She holds the Canada Research Chair in Global Ecological Change and has continually worked to draw international attention to the complexity and chaotic behaviour of ecological systems. Madhur is also a poet, having published poetic works in The Malahat Review, Room, Grain, The New Quarterly and CV2. She has also been nominated for the Puschcart Prize (2007) and is co-editor of the anthology entitledRegreen: New Canadian Ecological Poetry (2009).