Graduate Students
Ashley Abraham
M.Sc. Geology, Dr. Bob Linnen
Sujan Raj Adhikari
Ph.D. Geophysics, Dr. Sheri MolnarResearch Interests / Specializations: Seismic Hazards, seismic microzonation, 3D modelling
James Alexander
M.Sc. Geology - Dr. Neil BanerjeeResearch Interests / Specializations: Economic Geology
Gabriel Arcuri
Ph.D. Geology, Dr. Des MoserResearch Interests / Specializations: Geochronology
Russell Ashton
M.Sc. Geology, Dr. Bob LinnenResearch Interests / Specializations: Economic Geology / Ni-Cu-PGE Exploration
Mailyng Aviles
Ph.D. Geology, Dr. Burns CheadleResearch Interests / Specializations: The Second White Specks Formation of Colorado Group: Insight into Burial Changes and Thermal History
Tom Baechler
M.Sc Geology, Dr. Gordon OsinskiResearch Interests / Specializations: Economic geology - Ni-Cu-PGE exploration
Mahmoud Bagheri
Ph.D. Geophysics, Dr. Katsu Goda
Sara Belontz
Ph.D. Geology, Dr. Patricia CorcoranResearch Interests / Specializations: Microplastics
David Benn
M.Sc. Geology, Dr. Bob LinnenResearch Interests / Specializations: Economic Geology & Geochemistry
Meryem Berrada
Ph.D. Geophysics, Dr. Richard SeccoResearch Interests / Specializations: High-pressure and high-temperature geophysics
Ankit Bhandari
Ph.D. Geology, Dr. Dazhi JiangResearch Interests / Specializations: Structural Geology, Numerical modelling
Chris Boucher
M.Sc. Geophysics, Dr. Sheri MolnarResearch Interests / Specializations: Seismology & Seismic Hazards
Fengke Cao
Ph.D. Geology, PlnSci, Dr. Roberta FlemmingResearch Interests / Specializations: Martian meteorites; XRD; Raman
Xueke Chang
M.Sc. Geology, Dr. Dazhi JiangResearch Interests / Specializations: Structural Geology
Anna Chanou
Ph.D. Geology, PlnSci - Dr. Gordon Osinski & Dr. Richard GrieveResearch Interests / Specializations: Vitric clast-bearing breccia impactites: their intra- and inter- crater textural variability and geologic correlation
Neeraja Chinchalkar
Ph.D. Geology, PlnSci - Dr. Gordon OsinskiResearch Interests / Specializations: Impact Craters
David Clark
Ph.D. Geophysics, Dr. Paul Wiegert & Dr. Gordon OsinskiResearch Interests / Specializations: Computational and Observational Studies of Meteoroid Streams
Anthony Dicecca
M.Sc. Geology, Dr. Catherine Neish
Abd-Erraouf Djirar
M.Sc. Geophysics, Dr. Sean ShiehResearch Interests / Specializations: Mineral Physics
Elisa Dong
M.Sc. Geophysics, PlnSci - Dr. Katsu GodaResearch Interests / Specializations: Earthquake Modelling
Jessica Flynn
Ph.D. Geology, Dr. Burns CheadleResearch Interests / Specializations: Burial and Thermal History Modeling of the Upper Cretaceous Colorado Group, Western Canada Sedimentary Basin Foredeep through Back-Bulge Transect
Meredith Fyfe
M.Sc. Geophysics, Dr. Sheri MolnarResearch Interests / Specializations: Seismic Hazards
Slavena Galic
Ph.D. Geology, Dr. Guy PlintResearch Interests / Specializations: Sedimentology, Stratigraphy
Song Gao
Ph.D. Geology, Dr. Roberta Flemming
Nicolas Garroni
Ph.D. Geology, PlnSci - Dr. Gordon OsinskiResearch Interests / Specializations: Impact crater geology
