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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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