2026
Quan Zhang uOttawa PhD Imaging and Analysis of Layered Crust and Upper Mantle Structures on Earth and Mars
Sarah Moriarty Memorial PhD Tracing the Evolution of Modern Seafloor Hydrothermal Systems and their Associated Endmember Compositions Over Time
Rhian Dentelbeck uOttawa MSc Lithogeochemical Discrimination of Source Rocks of Carbonaceous Mudstones in Volcanic Assemblages of the Western Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Jack Halloran uOttawa MSc High-Grade Mineralization and Nodular Alteration Above the Valeriano Cu-Au Porphyry Intrusions, Chile
Charles Lapointe Memorial MSc Geological Characterization of the Aurora Hydrothermal Vent Field, Gakkel Ridge
Sarah Ouangre uOttawa BSc Submarine Geology of the North Basin of the Santorini Caldera, Greece
2025
Jennifer Spalding uOttawa PhD Multi-Kinetic Apatite Fission Track Thermochronology Applied to Resolving Thermal Histories of Sedimentary Basins and Crystalline Bedrock
Caroline Gini Memorial PhD Seafloor Geological Mapping and Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Sonar: From Mid-Ocean Ridges to Continental Shelves
Octavio Acuna-Avendano University of Toronto MSc A New Geologic Map of the Mariana and Parece Vela Back-Arc Basins (SE Philippine Sea Plate): The Role of Tectonic Inheritance on Ridge Segmentation and Volcanism During Episodic Basin Opening
Olivia Filson University of Toronto MSc Crustal Architecture of the EMARK Oceanic Core Complex, Kane Fracture Zone, Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Sam Nichols University of Toronto MSc Tectonic and Volcanic Evolution of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between the Cabo Verde and Kane Fracture Zones, 15N to 23N
Elizabeth Xu University of Toronto MSc Remote-Predictive Geological Mapping of the Southern Vanuatu Backarc, SW Pacific
Martina Boddy Carleton MSc Radiogenic Isotopic Data From Cenozoic Volcanic Rocks in the Eureka, Ely and Wells Areas Document Spatially Distinct Archean and Proterozoic Mantle and Crustal Domains Across Northern Nevada, USA
Catherine Suclan uOttawa MSc Magmas Contemporaneous with Mineralization at the Hishikari Gold Deposit, Japan
Kelsie Ojaste uOttawa MSc Volatile Signatures in the Sudbury Igneous Complex Magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE Deposits: Implications for Sulfide Melt Differentiation and Precious Metal Mineralization
Nicole Schoenherr University of Toronto BSc 3D Modeling of an Ancient VMS Deposit
2024
Victor Garcia uOttawa PhD Petrology, Geochemistry and Coupled 142Nd-143Nd Isotopes in Archean Rocks from NE Brazil: Investigating a Hadean Enriched Reservoir
Taylor Ducharme uOttawa PhD Distinguishing the Contractional and Tensional Signatures of Deformation and Metamorphism on Evia Island, NW Aegean Sea
Keaton Strongman Laurentian PhD Base Metal Metallogeny of the Onaman-Tashota Greenstone Belt, Ontario, Canada
Michael Ryan uOttawa MSc The Origin and Evolution of Active Spreading Segments in the Northern Lau Basin
Aneila Ghanie University of Toronto MSc Structural, Volcanic, and Hydrothermal Evolution of the Puy des Folles Seamount, Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Ysabele Rivard uOttawa BSc Tectono-Magmatic Evolution of Triple Junctions in the East Volcanic Zone (EVZ) and West Volcanic Zone (WVZ), Iceland
2023
Sandra Christin Wind uOttawa PhD Geodynamic Evolution of the Aegean Back-arc and its Implication for Associated Precious and Base Metal Mineralization
Marc Fassbender uOttawa PhD Volcanism in Modern Back-arc Regimes and Their Implications for Ancient Greenstone Belts
Morgan McLellan uOttawa PhD Uncovering the Physical Controls of Slow Slip Along Cascadia and Other Global Active Tectonic Margins
Marina Schofield Laurentian PhD Metallogeny of the Powell Block, Rouyn-Noranda Mining District, Québec