Colton Geil
M.Sc. Geology, Dr. Elizabeth Webb
Zohreh Ghorbani
Ph.D. Geology, Dr. Neil BanerjeeResearch Interests / Specializations: Geochemistry
Natalia Gomez
M.Sc. Geophysics, Dr. Sheri Molnar
Ana Gonzalez Flores
Ph.D. Geology, Dr. Jisuo Jin & Dr. Gordon OsinskiResearch Interests / Specializations: Astrobiology and the origins of life
Jasleen Gosal
M.Sc. Geophysics, Dr. Katsu Goda
Jamie Graff
Ph.D. Geology, PlnSci - Dr. Gordon OsinskiResearch Interests / Specializations: Planetary Geology
Povilas Grigutis
M.Sc. Geology, Dr. Robert Linnen & Dr. Peter LightfootResearch Interests / Specializations: High-grade sulfide mineralization and the variation of high tenor Ni ore in the D3 ore body of Thompson Mine, Manitoba
Minger Guo
Ph.D. Geology, Dr. Liz WebbResearch Interests / Specializations: Geochemistry
Jonathan Hey
Ph.D. Geology, Dr. Norm Duke & Dr. Desmond MoserResearch Interests / Specializations: A metallogenic study of high grade iron ores on North Baffin Island in the Facies domain south of the Central Borden Fault Zone
Shannon Hibbard
Ph.D. Geology, PlnSci - Dr. Gordon OsinskiResearch Interests / Specializations: Periglacial/Glacial Geomorphology, Earth-Mars Analogs, Geochemistry
Tim Howe
Ph.D. Geology, Dr. Patricia Corcoran & Dr. Gordon OsinskiResearch Interests / Specializations: Stable isotopes of sulfur in pyrite and trace element geochemistry as they pertain to the Sudbury Igneous Complex and host rock
Charles Hulls
M.Sc. Geophysics, Dr. Robert ShcherbakovAdrienne Iannicca
M.Sc. Geology Coursebased, Dr. Nigel BlameyJuan Jaimes Bermudez
M.Sc. Geology, Dr. Gordon Osinski
Alireza Javanbakht
Ph.D. Geophysics, Dr. Sheri MolnarResearch Interests / Specializations: Seismic Hazards / Liquefaction
Magdalena Kapron
M.Sc. Geophysics, Dr. Sheri Molnar
Stephanie Kobylinski
M.Sc. Geology, Dr. Bob LinnenResearch Interests / Specializations: Economic Geology / Gold
Emilie Landry
M.Sc. Geology, Dr. Des Moser
Josh Laughton
Ph.D. Geology, Dr. Gordon OsinskiResearch Interests / Specializations: Precambrian geology of Devon Island, Nunavut
Eric Lenhart
M.Sc. Geophysics, Dr. Rick SeccoResearch Interests / Specializations: Geophysics / Interior of Planets
Joshua Littleton
Ph.D. Geophysics, Dr. Richard SeccoResearch Interests / Specializations: High-Pressure Mineral Physics
Karina Martinez
M.Sc. Geophysics - Dr. Katsu GodaResearch Interests / Specializations: Tsunami Modelling
Jie Mei
M.Sc. Geology Coursebased, Dr. Elizabeth Webb
Payam Momeni
Ph.D. Geophysics, Dr. Katsu GodaResearch Interests / Specializations: Earthquake Hazard Analysis
Fereshteh Najafi
Ph.D. Geology, Dr. Fred LongstaffeResearch Interests / Specializations: Stable Isotope Geochemistry
Negar Nazari
Ph.D. Geology, Dr. Burns Cheadle & Dr. Robert ShcherbakovResearch Interests / Specializations: Induced Seismicity
Alex Orole
M.Sc. Geophysics, Dr. Rick Secco
Samantha Palmer
Ph.D. Geophysics, Dr. Gail AtkinsonResearch Interests / Specializations: Seismic Hazards
Rhys Paterson
