Management Team

NamePositionTelephoneEmail
Howard WheaterProfessor, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Water Security, and Director, Global Institute for Water Security966-1990howard.wheater@usask.ca

College/School:


School of Environment and Sustainability

Department:


N/A

Office Location:


NHRC 1012

Fax:


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 in the U of S School of Environment and Sustainability and in 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
Meagan HintherCommunications Specialist966-1019meagan.hinther@usask.ca

Office Location:


NHRC 1029

Fax:


966-1193
Twyla RudovicaFinancial Officer966-1927twyla.rudovica@usask.ca

Office Location:


NHRC 1029

Fax:


966-1193
Kate WilsonExecutive Assistant966-8014kate.wilson@usask.ca

Office Location:


NHRC 1033

Fax:


966-1193
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Contact Us:
Global Institute for Water Security
University of Saskatchewan
National Hydrology Research Centre
11 Innovation Boulevard
Saskatoon, SK S7N 3H5 Canada
Email: water.security@usask.ca
Phone: (306) 966-8014
Fax: (306) 966-1193 

For media inquiries contact:
Meagan Hinther, Communications Specialist
Email: meagan.hinther@usask.ca
Phone: (306) 966-1019