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1 Christopher C. Wellen, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Ecohydrology Research Group Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario EDUCATION University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Ph.D., Geography, July 2013 Dissertation: Quantifying Urban and Agricultural Nonpoint Source Total Phosphorus Fluxes Using Distributed Watershed Models and Bayesian Inference. Supervisor: George B. Arhonditsis McGill University, Montreal, Quebec M.Sc., Geographic Information Science, October 2008 B.Sc., Water Ecosystems and Environments, School of Environment, May 2005 APPOINTMENTS Postdoctoral Fellow, Ecohydrology Research Group, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, August present Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, August 2013 July 2015 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Geography, University of Toronto, September 2009 July 2013 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Geography, McGill University, September 2007 July 2009 RESEARCH SUPPORT Research Grants Completed Environment Canada A Potential Zooplankton Sampling Design and Power Analysis to Assess Temporal Variability of Zooplankton Near Nuclear Generating Stations in Ontario Role: Co-Investigator PI: Weito Zhang, University of Toronto Dates: 1/2013 through 3/2013 1/8

2 Award Amount: $25,000 CAD Research Grants Pending Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA): New Directions Enabling Multiscale Modeling of Water, Nutrient and Carbon Soil Dynamics in Agricultural Watersheds Role: Co-Applicant PI: Philippe Van Cappellen, University of Waterloo Dates: 5/2016 through 8/2019 Award Requested: $60,000 CAD Environment Canada: Lake Simcoe-Georgian Bay Clean Up Fund The fate and transport of chloride in urbanizing catchments of the Lake Simcoe/Southeastern Georgian Bay watersheds Role: Co-Investigator PI: Claire Oswald, Ryerson University Dates: 7/2015 through 3/2017 Award Requested: $212,106 CAD AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS Early Career Scientist Award: most notable paper in the Journal of Great Lakes Research, 2014, $750 CAD Ontario Graduate Scholarships, , $15,000 CAD Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology, 2009, $15,000 CAD Donald F. Putnam Graduate Scholarship, 2009, $4,000 CAD University of Toronto Fellowship, 2008, $15,000 CAD Environmental Systems Research Institute GIS Award, McGill University, 2008, $4,000 CAD PUBLICATIONS * Indicates supervised student. 15) Wellen, C.C., N.J. Shatilla, and S.K. Carey (2015) Regional scale selenium export associated with surface coal mining in the Elk Valley, British Columbia. Science of the Total Environment 531, doi: /j.scitotenv ) Long, T., D. Boyd, C.C. Wellen, G.B. Arhonditsis, M. Mohamed, and K. O'Connor (2015) Estimation of tributary total phosphorus loads to Hamilton Harbour, Ontario, Canada, using a series of empirically based regression equations. Accepted to the Journal of Great Lakes Research 41(3) April 8, /8