Ryley Penner uOttawa MSc Trace Element Geochemistry of Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposits in Archean Greenstone Belts: Implications for Metal Endowment and Geodynamic Settings
Jessie Kehew uOttawa MSc Intrabasinal Sediments and Tectonostratigraphy of the NE Lau Basin: Contributions to Extensional Models of Back-Arc Basins
Sabrina Chan Carleton MSc The Stone Cabin Formation, Nevada, USA: Geochemical and Isotopic Indicators of Magma Sources and Crustal Influence in an Eocene Caldera System
Merve Uygur University of Toronto MSc Adapting Approaches for 3D Ore Deposit Modeling and Resource Estimations for Seafloor Massive Sulfide Deposits
Liam Maw INRS MSc Geology and mineralization of the South Zones of the Goldex Mine, Val-d’Or, Abitibi
Rhian Dentelbeck uOttawa BSc Intraplate Volcanism and Implications for Crustal Growth in Back-Arc Basins: Insights from the Niuafo’ou Volcanic Complex in the Northern Lau Basin
2022
Denis Sanchez-Mora Memorial PhD Evolution of the Lucky Strike vent field, Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Mary Besaw uOttawa MSc Geology of the North Fiji Basin Triple Junction and an Investigation into Triple Junction Formation
Alexandra Gray uOttawa MSc Geology of the Monowai Rift Zone and Louisville Segment of the Tonga-Kermadec Arc: Regional Controls on Arc Magmatism and Hydrothermal Activity
Christopher Galley Memorial PhD The development of the surface geometry inversion method with applications to modeling seafloor hydrothermal alteration and associated mineralization
2021
Sebastian Graber CAU Kiel-GEOMAR PhD Exploration and Assessment of Seafloor Massive Sulfides on Slow-Spreading Ridges – A potential future contribution to a secure metal supply.
Jeremy Gosselin uOttawa PhD Passive Seismic Imaging of Lithosphere Structure At Active Tectonic Margins In Canada and New Zealand
Stephen Mosher uOttawa PhD Neural Network Applications in Seismology
Meike Klischies GEOMAR PhD Structural controls on hydrothermal systems on slow- and intermediate-spreading mid-ocean ridges
Talia Moum University of Toronto MSc Geology and Geochemistry of the Newly-discovered VOLPA Seafloor Massive Sulfide Deposit, Niua Volcanic Arc Complex, Tonga, SW Pacific
Katherine Power uOttawa BSc Honours Regional Structural Controls on Hydrothermal Fluid Flow in the North Fiji Basin
Jonathan Umbsaar University of Toronto MSc Trace element distribution and variation across texturally and temporally variable sulfide mineralizations within the Tinakula Seafloor Massive Sulfide deposit near the Solomon Islands
Alex Copeland University of Toronto BSc Honours Alteration mineralogy and geochemistry of the submarine Volcano AG, Lau Basin, Tonga
2020
Alex Copeland University of Toronto BSc Project Geological Mapping of the Brothers Volcano, Kermadec Arc
Chantal Norris-Julseth University of Toronto MSc Structural evolution of the NE Lau back-arc basin: Links to tectonic regime and magmatic-hydrothermal systems
Katherine Bormann University of Toronto BSc Project Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Volcanoes along the Reykjanes Ridge, North Atlantic
Daniel Mul University of Toronto BSc Project Base and precious metal endowment of subduction-related SMS deposits
Sofia Panasiuk University of Toronto BSc Honours The volcanic and structural evolution of the Reykjanes Ridge, North Atlantic: Insights from seafloor geological mapping
Bev Teng University of Toronto BSc Project Geological and Ecological Mapping of the Brothers Volcano, Kermadec Arc
Robert Phillips University of Toronto BSc Project Mineral prospectivity mapping of the northern Mariana back-arc
William Midea uOttawa MSc Magma evolution of Mount Pinatubo from 2.5 Ma to 1991 eruption
Rebecca Mensing MLUHW-GEOMAR MSc The tectonic and volcanic evolution of the Mangatolu Triple Junction
Ryley Penner Mont Royal University BSc Geological mapping of the SE Futuna Volcanic Zone, Lau Basin: Tectonics and off-axis magmatism in modern back-arc systems