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Endowed Brace Professors

Professor Description
Susan J Gaskin

Susan J Gaskin | Endowed Brace Professor | Professor, Civil Engineering

Professor Gaskin specializes in environmental hydraulics and water resources within the Department of Civil Engineering. Her research focuses on environmental fluid mechanics, hydropower hydraulics, river engineering, and sustainable water management, with a particular interest in the effects of ambient turbulence, fluvial erosion, and water quality related to trace metals.

susan.gaskin [at] mcgill.ca

Zhiming Qi

Zhiming Qi | Endowed Brace Professor | Associate Professor, Bioresource Engineering

Dr. Zhiming Qi, with a Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering and Environmental Science from Iowa State University, specializes in hydrology, environmental science, and crop growth responses to engineering practices and climate change. His research combines field experimentation and computer modeling to assess soil and water quality, crop yields, and the impacts of climate change on irrigated and drained watersheds.

zhiming.qi [at] mcgill.ca

Viviane Yargeau

Prof. Viviane Yargeau | Brace Professor in Water Engineering | Professor, Chemical Engineering & Dean of the Faculty of Engineering

Prof. Yargeau’s research focuses on water quality and contaminant mitigation within the Department of Chemical Engineering. Her work integrates chemical and environmental engineering, analytical chemistry, microbiology, and ecotoxicology, with emphasis on advancing wastewater treatment, understanding contaminant fate, assessing transformation product toxicity, and applying wastewater‑based epidemiology for community monitoring.

viviane.yargeau [at] mcgill.ca

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