Selected Professional Activities
Canadian Focal Point, Inter-American Network of Academies of Sciences (IANAS) – Water Program
Management Committee Member and Past Chair, International Water Association (IWA) Specialist Group on Sludge Management
IWA Strategic Council
Board Member, Vice President and past Interim President, Canadian Association on Water Quality (CAWQ)
Member, Residuals and Biosolids Committee, Water Environment Association of Ontario (WEAO)
Board Member and Past President, Women in Science and Engineering, Ottawa Chapter
Director, Carleton University Global Water Institute
Governor, Carleton University Board of Governors
Senator, Carleton University Senate
Faculty Advisor, Women in Science and Engineering, Carleton University
Faculty Advisor, WEAO/OWWA Student Chapter
Research Mentor, Carleton University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conference Keynote Speaker
2025 IWA Conference on Sludge Management, Kyoto, Japan
2024 IWA Conference on Sustainable Sludge Management, Beijing, China
2023 Honour Guest, PEO Innovation Challenge
2022 Canadian Residuals and Biosolids Conference
2019 iWISE – International Conference on Water, Informatics, Sustainability, and Environment
2019 Recent Trends in Environmental Science and Engineering
2017 iWISE – International Conference on Water, Informatics, Sustainability, and Environment
2017 Alberta Onsite Wastewater Management Association (AOWMA) Convention
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)
International Conference Scientific Committees
2025 IWA Conference on Sludge Management, Kyoto, Japan
2025 IWA Young Water Professional Canada Conference
2024 IWA Conference on Sustainable Sludge Management, Beijing, China
2024 IWA Toronto World Water Congress – Local organizing committee
2023 WEF/IWA Residuals and Biosolids Conference, USA
2021 CAWQ Atlantic and Eastern Water Symposium Conference – Co-Chair
2021 Canadian Water Summit, Chair
2020 EurAsia Waste Management Symposium, Turkey
2019 IWA Agro Conference, Greece
2019 WEF Residuals and Biosolids Conference USA, Co-Chair
2018 IWA Sludge Management Conference, Italy
2017 IWA SludgeTech, UK
2016 Holistic Sludge Management Conference, Sweden
2015 WEF Residuals and Biosolids Conference, USA, Co-Chair
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
Editorial Activities
Editor, Water Science and Technology
Editorial Board, Water and Ecology