Teaching and Mentoring
Associate Fellow of the United Kingdom Higher Education Academy, awarded April 2017.
Training Courses and Workshops:
Teaching Assistantship Program, University College London (2016)
Object-Based Learning Seminar, University College London (2016)
University College London Arena One Gateway Program (2015)
Teaching Assistantships:
Graduate Courses
Global Environmental Change, Department of Geography, University College London (2013-2017)
Biological Indicators of Environmental Change, Department of Geography, University College London (2014-2015
Undergraduate Courses
Global Environmental Change, Department of Geography, University College London (2013-2017)
Statistics for Environmental Geographers, Department of Geography, University College London (2014-2016)
Reconstructing Past Environments, Department of Geography, University College London (2013-2016)
Data Acquisition and Interpretation, Department of Geography, University College London (2013-2015)
Global Warming, Department of Geography, University of Toronto (2008 - 2009)
Past students
Graduate students:
H. Thibault (2020-2023): Thesis title TBD. MSc, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo.
K. Brown (2019-2022): Evaluating the role of local climate change on reduced freshwater availability in the Peace-Athabasca Delta using paleolimnology. MSc, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo.
M. Stratton (2019-2022): Understanding the role of an upstream watershed on ice-jam flood regimes at the Peace Athabasca Delta, northern Alberta. MSc, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo.
C. Girard (2019-2022): Reconstructing the role of the Wabasca River tributary on ice-jam induced flooding at the Peace-Athabasca Delta. MSc, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo.
E. Eftesum (2017; Dissertation Merit): Reconstructing shallow lake ecosystem dynamics in southeastern Siberia using macrofossil analysis. MSc Aquatic Sciences, Department of Geography, University College London.
D. Kuznetsova (2015; Dissertation Distinction): Temporal and spatial variations in ostracod communities in the Selenga Delta, Siberia. MSc Conservation, Department of Geography, University College London.
Undergraduate students:
C. Nomanee (2021-2022): Evaluating reproducibility of hydroecological inferences from paleolimnological analyses of diatoms at a floodplain lake. Undergraduate honours thesis, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo.
A. Lacey (2021-2022): Thesis title TBD. Undergraduate honours thesis, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo.
N. Farn-Wei Lim (2020): Temporal assessment of microplastics contamination from stratigraphic analysis of sediments in Lake Wilcox. Undergraduate honours thesis, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo.
S. Mathews (2020): Co-op student in the Department of Biology at the University of Waterloo and Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University
S. McLay (2019-2020): Paleolimnological assessment of climatic variations adjacent to the Peace Delta, northeastern Alberta. Undergraduate honours thesis, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo.
T. Lok Hang Pak (2019-2020): Paleolimnological analysis of past climate conditions adjacent to the Athabasca Delta, northern Alberta, Undergraduate honours thesis, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo.
S. Hak (2019) Investigating temporal trends in microplastic and microfiber pollution in Greater Sudbury Area lakes. NSERC USRA, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto.
J. Yu (2019) Investigating temporal trends in microplastic and microfiber pollution in Greater Sudbury Area lakes. Research Opportunity Program, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto.
A. Filipovich (2019) Spatial variation in microplastic and microfiber pollution in lakes of the Greater Sudbury Area. Research Opportunity Program, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto.
R. Springle (2018-2019): Spatial variation in microplastic pollution of surface waters from freshwater ecosystems in Ontario, Canada. Research Opportunity Program, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto.
S. Yohannes (2018-2019): Spatial variation in microplastic pollution of surface waters from freshwater ecosystems in Ontario, Canada. Research Opportunity Program, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto.
D. Nouri Parto (2018): Assessing the contribution of atmospheric deposition of microplastics from snow fall in the Greater Toronto Area. Research Opportunity Program, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto.
S.A. Anas (2018): Assessing the contribution of atmospheric deposition of microplastics from snow fall in the Greater Toronto Area. Research Opportunity Program, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto.