Dr. Kelly Munkittrick

Kelly Munkittrick is a founding Fellow of the Canadian Rivers Institute, a Professor in Biological Sciences at the University of Calgary, and the CAIP Chair in Ecosystem Health Assessment.  His expertise is in the design of monitoring frameworks, improving the sensitivity of monitoring programs to detect environmental impacts of stressors on fish, and designing novel approaches to optimize these programs in terms of sensitivity and relevance.  He has developed regional monitoring programs in South America, Asia and North America, has worked with various governments to improve environmental assessment models, and has taught environmental monitoring study design in more a dozen countries.  His recent focus is on understanding the role of monitoring in cumulative effects assessment, in trying to develop an integrated approach to environmental management, and in working with Indigenous communities to design monitoring frameworks important to their issues.

Associate Director, CRI (2001-2011)

Scientific Director, Canadian Water Network (2011-2013); Consortium Development Coordinator (2010-2011); Theme Leader, Watersheds and Ecosystems (2005-2010); Program Management Committee (2005-2011); Chair Pathogens-In-Groundwater Consortium Management Committee (2006-2009);

SETAC Global Partners Capacity-Building Award (2012)
Great Lakes Fisheries Commission Board of Technical Experts, Co-leader Fish Health and Ecosystem Dysfunction theme (2006-2012).
University of Waterloo 50th Anniversary Science Alumni of Honour Award (2007),
BSc (University of Guelph)
MSc (University of Guelph)
PhD (University of Waterloo)

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