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 		Dr. Linda Campbell
Full Professor & Senior Research Fellow in Aquatic Ecosystem Health
Multi-disciplinary approaches to improve our understanding of anthropogenic and natural impacts in the environment, with focus on aquatic ecosystems.
(Past position: Canada Research Chair in Aquatic Ecosystem Health at Queen's University)

 
Staff & Researchers


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 Dr. Emily Chapman (Senior Project Research Manager)
Saint Mary's University
Research: Developing reactive admendment - protective capping (RAPC) systems for remediation of legacy gold-mine tailing-contaminated wetlands Nova Scotia
Program manager for interdisciplinary project: "Developing an in-situ risk management strategy for enhancing natural recovery of highly contaminated gold-mine-tailing impacted wetlands."
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Heidi Gavel
Saint Mary's University
Research Technician and Project Coordinator
Investigations into remediation technologies for gold-mine-tailing-impacted wetlands in Nova Scotia.
Aquatic Invertebrate culturing and maintenance expertise.



Research Team Members
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 Alex Beauchesne
University of Regina (Earth Sciences)
MSc candidate, Co-supervised with Dr. Joyce McBeth (primary)
INSPIRE NSERC CREATE Fellow.
Geomicrobiology of contaminated wetland sediments impacted by historical gold mine tailings.
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 Alexander (Alec) Hudder
Honours thesis research, Dalhousie University, Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Agriculture (Bible Hill, NS).
Co-supervised with Dr. James Duston (primary), collaboration with MAPC Maritime Aboriginal Aquatic Resource Secretariate (MAARS).
Mercury and elemental trends in American eels from the "Five Watersheds" of Cobequid Bay impacted by the historical Londonderry Iron Mines.
Anna wearing warm clothing on a cobblestone beach taking measurements
 Anna Millefanti
Saint Mary's University (Environmental Science)
MSc App Sci candidate. Co-supervised with Dr. Karen Harper (primary)
Forest edge ecology in historical gold mine tailing districts
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Bradley Knockwood
Saint Mary's University (Geography)
Freshwater Research Technician
Clean Foundation Summer Indigenous Internship (2021 - 2025), Nature Canada Work-to-Grow Intern (2021-22)
Directed Studies Research Project: Mapping the History of Waverley Gold Mine District.
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Saint Mary's University, co-supervised with Dr. Joyce McBeth (U of Regina) & Dr. Emily Chapman (SMU)
PhD App Sci. (Environmental Science)
INSPIRE NSERC CREATE Fellow.
MITACS Accelerate Fellowship Holder.
Geochemistry of arsenic in wetland sediments and water before and after remediation.
Collaboration with St Barbara Ltd.
Enobong at work with some plants Enobong Charles
Saint Mary's University (Environmental Science), co-supervised with Dr. Emily Chapman
MSc App Sci candidate
Assessing freshwater pickerelweed and other macrophyes as biomonitors and bioindicators of contaminants and effectiveness of RAPC treatments.
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 Erin Francheville
Saint Mary's University (Environmental Science)
MSc App Sci (2024) candidate
Impacts of invasive chain pickerel and other fish predators on vulnerable and species-at-risk aquatic biota.
Collaboration with DFO Aquatic Species At Risk.
A woman wearing waders and lab gloves standing in a lake surrounded by water lilies, tending to a black mesocosm. Kaitlyn Kerr
Saint Mary's University (Environmental Science)
Research Assistant (Summer 2024) and MSc App Sci (co-supervised with Dr. Emily Chapman)
Hydrology of Muddy Pond (Waverley NS), a contaminated site, and how well RAPC holds up to erosion.
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Lauren MacDonald
Saint Mary's University (Environmental Science)
Research Assistant (Fall 2023) and MSc App Sci (co-supervised with Dr. Emily Chapman)
Freshwater mussels as bioindicators and biomonitors of contaminants and effectiveness of RAPC treatments.
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 Logan Phillips
Saint Mary's University (Environmental Science - Geology)
MSc candidate (co-supervised with Dr. Emily Chapman)
Geochemistry investigations into wetland sediments impacted by legacy gold mine tailings.
Completed honours thesis on sequential extraction of arsenic and contaminants from treated wetland sediments.
Madison wearing a lifejacket in a canoe, holding up a crayfish
Madison Bond
Saint Mary's University (Environmental Science)
MSc App Sci candidate
Potentially invasive crayfish species in the Maritimes
Collaboration with DFO Aquatic Invasive Species
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 Mallory Jarvis
Saint Mary's University (Environmental Science)
Honours thesis research student
Plankton biodiversity and bioaccumulation in historical gold mining districts.
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 Samuel Sequeira
Saint Mary's University (Environmental Science)
MSc App Sci candidate
Amphibian ecotoxicology and bioaccumulation in contaminated wetlands.
In collaboration with New Brunswick Museum.
Completed honours thesis on chironomid ecotoxicology.
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Valentina Lopez
University of Regina (Earth Sciences)
MSc candidate, supervised with Dr. Joyce McBeth (primary)
INSPIRE NSERC CREATE Fellow.
Synchrotron science geochemical analyses of contaminated wetland sediments impacted by historical gold mine tailings.



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