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Current and Past Lab Members

Current students and Postdoctoral fellows

Jesse Brown (PhD), Geological evolution of a buried bedrock valley and hydrogeological implications

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Rhiannon James (MSc), Understanding the role of subsurface geology on tile water quality and quantity

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Ashok Shaw (Postdoc), Geological and glaciological controls on interface aquifers

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Steven Mugisha Mizero (MSc), River flow behaviour characterization and subwatershed geology; a case study in the Lake Erie basin (co-advisor).

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Past students and postdocs

PostDoc

Kelsey MacCormack (2010-2012): 3-D subsurface modeling of glacial deposits

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PhD Student

Jonathan Munn (2013-2018): Measuring groundwater flow system variability in a fractured carbonate aquifer using fibre optic distributed temperature sensing (c0-advisor)

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Jessica Meyer (2008-2013): Three-Dimensional Delineation and Characterization of Hydrogeologic Units in Fractured Sedimentary Rock (co-advisor)

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MSc Students

Celina Trang (2019-2022): Soil characterization associated with land conversion and livestock expansion in the clay belt, Northern Ontario (co-advisor) 

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Zexia Li (2018-2021): Shallow groundwater dynamics associated with land conversion and livestock expansion in the clay belt, Northern Ontario (co-advisor)

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Nazia Nawrin (2018-2021): Geospatial analysis of groundwater geochemistry and Quaternary geology of southern Ontario, Canada: a study of regional and local trends.

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Sam Jacobson (2017-2021): Estimating groundwater and 1,4-dioxane contaminant flux in a karst aquifer using the Discrete FractureNetwork-Matrix field approach.

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Kelly Wheelan (2014-2017): Geological and geochemical analysis of Quaternary aquifer and aquitards, Clarington Ontario, (co-advisor), McMaster University.

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Tara Harvey (2014-2016): Hydrogeologial characterization of contaminated glacial sediments in south central Wisconsin

 

Sydney Duggan (2014-2016): Hydrogeological assessment at the Clarington Transformer Station, (co-advisor), McMaster University.

 

Andrew Trapp (2012-2015): Hydrostratigraphy of the Paris Moraine in the Guelph area, Ontario, Canada (co-advisor), McMaster University.

 

Anna Best (2011-2013): Distribution of agricultural contaminants in the subsurface, ON.

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Jonathan Munn (2009-2012): Angled coreholes and fracture characterization (co-advisor).

 

Michael McGill (2009-2011): Subsurface investigation of the Paris Moraine, Guelph, ON.

 

Laura Weaver (2007-2008): Spatial analysis of deformation styles, Waterloo Moraine, ON.

 

Jeremy Law (2004-2005): Quaternary sediments of the Waterloo Moraine, ON.

 

Steven Aspden (2003-2005): Deformation of Quaternary glacial sediments, Mosport, Ontario.

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Course Based Masters Students Major Research Projects

Elisa Cacciola (2022) Reconstructing the paleoenvironments of the Coboconk/Chaumont Formation (Upper Ordovician) in southern Ontario (MES).

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Omar Garzon Mogollon (2022) Modelling water level changes due to climate change in the Claybelt, Northern Ontario (M.Eng).

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Undergraduate students-field and research assistants

Eshaan Giridar (2022) Trends in IDP skills assessments results

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Daniel Bayley (2020) Spatial analysis of geology and water quality

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Rhiannon James (2019) Soil and water dynamics in the Claybelt

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Grant Hagerdorn (2015) Susceptibility mapping in Guelph

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Tara Harvey (2012-2013) Hydrogeology of glaciated margins 

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Ramita Kedia (2012) Guelph Quaternary mapping, subsurface database 

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Kathleen Nesbitt (2011-2012) Guelph Quaternary mapping, subsurface database

 

Erica Gilbeaut-Ryan (2011): Guelph Quaternary mapping, subsurface database

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Kyle Press (2011): Guelph Quaternary mapping, subsurface database and geophysics survey

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Colin Gutcher (2010, 2011): Paris Moraine, Guelph, Ontario 

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Sarah Ouellette (2006-07): Waterloo moraine and Alaska

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Laura Weaver (2005-06): Grimsby Formation and Waterloo Moraine

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Mitch Allison (2005): Neoproterozoic Toby Formation, British Columbia

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Chris Keefer (2004): Neoproterozoic Toby Formation, British Columbia

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Leah Dalrymple (2004): Deformation in the Oak Ridges Moraine, Ontario

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Steven Aspden (2003): Neoproterozoic Smalfjord Formation, Norway

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Undergraduate students-Independent studies

Grant Hagerdorn (2017) Radiometric domains and integration of multiple gamma-ray data sources for a remote area of northern Quebec.

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Katherine Shirriff (2017) Geology of the Huronian Supergroup, Whitefish Falls Ontario.

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Lorraine Lebeau (2015) Origin and composition of glaciogenic sediments of Elgin County, southern Ontario, and their aggregate potential.

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Kelly Kamo-McHugh (2013) Primary and secondary drivers of glacial movement in the last 100 years.

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Dylan Gillingham (2013) Recharge and contaminant pathways through glacial till.

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Katy Nesbitt (2012) Analyzing the relationship between the Vinemount Member and overlying till in the Niagara Region.

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Mike McGill, MSc 2011
Anna Best, MSc 2013
Kelsey, Mike and Anna with then CMT
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Sarah Ouellette,Cape Yakataga, AK
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Chris Keefer, Brewer Creek, BC
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