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Amirsalari, Faranak MES Candidate Department of Geography & Environmental Management Phone: (519)888-4567, ext. 33551 E-mail: famirsal@uwaterloo.ca   Research Interests    • Urban remote sensing    • GIS and RS applications in the environment    • Urbanization and water quality degradation   Education    • 2005 - present Masters in Environmental Studies, Department of Geography, University of Waterloo    • 2003 BSc.,Environmental Sciences Major (Honors), York University, Toronto, Ontario    • 2003 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing Certificate York University, Toronto, Ontario   Work Experience    • Research Assistant-Canada's Centre for Inland Waters (CCIW) Environment Canada, Burlington, Ontario(April 2007- Present)    • Team Leader-Software Services, Terrestrial Survey Division Optech Inc.,Toronto,Ontario(July 2004-Jan 2007)    • Forest Planning Research Assistant- Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES) York University, Toronto, Ontario(Feb 2003-Aug 2004)   Publications    • Amirsalari, F. and Li, J. "Impact of Chloride Concentrations on Surface Water Quality of Urban Watersheds Using Landsat Imagery"      Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Environmental Informatics(Bangkok, Thanland, 21-23 Nov. 2007) in Press   Awards and Scholarships   • Ontario Graduate Scholarships in Science and Technology (OGSST)