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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img width="285" height="86" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D2EF5D.514EA030"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">GRADUATE STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES IN<br>
BLOOM ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOCHEMISTRY</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">As part of the Global Water Futures project
</span></b><a href="http://gwf.usask.ca/science/pillar-3-projects.php#ForecastingToolsandMitigationOptionsforDiverseBloomAffectedLakes"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC">FORMBLOOM</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">:
Forecasting Tools and Mitigation Options for Diverse Bloom-Affected Lakes<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We are seeking 2–4 graduate students (MSc and/or PhD) interested in research on the drivers of freshwater cyanobacterial blooms, and options for bloom prediction mitigation.
This program links researchers at the University of Saskatchewan, Wilfrid Laurier University, IISD–Experimental Lakes Area, the University of Waterloo, York University and other university networks with industry, government and community partners.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The successful graduate students will work across multiple ecosystems ranging from southern Ontario reservoirs, to a prairie drinking water supply and a long-term experimental
lake. Students will perform applied lab and field research, and require good lab skills, quantitative abilities, and a hearty appetite for boat-based field work. Students with experience with sensor-based instrumentation are particularly welcomed.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Project Summary</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Harmful algal blooms (HABs) in lakes and reservoirs constitute a major threat to human health and, by extension, to the Canadian economy. HABs, especially those associated
with cyanobacteria (cyano-HABs), have direct impacts on the safety of drinking water supplies by producing a variety of liver and nerve toxins in addition to causing taste and odour problems. Cyano-HABs have been increasing in recent years across Canada from
Newfoundland to British Columbia. There is an urgent need to improve the science and to develop risk management tools for cyano-HABs.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Opportunities:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Field campaigns in Buffalo Pound, Saskatchewan, Lake 227, Ontario, and Conestogo Lake, Ontario combined with laboratory experiments and modelling exercises will evaluate the
contributions of nutrients, metals, and lake structure to the timing and severity of cyano-HABs. Carefully selected samples and datasets from other lakes and reservoirs across Canada (including the 47-year dataset from IISD–ELA) will be incorporated into cyano-HAB
forecasting and mitigation efforts.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Graduate student research projects will
<b>(1)</b> examine nutrient and trace metal dynamics through bloom progression; <b>
(2)</b> assess links between physical conditions, sediment-surface redox and cyano-HAB development; and
<b>(3)</b> perform long-term data analysis with a focus on winter conditions and bloom severity.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Graduate students will benefit from working with a multi-university and multidisciplinary research team and will interact with partner organisations and ecosystem managers.
Students will have opportunities to participate in enhanced training opportunities associated with the NSERC CREATE in Water Security, and the Global Water Futures program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Interested Applicants:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white;mso-highlight:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white;mso-highlight:white">Applicants should indicate their areas of research interest to the professors below:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Prof. Helen Baulch</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">School of Environment and Sustainability and Global Institute for Water Security</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">University of Saskatchewan</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Saskatoon, SK
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:lmolot@yorku.ca"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">h</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">elen.baulch@usask</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Prof. Jason Venkiteswaran</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Department of Geography and Environmental Studies</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Wilfrid Laurier University</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:jvenkiteswaran@wlu.ca"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">jvenkiteswaran@wlu.ca</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Prof. Sherry Schiff</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">University of Waterloo</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:sschiff@uwaterloo.ca"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">sschiff@uwaterloo.ca</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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