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 wellsÂ
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 ProemseÂ
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:Â 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