PH.D. STUDENTS

Michael Babechuk
B.Sc. Hons., (Windsor), M.Sc. (Laurentian), The behaviour of transition metals during basaltic weathering - a temporal perspective [Kamber]
Email: mg_babechuk@laurentian.ca

Geoffrey Baldwin
B.Sc. Hons. (Acadia), M.Sc. (Laurentian), Stratigraphy and Geochemistry of the Rapitan iron formation [Turner / Kamber]
Email: gj_baldwin@laurentian.ca

Fabio Cafagna
B.Sc., M.Sc. (Torino), Experimental and analytical studies of S and PGEs in silicate glasses and minerals. [Jugo / McDonald]
Email: fx_cafagna@laurentian.ca

Taus Jørgensen
B.Sc., M.Sc. (Copenhagen), Evolution of the Sudbury Igneous Complex Contact Metamorphic Aureole and Controls on Anatexis. [Tinkham / Lesher] - funded by CEMI
Email: tx_joergensen@laurentian.ca

Katherine Hahn
B.Sc. Hons (Ottawa), M.Sc. (Carleton), Origin of km-scale carbonate mounds in basinal strata of the Mesoproterozoic Borden Basin, Nunavut [Turner]
Email: kx_hahn@laurentian.ca

John Hechler
B.Sc. Hons (Ottawa), M.Sc. (Laurentian), Biogeochemical weathering of acid generating tailings - Canadian and Russian examples. [Spiers / Schindler / Caron / Burnham]
Email: john.hechler@ontario.ca  

Michal Kolaj 
Mapping laterally varying conductivity [Smith] - Sponsored by NSERC-IRC, Vale, Xstrata, QuadraFNX, Wallbridge
Email: mx_kolaj@laurentian.ca

Robert Lodge 
B.Sc. ENVS (Acadia), B.Sc. (Hons) Geology (Acadia), M.Sc. (Western Ontario), Volcanology and VMS-Metallogeny of the Shebandowan Greenstone Belt, Northwestern Ontario [Gibson / Lesher / Stott (OGS)] - Supported by the OGS Mapping School Program; NSERC-CGS Award 2010-2012, SEG Student Research Grant 2010
Email: rx_lodge@laurentian.ca

Caroline Mealin
B.Sc. (Hons) M.Sc. (Waterloo), Geology, Geochemistry, and Petrogenesis of the Booth River Intrusive Complex, Nunavut [Lesher / Bedard (GSC)] - Supported by the GSC and NSERC (2009-2013 NSERC PGS-D Scholarship awardee)
Email: cx_mealin@laurentian.ca

Joshua Mukwakwami 
B.Sc., M.Phil. (Zimbabwe), Deformation and Mobilization of Ni-Cu-PGE Mineralization in the Garson Mine, Sudbury, Ontario [Lesher / Lafrance]
Email: jmukwakwami@laurentian.ca

Oladele Olaniyan
B.Sc. Geology (UNAD, Nigeria), M.Sc. Geoinformatics (ITC, Netherlands), Qualitative and quantitative geophysical investigation of Sudbury structure. (Smith/ Morris)- Sponsored by NSERC-IRC, Vale, Xstrata, QuadraFNX, Wallbridge
Email: ox_olaniyan@laurentian.ca

Joe Petrus 
B.Sc. (Hons) Physics (Waterloo), M.Sc. Physics (Queen's), Mineralogical, chemical and isotopic evolution in impact bombarded rocks and minerals. [Kamber] - Supported by NSERC (CGS-D Scholarship) 
Email: jx_petrus@laurentian.ca  

Kirk Ross
B.Sc., M.Sc. (Lakehead), Crystallographic Constraints on Rare Earth Element Patterns Observed in Mantle Xenoliths
Email: kross@laurentian.ca  

Kate Rubingh
B.Sc., M.Sc. (Queen's), Structural, metamorphic, and geochronological evolution of the Fox Fold Belt with emphasis on gelogical controls on gold mineralization. [Lafrance]
Email: kx_rubingh@laurentian.ca

Craig Stewart
B.Sc. Hons, MSc Applied Science (Saint Mary’s University) Assessment and characterization of alteration in the footwall and granophyre of the Sudbury Igneous Complex [Kontak]
Email: RX1_Stewart@laurentian.ca  

M.SC. STUDENTS

Michael Burns 
B.Sc. The role of fluids in the evolution of the Little Nahanni LCT-type pegmatite swarm, NWT. [Kontak] 
Email: mg_burns@laurentian.ca

Lindsay Bygnes
B.Sc. (Brock), A comparative study of mineralized and unmineralized breccias along the Whistle offset dyke in the North Range of the Sudbury impact structure. [Lafrance / McDonald]
Email: lx_bygnes@laurentian.ca

Jennie Byron
B.Sc. (Acadia), GIS Dipl. (COGS), GoCad reconstruction of the Flin Flon-Callinan-777 deposits [Gibson / Lafrance / Schetselaar] 
Email: jbyron@laurentian.ca

