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About Professor Viviane Yargeau

Viviane Yargeau

Viviane Yargeau is a Professor in Chemical Engineering and an Associate Member of the McGill School of Environment. In 2023, she became Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at McGill University after serving as chair of her department for 5 years.

She established the Controlling Contaminants of Concern (3Cs) laboratory, which is now internationally recognized for research on the occurrence, fate, and effects of contaminants in the environment and in water and wastewater treatment systems. Professor Yargeau has contributed to creating awareness about the presence and control of contaminants in our water resources as well as the development of wastewater-based epidemiology for illicit drugs.

She has several collaborations internationally, in academia as well as with governmental agencies and the industry. She is a Fellow of International Water Association, serves as Senior Editor of two scientific journals and on the Board of Directors for a publicly traded company commercializing two green products that she co-invented.

 

Memberships

  • Member, FRQNT Strategic Network EcotoQ
  • Member, FRQNT Strategic Network CentrEau
  • Member, SCORE - Sewage Analysis Core Group Europe
  • Member, International Management Committee, Advanced Oxidation Specialist Group of the International Water Association (IWA)
  • Editor, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
  • Editor, Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
  • Member, Board of Directors, Earth Alive
  • Senior Scientific Advisor, Earth Alive

Awards and Recognition 

  • International Water Association Fellow, 2022
  • Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • Ministere de l'éducation, du loisir et du sport, teaching chair, 2009-2019

 

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Current Team Members

Emma Fantin

Emma Fantin, Master's Candidate
Non-target analysis for the elucidation of the transformation of GenX

Anthony Atie

Anthony Atie, Master's Candidate
Electrocoagulation of PFAS, Co-supervisor Sasha Omanovic

Kara Hughes

Kara Hughes, PhD Candidate
Simultaneous Electro-Oxidative and Reductive Treatment of Gen X
Co-Supervisor: Sasha Omanovic

Marco Pineda

Marco Pineda, Research Assistant
Analytical laboratory and bioassays  

Forough Saffari

Forough Saffari, Master's Candidate
Electrochemical oxidation of BAC
Co-Surpervisor: Prof. Sasha Omanovic

Daniella Sargi

Daniella Sargi, Master's Candidate
Combined Electrochemical and Ozonation Treatment of PFAS-Containing Waters, Co-supervisor Sasha Omanovic 

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