Frederick Wrona

Dr. Wrona is a Professor, Svare Research Chair in Integrated Watershed Processes and a UNESCO Chairholder in MountainWater Sustainability. From 2016–20 he was the inaugural Chief Scientist and Assistant Deputy Minister of the Environmental Monitoring and Science Division for Alberta Environment and Protected Areas and from 2015-16 the Vice-President and Chief Scientist at the Alberta Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Agency. Previously, he had 20+ year career with Environment and Climate Change Canada, where he held multiple research, senior management and advisory roles, including serving as the Canadian Head Delegate to the Arctic Council, Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) and to the UNESCO International Hydrology Programme (IHP). His researchincludes assessing climate-related impacts in cold regions freshwater ecosystems, examining the effects of multiple stressors on the structure and function of aquatic food webs, and improving integrated catchment management approaches and practices.