Monireh Faramarzi, University of Alberta

Research

Blue, green, fossil, renewable water resources modelling Calibration and uncertainty analysis Climate change impact assessment Evapotranspiration and crop growth modelling Physical process-based eco-hydrologic modelling Regional water resources modelling and management Virtual water trade Water and food security

Latest papers

Effects of soil moisture and winter hydrologic processes on soil phosphorous accumulation and loss in canola croplands of cold-region watersheds.
The Science of the total environment · 2026 · senior author
Response of glacier modelling parameters to time, space, and model complexity: Examples from eastern slopes of Canadian Rocky Mountains.
The Science of the total environment · 2023 · senior author
Investigating hydrological transport pathways of dissolved organic carbon in cold region watershed based on a watershed biogeochemical model.
Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2023

All 9 publications

Latest funding

Monitoring and modelling water quality under ice affected conditions in rivers
NSERC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$838,400
Environmentally informed virtual water trade: a framework to assess water-food-energy nexus at the regional scale
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$336,000
Environmentally informed virtual water trade: a framework to assess water-food-energy nexus at the regional scale
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$12,500

All 4 grants and awards

9 publications.

01

Effects of soil moisture and winter hydrologic processes on soil phosphorous accumulation and loss in canola croplands of cold-region watersheds.

Huang Y, Qi J, Mezbahuddin S, Dyck M, MacKenzie D, Faramarzi M

The Science of the total environment2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.181051 PMID: 41364995

02

Response of glacier modelling parameters to time, space, and model complexity: Examples from eastern slopes of Canadian Rocky Mountains.

Silwal G, Ammar ME, Thapa A, Bonsal B, Faramarzi M

The Science of the total environment2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162156 PMID: 36773922

03

Investigating hydrological transport pathways of dissolved organic carbon in cold region watershed based on a watershed biogeochemical model.

Du X, Faramarzi M, Qi J, Lei Q, Liu H

Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121390 PMID: 36870596

04

A numerical modeling framework for simulating the key in-stream fate processes of PAH decay in Muskeg River Watershed, Alberta, Canada.

Han Y, Du X, Farjad B, Goss G, Gupta A, Faramarzi M

The Science of the total environment2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157246 PMID: 35908714

05

Non-stationary response of rain-fed spring wheat yield to future climate change in northern latitudes.

Khalili P, Masud B, Qian B, Mezbahuddin S, Dyck M, Faramarzi M

The Science of the total environment2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145474 PMID: 33770871

06

Hydro-climate and biogeochemical processes control watershed organic carbon inflows: Development of an in-stream organic carbon module coupled with a process-based hydrologic model.

Du X, Loiselle D, Alessi DS, Faramarzi M

The Science of the total environment2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137281 PMID: 32092512

07

Assessing the provision of carbon-related ecosystem services across a range of temperate grassland systems in western Canada.

Iravani M, White SR, Farr DR, Habib TJ, Kariyeva J, Faramarzi M

The Science of the total environment2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.083 PMID: 31103894

08

Global implications of regional grain production through virtual water trade.

Masud MB, Wada Y, Goss G, Faramarzi M

The Science of the total environment2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.392 PMID: 31096411

09

Modeling future water footprint of barley production in Alberta, Canada: Implications for water use and yields to 2064.

Masud MB, McAllister T, Cordeiro MRC, Faramarzi M

The Science of the total environment2018Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.004 PMID: 29112843

Monitoring and modelling water quality under ice affected conditions in rivers

Co-investigatorNSERC2021Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Zhang, Wenming W

Keywords: guideline for canadian rivers; hydrodynamics; ice-affected river water quality; impact of anthropogenic activities; impact of climate change; monitoring and modelling; novel model development; pollutant transport, mixing and fate; river ice processes; river management in cold regions

$838,400

Environmentally informed virtual water trade: a framework to assess water-food-energy nexus at the regional scale

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Faramarzi, Monireh

Keywords: regional water resources modelling and management; blue, green, fossil, renewable water resources modelling; physical process-based eco-hydrologic modelling; water-food-energy nexus; water and food security; evapotranspiration and crop growth modelling; virtual water trade; water footprint; climate change impact assessment; calibration and uncertainty analysis

$336,000

Environmentally informed virtual water trade: a framework to assess water-food-energy nexus at the regional scale

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Faramarzi, Monireh

$12,500

Assessment of future water endowments: establishing a robust foundation to study regional water, food, energy, and environment dynamics

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Faramarzi, Monireh

$25,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Biological Sciences
Renewable Resources

Co-authors at University of Alberta, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Greg Goss

Biological Sciences

2 shared papers, latest 2022

Miles Dyck

Renewable Resources

2 shared papers, latest 2026

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Blue, green, fossil, renewable water resources modelling Dear Professor Faramarzi, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Effects of soil moisture and winter hydrologic processes on soil phosphorous accumulation and loss in canola croplands of cold-region watersheds." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Environmentally informed virtual water trade: a framework to assess water-food-energy nexus at the regional scale" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]