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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

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

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

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

Past students and postdocs

PostDoc

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

PhD Student

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

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

MSc Students

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Course Based Masters Students Major Research Projects

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

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

Undergraduate students-field and research assistants

Eshaan Giridar (2022) Trends in IDP skills assessments results

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

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

Grant Hagerdorn (2015) Susceptibility mapping in Guelph

Tara Harvey (2012-2013) Hydrogeology of glaciated margins 

Ramita Kedia (2012) Guelph Quaternary mapping, subsurface database 

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Steven Aspden (2003): Neoproterozoic Smalfjord Formation, Norway

Undergraduate students-Independent studies

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

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

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

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

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

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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