Dr. Wendy Monk

Dr. Wendy Monk is a Research Scientist in the Watershed Hydrology and Ecology Research Division with Environment and Climate Change Canada, based at the Canadian Rivers Institute, and also holds a Visiting Research Professor position in the Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management at the University of New Brunswick (Fredericton). With more than 15 years of interdisciplinary experience, her research focuses on the spatial and temporal integration of hydrology, aquatic ecology and geospatial analyses within freshwater ecosystems.

The primary focus of her research is to develop novel tools by integrating new observation networks and data approaches to isolate and understand the impact of individual stressors within complex multiple stressor environments. Dr. Monk’s research and collaborations include the creation of a national hydrological regime classification, extensive analyses of flow-ecology relationships leading to the development of flow stressor-specific diagnostic indices, the first application of a watershed-scale holistic environmental flows framework in Canada, and the integration of new genomics-based approaches for multiple stressor assessments.

Research Scientist,
Watershed Hydrology and Ecology Research Division,
Environment and Climate Change Canada

Visiting Research Professor,
Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management,
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB

Fellow, Canadian Rivers Institute