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Mark R. Servos Scientific Director Canada Research Chair in Water Quality Protection Professor, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo Tel: (519) 888-4567, extension 36034 E-mail: mservos [at] uwaterloo [dot] ca Mark was appointed in 2003 as Scientific Director of the Canadian Water Network, where he leads the development of an innovation network focused on providing clean, safe water across Canada and internationally. Mark is also the Canada Research Chair in Water Quality Protection in the Department of Biology at the University of Waterloo. His research program and teaching are related to the science underlying risk assessment and management of emerging threats to water quality. He received a BSc in Fishery Biology in 1981 and an MSc in Aquatic Science in 1983, both from the University of Guelph. He completed his PhD in 1988 in the Department of Soil Science at the University of Manitoba. From 1988 to 1989, Mark worked with the Lakes Research Branch of Environment Canada as a Research Scientist. He then joined the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, where he examined the environmental fate and effects of contaminants such as polychlorinated dioxins, co-planar PCBs and pulp mill effluents in the Great Lakes. Mark joined the National Water Research Institute as Project Chief in 1996, and led a group of scientists studying exposure and effects of priority substances. He has helped organize numerous international meetings and workshops and has participated in several expert panels in this field. He plays an active role in several major international societies, including the International Association of Great Lakes Research (President 1995) and the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (President 2001). Download Mark's CV (updated in September 2010) Bernadette Conant Executive Director Tel.: (519) 888-4567, extension 36171 E-mail: bconant [at] cwn-rce [dot] ca Bernadette joined the Canadian Water Network as Executive Director in April 2003, having assisted the network in other capacities on and off since its start-up in the summer of 2001. Before joining CWN, Bernadette was involved in groundwater issues in both Canada and the US for over 17 years, including experience in research, jobs in the public and private sector, and management of University-based research programs funded by government and industry partners. Much of this experience was focused on the practical application of research findings to decision-making for site assessment and remediation at contaminated sites. Over the past few years, she has devoted increasing time and energy to the topic of improving communication of research findings and implications among the academic and various user communities. She is pleased to be able to continue to contribute to this area through her work with CWN. Bernadette has a degree in Earth Sciences (BSc, 1986) and Hydrogeology (MSc, 1991) from the University of Waterloo.

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