Management Team
| Name | Position | Telephone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
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 | |||
| Phani Adapa | Assistant Director | (306) 966-2271 | phani.adapa@usask.ca |
![]() Office Location:NHRC 1032 Fax:(306) 966-1193 Biography:Phani is a certified Professional Engineer registered with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan. Before joining the Global Institute for Water Security, he was with the College of Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) for 11 years. During his tenure, he assisted the college in enhancing research intensiveness through development of new partnerships and facilitation of existing collaborations with internal and external stakeholders, industry partners, provincial, federal and international agencies and institutes for pursuing funding opportunities that could support recruitment of highly-qualified personnel, facilitate visits of internal and external faculty members, and development of new programs to support the college's research enterprise. As part of his professional development, he has published 26 refereed journal articles, three book chapters and has 25 conference proceedings/presentations. In 2009, he was awarded the George Ira Hanson Post-Graduate Award for Energy Research by the U of S College of Engineering. In 2012, the Canadian Society for Bioengineers recognized his research contributions and bestowed him with their PhD thesis award. He served as the Vice-President Academic for the U of S Graduate Students Association (GSA) from 1999-2000. Also, he was elected as one of the five Canadian men’s cricket team selection committee members (2009-10), elected as the President of Saskatoon Cricket Association (2005-10) and elected as the Vice-President of Saskatchewan Cricket Association (2007-10). Designations:PhD, Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, 2011 MSc, Mechanical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, 2001 BE, Mechanical Engineering, Pt. Ravi Shankar Shukla University, Raipur, India, 1998 Global Institute for Water Security Affiliation:Management | |||
| Chris DeBeer | Cold Regions Network Manager | (306) 966-6224 | chris.debeer@usask.ca |
Office Location:NHRC 1266 Fax:(306) 966-1193 | |||
| Meagan Hinther | Communications Specialist (on leave) | ||
| Jeff McDonnell | Associate Director | (306) 966-8529 | jeffrey.mcdonnell@usask.ca |
![]() College/School:School of Environment and Sustainability Office Location:National Hydrology Research Centre 1013 Fax:(306) 966-1193 Biography:Jeffrey J. McDonnell joined the University of Saskatchewan in 2012. Prior to his appointment with the School of Environment and Sustainability and the Global Institute for Water Security, Jeff was the Richardson Chair in Watershed Science and University Distinguished Professor of Hydrology at Oregon State University. His research focuses on new ways to measure, model and understand streamflow generation processes. Jeff has co-authored ~200 articles on watershed hydrology and co-edited the Elsevier textbook “Isotope Tracers in Catchment Hydrology”. He has served as the Senior Advisory Editor of the “Encyclopedia of Hydrological Sciences”, published by John Wiley and Sons and is currently Editor-in-Chief of the IAHS Book Series “Benchmark Papers in Hydrology”. Jeff is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and the International Water Academy and recipient of several awards, including the Dalton Medal from the European Geophysical Union, the Gordon Warwick Award from the British Geomorphological Research Group, the Nystrom Award from the Association of American Geographers and a D.Sc. from the University of Canterbury. Jeff was the 2011 Birdsall-Driess Distinguished Lecturer for the Geological Society of America and 2012 Borland Lecturer for AGU Hydrology Days. Areas of Interest:Watershed hydrology | |||
| Sherry Olauson | Clerical Assistant | (306) 966-2021 | sherry.olauson@usask.ca |
Office Location:GIWS 1011 Fax:(306) 966-1193 | |||
| Lesley Porter | Communications Specialist | (306) 966-1019 | lesley.porter@usask.ca |
Office Location:NHRC 1025 Fax:(306) 966-1193 | |||
| Tiffany Schlosser | Financial Officer | (306) 966-6304 | tiffany.schlosser@usask.ca |
Office Location:NHRC 1029 Fax:(306) 966-1193 | |||
| Kate Wilson | Executive Assistant | (306) 966-8014 | kate.wilson@usask.ca |
Office Location:NHRC 1033 Fax:(306) 966-1193 | |||
| Branko Zdravkovic | Data Manager | (306) 966-9165 | branko.zdravkovic@usask.ca |
Office Location:NHRC 1027 Fax:(306) 966-1193 | |||