3 13) Wang, Y., L. Xue, C. C. Wellen, G. Liu (2015) Estimation of nutrient sources and transport using Spatially Referenced Regression Models: A case study in Songhuajiang River Basin, China. Accepted to Environmental Science and Pollution Research November 23, ) Wellen, C.C., A. Kamran-Disfani*, and G.B. Arhonditsis (2015) Evaluation of the current state of distributed nutrient watershed-water quality modelling. Environmental Science and Technology 49(6): ) Wellen, C.C., T. Long, D. Boyd, and G.B. Arhonditsis (2014) Quantifying the uncertainty of source attribution in distributed watershed models: A Bayesian assessment of SWAT s sediment export predictions. Journal of Hydrology 519: ) Long, T., D. Boyd, C.C. Wellen, and G.B. Arhonditsis (2014) Characterization of water quality dynamics in the urban and agricultural watersheds of Hamilton Harbour following an intensive two year event-based monitoring program in Hamilton and Burlington, Ontario, Canada. Journal of Great Lakes Research 40: ) Wellen, C.C., T. Long, D. Boyd, and G.B. Arhonditsis (2014) Accommodating environmental thresholds and extreme events in hydrological models: a Bayesian approach. Journal of Great Lakes Research 40, Supplement 3: ) Kim, D.K., W. Zhang, V. Hiriart-Baer, C.C. Wellen, T. Long, D. Boyd, G.B. Arhonditsis (2014) Towards the development of integrated modelling systems in aquatic biogeochemistry: a Bayesian approach. Journal of Great Lakes Research 40, Supplement 3: ) Wellen, C.C., G.B Arhonditsis, T. Labencki, and D. Boyd (2014) Application of the SPARROW model in watersheds with limited information: a Bayesian assessment of the model uncertainty and the value of additional monitoring. Hydrological Processes 28: ) Wellen, C.C., and R.E. Sieber (2013) Toward an inclusive semantic interoperability: the case of Cree hydrographic features. International Journal of Geographical Information Science 27(1): ) Wellen, C.C., G.B Arhonditsis, T. Labencki, and D. Boyd (2012) A Bayesian methodological framework for accommodating interannual variability of nutrient loading with the SPARROW model. Water Resources Research, vol. 48(10): W ) Sieber, R.E., and C. C. Wellen (2011) Reply to Shi: Geometry is not the sole source of spatial relations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108:E460. 3) Sieber, R.E., C.C. Wellen, and Y. Jin (2011) Spatial Cyberinfrastructures, Ontologies and the Humanities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108: ) Gudimov, A., M. Ramin, T. Labencki, C.C. Wellen, M. Shelar, Y. Shimoda, D. Boyd, and G.B. Arhonditsis (2011) Predicting the response of Hamilton Harbour to the nutrient loading reductions: A modeling analysis of the "ecological unknowns". Journal of Great Lakes Research 37(3): /8

4 1) Conway, T. and C.C. Wellen (2011) Not developed yet? Alternative ways to include locations without changes in land use change models. International Journal of Geographic Information Science 25 (10): SUBMITTED PUBLICATIONS PUBLICATIONS IN PREPARATION 5) Wellen, C.C., N.J. Shatilla, and S.K. Carey (2015) The effect of waste rock management on watershed scale geochemistry in watersheds impacted by surface coal mining. In preparation for submission to Environmental Science &Technology. 4) Wellen, C.C., and S.K. Carey (2015) Estimating mass fluxes from long term discontinuous water quality and discharge records using Bayesian networks. In preparation for submission to Water Resources Research. 3) Wellen, C.C., and C.J. Oswald (2015) Geochemical hydrograph separation reveals flow paths in urban watersheds. In preparation for submission to Hydrological Processes. 2) Oswald, C.J., S. Oni, and C.C. Wellen (2015) Estimates of chloride storage across a gradient of urbanization in Southern Ontario. In preparation for submission to Environmental Science &Technology. 1) Oswald, C.J., S. Oni, and C.C. Wellen (2015) A meta-analysis of chloride toxicity to invertebrates across stream conditions found in Southern Ontario: how applicable are the national guidelines? In preparation for submission to the Journal of Great Lakes Research. BOOK CHAPTERS 1) Sieber, R.E., and C.C. Wellen (2011) The role of geospatial technologies for integrating landscape in language: Geographic Information Systems and the Cree of Northern Quebec. In: Landscape in Language - Transdisciplinary Perspectives. Ed: Mark, D.M., Turk, A. G., Burenhult, N., and Stea, D. (Routlege, New York), pp PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Geophysical Union; Canadian Geophysical Union; International Association of Great Lakes Researchers. INVITED PRESENTATIONS, COLLOQUIA, AND SEMINARS 4/8

