Amanda Chiasson

Affiliation

Queen's University

Track

Biography

Amanda completed her Honours Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science at the University of Ottawa in 2023 and is currently pursuing her Masters of Environmental Studies at Queen's University. For her Master's thesis, she is studying the use of native halophyte grasses and their associated bacterial communities for the phytoremediation of saline soils and the mitigation of road salt application. She has received multiple provincial and national scholarships throughout her studies including an Ontario Graduate Scholarship and a Canadian Graduate Scholarship through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.