On Thursday, March 4th, Dr. Kärt Paiste, Postdoctoral fellow at Washington University in St. Louis, will be giving a talk for the Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering.
Dr. Paiste will be presenting on: "Deep time sulfur isotope records - lessons from the ca. 2.0 Ga Onega Basin, NW Russia"
Date: Thursday, March 4, 2021
Time: 1:00 pm EST
Zoom link: Email dumondl@queensu.ca for the Zoom link
Congratulations to Dr. Mark Diederichs on receiving the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science (FEAS) Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Supervision
Dr. Diederichs is receiving this award for his commitment to graduate student education. He was nominated by current and past graduate students, which included accounts of his outstanding mentorship. The appreciation that many of his past students have for his extraordinary support to their academic and professional development clearly demonstrates a commitment to their success.
Dr. Diederichs will be awarded this prestigious Award for Excellence...
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Dr. Heather Jamieson will be appearing on the CBC afternoon show today, between 4 - 4:30pm EST, to discuss Antimony with the host, Allen Neal, on the ongoing segment "Element of Surprise".
Listen live this afternoon from the CBC website.
Update: The segment is now live on the CBC website. Listen to Dr. Jamieson speak about Antimony.
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On Thursday, February 18th, Dr. Annie Bauer, Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, will be giving a talk for the Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering.
Dr. Bauer will be presenting on: "Formation of early terrestrial crust in the Acasta Gneiss Complex and the onset of mobile-lid tectonics"
Date: Thursday, February 18, 2021
Time: 1:00 pm EST
Zoom link: Email dumondl@queensu.ca to receive the Zoom link
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Dr. Christopher Spencer was recently interviewed by National Geographic, for an article titled "Earth’s mountains may have mysteriously stopped growing for a billion years".
The article looks at a new study published in Science, titled "Orogenic quiescence in Earth’s middle age".
Read the full article on the National Geographic website.
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On Thursday, February 11th, Dr. Emily Chin, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, will be giving a talk for the Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering.
Date: Thursday, February 11, 2021
Time: 1:00 pm EST
Zoom link: Please email Lorna Dumond for the Zoom link
On Monday, February 1st, Dr. Rob Bowell, SRK Consulting /Adjunct Professor, Queen’s University, will be giving a talk for the Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering.
Dr. Bowell will be presenting on: “Can Mining Ever be Sustainable?"
Date: Monday, February 1, 2021
Time: 9:30 am - 11:00 am
Zoom ID: email Lorna Dumond to receive the Zoom link
Congratulations to Dr. Mark Diederichs on receiving the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science (FEAS) Innovation in Teaching Award (Tenured) for 2020. This award recognizes his outstanding contributions to the First Year and Geological Engineering programs, including innovative approaches to remote delivery.
This is Dr. Diederichs' 3rd accolade...
Read through our annual alumni newsletter to read about all the good news stories, and accomplishments of our students, alumni, staff and faculty through this past year.
Congratulations to Dr. Guy Narbonne, Dr. Mark Diederichs and Dr. Christopher Spencer, who are among the top 2% of scientists/ engineers in their fields globally, for 2019.
| Rank at Queen's | World Rank out of 7.9 Million | Percentile in World | Rank in Field | Total in Field | Percentile in Field | Author | # Journal Papers | First Pub | Last Pub | Career Years | Composite Index | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 10741 | 0.14% | 83 | 44176 | 0.19% |
Diederichs, Mark S. |
187 | 1991 | 2020 | 29 | 3.527 |
Geological, Geotechnical & Geomatics Engineering |
| 40 |
42527 |
0.54% | 65 | 12609 | 0.52% |
Narbonne, Guy M. |
101 | 1977 | 2020 | 43 | 3.074 | Geology |
| 113 |
123410 |
1.56% |
225 | 12609 | 1.78 |
Spencer, Christopher J. |
62 | 2008 | 2020 | 12 | 2.685 | Geology |
Past and present Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering professors ranked highly among 7.8 million scientists...
