Professional Activities (most recent)
- IWA (International Water Association) Strategic Council
- Chairperson, IWA (International Water Association) Specialist Group on Sludge Management
- Editorial Board Member, Water Science and Technology
- Board Member and Regional Director, Canadian Association on Water Quality (CAWQ)
- Chair, Water Focus Group, Royal Society of Canada (RSC)
- Canadian Focal Point, Inter-American Network of Academies of Sciences (IANAS) – Water Program
- Member, Water Environment Association of Ontario (WEAO) Residuals and Biosolids Committee
- Director, Carleton University Global Water Institute
- Governor, Carleton University Board of Governors
- Senator, Carleton University Senate
- Past President and Board Member, Women in Science and Technology – Ottawa Chapter
- Conference Keynote Speaker
- 2017 iWISE – International Conference on Water, Informatics, Sustainability, and Environment (Canada)
- 2017 Alberta Onsite Wastewater Management Association (AOWMA) Convention (Canada)
- 2017 Izmir International Water Congress (Turkey)
- 2016 IWA Holistic Sludge Management Conference (Sweden)
- 2016 International Sludge Management Conference (Romania)
- 2014 IWA Waste Management Problems in Agro-Industries (Japan)
- 2014 European Sludge Management Conference (Turkey)
- 2013 IWA Small Water and Wastewater Systems Conference (China)
- Conference co-chair, 2015 WEF/IWA Residuals and Biosolids Conference, USA
- International Conference Scientific Committees (most recent)
- 2018 IWA Sludge Management Conference (Italy)
- 2017 IWA SludgeTech (UK)
- 2016 Holistic Sludge Management Conference (Sweden)
- 2015 WEF Residuals and Biosolids Conference (USA)
- 2014 European Sludge Management Conference (Turkey)
- 2014 IWA Waste Management Problems in Agro-Industries (Japan)
- 2014 Third International Conference on Faecal Sludge Management (Vietnam)
- 2014 IWA Ecotechnologies for Wastewater Treatment Plants (Italy)
- 2014 First Specialist Conference on Municipal Water Management and Sanitation in Developing Countries (Thailand)
- 2013 IWA Small Water and Wastewater Systems Conference (China)
- Workshop organizer/chair
- 2014 IWA World Water Congress, Portugal. Energy and Resource Recovery from Biosolids
- 2014 FSM3, Vietnam. Resource Recovery from Faecal Sludge
- Workshop co-organizer, 2014 IWA World Water Congress, Portugal. Advanced Processes for the Removal of Micropollutants: Lessons learned from full-scale plants
- Committee member, International Standards Development (ISD) Canadian Mirror Committee, SMC/ISO/TC275 Sludge Recovery, Recycling, Treatment and Disposal, and SMC/ISO/TC282 Water Reuse.
- Faculty Advisor, Women in Science and Engineering, Carleton University
- Faculty Advisor, IWA/WEAO/OWWA Student Chapter
- Research Mentor, Carleton University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering