Tia Bartel-Ens

Title: Graduate Student
Room: MESC Annex
Building: 4CM Centennial Hall
Email: bartel-ens-t@webmail.uwinnipeg.ca

Degree: Master of Science
Thesis: Characterizing Dissolved Organic Matter in Boreal Forested Catchment Soil Water using Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Supervisor: Supervisor Name
Entry: Fall 2023

Research Interests:
My project will look at characterizing dissolved organic matter in boreal forested catchment soil water, using fluorescence spectroscopy. Soil water, and stream water samples from the Experimental Lakes Area in Ontario, will be utilized in order to determine if fluorescence spectroscopy, can be an effective tool to characterize dissolved organic matter in soil water. Applying fluorescence spectroscopy to catchments, could resolve missing data in regards to carbon in catchments, as well as changes in carbon transport and environmental processes, resulting from the climate crisis.

Biography:
I graduated with a BSc in Chemistry from the University of Winnipeg in 2023. I chose the MESC program because of the interdisciplinary nature of it, as well as the ability to combine both my background in chemistry, and research interests surrounding issues related to climate change.