Bio

Dr. Campbell is a Senior Research Fellow at Saint Mary's University in Halifax. She moved to Halifax from a Canada Research Chair (Tier II) faculty position at Queen's University. Her research and teaching focus on contaminants in the environment and on sustainability / resilience issues, with particular emphasis on aquatic ecosystems and water resources. Dr. Campbell leads research projects focusing on environmental contaminants, especially mercury, arsenic, selenium and metals, in aquatic ecosystems. Projects have included impacted wetlands, invasive species, freshwater fish food webs, fish-eating birds migrating across nations, historical gold mine tailings, atmospheric deposition of mercury and biomagnification of contaminants in food webs using stable isotopes. In 2009, Dr. Campbell was selected as one of the national Top 40 under 40 awardees for her professional and service contributions. Dr. Campbell also is active with inclusive and accessibility initiatives, and her work with the "Bill 59 Community Advocacy Group" led to a 2017 Nova Scotia Human Rights Group Award. Dr. Campbell has had media appearances on CBC radio shows and has been interviewed by newspapers covering topics from Great Lakes to the importance of inclusiveness in science. In her personal time, she is highly involved with the Deaf community, including co-producing a documentary "Halifax Explosion: The Deaf Experience" which won the Canada's Best Deaf Film of 2017 at the Toronto International Deaf Film and Arts Festival. Currently, Dr. Campbell's research group at Saint Mary’s is examining environmental contaminants across the Nova Scotia and around the world. Currently, her team is investigating the ongoing impact of century-old abandoned historical gold mine sites on freshwater ecosystems in Nova Scotia.

Sub-specialties:

* Mercury, arsenic, selenium and metal transport and contaminants in the environment.
* Freshwater invasive species.
* Great Lakes.
* Coastal lakes.
* Historical gold mines from the global Gold Rush Era (1840s - 1920's) and their modern environmental and social legacies.
* Deaf inclusiveness and accessibility in Science, Technology & Engineering (STEM) fields.
* Accessibility for Deaf and Disabled professionals.

Find her on Twitter @lm_campbell.

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