Members
GIWS Members are individuals who are leading and initiating water research activities at the University of Saskatchewan and affiliated Saskatoon-based research institutions such as Environment Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the Canadian Lightsource.
Amira Abdelrasoul PhD, PEng Assistant Professor
College of Engineering, University of Saskatchewan
Sven Achenbach Professor
College of Engineering & Canadian Light Source, SyLMAND
Lee Barbour Professor
College of Engineering, Department of Civil and Geological Engineering
Alan Barr Research Associate
Research Area(s): inter-annual climatic variability and its influence on the carbon, water and energy cycles of boreal forest ecosystems, understanding the role of hydrology in the southern boreal forest’s response to climate variability and change, improving methodology to process and manage flux-tower data sets
Helen Baulch Associate Professor
Research Area(s): Water quality, Aquatic ecology, Global change, Biogeochemical cycles, Greenhouse gas emissions, Eutrophication
Angela Bedard-Haughn Associate Professor
College of Agriculture and Bioresources, Department of Soil Science
Ken Belcher Associate Professor
College of Agriculture and Bioresources, School of Environment and Sustainability, Department of Bioresource Policy, Business and Economics
Lalita Bharadwaj Associate Professor
School of Public Health
Markus Brinkmann Assistant Professor
School of Environment and Sustainability & Toxicology Centre

Allan Cessna Research Scientist
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Patricia Chambers Research Scientist and Section Head
Environment Canada
Won Jae Chang Associate Professor
College of Engineering, Department of Civil and Geological Engineering
Bob Clark Research Scientist and Adjunct Professor
Department of Biology, Environment Canada - Canadian Wildlife Service
Douglas Clark Centennial Chair and Associate Professor
School of Environment and Sustainability
Diogo Costa Research Scientist
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Ajay Dalai Professor and Canada Research Chair in Bioenergy and Environmental Friendly Chemical Processes
College of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Ranjan Datta Canada Research Chair-II, Indigenous Studies
Research Area(s): Indigenous Water Resiliency, Climate Change and Water Policy, Anti-Racist Theory and Practice in Water Research, Water Reconciliation, Community-Based Participatory Action Research, Community Disaster Research, Inuit Community-Led Water Security in Arctic
Dirk de Boer Department Head
College of Arts and Science, Department of Geography and Planning
Amin Elshorbagy Professor
College of Engineering, Department of Civil and Geological Engineering
Marlene Evans Research Scientist and Adjunct Professor
Environment and Climate Change Canada and Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan
Jay Famiglietti GIWS Executive Director, Professor, Canada 150 Research Chair in Hydrology and Remote Sensing
Global Institute for Water Security
School of Environment and Sustainability
Department of Geography and Planning
Grant Ferguson Associate Professor
College of Engineering, Department of Civil and Geological Engineering
Terry Fonstad Associate Professor
College of Engineering, Department of Civil, Geological and Environmental Engineering
Murray Fulton Professor
Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy and the Centre for the Study of Co-operatives
John Geisy Professor and Canada Research Chair in Environmental Toxicology
Western College of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Biomedical Sciences
Patricia Gober Professor
Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy
Richard Gray Professor
College of Agriculture and Bioresources, Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics
Patricia Hania Assistant Professor
Patricia Hania is an Assistant Professor at the Law & Business Department, Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University. She recently joined the Ted Rogers School of Management in July 2017. Patricia holds a PhD from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University (York), Toronto. She also holds a LL.M. (Osgoode), LL.B. (Osgoode), M.E.S. (Faculty of Environmental Studies, York), MBA Grad. Dipl. (Schulich, York) and BAS, York. As an interdisciplinary social-legal researcher, Patricia is interested in the interaction of market actors in natural resource governance regimes – in particular, water governance in Canada. Her research considers the intersection of law and policy to understand how norms interact, regulate and become embedded in legal sites of contested and complex decision-making.
Elmira Hassanzadeh Assistant Professor
Polytechnique Montreal, Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering
Markus Hecker Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Predictive Aquatic Ecotoxicology
School of Environment and Sustainability
Warren Helgason Associate Professor
College of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Jim Hendry Professor and NSERC-Cameco Industrial Research Chair
College of Art and Science, Department of Geological Sciences
Natacha Hogan Assistant Professor
College of Agriculture and Bioresources, Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences
Allan Howard Manager
National Agroclimate Information Service, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Jeff Hudson Professor
College of Art and Science, Department of Biology
David Janz Professor
Western College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences
Tim Jardine Assistant Professor
School of Environment and Sustainability and the Toxicology Center
Jill Johnstone Adjunct Professor
College of Art and Science, Department of Biology
Paul Jones Associate Professor
School of Environment and Sustainability
Jim Kells Professor
College of Engineering, Department of Civil, Geological & Environmental Engineering
Nicholas Kinar Assistant Director, Smart Water Systems Laboratory
Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan
Colin Laroque Professor
School of Environment and Sustainability; Department of Soil Science, College of Agriculture and Bioresources
Karsten Liber Professor and Director of Toxicology Center
School of Environment and Sustainability
Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt Associate Professor
School of Environment and Sustainability and Global Institute for Water Security
Matt Lindsay Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Science, Department of Geological Sciences
Patrick Lloyd-Smith Assistant Professor
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, College of Agriculture and Bioresources
Philip Loring Assistant Professor
School of Environment and Sustainability
Youssef Loukili Research Scientist
Philip Marsh Research Scientist
Environment Canada - National Hydrology Research Centre
Lawrence Martz Vice-Dean of Faculty Relations and Professor
College of Arts and Science, Department of Geography and Planning
Jeffrey McDonnell Professor and Associate Director
Global Institute for Water Security, School of Environment and Sustainability
Dena McMartin Professor
Department of Civil, Geological and Environmental Engineering
Kerry McPhedran Assistant Professor
College of Engineering, Environmental Engineering
Venkatesh Meda Professor
College of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Christy Morrissey Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Science and School of Environment and Sustainability, Department of Biology,
Ali Nazemi Assistant Professor
Concordia University, Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Bram Noble Professor
College of Arts and Science, Department of Geography and Planning
Simon Michael Papalexiou Assistant Professor
Department of Civil, Geological & Environmental Engineering | Global Institute for Water Security
Robert Patrick Professor and Chair of Regional and Urban Planning Program
College of Arts and Science, Department of Geography and Planning
Daniel Pennock Professor Emeritus
College of Agriculture and Bioresources, Department of Soil Science
Ingrid Pickering Professor and Canada Research Chair in Molecular Environmental Science
College of Arts and Science, Department of Geological Sciences
John Pomeroy FRSC Professor
Distinguished Professor, Dept. of Geography & Planning,
Canada Research Chair in Water Resources and Climate Change,
Director, Global Water Futures Programme,
Director, USask Centre for Hydrology,
Director, USask Coldwater Laboratory, Canmore, Alberta,
Associate Director, Global Institute for Water Security
Maureen Reed Professor
School of Environment and Sustainability
Sara Sadri Research Scientist
Dr. Jay Sagin Assistant Professor
Department of Engineering, School of Engineering, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Bing Si Professor
College of Agriculture and Bioresources, Department of Soil Science
Jafar Soltan Associate Professor
College of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Raymond Spiteri Professor
Department of Computer Science, College of Arts and Science, University of Saskatchewan
Jean-Pierre St-Maurice Canada Research Chair in Environmental Sciences
College of Arts and Science, Department of Physics and Engineering Physics
Graham Strickert Assistant Professor
School of Environment and Sustainability
Ken van Rees Professor
College of Agriculture and Bioresources, Department of Soil Science
Cherie Westbrook Professor
College of Arts and Science, Department of Geography and Planning
Howard Wheater Professor, Founding Director of GIWS, and Canada Excellence Research Chair Laureate in Water Security
Global Institute for Water Security and School of Environment and Sustainability
Elaine Wheaton Senior Research Scientist
Climate Scientist, Adjunct Professor, Emeritus Researcher, Department of Geography and Planning, School of Environment and Sustainability, Saskatchewan Research Council
Colin Whitfield Assistant Professor
School of Environment and Sustainability and Global Institute for Water Security
Lee Wilson Associate Professor
College of Arts and Science, Department of Chemistry
Ying Zhao Visiting Fellow
College of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Ludong University