Jason Venkiteswaran
Associate Professor, Geography and Environmental Studies
jvenkiteswaran@wlu.ca
Waterloo, Ontario
Faculty of Science
Jason Venkiteswaran is an expert in Environmental Lakes Area ecosystems, impacts of climate change on nutrients in water bodies and nutrients in lakes, streams and rivers.
Areas of Expertise
- Climate Change and Sustainability
- Hydrology, Water Systems and Water Quality
Biography
I am a biogeochemist working on algal blooms and carbon in small lakes.
Our group makes small packages as part of our research.
My research is currently focused on the biogeochemical cycling of nutrients and related elements, and human and climate related disruptions of these cycles. For many years, I have conducted whole-ecosystem research at the world-renowned Experimental Lakes Area studying reservoir creation, ecosystem metabolism and eutrophication. To study the fate of biogeochemical elements, i often integrate stable isotope measurements with process based ecological models.