Pascale Champagne is Director of the Beaty Water Research Centre, as well as a  Professor at Queen's University in the Civil and Chemical Engineering departments. She is an innovative and collaborative researcher and an internationally-recognized authority in the development of alternate water and waste management technologies and sustainable environmental approaches with a focus on integrated bioresource management. Her diverse background spanning biology, green chemistry, and environmental and civil engineering supports her creative approach to developing solutions to environmental problems. Her work has important societal, economic and environmental implications, for which she has been recognized both nationally and internationally.