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Graduate Student Supervision

  • Aaron Nicholson (2019) Contribution of Grain-size to Mercury Concentrations in Glacial Lake Sediments, Kluane Lake, Yukon, MSc, (course-based and research project) Dept. Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
  • Sean Morrison (2017) Natural Late Holocene lake level fluctuations recorded in the Ipperwash strandplain, southern Lake Huron, MSc, Dept. Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Thesis in UWSpace at http://hdl.handle.net/10012/12450
  • Zhaoyu (Violet) Huang (2017) Nipissing Barrier Stratigraphy Exposed along the Nottawasaga River in Wasaga Beach, Ontario, MSc, (course based and research project) Dept. Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
  • Mathew Ennis (2010) Slave River discharge, stable isotopic methods of lake sediments. (co-supervisor with Dr. Wolfe), MSc, Dept. of Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Thesis in Scholars Commons at https://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/1013
  • Suzanne St. Onge (nee Jarvis) (2008) Reconstruction of Peace River flood frequency and magnitude for the past ~600 years from oxbow lake sediments, Peace-Athabasca Delta, Canada. (co-supervisor with Dr. Wolfe), MSc, Dept. of Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. **WLU Gold Medal for Academic Excellence recipient**. Thesis in Scholars Commons at https://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/903

Undergraduate Student Supervision

  • Kian Drew (2021) Reconstructing the natural environment in Pevensey Levels, on the south coast of East Sussex, United Kingdom leading up to the Medieval Climate Optimum, BSc Honours Thesis, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
  • Marcel Heather (2021) Comparing Paleohydrograph Reconstructions from Subsurface Stratigraphy and Topography, BSc Honours Thesis, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
  • Dayna Opersko (2021) Paleohydrograph Reconstruction of the Stockton Island Tombolo, MN, U.S.A., BSc Honours Thesis, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
  • Henry Visneskie (2021) Integrating Virtual Field Experiences into Undergraduate Geoscience Education to Improve Student Learning, BSc Honours Thesis, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (and two co-op work terms, Winter and Spring 2020 as an Emerging Technology Research Assistant).
  • Jeremy Kamutzki (2020) Using the new 3D digital model of Ontario’s Paleozoic geology to bridge gaps in the traditional educational framework, BSc Honours Thesis, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Thesis and Poster in UWSpace at http://hdl.handle.net/10012/15747
  • Megan Thomson (2020) Understanding factors influencing bluff erosion in Port Burwell, Ontario, BSc Honours Thesis, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
  • Jamie Feeney (2020) The Geology of the St. Mary’s Rapids: the only remaining natural part of the outlet for Lake Superior, BSc Honours Thesis, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
  • Robert Landriault (2019) Coastal Sediment Movement in Sandbanks Provincial Park, Earth 499 Research Project, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
  • Sarah Turner (2019) Establishing the chronostratigraphic framework for the Point Edward Spit, deposited in the mouth of the St. Clair River, the outlet for Lake Huron-Michigan, BSc Honours Thesis, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
  • Quinn Worthington (2019) Developing a teaching framework (geospatial thinking, data limitations and resources) to better understand of the three dimensional Paleozoic geology of southern Ontario using paper maps, a physical model and a new digital model, BSc Honours Thesis, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
  • Luke Valiquette (2018) The St. Clair Delta: Geologically preserved insight into the St. Clair river outlet, BSc Honours Thesis, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
  • Yuan Cheng (2018) Comparing Age Models Using 14C and OSL for Palaeohydrographic Reconstruction in Lake Superior, BSc Honours Thesis, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
  • John Lawson (2018) A novel method to derive glacial isostatic adjustment from unequally spaced datasets or strandplain paleohydrographs, BSc Honours Thesis, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
  • Wesley Palmer (2017) Re-evaluating the Dynamic Beach and Incorporating Geologic Knowledge at Ipperwash Beach, Ontario, BSc Honours Thesis, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
  • Anthony Zamperoni (2017) Characterizing relict shorelines to establish a paleohydrograph for the Peace-Athabasca Delta: a key hydrologic node of the Mackenzie River Basin, northwestern Canada, BSc Honours Thesis, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
  • Wesley Campbell (2016) A Stratigraphic Examination of Holocene Beach Deposits at the Outlet of Lake Huron, BSc Honours Thesis, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
  • Linda Fan (2016) Investigating the Stratigraphy of Marcy’s Woods in Point Abino, Ontario, BSc Honours Thesis, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
  • Wenxin Li (2016) Evaluating Rates and Patterns of Glacial Isostatic Adjustment in the Lake Superior Region, BSc Honours Thesis, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
  • Jeff Plate (2014) Ground Penetrating Radar Data Analysis to Determine Stratigraphic Relevance, Dune and Coastal Complex in Marcy Woods, northeastern Lake Erie (Co-supervise with Tony Endres), Earth 499 Research Project, Dept. Earth & Env. Sciences, U Waterloo.
  • Erin Light (nee Dobson) (2009) Shoreline protection structures and sediment movement in southern Lake Huron, BSc Honours Thesis, Dept. of Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University.

