Education
M.Sc., Geography (University of Saskatchewan), Thesis Title: Snow Hydrology of Canadian Prairie Droughts: Model Development and Application, 2007
B.Sc.Honours, Land Use and Environment Studies with GIS minor (University of Saskatchewan), 2005
Experience
October 2013 – Present: Researcher for the Changing Cold Regions Network (CCRN)
April 2011 – Present: Researcher for Improving and Testing the Prairie Hydrological Model at Smith Creek Research Basin, Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan
July 2012 – March 2013: Researcher for Lower Smoky River Basin Snowmelt Runoff Model, Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan
January – April 2011: Researcher for Modeling Snow Water Conservation on the Canadian Prairies, Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan
June 2010 – June 2012: Researcher for the Informing the Vermilion River Watershed Plan through Application of the Cold Region Hydrological Model (CRHM), Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan
January – April 2010: Researcher for Wolf Creek Hydrometeorological Database Archiving and Wolf Creek Cold Regions Model Set-up, Parameterisation, and Modelling Summary, Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan
November 2009 – Present: Researcher for Marmot Creek Watershed Study: Mountain Pine Beetle Impacts on Water Supplies, Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan
July 2007 – December 2009: Research Assistant, Modeller for the Prairie Hydrological Model Study, Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan
June 2005 – June 2007: Research Assistant, Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan
September 2005 – August 2007: field training and hydrological modelling training, Drought Research Initiative (DRI)
August 2005: training for field research in Grassland National Park
Research Interest
Hydrological modelling of cold region hydrological processes
Mountain, prairie, forest hydrology
Sensitivity analysis of cold region hydrology to drought, flood, changes in landcover, forest disturbance, and climate change
Membership
Canadian Geophysical Union
European Geosciences Union