Sarah Cadieux

Sr. Lecturer, Associate Director of Environmental Science

Freshwater ecosystems play pivotal roles as sentinels, integrators, and regulators of climate change. My research takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding biogeochemical cycling within freshwater systems by combining limnology, aquatic chemistry, isotope biogeochemistry, sedimentology and geomicrobiology. Currently, I am focused on urban freshwater environments, but this work has extended to Arctic environments as well. Using these mixed methodologies, I have two major projects I am working on: 1) identifying micropollutants in urban freshwater environments and 2) understanding greenhouse gas emissions related to disturbance events. Each of these includes societal implications and includes community outreach.