5 12) Wellen, C.C. and S.K. Carey (2014). Regional scale modelling of selenium loads in the Elk River Valley. Teck Coal Science Symposium. Vancouver, BC. April 10, ) Wellen, C.C. and G.B. Arhonditsis (2013) Quantifying nonpoint source phosphorus fluxes using distributed watershed models and Bayesian inference. Canadian Center for Inland Waters. June 13 th, 2013, Burlington, ON. 10) Wellen, C.C. and G.B. Arhonditsis (2013) Estimating sediment sources and export to Hamilton Harbour using the SWAT model. Hamilton Harbour Watershed Conference. April 11 th, 2013, Burlington, ON. 9) Wellen, C.C. and G.B. Arhonditsis (2013) Estimating sediment sources and export to Hamilton Harbour using the SWAT model. Bay Area Restoration Council. February 6 th, 2013, Burlington, ON. 8) Wellen, C.C. and G.B. Arhonditsis (2012) Estimating sediment sources and export to Hamilton Harbour using the SWAT model: a Bayesian approach Joint meeting of Hamilton Conservation and Halton Region Conservation. December 3, 2012, Burlington, ON. 7) Wellen, C.C. and G.B. Arhonditsis (2012) Estimating sediment sources and export to Hamilton Harbour using the SWAT model: a Bayesian approach Hamilton Harbour Technical Team Meeting. November 1, 2012, Burlington, ON. 6) Wellen, C.C. and G.B. Arhonditsis (2011) Estimating nonpoint source phosphorus contributions to Hamilton Harbour using the SPARROW model. Hamilton Harbour Technical Team Meeting. September 13 th, 2011, Burlington, ON. 5) Wellen, C.C. and G.B. Arhonditsis (2011) The effect of sampling strategies on load estimation. Hamilton Harbour Technical Team Meeting. March 30 th, 2011, Burlington, ON. 4) Wellen, C.C., G.B. (2010) Nonpoint nutrient loads to Hamilton Harbour: Our best estimates and plans for future work. Hamilton Harbour Watershed Workshop, Burlington, ON, March 31, ) Wellen, C.C. (2007) Cree Placenames Website. Wemindji General Assembly. August 29. 2) Wellen, C.C. (2006) An Introduction to Spatial Ontologies. GEOG 506, Advanced Geographic Information Science (GEOG 506), Department of Geography, McGill University, April 5 th, ) Wellen, C.C. (2005) An Introduction to Spatial Ontologies. Introduction to Geographic Information Science (GEOG 201), Department of Geography, McGill University, December 5 th, 2005 MEETING ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS 17) Oswald, C.J., S. Oni, C.C. Wellen, (2015) Estimates of Chloride Storage Across a Gradient of Urbanization in Watersheds in Southern Ontario, Canada. Joint Assembly, American 5/8

6 Geophysical Union (AGU), Geological Association of Canada (GAC), Mineralogical Association of Canada (MAC), Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU). May 6, 2015, Montreal, QC. 16) Wellen, C.C., S.K. Carey, and N. Shatilla, N. (2015) The Influence of Surface Coal Mining on Hydrology and Solute Transport in the Elk Valley, British Columbia, Canada. Joint Assembly, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Geological Association of Canada (GAC), Mineralogical Association of Canada (MAC), Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU). May 6, 2015, Montreal, QC. 15) Carey, S. K., C.C. Wellen, and N. Shatilla. (2014) An Analysis of the Influence of Surface Mining on the Hydrological and Geochemical Response of Streams in the Elk Valley, British Columbia, Canada. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting. December 19, 2014, San Francisco, CA. 14) Wellen, C.C. and C.J. Oswald (2014) A Comparison of the Hydrological Controls on Contaminant Export from Urban and Agricultural Watersheds Draining into Hamilton Harbour, Ontario. International Association of Great Lakes Researchers (IAGLR) 57 th Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research. May 27, 2014, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON. 13) Wellen, C.C. and G.B. Arhonditsis (2014) Evaluation of the current state of distributed water quality modelling. Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU) Annual Scientific Meeting. May 7, 2014, Banff, AB. 12) Wellen, C.C. and G.B. Arhonditsis (2013) On the (extreme) benefits of being a Bayesian watershed modeler: lessons learned in Hamilton Harbour. International Association of Great Lakes Researchers (IAGLR) 56 th Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research. June 4, 2013, Perdue University, West Lafayette, IN. 11) Wellen, C.C. and G.B. Arhonditsis (2012) Quantifying the Effects of Land use on Non- Point Source Phosphorus Delivery to Hamilton Harbour: a Bayesian Modelling Approach. 55th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research. May 14 th, 2012, Cornwall, ON. 10) Wellen, C.C. and G.B. Arhonditsis (2011). "Can watersheds with limited information serve as sentinels for global change?" Gordon - Kenan Research Seminar: Catchment Science. July 9 th, 2011, Bates College, Lewison, ME. 9) Wellen, C.C., T. Labencki, D. Boyd, and G.B. Arhonditsis (2010). "Non-Point-Source Impacts on Stream Nutrient Concentrations in the Hamilton Harbour Watershed." International Association for Great Lakes Research 53rd Annual Conference, Toronto, Ontario. May 17 21, ) Conway, T., and C.C. Wellen (2010). "Where will they pave first, or: How best to model urban growth: Presence/absence or presence only methods?" Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. April 16, ) Wellen, C.C. and R.E. Sieber (2009) Applying ontologies to GIS for cultural preservation. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, March 26. 6/8

