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Mary Kang

Title: 
Associate Professor
Academic title(s): 

P.Eng., Ph.D.

Mary Kang
Contact Information
Phone: 
514-398-8305
Fax number: 
514-398-7361
Email address: 
mary.kang [at] mcgill.ca
Biography: 

Professor Kang’s main research areas are greenhouse gas emissions, groundwater hydrology, and environmental impacts of energy systems. Her current projects involve field measurements of methane and air pollutant emissions from oil and gas and urban systems and geospatial and statistical data analysis of emissions and energy infrastructure. 

Link(s): 
Degree(s): 

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Stanford University
Ph.D., Princeton University
Policy Certificate, Princeton University
B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., University of Waterloo

Areas of expertise: 
  • Methane emissions
  • Oil and gas development
  • Energy transition 
  • Groundwater hydrology
  • Multi-phase flow through porous media
  • Environmental engineering
  • Environmental policy
Courses: 
  • CIVE 520 Groundwater Hydrology 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • CIVE 323 Hydrology and Water Resources 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

  • CIVE 561 Greenhouse Gas Emissions 3 Credits
      Offered in the:
    • Fall
    • Winter
    • Summer

Position: 
Associate Professor
Office: 
817 Sherbrooke Street West, Rm: 475D
Research areas: 
Environmental Engineering
TISED
Brace Water Centre
Awards, honours, and fellowships: 
  • Humboldt Research Fellowship, 2024-2025
  • Christophe Pierre Award for Research Excellence (Early Career), 2022
  • United States Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA/NIFA) Post-doctoral Fellowship, 2016-2017
  • Rising Environmental Leaders Program, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, 2015
  • American Geophysical Union Outstanding Student Paper Award, 2013
  • Perkin’s Fellowship, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, 2012-2014
  • Princeton Energy and Climate Scholarship, Princeton Environmental Institute, 2011-2013
  • National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postgraduate Doctorate Scholarship, 2010-2013
  • Nonlinearities and Upscaling in Porous Media Conference Travel Award, 2013
  • Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics Student Travel Award, 2013
  • Princeton University Civil and Environmental Engineering Travel Award, 2011, 2013
  • National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postgraduate Scholarship, 2005-2006
  • University of Waterloo President’s Graduate Scholarship, 2005-2006
  • University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering Upper Year Scholarship, 2001-2002
  • Korean Canadian Scholarship Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship, 2001-2002
Selected publications: 

Professional activities: 
  • American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • European Geosciences Union (EGU) 
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