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Meet Our Team
The WatIF Organizing Committee is a passionate, multidisciplinary group of graduate students determined to empower the leaders of tomorrow for the future of world's water. By joining us, you are joining a community of your peers from all across the world and expanding a fast growing community of early water leaders.
Corinna Dally-Starna
Co-Chair
PhD Student
Research focuses on factors impacting sustainable and resilient water infrastructure in Canada's Indigenous communities while considering climate change and contaminants of emerging concern.
David Blair
Co-Chair
PhD Candidate
The WatIF Student Committee is a passionate, multidisciplinary group of graduate students determined to empower the leaders of tomorrow for the future of world's water. By joining us, you are joining a community of your peers from all across the world and expanding a fast growing community of early water leaders.
Leah Vignale
Committee Member
MASc. Candidate
Civil Engineering- Clean Drinking Water, Biofilms, Emerging Contaminants. BASc. Chemical Engineering & BA. Environmental Studies Queen’s University
Mehak Pruthi
Committee Member
MPA Student
Passionate for the cause of environment and the issues around water - water scarcity and lack of clean water, are very close to my heart.
Nanor Momejian
Committee Member
PhD Candidate
Research focuses on the quality and quantity of the dissolved organic carbon in the surface water of the Canadian High Arctic. I joined WatIF to push the boundaries of my research beyond academia.
Manasa Seshan
Committee Member
MPA Student
My policy interest lies in water governance and trans boundary water policies.
Lauren Halliwell
Committee Member
MASc Candidate
Civil Engineering- Modelling wastewater stabilization ponds
Nikita Jariwala
Committee Member
MSc Student
Urban and Regional Planning
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