Autumn Watkinson, PhD
Restoration of native sagebrush grassland to increase greater sage grouse populations in Grasslands National Park in Saskatchewan, Canada.

 

 

 

Yihan Zhao, PhD
Assess the potential of using mineral source derived material as amendments to address soil deterioration issue in coal mine sites and to return the disturbed land to a productive, sustainable and beneficial state.

 

 

 

Laura Bony, MSc
Evaluate current saline soil regulatory criteria in the context of plant response to different salts and the impact on overall reclamation.

 

Jenna Abou Rizk, MSc

Potential anthroposol development using phosphogypsum as a substrate with soil and organic amendments.

 

 

 

Jaime Aguilar, MSc

Urban naturalization for green spaces in the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

 

 

 

Lynnette Allemand, Student Research Assistant

Biopolymer-assisted consolidation of oil sands tailings.

 

 

 

Iraleigh Anderson, Student Research Assistant

Assisting with various reclamation projects involving pipelines, phosphogypsum, diamond mines and other disturbances.

 

 

 

Muhammad Arshad, Post Doctoral Fellow

Development of biopolymers for de-watering and consolidation of oil sands tailings.

 

 

 

Alison Bijman, MSc

Effects of biochar, fertilizer and deadwood shelter treatments on establishment of herbaceous vegetation during coal mine reclamation.

 

 

 

Brett Campbell, MSc

Aggregate resource extraction: examining environmental impacts on optimal extraction and reclamation strategies.

 

 

 

Connor Charchuk, Student Research Assistant

Monitoring bird use of reclaimed wellpad sites at different vegetation recovery stages.

 

 

 

Karen Christensen-Dalsgaard, MSc

Bioremediation of cyanobacteria blooms through food-web manipulation.

 

 

 

Victoria Collins, PhD

Anaerobic biodegradation of hydrocarbons under nitrogen depleted conditions. .

 

 

 

Sebastian Dietrich, PhD

Characterization of soil spatial heterogeneity and improvement of capping materials for oil sands mine reclamation.

 

 

 

Elizabeth Domreis, MSc

Pathways of methanogenic hydrocarbon degradation in oil sands tailings
basins.

 

 

 

Mark Donner, MSc

Assessment of arsenic and selenium in ground and surface water of the Lower Athabasca River Watershed.

 

 

 

Sarah Ficko, PhD

Shrub and lichen revegetation for diamond mine reclamation.

 

 

 

Sylyanne Foo, Student Research Assistant

Investigating the root architecture of trees in response to soil characteristics.

 

 

 

Matthew Gelderman, MSc

The regeneration niche of whitebark pine: key to restoring a species.

 

 

 

Jocelyn Gregoire, MSc

Upland songbird response to recovering seismic lines and how the spatial scale of analysis affects the interpretation of results.

 

 

 

Peining Guan, Student Research Assistant

Examining the spatial pattern of soil properties created by land reclamation at an oil sands mining site.

 

 

 

Stephanie Ibsen, MSc

Effects of long term nitrogen and sulfur depositions on soil microbial communities and soil properties in the Athabasca oil sands region in northern Alberta, Canada.

 

 

 

Zhichao Jiao, MSc

Effects of micro sites and amendments on near surface soil temperature and volumetric water content to enhance revegetation.

 

 

 

Kangho Jung, Post Doctoral Fellow

Effects of textural interfaces on soil physico-chemical properties in reclaimed jack pine and white spruce stands.

 

 

 

Jeff Kelly, Post Doctoral Fellow

Development of high quality seedling stock for reclamation and restoration.

 

 

 

Jinhyeob Kwak, Post Doctoral Fellow

Effects of ten years of nitrogen and sulfur depositions on soil properties, growth and chemical properties of trees, and understory species diversity.

 

 

 

Jasmine Lamarre, MSc

Tundra bryophyte revegetation: novel methods for revegetating northern ecosystems.

 

 

 

Kangyi Lou, MSc

Adsorption of phosphate and copper by pine sawdust biochars and economic analysis.

