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Executive Group

Name	Position	Telephone	Email
Howard Wheater	Professor, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Water Security, and Director, Global Institute for Water Security	(306) 966-1990	howard.wheater@usask.ca
College/School: School of Environment and Sustainability Department: N/A Office Location: NHRC 1012 Fax: (306) 966-1193 Biography: Director of the Global Institute for Water Security and Canada Excellence Research Chair in Water Security, Howard Wheater is a world expert in hydrology and sustainable water resource management. He has extensive international experience studying and advising on flood, water resource and water quality issues, and is vice-chair of the World Climate Research Program’s GEWEX initiative and co-chair of UNESCO’s GWADI arid zone water resources program. He is a past President of the British Hydrological Society and is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Institution of Civil Engineers and the American Geophysical Union, as well as a life member of the International Water Academy. He is currently a professor with the U of S School of Environment and Sustainability and with the College of Engineering. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers and six books, and has won several academic awards, including Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water. He holds the appointment of Distinguished Research Fellow and Emeritus Professor of Hydrology at Imperial College London where he was head of Environmental and Water Resource Engineering and the first Director of the Imperial College Environment Forum Recent appointments include: Member of the Alberta Environment Monitoring Panel, advising on the establishment of a world class monitoring and evaluation system for the Alberta oil sands Chair of the Council of Canadian Academies Expert Panel on Sustainable Management of Water in the Agricultural Landscapes of Canada Member of the Water Partner Advisory Committee advising the Premiers’ Council of the Federation Water Stewardship Member of an International Court of Arbitration concerning the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty Designations: PhD, Civil Engineering/Hydrology, University of Bristol Master’s in Engineering Science, Honours, University of Cambridge Bachelor's in Engineering Science, Honours, University of Cambridge Areas of Interest: Hydrological processes and modelling, with applications to the management of flood risk, water resources, water quality, wastes and climate change adaptation
Lee Barbour	Professor and Industrial Research Chair	(306) 966-5369	lee.barbour@usask.ca
College/School: Engineering Department: Civil and Geological Engineering Office Location: Engineering 3B32 Fax: (306) 966-5427 Global Institute for Water Security Affiliation: Executive; Sustainable development of natural resources Areas of Interest: Geotechnical/Geo-environmental: Saturated/Unsaturated Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport, Mine Waste Reclamation Visit Website
Patricia Gober	Professor	(306) 966-8677	patricia.gober@usask.ca
College/School: Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy Office Location: Diefenbaker Centre 156 Fax: (306) 966-1967 Designations: PhD, Ohio State University, 1975 MA, Ohio State University, 1972 BS Ed, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, 1970 Global Institute for Water Security Affiliation: Executive; Socio-hydrology Areas of Interest: Water policy Sustainability science Decision making under uncertainty Urban systems Human migration and population geography Science-policy interface and stakeholder engagement Applied climatology Visit Website
Karsten Liber	Director, Toxicology Centre and Professor	(306) 966-1499	karsten.liber@usask.ca
College/School: School of Environment and Sustainability Department: N/A Office Location: Kirk Hall 329 Fax: (306) 966-2298 Global Institute for Water Security Affiliation: Executive; Sustainable development of natural resources; Naphthenic Acid Visit Website
Lawrence Martz	Dean	(306) 966-1026	lawrence.martz@usask.ca
College/School: Graduate Studies and Research Department: N/A Office Location: Administration E240 Fax: (306) 966-1026 Biography: Currently on leave. Global Institute for Water Security Affiliation: Executive; Climate change and water security Visit Website
Daniel Pennock	Associate Dean (Academic) & Professor	(306) 966-4064	dan.pennock@usask.ca
College/School: Agriculture and Bioresources Department: Soil Science Office Location: Agriculture 2D30 Fax: (306) 966-6881 Global Institute for Water Security Affiliation: Executive; Climate change and water security; Land-water management and environmental change Visit Website
Ingrid Pickering	Professor and Canada Research Chair in Molecular Environmental Science	(306) 966-5706	ingrid.pickering@usask.ca
College/School: Arts and Science Department: Geological Sciences Office Location: Geology 330 Fax: (306) 966-8593 Biography: Globally recognized as an expert in environmental synchrotron science, Ingrid Pickering holds a Canada Research Chair in Molecular Environmental Science (Tier II). She is a Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at the U of S and works extensively with the Canadian Light Source, Canada’s national syncrotron research facility located at the U of S. She has made numerous advances and breakthroughs in the use of X-ray absorption spectroscopy to understand how metals present in the environment react in the body and find strategies to reduce or eliminate their toxic effects. Her research has provided a foundation for explaining chemical behaviour in the environment and for developing possible remediation strategies, including phytoremediation, for contaminated sites and aquatic systems. Part of an international collaboration conducting a clinical trial in Bangladesh, where nearly 100 million people have been poisoned by drinking well water contaminated with natural arsenic 122 publications Designations: PhD, Imperial College London, 1990 BA, Cambridge University, 1986 Global Institute for Water Security Affiliation: Executive Group Sustainable development of natural resources Areas of Interest: Development of new synchrotron radiation techniques Metals and metalloids transformation in the environment Identification of toxicologically significant compounds in vivo Visit Website
John Pomeroy	Professor and Canada Research Chair in Water Resources and Climate Change	(306) 966-1426	john.pomeroy@usask.ca
College/School: Arts and Science Department: Geography and Planning Office Location: Kirk Hall 42 Fax: (306) 966-1428 Biography: John Pomeroy, Canada Research Chair in Water Resources and Climate Change in the department of geography, is recognized as a world leader in snow and cold regions hydrology and hydrological modeling. His expertise has played a role in the establishment of six major Canadian hydrology research basins in different ecological regions. As Director of the U of S Centre for Hydrology, he is involved in several projects at the national and international level and provides advice to governments on climate change issues. On a regional level, the focus of his research is on water problems of the Prairie provinces and the North, with emphasis on the impact of climate change on Western Canada's water resources. Authored more than 200 research articles and several books Received multiple distinguished awards including a Citation of Excellence from Environment Canada Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society Member of the Council of Canadian Academies Expert Panel on Groundwater Chair of the 4th Biennium of the International Decade for Predictions in Ungauged Basins President of the International Commission for Snow and Ice Hydrology Leads the Improved Processes and Parameterisation for Prediction in Cold Regions (IP3) Network Co-led the Drought Research Initiative (DRI) Network Designations: PhD, Agricultural Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, 1988 BSc, Geography, University of Saskatchewan, 1983 Global Institute for Water Security Affiliation: Executive Group Climate change and water security Land-water management and environmental change Socio-hydrology Areas of Interest: Hydrological processes and modelling in mountain, prairie and arctic environments Climate change, hydrology and water resources Snow chemistry and ecology Droughts in the Canadian Prairies Cold regions hydrometeorological modelling and surface-atmosphere feedbacks Visit Website

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