M.Sc. Geology, Dr. Jisuo JinResearch Interests / Specializations: Economic Geology / Stratigraphy
Stephen Pillar
M.Sc. Geology, Dr. Roberta Flemming & Dr. Nigel BlameyResearch Interests / Specializations: Geochemistry of Fluid Inclusions
Nikol Posnov
M.Sc. Geology, PlnSci - Dr. Gordon Osinski & Dr. Roberta FlemmingResearch Interests / Specializations: Molecular Geobiology
Vidhya Ganesh Rangarajan
Ph.D. Geology, PlnSci - Dr. Livio Tornabene & Dr. Gordon OsinskiResearch Interests / Specializations: Planetary Geology, Planetary Surface Processes
Philip Reger
Ph.D. Geology, PlnSci -Dr. Audrey BouvierResearch Interests / Specializations: Cosmochemistry / Planetary Science
Ricardo Rodriguez
Ph.D. Geophysics, Dr. Sean Shieh
Curtis Russell
M.Sc. Geology, Dr. Fred LongstaffeResearch Interests / Specializations: Isotope Geochemistry
Catheryn Ryan
Ph.D. Geology - Dr. Roberta FlemmingResearch Interests / Specializations: Planetary Geology, Astrobiology
Leah Sacks
Ph.D. Geology, PlnSci - Dr. Catherine NeishResearch Interests / Specializations: Planetary Geology, Impact Craters, Comparative Planetology
Ryan Sawyer
Ph.D. Geophysics & Planetary Science, Dr. Rick Secco & Dr. Wayne NesbittResearch Interests / Specializations: The Effects of Composition, Pressure and Temperature on the Structure of Alkali Silicate Glasses
Randi Sayer
M.Sc. Geology, Dr. Rob Schincariol
Mohammadamin Sedghizadeh
M.Sc. Geophysics, Dr. Robert ShcherbakovResearch Interests / Specializations: Statistical Analysis of Seismicity to Predict Earthquake Occurrence
Jahnavi Shah
Ph.D. Geophysics, PlnSci - Dr. Catherine NeishResearch Interests / Specializations: Planetary Surface Processes, Planetary Analogues
Aamna Sirohey
M.Sc. Geophysics, Dr. Sheri MolnarLauren Stone
M.Sc. Geology, Dr. Gordon Osinski
Ting Sun
Ph.D. Geology, Dr. Brian BranfireunResearch Interests / Specializations: Climate change effects on mercury in wetlands
Ashka Thaker
M.Sc. Geology, Dr. Catherine Neish
James Thayer
Ph.D. Geology, Dr. Fred LongstaffeResearch Interests / Specializations: Landscape response to post-glacial climate change
Gavin Tolometti
Ph.D. Geology, PlnSci - Dr. Catherine Neish & Dr. Gordon OsinskiResearch Interests / Specializations: Planetary Volcanism
John Mackenzie Valliant
M.Sc. Geology Coursebased, Dr. Neil Banerjee
Mauritz Van Zyl
Ph.D. Geophysics, Dr. Sean ShiehResearch Interests / Specializations: Mineral Physics, Diamond Anvil
Alexander Vanderhoeff
M.Sc. Geophysics, Dr. Sheri Molnar
Brian Villamizar
Ph.D. Geophysics, Dr. Gerhard PrattResearch Interests / Specializations: Full Waveform Inversion
Jacob Walker
Ph.D. Geology, Dr. Fred LongstaffeResearch Interests / Specializations: Stable Isotope Geochemistry
Ching Pao Wang
Ph.D. Geophysics, Dr. Sean Shieh & Dr. Tony WithersResearch Interests / Specializations: Mineral Physics
Yusong Yang
M.Sc. Geophysics, Dr. Katsu GodaMing Yang
M.Sc. Geology Coursebased, Dr. Elizabeth Webb
Xiaochen Zhang
M.Sc. Geology, PlnSci - Dr. Gordon OsinskiResearch Interests / Specializations: Lunar Geology
