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Based at Ontario Tech University in the Faculty of Science, the Kirkwood lab conducts aquatic ecology research in a variety of systems including ponds, wetlands, rivers, lakes, and even wastewater systems. We also study the biotechnological applications of algae. Please explore the website to learn more or contact Andrea Kirkwood directly.
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LAB NEWS
20-09-23 Andrea Kirkwood interviewed by CBC News to provide context for a new study that links algal community change in Great Slave Lake to climate change. Here is the link to the web article and the research article.
22-08-23 Andrea Kirkwood interviewed by Global News about the Rouge National Urban Park Study The federal government has set-up an expert committee and review process to evaluate the impacts of urban development on former Greenbelt lands adjacent to RNUP. See video here.
14-08-23 Andrea Kirkwood awarded the University Research Excellence Chair in Urban Water The Research Excellence Chairs Program at Ontario Tech University recognizes and rewards the high-quality research and scholarly achievements of Ontario Tech faculty members. Learn more about the REC program here.
18-07-23 Andrea Kirkwood interviewed by Global News for segment on blue-green algae blooms in Peterborough. See story and video here.
10-04-23 Natural cells in coastal wetlands may be important sites of internal loading. As part of a Mitacs postdoctoral fellowship with the Kirkwood Lab and Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, Dr. Tyler Harrow-Lyle lead a second paper showing differences in water quality profiles between celled and non-celled wetlands.
18-03-23 Le lac Ontario, victime de son succès Andrea Kirkwood interviewed for this feature article on the health of Lake Ontario. You can read the article (en francais) here.
8-03-23 Andrea Kirkwood featured as a mentor for International Woman's Day. You can read the article here.
30-01-23 Dereliction of doodie: Ontario’s plans for York Region’s sewage could hurt Great Lakes — and U.S. relations. Andrea Kirkwood interviewed for this long-form article on the inter-basin transfer of sewage between York and Durham regions.
24-01-23 Seiches appear to play an important role in coastal wetland phosphorus loadings to Lake Ontario. As part of a Mitacs postdoctoral fellowship with the Kirkwood Lab and Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, Dr. Tyler Harrow-Lyle lead a paper showing the dynamic role of seiche events on phosphorus loadings to Lake Ontario.
6-01-23 First report of female gametangia in starry stonewort. Lab alumnus Dr. Tyler Harrow-Lyle with collaborator Dr. Brian Ginn from the Lake Simcoe Conservation Authority recently reported on this novel finding regarding the invasive species Nitellopsis obtusa in North America.
20-09-23 Andrea Kirkwood interviewed by CBC News to provide context for a new study that links algal community change in Great Slave Lake to climate change. Here is the link to the web article and the research article.
22-08-23 Andrea Kirkwood interviewed by Global News about the Rouge National Urban Park Study The federal government has set-up an expert committee and review process to evaluate the impacts of urban development on former Greenbelt lands adjacent to RNUP. See video here.
14-08-23 Andrea Kirkwood awarded the University Research Excellence Chair in Urban Water The Research Excellence Chairs Program at Ontario Tech University recognizes and rewards the high-quality research and scholarly achievements of Ontario Tech faculty members. Learn more about the REC program here.
18-07-23 Andrea Kirkwood interviewed by Global News for segment on blue-green algae blooms in Peterborough. See story and video here.
10-04-23 Natural cells in coastal wetlands may be important sites of internal loading. As part of a Mitacs postdoctoral fellowship with the Kirkwood Lab and Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, Dr. Tyler Harrow-Lyle lead a second paper showing differences in water quality profiles between celled and non-celled wetlands.
18-03-23 Le lac Ontario, victime de son succès Andrea Kirkwood interviewed for this feature article on the health of Lake Ontario. You can read the article (en francais) here.
8-03-23 Andrea Kirkwood featured as a mentor for International Woman's Day. You can read the article here.
30-01-23 Dereliction of doodie: Ontario’s plans for York Region’s sewage could hurt Great Lakes — and U.S. relations. Andrea Kirkwood interviewed for this long-form article on the inter-basin transfer of sewage between York and Durham regions.
24-01-23 Seiches appear to play an important role in coastal wetland phosphorus loadings to Lake Ontario. As part of a Mitacs postdoctoral fellowship with the Kirkwood Lab and Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, Dr. Tyler Harrow-Lyle lead a paper showing the dynamic role of seiche events on phosphorus loadings to Lake Ontario.
6-01-23 First report of female gametangia in starry stonewort. Lab alumnus Dr. Tyler Harrow-Lyle with collaborator Dr. Brian Ginn from the Lake Simcoe Conservation Authority recently reported on this novel finding regarding the invasive species Nitellopsis obtusa in North America.
The Kirkwood Lab at Ontario Tech University acknowledges the lands and people of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation. The lands we are situated on are covered under the Williams Treaties and are the traditional territory of the Mississauga, a branch of the great Anishinaabeg Nation, including Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi. These lands remain home to a number of Indigenous nations and people who have cared for Turtle Island, also known as North America, from before the arrival of settler peoples. We are thankful to be welcomed on these lands in friendship. Most importantly, we remember the history of poor treatment and a lack of friendship with the First Nations who call these lands home. This history is something we are all affected by as treaty people in Canada. Our past defines our present, but if we move forward as friends and allies, then it does not have to define our future.
