About Poseidon
We use cutting-edge data analytics to interpret water quality data.
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Meet the Team
Learn more about the people working behind the scenes of this platform.
Nandita B. Basu
FOUNDER | DATA AND PROJECTSDr. Nandita Basu is a Professor of Global Water Sustainability and Ecohydrology at the University of Waterloo (Canada). She is an Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Hydrology, Director of the Collaborative Water Program at the University of Waterloo, elected Member of the Royal Society College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists, and an Earth Leadership Fellow.
Kim Van Meter
FOUNDER | DATA AND PROJECTSDr. Kimberly (Kim) Van Meter is a water system scientist at PennState's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (USA) who studies the many ways in which human activity is affecting water quality and water availability across a range of different landscapes. Her work on the build-up of legacy nutrients in agricultural landscapes has been foundational to developing a new understanding of the long time trajectories needed to improve water quality.
Julie Mai
FOUNDER | WEBSITE AND MODELSDr. Juliane (Julie) Mai is a Research Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo (Canada). She is an Applied Mathematician by training and a computational hydrologist. Her main interest is the analysis and advancement of hydrologic models as well as their benchmarking. She is an Associate Editor of Water Resources Research and Journal of Hydrology, and the creator of platforms like CaSPAr and HydroHub.
History of Poseidon
It all started as a crazy idea while the three of us were at a beer garden in St. Jacobs close to Waterloo and we were discussing how cool it would be to have one home for all of our datasets and an easy way to showcase the latest datasets and research to others in an interactive and fun way. About two days later we had built a first version of this portal. It has been a very fun and creative journey to get here.