Biology professor recognized with international honours

Congratulations to Biology Professor Karen Kidd on receiving the Founders Award from the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC).

The honour is the Society’s most prestigious global award and recognizes an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the development of science, including:

• Promoting the application of interdisciplinary environmental sciences in managing environmental stressors.
• Participating in scientific interpretation and communication of exposure to and effects of environmental stressors, ecological risk assessment and/or management, and solutions for global environmental problems.
• Providing forums for communication and interactions among professionals on a multi-sector, interdisciplinary, and multinational basis on environmental issues.
• Developing principles and practices for sustainable environments, considering appropriate ecological, economic, and social aspects.

An internationally renowned researcher in water pollution and its effects on fish and other aquatic life, Prof. Kidd is the Jarislowsky Chair in Environment and Health at McMaster University in the Department of Biology. The Karen Kidd Lab generates new knowledge on how diverse human activities affect the structure and function of freshwater and marine ecosystems.

The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry is a not-for-profit, worldwide professional organization composed of more than 16,000 individuals and 85 partner organizations in more than 90 countries dedicated to advancing environmental science and environmental management.

Prof. Kidd received the award during the Society’s European annual meeting earlier this month.