Personal Website
https://naethresearch.ualberta.ca/
Other Current Positions
Editor In Chief, Canadian Journal of Soil Science
Selected Awards
Alumni Honour Award, University of Alberta Alumni Association (2021)
Emerald Award for Land Reclamation International Graduate School, Emerald Foundation (2019)
University Cup, University of Alberta (2018)
Life Long Award, Graduate Students' Association, University of Alberta (2014)
Edward M Watkins Award, for Land Reclamation International Graduate School, Canadian Land Reclamation Association (2013)
Fellow, Canadian Society of Soil Science (2007)
Mentors of the Millennium, Alberta Women’s Science Network (2006)
Teacher of the Year, Environmental and Conservation Sciences Student Club, University of Alberta (2006)
10 Year Service Award, Alberta Environmental Appeals Board (2006)
Vargo Distinguished Teaching Chair, University of Alberta (2005-2017)
Teacher of the Year, Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry, and Home Economics (1999-2014)
Award of Excellence, University of Alberta Alumni Association (2005)
Award of Recognition, Canadian Land Reclamation Association (2003)
Killam Annual Professorship, University of Alberta (2001)
Distinguished Agrologist Award, Alberta Institute of Agrologists (2000)
Rutherford Award of Excellence for Undergraduate Teaching, University of Alberta (1999)
Environmental Sustainability Award, Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (1999)
Fellow, Society for Teaching and Leaning in Higher Education (1997)
3M Teaching Fellowship for top 10 professors in Canada (1997)
Teaching Award, Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Home Economics (1995)
Teaching Award, National Association of College Teachers in Agriculture (1994)
Research Area: Land Reclamation, Restoration Ecology, Soil Science, Plant Science, Contaminant Remediation
Specific Research Interests: Land reclamation; restoration ecology; revegetation; soil reconstruction (Anthroposols); accelerating soil-plant community development; plant species selection and establishment; impacts of non native species on native plant communities; bioengineering; native plants, their mycorrhizae and microbial communities; soil remediation, bioremediation and phytoremediation; soil amendments, particularly waste products such as compost, manure, sewage sludge and biosolids.
An examination of current topics in land reclamation, ecological restoration, revegetation and remediation of degraded lands. Prerequisite: consent of Instructor.