Geological Science and Engineering

Congratulations Ph.D. Candidate Kaj Sullivan, who is the recipient of the Miltacs Globalink Research Award. This award funds 12-24 weeks of research at overseas universities.

Kaj will be going to Imperial College London to conduct research. He explains he will “work on a project investigating whether a zinc isotopic effect accompanies a 20% decrease in zinc concentration observed in the serum of healthy humans in the several hours after consuming a meal. This work is important for determining whether a fasting period is required before sample collection in further studies investigating the distribution of zinc isotopes in human serum.”

Congratulations Kaj!

 Attention Ottawa Alumni - join us on Thursday May 30 from 6 - 9 pm at the Lieutenant’s Pump! Come celebrate, connect, and re-connect with Queen's GEOs!

RSVP to geolalum@queensu.ca

More great news from the Queen’s Tectonics Research Laboratory – Postdoctoral Research Scientist Dr. Renaud Soucy La Roche, PhD 2018, has received an award from the Canadian Tectonics Group Division of the Geological Association of Canada.

Renaud and co-authors Dr. Laurent Godin...

Congratulations to MSc graduate student Mark Ahenda on receiving a distinguished prize from the Geological Association of Canada (GAC).   

Mark is the recipient of the Jack Henderson Prize for Best MSc Thesis of 2018 for his thesis “Protolith affiliation and tectonometamorphic evolution of the Gurla Mandhata core complex, NW Nepal Himalaya” in Structural Geology and Tectonics. He will be presented this award at the upcoming GAC-MAC-IAH meeting in Quebec City on Monday, May 13, 2019.

Congratulations Mark!

Congratulations to PhD graduate student Callum Walter, BSc’16, on receiving a prestigious Student Research Grant awarded by the Society of Economic Geologists Foundation, Inc (SEGF SRG).

Callum is the recipient of the Hugo Dummett Mineral Discovery Fund Grant. This award is granted to those focused on mineralogy exploration and was presented to Callum based on his research on technological innovation in exploration!

Congratulations, Callum!