7 6) Wellen, C.C. and R.E. Sieber (2008) Informing the Semantic Geospatial Web with Indigenous Peoples and Knowledge. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, April 16. 5) Wellen, C.C., and R.E. Sieber (2008) First Nations and Spatial Ontologies: An Emerging Research Area. Spatial Knowledge and Information Canada. February 15, ) Wellen, C.C. and R.E. Sieber (2007) Indigenous Spatial Ontology Application. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 17. 3) Wellen, C.C. (2007) Formalizing Cree Hydrography. Knowing the Geographic, Montreal, Qc, February 18, ) Sieber, R.E. and C.C. Wellen (2006) Participatory Indigenous Spatial Ontology. GIScience 2006, Munster, Germany, September 22. 1) Sieber, R.E. and C.C. Wellen (2006) Ontologies, Folksonomies, and the Cree. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, March STUDENT RESEARCH Undergraduate Students Ahmad-Reza Kamran-Disfani: June 2010 March 2012 Nelani Ratnalingham: June May 2011 Masters Students Greg Giberson: January current TEACHING Teaching Experience Undergraduate Courses Environmental and Resource Management (GGR 201) - Winter 2009, Teaching Assistant, University of Toronto. (3 credits; 100 enrolled) Physical Hydrology (GGR 315) - Winter 2012, Teaching Assistant, University of Toronto. (3 credits; 25 enrolled) Introduction to Geographic Information Science (GEOG 201) - Fall 2005, Fall 2006, Fall Course Development and Teaching Assistant, McGill University. (3 credits; 100 enrolled) Socio-economic Applications of GIS (GEOG 307) Winter 2006, Winter 2007, Winter Course Development and Teaching Assistant, McGill University (3 credits; 30 enrolled). Teaching Accomplishments Designed and delivered one assignment on the principles of cartography (GEOG 201, McGill University) 7/8

8 Designed and delivered one assignment on the principles of relational databases (GEOG 307, McGill University) SERVICE National/International Co-convener, International Association of Great Lakes Researchers 58 th Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research, Urban Ecohydrology in the Great Lakes Watershed, May 25 29, 2015, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT. Judge: Campbell Scientific Student Poster Award, D.M. Gray Student Paper/Presentation Award, American Geophysical Union/Canadian Geophysical Union Joint Assembly, May 3-7, 2015, Montreal, QC. Co-convener, American Geophysical Union/Canadian Geophysical Union Joint Assembly, Water, sediment and biogeochemical connectivity: does the occurrence of one imply the occurrence of another?, May 3-7, 2015, Montreal, QC. Co-convener, American Geophysical Union/Canadian Geophysical Union Joint Assembly, Urban Ecohydrology: Processes, Ecosystem Services, Models, and Management, May 3-7, 2015, Montreal, QC. Co-convener, International Association of Great Lakes Researchers 57 th Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research, Linking Watershed Processes to the Fate and Transport of Pollutants in Urban Waterways, May 26 30, 2014, McMaster University, Hamilton ON. Manuscript reviewer (number of times): Journal of Great Lakes Research (2), International Journal of Geographical Information Science (2), Science of the Total Environment (1), Ecological Modelling (1), Water Resources Research (2), Environmental Modelling and Software (1), Water (1), Journal of Hydrology (2) Provincial Member of Technical Advisory Committee for Ontario Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) s Multiple Watershed Nutrient Study (MWNS). EXTRACURRICULAR INTERESTS Cycling, Cooking, Hiking, Reading, Parenting 8/8

M.S.E. Johns Hopkins University, Applied MathematicsandStatistics,

M.S.E. Johns Hopkins University, Applied MathematicsandStatistics, PERSONAL DETAILS Name Email Qian Zhang qzhang@umces.edu RESEARCH INTERESTS Statistical analysis and synthesis of water-quality monitoring data to guide watershed management Improvement of statistical methods