This lecture is a part of the STEM for Global Resilience Research Cluster Coffee Chat Series.
About the Speaker
Dr. Monica Emelko is a Professor and the Canada Research Chair in Water Science, Technology & Policy at the University of Waterloo. She is a Professional Engineer and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. Her research is focused on water treatment and risk analysis for public health protection and has informed water regulations globally including the suite of U.S. Surface Water Treatment Rules and their international equivalents. Her team was the first globally to describe wildfire effects on water treatability and received the Canadian Council of the Federation Award of Excellence in Water Stewardship in 2014. Monica leads “forWater” a Canada-wide and internationally-partnered research network of academics, water utilities, government agencies, industrial, and NGOs focused on maximizing benefit from concurrent landscape management approaches for drinking water source protection and enhanced resilience in water treatment, operations, and risk management.
