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CURRENT STUDENTS

MSc

Terri Cheung

Jan 2016 to Nov 2019

Baseline characterization of groundwater

Co-sup with Beth Parker (´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ of Guelph)

Sarah Saad

Sept 2015 to Dec 2019

Shale geochemistry

Dylan Riley

Sept 2016 to Dec 2019

Gas migration around energy wells 

Melissa MacDonald

Sept 2018 - Dec 2020


PREVIOUS STUDENTS

PhD

Olukayode Kuloyo

Sept 2014 to Sept 2019

Microbial isotope biogeochemistry

Co-sup with Marc Strous (UofC)

Current Position: Research Associate at Shell, Houston, USA

Benjamin CowieÌýÌý

2009/01 - 2013/09

Thesis: Stable Isotope and Geochemical Investigations into the Hydrogeology and Biogeochemistry of Oil Sands Reservoir Systems in Northeastern Alberta, Canada

Current Position: President, Prismatic Geochemical Research, Canada (consulting company)

Bernadette Proemse 

2009/01 – 2012/03

Thesis: Tracing Industrial Emissions in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region Using Stable Isotope Techniques (δ15N-NO3, δ18O-NO3, Δ17O-NO3, δ15N-NH4, δ34SSO4, δ18O-SO4 and δ98/95Mo)

Current Position: Senior Research Associate, ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ of Tasmania, Australia

MSc

Leah Wilson

2017/01 – 2019/05

Thesis: Shallow groundwater quality in Alberta (Canada) with a focus on the occurrence of nitrate and methane

Current position: Water Stewardship Advisor at Encana Corporation, Calgary, Canada

Christine Ciszkowski

2014/09 – 2016/12

Thesis: Application of Geochemical and Isotopic Tracers for Characterization of SAGD Waters and Production Well Scale

Current Position: Researcher at Innotech Alberta, Calgary, Canada

Mary Kruk

2013/09 – 2016/02

Thesis: Tracing Sources of Nitrate in Rivers of Southern Alberta Using Nitrogen, Oxygen, and Boron Isotopes as Co-Tracers

Current Position: Water Quality Data Analyst at Alberta Environment and Parks, Calgary, Canada

Véronique Fau

2012/09 – 2015/04

Thesis: Identifying the Sources and Tracing the Fate of Phosphate in the Bow River Basin, Alberta, Canada, Using Oxygen Isotope Analyses

Current position: Research Assistant, Applied Geochemistry group, ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ of Calgary

Jennifer Ing

2012/09 – 2015/04

Thesis: Occurrence and Origin of Methane in Shallow Groundwater in Alberta, Canada

Current position: unknown

Christopher Jackson

2011/09 – 2015/09

Thesis: N and S isotope fractionation in nitrate and sulphate coupled to the bio-degradation of benzene and toluene

Current Position: Environmental Scientist, Golder Associates, Toronto, Canada

BSc

Bentley Blondal

2017/09 - 2018/05

Concentrations and isotope compositions of nitrate in Pine Creek wastewater effluents and ACWA streams

Current Position: Intern, Project Operations, EPCOR, Calgary

Louise Rush

2016/05 – 2017/05

Identifying gas leakage around abandoned wells at the CMC field research site

Current position: MSc student at Laurentian ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ, Canada

Lexi Holmes

2014/09 – 2015/05

Using S concentrations and isotope rations to evaluate anthropogenic pollution in Lac Dessert, Quebec, Canada

Current position: unknown

Carmen Gonzalez

2014/05 – 2014/09

Development of presentation material for isotope techniques used in the UofC Isotope Service Laboratory

Current position: Research Assistant at Dalhousie ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ, Ontario, Canada

Zoë Decker

2014/05 – 2014/09

Compiling and interpreting isotopic records of precipitation in Southern Alberta

Current position: PhD Candidate at ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ of Cape Town, South Africa