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STANTEC CONSULTING SERVICESEnvironmental Scientist & Risk Assessor
Sep. 2016Waterloo, OntarioMy technical expertise and professional experience encompass aquatic and terrestrial ecotoxicology, ecological and human health risk assessment, environmental assessment, environmental impact statements, phytoremediation and scientific writing and communication for clients in diverse sectors including oil and gas, mining, agrochemicals, and renewable energy. My experience extends to both federal and provincial contaminated sites. My professional career has focused on understanding the client’s objectives for the project and working towards practical and scientifically defensible solutions. I have contributed to site-specific risk assessments submitted in support of the filing of Record of Site Condition (RSC) under Ontario Regulation 153/04 as well as risk assessments for brownfield redevelopment. Additionally, I've been involved in the re-registration of pesticides, as well as in public engagement, community outreach and risk/scientific communication. My experience with phytoremediation technologies includes the design, implementation, maintenance and monitoring of in situ phytoremediation technologies at various sites throughout Canada, contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons, metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls and salt.
University of WaterlooInternational Research Collaboration & Seminar
Apr. 2015 - Apr. 2015Rome Area, Italy Research collaboration with the University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy. The project involved assessing the growth-promoting effects of PGPB and respective mutant strains on plants in soils contaminated with high salt concentrations. During this visit, I also presented a seminar on " Deciphering the indoleacetic acid biosynthesis pathways in PGPB"
University of WaterlooPublic Speaker
Sep. 2014 - Sep. 2014Guadalajara Area, MexicoInvited speaker at the V National Symposium and IV International Symposium of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria and First Minisymposium on Plant Beneficial Bacteria in Guadalajara, Mexico. I attended this conference as an invited speaker and gave a one-hour oral presentation on the topic: “Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria, a solution for food production in the world”.
University of WaterlooScientific Manuscript Reviewer
Sep. 2013I have served as a reviewer on several different manuscripts in my field of expertise submitted to well-established Journals; FEMS Microbiology Letters (Manuscript No. FEMSLE-14-01-0070), Agricultural Research (Manuscript No. AGRI-D-14-00085), Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Manuscript No. AMAB-D-14-02028), Archives of Microbiology (Manuscript No. AOMI-D-15-00181)
University of WaterlooBacterial Culture Collection Manager
Sep. 2013 - Apr. 2017Waterloo, Ontario, CanadaMaintained and managed a bacterial culture collection of over 700 strains. My duties included; collecting, preparing, maintaining, distributing and storing bacterial cultures.
University of WaterlooGraduate Teaching Assistant
Sep. 2011 - Apr. 2017Waterloo, Ontario, CanadaTeaching Assistant for the following undergraduate courses:
- Fundamentals of Microbiology
- Introduction to Applied Microbiology
- Laboratory Methods in Microbiology
- Principles of Molecular Biology
- Molecular Biotechnology - Microorganisms & Disease
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