Conference Chair

Dr. Bing Chen

Director, PEOPLE Network
Professor and UArctic Research Chair
Associate Dean, Graduate Studies (Acting)
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Memorial University

Conference Co-Chair

Dr. Xander Wang

President, Sigma Academy
Associate Professor, Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation
University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI)

Dr. Rune Storesund

Executive Director, Center for Catastrophic Risk Management
University of California Berkeley

Organizing Committee

Dr. Nola Etkin

Professor & Dean
Faculty of Science
UPEI
(Committee Co-Chair)

Dr. Xander Wang

President, Sigma Academy
Associate Professor, Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation
UPEI
(Committee Co-Chair)
  • Dr. Carlos Bazan, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University
  • Dr. Bing Chen, Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University
  • Dr. Sabine Dietz, Executive Director, CLIMAtlantic Inc.
  • Ross Dwyer, Manager of Research Partnerships, Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation, UPEI
  • Dr. Aitazaz Farooque, Associate Professor, Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering, UPEI
  • Dr. Adam Fenech, Associate Professor, Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation, UPEI
  • Dr. Yulin Hu, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering, UPEI
  • Don Jardine, Climate Research Lab, UPEI
  • Dr. Justin Kakeu, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, UPEI
  • Dr. Suqi Liu, Research Scientist, Department of Agriculture and Land, Government of Prince Edward Island
  • Garrett Mombourquette, Resource Conservation Manager (Acting), Prince Edward Island National Park, Parks Canada
  • Alistair Ozon, Water Coordinator, City of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
  • Dr. Karlene Roberts, Professor Emeritus, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
  • Dr. Mohammad Aminur Shah, Postdoc Fellow, Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation, UPEI
  • Dr. Kripa S. Singh, Professor, Civil Engineering, University of New Brunswick (CAWQ Regional Director - Atlantic)
  • Katie Sonier, Environmental Sustainability Coordinator, Town of Stratford, Prince Edward Island
  • Dr. Stanislav R. Stoyanov, Research Scientist, CanmetENERGY-Devon, Natural Resources Canada
  • Dr. Rune Storesund, Executive Director, Center for Catastrophic Risk Management, UC Berkeley

Scientific Committee

Dr. Kenneth Lee

National Senior Science Advisor
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
(Committee Co-Chair)

Dr. Helen Zhang

Canada Research Chair (Tier 2), Professor
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Memorial University
(Committee Co-Chair)
  • Dr. Chunjiang An, Assistant Professor, Concordia Research Chair, Department of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University
  • Dr. Lindsay J. Hounjet, Research Scientist, CanmetENERGY-Devon, Natural Resources Canada
  • Dr. Wendy Huang, Assistant Professor, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary
  • Dr. Tahir Husain, Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University (deceased)
  • Dr. Jason Li, Professor, Environmental Engineering Program, University of Northern British Columbia
  • Dr. Paul Li, Associate Professor, School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, China
  • Dr. Zeo Li, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University
  • Dr. Lei Liu, Professor, Department of Civil and Resource Engineering, Dalhousie University
  • Dr. Yong Liu, Professor and Associate Dean, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, China
  • Dr. Catherine Mulligan, Professor, Concordia Research Chair (Tier 1), Department of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University
  • Dr. Olívia Maria Cordeiro de Oliveira, Professor, Federal University of Bahia, Director of Geosciences Institute, Brazil
  • Dr. Xiaosheng Qin, Associate Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  • Dr. Atanu Sarkar, Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University
  • Dr. Shuguang Wang, Professor, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, China
  • Dr. Viviane Yargeau, Professor and Chair, Chemical Engineering, McGill University
  • Dr. Ganning Zeng, Associate Professor, College of Environment，Zhejiang University of Technology, China

Conference Secretariats

  • Dr. Weiyun Lin, Program Coordinator, NSERC PEOPLE CREATE, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University
  • Dr. Mohammad Aminur Shah, Postdoc Fellow, Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation, UPEI
  • Dr. Quan V. Dau, Postdoc Fellow, Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation, UPEI