIs, Ferdinando Manna and Jonathan Munn
Starting November 1, 2021, Dr. Ferdinando Manna (left) and Dr. Jonathan Munn (right) from the University of Guelph are joining the University Consortium for Field Focused Groundwater Research as Principal Investigators. Dr. Manna is a groundwater hydrologist with expertise in the assessment of groundwater recharge rates in fractured rock. He studies hydrological processes occurring across … Continue reading Meet the University Consortium’s Newest PIs, Ferdinando Manna and Jonathan Munn
Two New Projects from Consortium Researchers
The University Consortium is excited to share the news about two newly funded projects getting underway led by Consortium researchers. Both projects are aimed at finding solutions to difficult environmental challenges, and the research will bring meaningful, real-world value to industry and help shape best-practices in their respective areas. Jessica Meyer (University of Iowa) is … Continue reading Two New Projects from Consortium Researchers
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