Academic and Research Background

Academic Background

MSc. Geology - University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario - 09/2004 - present

Bachelor of Science, Honours Geophysics - University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario - 09/2000 - April 2004

Other Research Background

NSERC Undergraduate Research Grant - University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario - Summer 2004

For this project I conducted research with Dr. Roberta Flemming on meteorites using μXRD.  The main areas of focus involved the study of Widmanstätten Patterns and research on the Martian meteorite NWA3171.

NSERC Undergraduate Research Grant - University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario - Summer 2003

This project was conducted under the supervision of Dr. Rick Secco.  The research involved the study of the properties of iron-silicon alloys at  high temperatures and pressures.

Research Assistant - University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario - Summer 2002

Research was conducted under the supervision of Dr. Allessandro Forte.  The research involved computer modeling of the Earth’s oceanic crustal cooling.

Field Courses

Leonard G. Berry Summer School 2004 - Workshop on Archean Volcanology

Instructor: Professor Ray Cas, School of Geosciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Host & Convenor: Professor Tony Fowler, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa
 

Conferences

The 37th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference - March 13-17, 2006

Location: League City, Texas

• Poster:  Interaction of Martian Ground Ice with Magmatic Intrusions

The Fifth Canadian Space Exploration Workshop - May 12-13, 2005 

Location: CSA Headquarters, John H. Chapman Space Centre, Longueuil, Quebec

• Poster with oral summary: Magma and Ground Ice Interaction on Mars

Advances in Earth Science Research Conference - Planetary Geology & the Early Earth - March 4, 2005

Host: Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Centre

Location: Carleton University