Somewhat recent news...
Congratulations Duminda:
Duminda Vidana Gamage successfully defended his PhD thesis: "New soil water sensing technique to quantify spatio-temporal dynamics of soil water at point to field scale". Duminda was co-supervised by Dr. Asim Biswas (U. Guelph). His dissertation included five manuscripts, three of which have been published thus far:
Vidana Gamage, D.N., Biswas, A., and Strachan, I.B., 2019. Field water balance closure with actively heated fiber optics and point-based sensors. Water 11, 135. doi:10.3390/w11010135
Vidana Gamage, D.N., Biswas, A., and Strachan, I.B., 2018. Actively heated fiber optic technique to monitor three-dimensional wetting patterns under drip irrigation. Agricultural Water Management 210: 243-251
Vidana Gamage, D.N., Biswas, A., Strachan, I.B., and Adamchuk, V.I., 2018. Soil water measurement using actively heated fiber optics at field scale. Sensors 18(4) 1116 doi:10.3390/s18041116
Duminda Vidana Gamage successfully defended his PhD thesis: "New soil water sensing technique to quantify spatio-temporal dynamics of soil water at point to field scale". Duminda was co-supervised by Dr. Asim Biswas (U. Guelph). His dissertation included five manuscripts, three of which have been published thus far:
Vidana Gamage, D.N., Biswas, A., and Strachan, I.B., 2019. Field water balance closure with actively heated fiber optics and point-based sensors. Water 11, 135. doi:10.3390/w11010135
Vidana Gamage, D.N., Biswas, A., and Strachan, I.B., 2018. Actively heated fiber optic technique to monitor three-dimensional wetting patterns under drip irrigation. Agricultural Water Management 210: 243-251
Vidana Gamage, D.N., Biswas, A., Strachan, I.B., and Adamchuk, V.I., 2018. Soil water measurement using actively heated fiber optics at field scale. Sensors 18(4) 1116 doi:10.3390/s18041116
Recent publications:
Kelly has published the first of her PhD chapters as: Nugent, K.A., Strachan, I.B., Strack, M., Roulet, N.T. and Rochefort, L., 2018. Multi-year net ecosystem carbon balance of a restored peatland reveals a return to carbon sink. Global Change Biol. 24(12): 5751-5768. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14449
Tracy has published her MSc thesis results as: Rankin, T., Strachan, I.B. and Strack, M., 2018. Carbon dioxide and methane exchange at a post-extraction, unrestored peatland. Ecological Engineering 122: 241-251. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2018.06.021
Former student Grace O'Brien has published results from her undergraduate honours thesis as : O’Brien, G.A., Ross, N.A., and Strachan, I.B., 2019. The heat penalty of walkable neighbourhoods. International Journal of Biometeorology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-018-01663-0 Grace's work was done in collaboration with the Geo-Social Determinants of Health Research Group at McGill.
Kelly has published the first of her PhD chapters as: Nugent, K.A., Strachan, I.B., Strack, M., Roulet, N.T. and Rochefort, L., 2018. Multi-year net ecosystem carbon balance of a restored peatland reveals a return to carbon sink. Global Change Biol. 24(12): 5751-5768. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14449
Tracy has published her MSc thesis results as: Rankin, T., Strachan, I.B. and Strack, M., 2018. Carbon dioxide and methane exchange at a post-extraction, unrestored peatland. Ecological Engineering 122: 241-251. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2018.06.021
Former student Grace O'Brien has published results from her undergraduate honours thesis as : O’Brien, G.A., Ross, N.A., and Strachan, I.B., 2019. The heat penalty of walkable neighbourhoods. International Journal of Biometeorology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-018-01663-0 Grace's work was done in collaboration with the Geo-Social Determinants of Health Research Group at McGill.
Scott Macdonald completes his MSc thesis and lands a job
Congratulations to Scott who completed his MSc thesis: "Interannual variability and spatial heterogeneity in net carbon exchange at a restored peatland in Alberta" Congratulations also to co-supervisor Dr. Maria Strack (U. Waterloo).
Scott won't waste any time pondering his future as he has accepted a position with ESRI as a science writer in their software division.
Congratulations to Scott who completed his MSc thesis: "Interannual variability and spatial heterogeneity in net carbon exchange at a restored peatland in Alberta" Congratulations also to co-supervisor Dr. Maria Strack (U. Waterloo).
Scott won't waste any time pondering his future as he has accepted a position with ESRI as a science writer in their software division.
Welcome Vera!
Congratulations to new mom Kelly Nugent and welcome to our newest lab member. Vera has visited the lab a few times so that Kelly can work on her thesis manuscripts. Ian strongly encourages this - not to get Kelly finished - but so that he can play with the baby!
Congratulations to new mom Kelly Nugent and welcome to our newest lab member. Vera has visited the lab a few times so that Kelly can work on her thesis manuscripts. Ian strongly encourages this - not to get Kelly finished - but so that he can play with the baby!
Kelly Nugent wins Best Student Paper at PERG2017
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Kelly gave an oral presentation at the Peatland Ecology Research Group 2017 meeting in Quebec City that was judged as the best student presentation! Her talk was titled "Multi-year net ecosystem carbon balance at the restored Bois-des-Bel peatland" and presented some of the findings of her PhD research. This seems to be an annual occurrence as last year, Kelly won the outstanding student presentation award from the Canadian Society for Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (CSAFM) at the 3rd AMS Conference on Biogeosciences in Salt Lake City, UT for her paper "Evaluating the carbon sequestration function of a horticulture-extracted restored peatland"
Congratulations Kelly! |
