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Maria Strack is a professor and the Associate Chair of Graduate Studies at the University of Waterloo. She holds a Canada Research Chair and her research primarily investigates ecological interactions involving hydrology, biogeochemistry, and the soil properties of wetland ecosystems. Her specific focus includes the feedback mechanisms in wetlands related to climate change, assessing the controls over peatland greenhouse gas emissions in both natural and disturbed ecosystems. Strack collaborates on peatland restoration initiatives across Canada, particularly in areas previously impacted by horticultural peat extraction and oil-related construction. She is interested in evaluating conditions that support the resumption of carbon accumulation post-restoration. Additionally, Strack explores the impact of climate change on peatlands at an ecosystem scale, manipulating variables like temperature and water tables to monitor shifts in soil characteristics, vegetation, and gas emissions. Her methodological approach employs a variety of geophysical techniques to study spatial patterns of gas release and accumulation associated with soil and microbiological conditions.
University of Waterloo • Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Teaching and supervising graduate research in geography and environmental management, particularly related to wetland ecosystems.
Includes fields like Clinical, Cognitive, Developmental, and Industrial/Organizational Psychology.