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Her research connects environmental data and modelling with urban water systems — how cities manage stormwater and adapt to a changing climate. A core thread is low impact development (LID) — bioretention, permeable pavements, and rainwater tree trenches — as green infrastructure for stormwater control and climate adaptation. Other work develops uncertainty quantification in hydrology, with fuzzy and entropy-based methods for spatial inputs and model-form uncertainty in infiltration. A parallel thread explores large language models and agentic workflows for reproducible, rapid stormwater analysis.
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The group studies how cities handle water under a changing climate. The work spans field monitoring, laboratory studies, and computational modelling, and brings environmental data into urban water and infrastructure decisions.
Climate adaptation and green infrastructure
Low impact development practices — bioretention cells, permeable pavements, and rainwater tree trenches — and how they reduce runoff and urban heat.
Bioretention, water quality, and monitoring
Nutrient leaching and metal removal in treatment media, with field monitoring and sensing of vegetated green infrastructure.
Hydrologic uncertainty and urban systems modelling
How uncertainty in spatial inputs affects runoff prediction, including fuzzy-entropy methods and reproducible stormwater modelling workflows.
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valeo@uvic.ca · (250) 721-8623
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