Eilidh Cole
B.Sc. Hons. (Glasgow), Volcanic reconstruction of the Schist-Mandy deposit, Flin Flon, Manitoba [Gibson / Piercey]
Email: ex_cole@laurentian.ca

Jennifer Durocher 
B.Sc. Hons. (Laurentian), Understanding the distribution and concentration of uranium in mineral phases of the athabasca basin using synchrotron radiation [Schindler / Fayek (CRC-Isotop & Environmental Geochemistry, University of Manitoba)] - Funded by Cameco
Email: jl_durocher@laurentian.ca

Beth Fischer
B.Sc. Hons. (Carleton), Controls on base-metal mineralization in the Early Cambrian Sekwi Formation, Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories [Turner]
Email: bj_fischer@laurentian.ca

Craig Fitchett 
B.Sc. Hons. (Laurentian), Metamorphic phase equilibria of hydrothermally altered rocks, Noranda district, Abitibi Subprovince [Tinkham / Gibson]
Email: ci_fitchett@laurentian.ca

Rachel Gammel
B.Sc. Hons. (Saskatchewan), Mineralogy and geochemistry of As-Rich Ni-Cu-(PGE) mineralization at the Garson Mine, Sudbury, Ontario (sponsored by Vale Inco and NSERC)
Email: rr_gammel@laurentian.ca  

Ladan Karimi Sharif
The radio imaging method and its application to the Sudbury area - sponsored by NSERC-IRC, Vale, Xstrata, QuadraFNX, Wallbridge
Email: LKarimiSharif@laurentian.ca

David Lewis
B.Sc. (Saskatchewan), Structural Investigations of Millrock Hill and the Hinge Zone of the Beaver Road Anticline, Creighton, Saskatchewan [Lafrance / Gibson / MacLachlan]
Email: dt_lewis@laurentian.ca

Joshua Lymburner 
A deep electromagnetic exploration tool [Smith] - Sponsored by NSERC-IRC, Vale, Xstrata, QuadraFNX, Wallbridge
Email: jx_lymburner@laurentian.ca

Peter MacDonald
B.Sc. Hons. (Western), Petrology, Setting, and Timing of Gold-Associated Porphyries in the Timmins Area, Canada [Piercey]

Jordan Mathieu
B.Sc. (Laurentian), Stratigraphy of the late Proterozoic Escape Rapids Fm., Shaler Supergroup, Arctic Canada [Turner / Long]
Email: jy_mathieu@laurentian.ca

Galen McNamara
B.Sc. (Laurentian), Pb isotopic variations in the Sudbury Igneous Complex [Kamber]
Email: gx_mcnamara@laurentian.ca

Nathalie M. Mantha
B.Sc. (Laurentian) Interaction between atmospheric components and mineral surfaces on rocks of the Greater Sudbury area. [Schindler]
Email: nm_mantha@laurentian.ca

Marilyn Moll 
B.Eng. (Colorado School of Mines), Volcanic architecture and 3D hydrothermal alteration model for the Wolverine volcanogenic massive sulphide deposit, Yukon [Piercey / Gibson] 
Email: me_moll@laurentian.ca

Edward Nelles
B.Sc. (British Columbia), Genesis of transitional Cu-PGE-rich footwall mineralization in the Levack deposit, Sudbury [Lesher] Supported by Quadra-FNX, NSERC (NSERC Industrial Postgraduate Scholarship), and SEG Canada (SEG Canada Foundation Fellowship)
Email: ew_nelles@laurentian.ca 

Sean O'Hare
B.Sc. Hons (Lakehead), Stratigraphy and evolution of the Paleozoic Misty Creek Embayment, NWT [Turner / Kamber]
Email: sp_ohare@laurentian.ca

Devon Parry 
Comparing different instruments for taking physical property measurements [Smith] - Sponsored by NSERC-IRC, Vale, Xstrata, QuadraFNX, Wallbridge
Email: dx_parry@laurentian.ca

Sonia Préfontaine 
B.Sc. Hons. (Ottawa), Alteration and mineralization study of the Potter Mine, Munroe Township, Abitibi Greenstone Belt [Gibson] 
Email: sx_prefontaine@laurentian.ca

Lindsay Richan 
B.Sc. (Regina), The architecture of komatiitic volcanics of the Prince Albert Group, Nunavut [Gibson / Houlé] 
Email: lx_richan@laurentian.ca

Dana Willson
B.Sc. Hons. (Laurentian),Vertical Speciation and Distribution of Arsenic in the Sudbury Smelters Footprint [Spiers]       
Email: dg_willson@laurentian.ca

Stephen Zubowski
B.Sc. Hons. (Toronto), The Origin of Fluids within Deep Discharge Conduits of the Archean Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide (VMS) Mine Seqence, Noranda, Quebec: insights from Microthermometric, Stable isotope and Cathodoluminescence analyses [Gibson / McDonald]
Email: sx_zubowski@laurentian.ca