Honours and Awards
2025聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Research Achievement Award (杏吧原创 University)
2023 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 WEAO Public Outreach and Knowledge Transfer Award (Water Environment Association of Ontario)
2022聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 IWA Fellow (International Water Association)
2021聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Water’s Next Award, Category: Academic Leader (Canadian Water Summit and Water Canada)
2020聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Engineering Excellence Award (Professional Engineers of Ontario, Ottawa Chapter)
2019聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Teaching Excellence Award (Faculty of Engineering and Design, 杏吧原创 University)
2019 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Citizen Award (Professional Engineers of Ontario, Ottawa Chapter)
2017聽聽聽 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Jarislowsky Chair in Water and Global Health
2017聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Canada Research Professor in Wastewater and Public Health Engineering (杏吧原创 University)
2016 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Engineering Ambassador Award (Partners in Research National Awards)
2015聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 杏吧原创 University Research Achievement Award
2014聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Imperial Oil University Research Award
2012聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Wastewater Treatment Engineering (Federal Government of Canada)
2011聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Outstanding Graduate Student Mentor Award (杏吧原创 University)
2010聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 OCRI Research Award Finalist (Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation)
2008聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Outstanding Young Scientist (The Royal Society of Canada and the InterAcademy Panel)
2007聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Ontario Early Researcher Award (Provincial Government of Ontario)
2007聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Wastewater and Public Health Engineering (Federal Government of Canada)
2007聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Leaders鈥� Opportunity Fund (Canada Foundation for Innovation)
2006 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Carty Research Fellowship (杏吧原创 University)
2006聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Research Achievement Award (杏吧原创 University)
2006 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 杏吧原创 University Student Association (CUSA) Teaching Excellence Award (杏吧原创 University)
2001 聽 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Vice Provost Travel Award (Duke University)
1998聽聽聽 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Chi Epsilon (The National Civil Engineering Honor Society, Duke University Chapter)
1998聽聽聽 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Sigma Xi (The Scientific Research Society, Duke University Chapter)
1996聽聽聽 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Jeffrey B. Taub Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Award (Duke University)
1996聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Graduate Student Scholarship (Duke University)
Conference Keynote Speaker
2026聽 聽 ASET International, Barcelona, Spain
2026聽 聽 Ontario Onsite Wastewater Association Annual Convention
2025聽聽聽 IWA Conference on Sludge Management, Kyoto, Japan
2024聽聽聽 IWA Conference on Sustainable Sludge Management, Beijing, China
2023聽聽聽 Honour Guest, PEO Innovation Challenge
2022聽聽聽 Canadian Residuals and Biosolids Conference
2019聽聽聽 iWISE – International Conference on Water, Informatics, Sustainability, and Environment
2019聽聽聽 Recent Trends in Environmental Science and Engineering
2017聽聽聽 iWISE 鈥� International Conference on Water, Informatics, Sustainability, and Environment
2017 聽聽 Alberta Onsite Wastewater Management Association (AOWMA) Convention
2017 聽聽 Izmir International Water Congress (Turkey)
2016 聽聽 IWA Holistic Sludge Management Conference (Sweden)
2016 聽聽 International Sludge Management Conference (Romania)
2014 聽聽 IWA Waste Management Problems in Agro-Industries (Japan)
2014 聽聽 European Sludge Management Conference (Turkey)
2013 聽聽 IWA Small Water and Wastewater Systems Conference (China)