 

 

 

Caitlin Low, MSc

Impacts of a six year old pipeline right of way on Halimolobos virgata (Nutt.) O.E. Schulz (slender mouse ear cress), native dry mixedgrass prairie uplands, and wetlands.

 

 

Xueyang Liu, Student Research Assistant

Elevated levels of nitrogen and sulfur depositions effects on soil acidification and decline in tree growth and understory species.

 

 

 

Bin Ma, Post Doctoral Fellow

Rhizosphere microbial community response to salt migration and capping strategies in oil sands reclamation.

 

 

 

Valerie Miller, PhD

Development of anthroposols for diamond mine reclamation.

 

 

 

Kate Melnik, MSc

The role of microtopography in the expression of soil propagule banks on reclamation sites.

 

 

 

Federico Mollard, Post Doctoral Fellow

Plant community regeneration through seeds.

 

 

 

Gillian Mullan-Boudreau, MSc

Moss and peat as monitors of contemporary and past rates of atmospheric dust deposition in the Athabasca Bituminous Sands Region.

 

 

 

Alison Murata, PhD

Assessment and remediation of soils and ground water contaminated with chlorinated organic compounds and salts.

 

 

 

Anita Nowinka, Student Research Assistant

Moss and peat as monitors of present and past atmospheric dust deposition in the Athabasca Bituminous Sands Region.

 

 

 

Catherine Pocklington, Student Research Assistant

Effects of subsoil ripping on soil physical properties and soil water dynamics of reconstructed soils.

 

 

 

Prem Pokharel, MSc

Nursery fertilization and understory competition affect seedling growth in oil sands reclaimed soils in Alberta.

 

 

 

Logan Purdy, Student Research Assistant

Effects of different agricultural and landscape management practices on soil properties and health.

 

 

 

Kayla Rice, Student Research Assistant

Examining the presence of arsenic and selenium in the lower Athabasca River in Alberta.

 

 

 

Federico Riva, PhD

Responses in butterflies to loss and fragmentation of boreal forests from in situ oil sands.

 

 

 

Martin Robinson, Student Research Assistant

Reclaiming phosphogypsum and sequestering carbon with trees and grasses.

 

 

 

Yike Shen, Student Research Assistant

Influence of salt migration (from saline ground water) with different capping strategies on root growth and rhizosphere microbial communities.

 

 

 

Stanley Thach, Student Research Assistant

Biodegradation of hydrocarbons in residual organic diluent in oil sands tailings by syntrophic anaerobic bacteria and methanogenic archaea.

 

 

 

Sarah Thacker, Student Research Assistant

Plant community development after mine reclamation.

 

 

 

Mihiri Wadu, Post Doctoral Fellow

Micronutrient and phosphorous availability and speciation and tree growth in reconstructed forest soils in the Athabasca oil sands region.

 

 

 

Lijing Wang, Student Research Assistant

Impacts of elevated nitrogen and sulfur depositions on land reclamation in the Athabasca oil sands region.

 

 

 

Qi Wang, MSc

Calculating the costs of farmland conservation: case study of Alberta, Canada.

 

 

 

Nilusha Welegedara, PhD

Modelling short and long-term effects of soil cover depth on tree growth and productivity in reclaimed landscapes of northern Alberta.

 

 

 

Venesa Whyte, Student Research Assistant

Methods to enhance reclamation of northern plant communities and assisting with reclamation projects after pipeline construction, mining and other disturbances.

 

 

 

Scott Wilson, MSc

Use of an acoustic location system to understand songbird response to vegetation regeneration on reclaimed well sites in the boreal forest of Alberta.

 

 

 

Yingjie Wu, Student Research Assistant

Growth performance of nutrient loaded seedlings of jack pine, white spruce and aspen on reconstructed soils of oil sands in northern Alberta.

 

 

 

Hye In Yang, Student Research Assistant

Testing efficacy of biochars in removing metal, phosphorous and nitrogen contamination in oil sands process affected waters.

 

 

 

Wenqing Zhang, Post Doctoral Fellow

Drought, salinity and mycorrhizal effects on plant water relations in oil sands reclamation.

 

 

 

Yihan Zhao, MSc

VBiomonitoring and assessment of airborne fluoride from fertilizer production.