Co-supervised with Dr. Karen Kidd, McMaster University

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Project: Investigation of the risk of microplastics to freshwater benthic invertebrates

Project: Evaluation of the potential effects of microplastics on terrestrial isopods and springtails

Co-supervised with Dr. Fred Laberge, University of Guelph

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Project: Risk of sulfolane to early life stages of amphibians

Project: Risk of per- and polyfluoroalkyl compounds in biosolids to soil invertebrate and plant health

Project: Characterization the effects and update of sulfolane in freshwater macrophytes

Project: Characterizing microplastics in sediment, biofilm, and benthic invertebrates from streams of the Mackenzie River delta in the Northwest Territories, Canada

Project: Investigation of the impact of sulfolane on benthic invertebrate communities.

Project: Investigating the effect of microfibres exposure on biofilm formation and trophic transfer to primary consumers

Project: Developing critical total lipid body burden model for marine species of cultural, commercial, and ecological importance to predict the effects of oil products

Project: Using tissue archive of Dreissena app. to investigate temporal and spatial variation in microplastics contamination in Laurentian Great Lakes

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​Project: Investigating the effect of quaternary ammonium compounds on newly metamorphosed freshwater mussels

Project: Characterizing the effect of potassium ions on juvenile freshwater snails

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​Project: Investigating the effect of sediment underneath rainbow trout aquaculture pens in Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada

​Project: Determine the microplastic content of benthic insects from streams in the Yukon and Northwest Territories, Canada

Co-supervised with Dr. Karen Kidd, McMaster University

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Project: Investigation of the risk of microplastics to different life stages of freshwater mussels in Canada

Co-supervised with Dr. Karen Kidd, McMaster University

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Project: Investigating the transfer of microplastics from aquatic to terrestrial ecosystems

Project: Investigation of microplastics in biosolids and risk to soil invertebrates

​Project: Investigation of the toxicity of quaternary ammonium compounds to freshwater mussel glochidia

Co-supervised with Dr. Kyle Artelle, SUNY ESF

Project: Developing critical target lipid body burden model of purple sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)

Co-supervised with Dr. Kyle Artelle, SUNY ESF

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Project: Investigation of the long-term effects of marine diesel on marine bivalves

Co-supervised with Dr. Paul Sibley, University of Guelph

Project: The use of biofilms as a new tool to assess the occurrence and impact of pesticides in Ontario’s streams

 Robert W. Woolner Undergraduate Summer Studentship Recipient

Project: Characterizing variation in sensitivity across different life stages of two mayfly species

Project: Assessing the toxicity of sulfolane to freshwater mussel glochidia

Project: Investigation of the response of ants and millipedes to microplastics

Co-supervised with Dr. Keith Warriner, University of Guelph

Project: The ability of advanced oxidative processes to reduce the concentration of pesticides in water used to wash produce

Co-supervised with Dr. Paul Sibley, University of Guelph

Project: Investigation of the risk that insecticides pose to terrestrial soil invertebrate communities

Project: Effect of granular niclosamide on newly metamorphosed unionid mussels

Project: Effect of granular niclosamide on energy use of adult washboard mussels (Megalonaias nervosa)

Project: Non-targeted metabolomics to characterize stress in freshwater mussels

Project: Development of embryonic endpoints in freshwater snails as an indicator of toxicity

Project: Characterization of microplastics in benthic macroinvertebrates upstream and downstream of wastewater treatment plants in the Grand River watershed

Co-supervised with Dr. Adrienne Bartlett, Environment and Climate Change Canada

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Project: Development of methods to assess the effect of toxicants on Hyalella azteca reproduction

Project: Investigation of the hazard posed by firefighting water additives used in fighting forest fire to aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems

Co-supervised with Dr. Paul Sibley, University of Guelph

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Project: The influence of vegetated riparian buffering on macroinvertebrate communities in the Grand River watershed

Project: Benthic invertebrate communities of Grand River

Project: Characterization of the microplastics in the wastewater influent and effluent from wastewater treatment plants across Ontario

Project: Relationship between the structural metrics of riparian buffers and benthic macroinvertebrate communities

Project: Investigation of the toxicity of the lampricide formulation Bayluscide® on different life stages of two species of freshwater mussel

Project: Heavy metal assessment and remediation of agricultural soils in Trinidad

Project: Influence of water hardness on the toxicity of chloride to early life stages of unionid mussels

Project: Effects of metals and selective-serotonin re-uptake inhibitors on freshwater gastropod embryo development

Project: Toxicity of metals to mature freshwater gastropods

Project: Quantitative time-of-flight mass spectrometry to characterize the metabolome in the hemolymph from freshwater gastropods

Co-supervised by Dr. Keith Warriner, University of Guelph

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Project: Application of Advanced Oxidation Process as a Pre-Oxidation Step for Spent Lettuce Wash Water and for Decontaminating Fruit and Sliced Mushrooms 

Co-supervised by Dr. Keith Warriner, University of Guelph

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Project: The use of advanced oxidation processes in the degradation of the pesticide chlorpyrifos and reduction of microbial contamination on apples 

Co-supervised by Dr. Keith Warriner, University of Guelph

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Project: Oxidation of Pesticides on Fruit by Advanced Oxidative Process and Hazard Assessment of Pesticide Transformation Products 

Project: Assessing the risk of pesticides to small streams in Southwestern Ontario using high frequency water sampling

Project: Effect characterization of sediment-associated naphthalene sulfonates (NSAs) on freshwater benthic invertebrates

Project: Deterministic risk assessment of firefighting water additives to aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems

Project: The Risk Posed by Pesticides and Contaminant Mixtures to Freshwater Mussels (Unionidae) in Ontario