Lauren (Timlick) is the proud recipient of a scholarship awarded by the Manitoba Prospectors and Developers Association. Congratulations Lauren!
Category: Awards
GSA student research grant award to Aminul!
Aminul just received a student research grant (~2.5k) from the Geological Society of America (GSA) for his proposal entitled "Identification of Priority Areas for Wetland Restoration and Conservation: a Hydrogeochemical Study". In addition to funding Aminul's proposal, GSA also selected him among 774 applicants to receive a specialized award, namely the "Diversity in the Geosciences… Continue reading GSA student research grant award to Aminul!
Two NSERC USRAs for one new (Adrienne) and one returning (Cody) team members
Congratulations to Cody Ross and Adrienne Schmall for getting Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRAs) from NSERC! We are thrilled to keep Cody with us for at least another summer, and we warmly welcome Adrienne into our group.
Graduate scholarship successes!
Amber Penner, a new MSc student in our group, is the proud recipient of a Graduate Entrance Scholarship from the Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources at the University of Manitoba. As for Maliheh Rabie, who started her PhD in September 2013, she not only received an International Graduate Student Entrance Scholarship… Continue reading Graduate scholarship successes!
Nomination to a US EPA Science Advisory Board panel
Genevieve Ali was recently invited to sit on the Environmental Protection Agency’s independent Science Advisory Board’s new Water Body Connectivity Report Advisory Panel. The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) was established by the US Congress in 1978 with the mandate to advise the Agency on technical matters, particularly to review the quality and relevance of… Continue reading Nomination to a US EPA Science Advisory Board panel
New research program launched
Genevieve Ali just received new funding from NSERC for research on water, sediment and nutrient connectivity in engineered Prairie landscapes. This new funding is also associated with an Early Career Researcher Award to G. Ali. With this new research program, focus will be on landscapes where natural flow paths have been significantly altered by surface… Continue reading New research program launched