Monica Emelko has been elected fellows by Canada’s most distinguished engineering society.
Fellows have been selected because of their “outstanding contributions to engineering and for serving as role models in their fields and communities,” said CAE’s president Dr. Soheil Asfarpour in a media release.
The Canadian Academy of Engineering is foremost national engineering institution through which Canada’s most distinguished and experienced engineers provide strategic advice on matters of critical importance to the country.
Dr. Monica Emelko
Dr. Monica Emelko is a civil and environmental engineering professor and a Canada Research Chair in Water Science, Technology and Policy. She is the director of the University’s Water Science, Technology and Policy Group, and was the world’s first researcher to identify climate change–associated threats to water security, including the deterioration of and fluctuations in water quality after wildfires and floods.
Currently, she and her research team are investigating the role of both “grey” in-plant treatment and “green” forest management-based technologies to address water quality challenges. Their findings will help inform water treatment technology innovation for adaptation, resilience and decision-making.
Emelko co-leads forWater, a Canada-wide and internationally-partnered strategic research network focused on forest management-based approaches for drinking water source protection. The network brings together researchers, government agencies and industry professionals from different disciplines across Canada who are focused on understanding and developing response strategies to climate change threats.
