World Water Day is being presented in partnership with Science First and consists of a daytime student conference and evening public event. The daytime student conference is for junior and senior high school students, with special guest speaker scientists and multiple workshops and programs. The evening portion of the conference is open to the public, and includes guest speaker Dr. Markus Brinkmann, Associate Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability at The University of Saskatchewan.

Full program details and registration coming in February 2023.

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Featuring:

Dr. Markus Brinkmann – PhD Associate Professor

School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan
Faculty Member, Global Water Futures (GWF) program
Member, Global Institute for Water Security (GIWS)

Markus Brinkmann is a scientist at the University of Saskatchewan studying contaminants in aquatic organisms, including the influence of environmental and physiological factors, results from global change, and translating lab studies into real-life situations. Markus uses an interdisciplinary approach, using toxicology, environmental chemistry, and hydrology, to explore these problems. He earned a PhD at Aachen University in Germany, before becoming a research associate at the Department of Ecosystem Analysis, Institute for Environmental Research, at Aachen University.

In 2018, he became an assistant Professor in Exposure and Risk Assessment Modelling in the School of Environment and Sustainability at the University of Saskatchewan. He is also Faculty of the Global Water Futures (GWF) program, and a member of the Toxicology Centre and the Global Institute for Water Security (GIWS).

Additional guest speakers for World Water Day TBA in February 2023.

More info:

www.worldwaterday.org

www.sciencefirst.ca

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