Associate Professor Adam Yates, Department of Geography and Environment, Faculty of Social Science, Western University, researches waterways, aquatic ecosystems, water quality, ecological health, and land-use impacts on rivers. His research focus is how actions on land affect river systems and how experimental stream science can guide watershed planning and management. A Western news profile highlights his leadership in developing the Thames River Experimental Stream Sciences centre to support controlled, landscape-scale research on contaminants and ecosystem indicators.