PEOPLE 2022 – Keynote Speakers

Opening Speakers	Plenary Keynote Speakers *	Technical Keynote Speakers *
Dr. Judith (Judy) Clark Elder in Residence, UPEI	Dr. Lisa Alvarez-Cohen Vice Provost for Academic Planning Fred and Claire Sauer Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering University of California Berkeley [Biography] Presentation: Biology of emerging contaminants, do they really eventually emerge?	Dr. Pascale Champagne Director General, Energy, Mining and Environment Research Centre, National Research Council Canada [Biography] Presentation: Approaches to Emerging Contaminants of Concern in Small, Rural and Remote Environment – Environmental Challenges and Nature-Based Solutions under Climate Change	Dr. Nola Etkin Dean of Faculty of Science,UPEI [Biography] Presentation: Improving the Efficiency of Plastics Recycling: Local Solutions to Global Challenges
Dr. Greg Keefe Interim President and Vice-Chancellor, UPEI	Dr. Ruby Leung Battelle Fellow, Earth Science Pacific Northwest National Laboratory [Biography] Presentation: Climate Modeling for Actionable Science	Dr. Zhen (Jason) He Professor, Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis [Biography] Presentation: Can microbial electrochemical systems accelerate degradation of recalcitrant contaminants?	Dr. Lindsay J. Hounjet Research Scientist, Oil spill science and technology, Natural Resources Canada [Biography] Presentation: Oil Spill Response by Containment With Solidifiers Based on Naturally Occurring Materials
Dr. Neil Bose Vice President Research, Memorial University	Dr. Vijaya Raghavan James McGill Professor Department of Bioresource Engineering, McGill University [Biography] Presentation: Circular Bioeconomy in the Food, Energy, and Environment Nexus	Dr. Roland Kallenborn Professor Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Sciences Norwegian University of Life Sciences [Biography] Presentation: Chemicals of emerging Arctic concern as indicators for Arctic environmental change processes	Dr. Jason Li Professor Environmental Engineering Program, University of Northern British Columbia [Biography] Presentation: Oil Recovery and Heavy Metal Immobilization for Petroleum Sludge Waste Treatment
Dr. Nola Etkin Dean of Faculty of Science,UPEI [Biography] Presentation: Improving the Efficiency of Plastics Recycling: Local Solutions to Global Challenges	Dr. Jingxu (Jesse) Zhu Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) Distinguished Professor Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering University of Western Ontario [Biography] Presentation: A compact and self-contained wastewater treatment technology for in-situ and community wastewater treatment	Dr. Catherine Mulligan Professor Concordia Research Chair (Tier 1) Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University [Biography] Presentation: Potential influence and mitigation of climate change on surface water quality	Dr. Van-Thanh-Van Nguyen Endowed Brace Professor Chair of Civil Engineering McGill University Presentation: Recent Advances in Modeling of Extreme Rainfall Processes for Climate Change Impact and Adaptation Studies in Canada
Dr. Shirine Jeradi Manager of Research Partnerships, NSERC		Dr. Olívia Maria Cordeiro de Oliveira Professor, Research Coordinator of the Pro-Rectory of Graduate Research (PRPPG) Federal University of Bahia, Brazil [Biography] Presentation: Forensic Geosciences: Multivocation at the service of Society	Dr. Atanu Sarkar Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine Memorial University [Biography] Presentation: Planetary health crises and current consumption pattern: a need for an alternative economic model
Dr. Bing Chen Director, PEOPLE Network		Dr. Rune Storesund Director of CCRM, UC Berkeley [Biography] Presentation: Environmental Risk Assessment Associated with Climate Change - Uncertainty, Difficulty, and Opportunity	Dr. Stanislav R. Stoyanov Research Scientist, CanmetENERGY-Devosn Natural Resources Canada [Biography] Presentation: Oil Spill Response by Containment With Solidifiers Based on Naturally Occurring Materials
Dr. Xander Wang President, Sigma Academy		Dr. Ying Zheng Professor, Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Western University [Biography] Presentation: Turning carbon dioxide into useful chemicals
Dr. Rune Storesund Director of CCRM, UC Berkeley [Biography] Presentation: Environmental Risk Assessment Associated with Climate Change - Uncertainty, Difficulty, and Opportunity
Dr. Elsayed Elbeshbishy President, CAWQ
Dr. Farokh Kakar President, IWA-YWP
* Alphabetical order by last name

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