Co-op Student Supervision

  • Henry Visneskie (2020 - Winter and Spring terms) at UW-EES, (Co-supervised with Jen Parks) Geoscience Emerging Technology Research Assistant, UWaterloo Dean of Science Undergraduate Teaching Innovation Fund, project “Using Emerging Technologies to enhance field, experiential and active based learning in Earth and Environmental Sciences". Henry initiated XR experiences and pedagogy in experiential learning at UW-EES with a comprehensive literature review and new Google Expedition Kit (Tours, Tour Creator and Poly) and new 360 camera. Groundwater Geoscience Open House -  Visneskie 2020 and GeoConvention - Visneskie 2020
  • Sana Ahmad (2020) at UW-EES (Co-supervising with Dr. Martin Ross) Research Assistant - Literature Review, SSHRC Partnership Grant - Environments of Change: Digitizing Nature, History, and Human Experience in Late Medieval Sussex. With the UW DRAGEN Lab.
  • Izzy Rotsaert (2020) at UW-EES (Co-supervising with Dr. Martin Ross) Research Assistant - Literature Review, SSHRC Partnership Grant - Environments of Change: Digitizing Nature, History, and Human Experience in Late Medieval Sussex. With the UW DRAGEN Lab.
  • Puvaanah Arrumugam (2020) at UW-EES (Co-supervising with Dr. Martin Ross) Research Assistant - Literature Review, SSHRC Partnership Grant - Environments of Change: Digitizing Nature, History, and Human Experience in Late Medieval Sussex. With the UW DRAGEN Lab.
  • Stephen Marshall (2016) at UWaterloo Earth Science Museum (Co-Supervisor with Corina McDonald), A simple and complex physical model of the Laurentian Great Lakes used to engage students and community members. Stephen created the 1st bathymetric 3D print model of the Laurentian Great Lakes in his 1st co-op work term! Poster in UWSpace at http://hdl.handle.net/10012/15785
  • Alan Xaykongsa (2016) at UWaterloo Earth Science Museum (Co-Supervisor with Corina McDonald), Using geologic knowledge to explain patterns and variations in 3D physical models of the Great Lakes.
  • Dylan Whittemore (2009) at WLU-GES, Plotting and making sense of Great Lakes water level gauge data. Highschool Coop Student, Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate Vocational School.

 

PhD Supervisory and/or Comprehensive Exam Committees:

  • Tyler Hodder (present) at UW-EES (Supervisor Dr. Martin Ross) Quaternary stratigraphy and glacial landscape in northeast Manitoba.
  • Thomas Foulon (present) at UW-EES (Supervisor Dr. Martin Ross) The effects of internal stratigraphic architecture and lateral heterogeneity of unconsolidated sediments on the spatial distribution of T0; the case of the Charlevoix region, Quebec, Canada.
  • Jessey Rice (2020) at UW-EES (Supervisor Dr. Martin Ross) Laurentide Ice Sheet dynamics evolution in the inner-ice sheet region of northeastern Quebec, Canada.
  • Bronwyn Benkert (nee Brock) (2010) at UW-EES (Supervisors Drs. Edwards and Wolfe) Isotope hydroclimatology and paleohydrology of the Slave River Delta, NWT.
  • Jason Childs (2010) at WLU-GES (Supervisor Dr. Mary-Louise Byrne) Littoral cells, longshore transport and wave climate - An examination of littoral transport along the western shore of Prince Edward County, ON.

MSc Supervisory Committees:

  • Sarah Turner (present) at UW-EES (Supervisor Dr. Chris Yakymchuk) Heavy Metal Contamination in Bronze Age Sediments as Indicators of Early Metallurgical Activity.
  • Anita Ghosh (present) at UW-Biology (Supervisor Dr. Roland Hall) Investigating lake sediment profiles in the Peace-Athabasca Delta near the Peace River for evidence of hydrological change caused by hydroelectric regulation.
  • Caleb Girard (present) at UW-Biology (Supervisor Dr. Roland Hall) Reconstructing the role of a "trigger tributary" on ice-jam induced flooding at the Peace-Athabasca Delta.
  • Grant Hagedorn (present) at UW-EES (Supervisor Dr. Martin Ross) Paleo-Ice sheet and Deglacial History of the South-western Great Slave Lake Area.
  • Amanda Taylor (present) at UW-EES (Supervisor Dr. Martin Ross) 3D Geological modelling of Quaternary sediments for seismic shaking assessment on a regional scale.
  • Bob Janzen (2020) at UW-EES (Supervisor Dr. Martin Ross) An analysis of glacial sediment dispersion with applications to diamond exploration, Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories.
  • Mia Stratton (2020) at UW-Biology (Supervisor Dr. Roland Hall) Identifying the role of an upstream watershed on ice-jam flood regimes at the Peace-Athabasca Delta.
  • Izabela Jasiak (2020) at UW-Biology (Supervisor Dr. Roland Hall) Spatiotemporal patterns of arsenic, antimony, and lead deposition in a sub-arctic gold mining region of Canada.
  • Juan Felipe Gómez Velásquez (2015) at WLU-GES (Supervisor Dr. Mary-Louise Byrne) Dune and coastal evolution in Isla Salamanca National Park, Colombia.
  • Yunxiao Wei (2015) at UW-EES (Supervisor Dr. Jim Barker) Treatment of a PHC Source Zone using Land Application of Sulfate.
  • Jocelyn Bailey (2008) at UW-EES (Supervisors Drs. Tom Edwards and Brent Wolfe) Reconstruction of Paleoclimate Time-Series in the Peace-Athabasca Delta, Northern Alberta, from Stable Isotopes in Tree-Rings.
  • Ken Clogg-Wright (2007) at UE-EES (Supervisors Drs. Tom Edwards and Brent Wolfe) Isotope hydrology and paleo-hydrology of the Slave Delta, NWT.

Acronyms for three academic institutions and four departments:

  • UW-EES: University of Waterloo, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences.
  • WLU-GES: Wilfrid Laurier University, Dept. of Geography & Environmental Studies.
  • UTM-CPS: University of Toronto – Mississauga, Dept. of Chemical & Physical Sciences.
  • UTM-G: University of Toronto – Mississauga, Dept. of Geography