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Our research involves the development of miniaturized technologies for analytical and diagnostic applications through the use and combination of microfluidics and optics. We pursue the development of novel technologies for user-based applications of high socio-economic relevance and technologies with unique abilities that facilitate scientific advances in chemistry, biology and medicine. We approach technology development through the study of fundamental problems at the micro- and nanoscale, computational modelling and experimentation. Our research is inherently multidisciplinary and is particularly applicable to label-free sensing requiring real-time measurements in situ.

Carlos is a collaborator on the Ontario Research Fund - Research Excellence and a Co-investigator on the Open Plastic. 

Anna Rutter's Full Profile 

Allison Rutter is the Director of the Analytical Services Unit (ASU) at ³ÉÈË´óƬ and an Adjunct Professor in the School of Environmental Sciences. In addition to running the ASU, Dr. Rutter maintains an active research program. Current research interests include PCB and petroleum hydrocarbon remediation in the Arctic, as well as phytoremediation; the use of plants to remediate and rehabilitate contaminated sites. She has been working in the Arctic and involved in site remediation since 1995. 

Allison is a collaborator on the LEADERS CREATE Program and the Ontario Research Fund - Research Excellence. 

Anna Harrison's Full Profile 

I am an aqueous environmental geochemist and a Queen’s national scholar. I am cross-appointed between Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering and the School of Environmental Studies. I received my BSc from the University of Alberta and my PhD from the University of British Columbia. I was a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University, Geoscience Environment Toulouse (a part of the CNRS), and University College London.

Anna is a collaborator on the Ontario Research Fund - Research Excellence. 

Kent Novakowski is a Professor of Civil Engineering, and Associate Vice-Principal (Research) at Queen’s University. Dr. Novakowski obtained his PhD in Hydrogeology from the University of Waterloo in 1992. He has specialised as one of only a few hydrogeologists across the globe with extensive experience in the hydrogeology of both crystalline and sedimentary fractured rock. Dr. Novakowski also conducts research in numerical and semi-analytical model development with application to heat and solute transport problems in fractured rock. His graduate students have come from a variety of backgrounds including civil engineering, geological engineering, and geology. He has supervised more than 45 graduate students, published more than 250 papers and abstracts, and acted as an Associate Editor for Water Resources Research, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, Ground Water, and the Canadian Geotechnical Journal. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, and the Engineering Institute of Canada. In 2013, he won the Engineering Excellence Medal given by Professional Engineers Ontario. See Research Interests for graduate student opportunities.

Kent is a collaborator on the Ontario Research Fund - Research Excellence. 

Professor Kueper and his graduate students perform research focused on the subsurface behaviour and remediation of non-aqueous phase liquids (NAPLs) such as chlorinated solvents, coal tar, creosote, PCB oils and gasoline in both unconsolidated deposits such as sands and gravels, as well as fractured clay and rock. These compounds currently represent the most frequently detected groundwater contaminants throughout industrialized areas of the world. Current research is aimed at the development and evaluation of in-situ remediation technologies such as hydraulic displacement (HD), electrical resistance heating (ERH), thermal conductive heating (TCH), enhanced in-situ bioremediation (EISB), and in-situ chemical oxidation (ISCO).

Bernard is a collaborator on the Ontario Research Fund - Research Excellence.  

Diane is a freshwater ecologist who investigates human impacts on aquatic ecosystems through large-scale, multidisciplinary field experiments. She received my Bachelors of Science from the University of British Columbia, Masters of Natural Resource Management from the University of Manitoba, and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Alberta, and was a Banting and Liber Ero Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Ottawa. Currently, She is an Assistant Professor and Queen’s National Scholar in Ecotoxicology in the School of Environmental Studies and Department of Biology at Queen’s University.

She also have the distinct pleasure of serving as the Director of the QE3 Research Group, which allows her to work with a wonderful team of students and early-career scientists to understand the fate and effects of contaminants in freshwater ecosystems. Her research has focused on nutrient cycling and algal blooms in eutrophic lakes, mercury contamination of aquatic food webs, the environmental fate of flame retardants, and most recently, on the effects of oil sands contaminants and unconventional oil products on aquatic biota. She has published in leading scientific journals, received numerous national scholarships and awards, and was featured in the journal Nature.

Diane is a co-applicant on the LEADERS CREATE Program and a collaborator on the Ontario Research Fund - Research Excellence. 

Warren Mabee's Full Profile 

Dr. Mabee is Associate Dean and Director of the School of Policy Studies. He is responsible for implementing a transition plan that will better integrate the School's activities with policy-relevant teaching and research across the Faculty of Arts and Science, as well as in other Faculties at Queen's. The Associate Dean also supports the Faculty's Strategic Plan development and implementation and works closely with the Dean's office and Department Head's to better facilitate inter-and trans-disciplinary research and teaching across the Faculty. Dr. Mabee also supports Government Relations at Queen's and liases with provincial and federal government officials to help identify and address areas of strategic policy concern.

Dr. Mabee hold a PhD from the University of Toronto and previously served as Head of the Department of Geography and Planning. His research focuses on the intersection of policy and technology in the area of renewable energy, and he has a particular interest in developing Canada's circular bioeconomy. 

Warren is a collaborator on the Ontario Research Fund - Research Excellence and a Co-investigator on the Open Plastic. 

Dr. Ridal's educational background is in chemistry (BSc, Trent University, MSc, University of Ottawa) and oceanography (PhD, Dalhousie University). Post-doctoral positions at Canada’s National Water Research Institute and the University of Montreal brought him into the freshwater field. He joined the River Institute in 1995 as its first Research Scientist and became its Executive Director in 2004. He holds adjunct professorships with Queen’s University and the University of Ottawa. In 2008, he was named Canadian co-Chair of the Science Priority Committee for the International Joint Commission (IJC) of the United States and Canada. He have also served on the Commission’s Science Advisory Board since 2008. His research predominantly involves water and sediment quality issues, including recreational water quality, fate and transport of contaminants, and food web bioaccumulation.

Jeff is a collaborator on the LEADERS CREATE Program and the Ontario Research Fund - Research Excellence. 

Dr. da Silva is a Civil Engineer specializing in Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Fluvial Hydraulics and River Engineering. Her research interests include mechanics of turbulent river flows, sediment transport and river morphodynamics. Her present research efforts include the development of analytical and numerical models for the simulation and prediction of river morphological response to natural or man-induced changes in flow regime and/or sediment load.

Of particular interest are the medium- and long-term river bed and planform adjustments caused by direct river interventions (such as construction/removal of dams, barrages and weirs, construction or raising of levees, straightening, etc.), as well as those caused by land use changes at the catchment level. The development of the aforementioned models is being supported by an extensive experimental research, focusing on the mechanics of the bed and bank erosion/sedimentation in both, meandering and braiding rivers. The experimental research is being carried out in the new Queen's River and Estuarine Morphodynamics Research Facility, whose component is a 21m long, 7m wide, 0.6m deep basin. Dr. da Silva is also involved with the numerical modeling of local scour around hydraulic structures.

Ana is a co-applicant on the LEADERS CREATE Program and a collaborator on the Ontario Research Fund - Research Excellence. 

Leon is a collaborator on the Ontario Research Fund - Research Excellence.