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

International Conference Scientific Committees

2026

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