Scott Unger

Science and Technology Liaison Officer - Information integration and transfer

Canada Centre for Inland Waters (Burlington, ON)

CURRENT S&T / RESEARCH - Working with Environment Canada scientists to communicate the science being done within the department to target audiences through print media and the web

• Strategic development and project management for delivery of science information to professional science users
• Project lead for Environmental Science Experts profile system; worked with programmers to create powerful search tools for these profiles
• Coordinating, proofreading, organizing and uploading of all Environmental Science Expert profiles
• Write and edit content for Environmental Science News providing current, up-to-date information on Environment Canada's Science
• Contributing author to Science and Technology Into Action to Benefit Canadians

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES / INTERESTS

Participated and assisted organizers of Environment Canada's Science and Technology Branch Science Forum in Toronto, 2007; Ontario organization committee member 2009

Part of a team responsible for an ongoing project to renew and revitalize Science and Technology content on Environment Canada's website and the National Water Research Institute website

KEY PUBLICATIONS

Unger, S. 2010. Environment Canada's National Environmental Specimen Banks: Following a Chemical Trail from the Past. Environment Canada Science and Technology Research Impact Study Series: S&T into Action to Benefit Canadians. ISBN 978-1-100-16269-0.

Unger, S. 2010. State-of-the-art facility for aquatic science opens in Burlington. rECent S&T, Environment Canada's Science & Technology website.

Unger, S. 2009. Learning more about the North - the Canadian Cryosphere. rECent S&T, Environment Canada's Science & Technology website.

Unger, S. 2008. Microbial Source Tracking: New forensic approaches to identify sources of fecal pollution. Environment Canada Science and Technology Research Impact Study Series: S&T into Action to Benefit Canadians. ISBN 978-1-100-11301-2.

Unger, S. 2008. An Emerging Threat to Canadian Water Resources - Rock Snot? Canadian Water Resources Association - Water News. 27(2):19-20.

Unger, S. 2007. Emerging Threats - Pharmaceuticals Polluting Lakes and Rivers. Environment Canada Science and Technology online - S&T Leaders section.

Steele, M., S. Unger and J. Odumeru. 2003. Sensitivity of PCR detection of Cyclospora cayetanensis in raspberries, basil and mesclun lettuce. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 54(2):277-280.

Steele, M., S. Unger and J. Odumeru. 2002. Optimization of PCR Sample Preparation for Detection of Cyclospora cayetanensis in Raspberries. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists. June 16 to 19, 2002. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Amp7.