School of Environment and Sustainability

Core Faculty

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Helen Baulch PhD
Assistant Director Academic (Internal) and Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability

Member, College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, Royal Society of Canada
Centennial Enhancement Chair in Aquatic Ecosystem Biogeochemistry
Member, Global Institute for Water Security


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Markus Brinkmann PhD
Associate Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability

Centennial Enhancement Chair in Mechanistic Environmental Toxicology
Director, Toxicology Centre
Faculty Member, Global Water Futures (GWF) program
Member, Global Institute for Water Security (GIWS)


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Douglas A. Clark PhD
Executive Director (Acting) and Associate Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability


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Grant Ferguson PhD
Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability

Centennial Enhancement Chair in Groundwater-Energy-Food Nexus
Joint Appointment with Department of Civil, Geological and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering


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Markus Hecker PhD
Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability

Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Predictive Toxicology and Chemical Safety
Member, Toxicology Centre
Member, College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, Royal Society of Canada


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Andrew Ireson PhD
Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability

Member, Global Institute for Water Security


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Tim Jardine PhD
Associate Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability

Member, Toxicology Centre


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Varuni Jayasooriya PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability


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Paul Jones PhD
Associate Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability

Member, Toxicology Centre


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Vladimir Kricsfalusy PhD
Associate Professor AP, School of Environment and Sustainability

Affiliate, Prairie Centre for the Study of Ukrainian Heritage, St. Thomas More College


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Karsten Liber PhD
Executive Director, School of Environment and Sustainability

University of Saskatchewan Distinguished Professor
On Leave in 2024-25


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Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt PhD
Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability

Director, Master of Water Security Program
Member, Global Institute for Water Security


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Jeffrey J. McDonnell PhD, FRSC
Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability

University of Saskatchewan Distinguished Professor
Associate Director, Global Institute for Water Security
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada


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Greg Poelzer PhD
Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability

Co-Lead of the Energy and Mineral Resources for a Sustainable Future Signature Area
** I am currently not accepting new graduate students. **


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Saman Razavi PhD
Associate Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability

Member, Global Institute for Water Security


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Maureen Reed PhD
Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability

UNESCO Co-Chair in Biocultural Diversity, Sustainability, Reconciliation and Renewal
University of Saskatchewan Distinguished Professor


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James Robson PhD
Assistant Director Academic (External) and Associate Professor in Human Dimensions of Sustainability, School of Environment and Sustainability

Graduate Chair, School of Environment and Sustainability
UNESCO Co-Chair in Biocultural Diversity, Sustainability, Reconciliation and Renewal


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Graham Strickert PhD
Associate Professor AP, School of Environment and Sustainability

Member, Global Institute for Water Security


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Colin Whitfield PhD
Associate Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability

Director, MSs Regenerative Sustainability Program
Member, Global Institute of Water Security


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Oscar Zapata PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability

Centennial Chair in Community Energy Development