Alumni

Daniel Baker

M.Sc.

2022

Maya LaGrange Rao

Ph.D.

Sequence Stratigraphy, Porosity, and Primary Producers of the Middle to Late Devonian Canol Formation, Northwest Territories, Canada

2022

Patricia Gonzalez Hernandez

Ph.D.

The depositional framework and stratigraphic architecture of the Lower Triassic Montney Formation, northeastern British Columbia

2022

Chenyang Feng

Ph.D.

Lithofacies Characteristics, Reservoir Properties, and Ichnology of the Upper Montney Member (Spathian)

2022

Qi Chen

Ph.D.

Sedimentological, Ichnological, and Architectural Characteristics of Geobodies in a Fluvial to Estuary Setting: the McMurray Formation in the Christina River area, NE, Alberta, Canada

2022

Cole Ross

M.Sc.

The sedimentology and stratigraphy of the lower Cretaceous Clearwater Formation at Marten Hills and Nipisi, Alberta, Canada

2021

Brette Harris

M.Sc.

Chemostratigraphy and facies analysis of the Hare Indian Formation in the Mackenzie Mountains and Central Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories, Canada

2020

Sara Biddle

M.Sc.

A Fine Detail Physicochemical Depositional Model for Devonian Organic-Rich Mudstones: A Petrographic Study of the Hare Indian and Canol Formations, Central Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories

2020

Tiffany Playter

Ph.D.

Pairing geochemistry and sedimentology: an evaluation of Alberta’s earliest Triassic deposits and the proxies used to study them

2020

Calla Knudson

M.Sc.

Trace Element Variability in Clay Sediments as a Function of Environmental Conditions within the Fluvial to Marine Water Transition Zone

2019

Carolyn Furlong

Ph.D

High-resolution Analysis of the Ichnological Diversity, depositional dynamics, and Stratigraphic Architecture of the Middle Triassic Sunset Prairie Formation

2019

Nabilah Adani

M.Sc.

Sedimentology, Ichnology, Sequence Stratigraphy, and Petrography of the Falher F Unit, Wapiti Area, Northwestern Alberta

2018

Derek Hayes

M.Sc.

Three-dimentional Outcrop Modelling of Fluvial and Estuarine Outcrops in the Lower Cretaceous McMurray Formation, Northeast Alberta, Canada

2018

Eric Timmer

Ph.D

Quantitative Techniques in Ichnology and Sedimentology with Examples from the Cretaceous McMurray Formation, NE Alberta, Canada

2017

Matthew Sommers

M.Sc.

Subsurface Analysis and Correlation of Cambrian Formations Beneath the Colville Hills, Northern Mainland, Northwest Territories

2017

Olga Kovalchuk

M.Sc.

Microbial Mat-Related Structures: Laboratory Experiments and Observations from the Mesoproterozoic Belt Supergroup, Southwestern Montana, U.S.A.

2017

Donald Prenoslo

M.Sc.

The Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Reservoir Characteristics of the Montney D1 and D2 Horizons, Greater Pouce Coupe Area, Alberta and British Columbia

2017

Aimee Gegolick

M.Sc.

Sedimentology, Ichnology and Biogenic Permeability of the upper Montney Formation, northeast British Columbia

2017

David Herbers

M.Sc.

Sedimentological and Ichnological Dynamics of the Early Cambrian Mount Clark Formation, Northwest Territories, Canada

2016

Alina Shchepetkina

Ph.D.

The sedimentological and ichnological characteristics of inclined heterolithic stratification (IHS) of modern and ancient fluvio-tidal systems

2016

Scott Botterill

M.Sc.

Sedimentology, Ichnology, and Palaeodepositional Affinity of the Cretaceous Bluesky Formation, Alberta

2015

Shimeng Zhang

M.Sc.

Petrography, Lithology, Stratigraphy, Bioturbation, and Trace Fossil-permeability Relationship of the Montney Formation of Lower Triassic, in Barrick Puskwa, Alberta, Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin

2015

Carolyn Furlong

M.Sc.

The Ecology, Neoichnology and Sedimentology of Siliciclastic Hardground Communities: Implications for Trypanites Assemblages in the Rock Record

2014

Edwin Egbobawaye

M.Sc.

Tight gas reservoir characterization in Montney Formation, northeastern British Columbia, Western Canada

2013

Allison Neumann

M.Sc.

A new Early Eocene (Lostcabinian) mammal assemblage from the Main Body of the Wasatch Formation, Northern Green River Basin; The Pinnacles, Sweetwater Co., Wyoming

2013

Andrew Lawfield

Ph.D.

Observations on Ichnology, Taphonomy and Epibiota in the Freshwater Realm

2013

Tiffany Playter

M.Sc.

Petrographic and X-ray Microtomographic Analysis of the Upper Montney Formation, Northeast British Columbia, Canada

2013

Cheryl Hodgson

M.Sc.

Sedimentology and Neoichnology of a Wave-Dominated, Tidally-Influenced, Fully Marine Bay, Oregon, USA

2013

Camilo Polo

M.Sc.

Bioturbation and Resource Quality: A case study from the Upper Cretaceous Lysing and Nise Formation, Ellida and Midnatsoll Fields, Norwegian Sea

2013

Gregory Baniak

Ph.D.

Characterization of Reservoir Quality Using Ichnological, Sedimentological, and Geochemical Methods

2013

David Nordheimer

M.Sc.

Sedimentary Characteristics of the Spray River Group of West-Central Alberta

2012

Luke McHugh

M.Sc.

The Sedimentology and Stratigraphic Architecture of the Cathedral Bluffs Tongue of the Wasatch Formation, South Pass, Wyoming

2012

Tomonori Hyodo

M.Sc.

Ichnology of the upper Toad and lower Liard formations, northeastern British Columbia: implications for infaunal recovery after the Permian-Triassic mass extinction

2012

Robynn Dicks

M.Sc.

Neoichnology and Sedimentology of the Fluvial-Tidal Transition Zone of the Columbia River Delta, Northwest USA

2012

Jesse Shoengut

M.Sc.

Sedimentological and Ichnological Characteristics of Modern and Ancient Channel-fills, Willapa Bay, Washington

2011

Jenna Phillips

M.Sc.

Sedimentology, ichnology, and development of a sub-regional depositional and stratigraphic framework for the McMurray-Wabiskaw succession in the MacKay River Area, northeastern Alberta

2011

Stacey Gibb

Ph.D.

Lower Palaeozoic Arthropod Traces: Clarity in the Mud

2011

Chelsea Fefchak

M.Sc.

Sedimentology of the Charlie Lake Formation

2011

Carolyn Currie

M.Sc.

Sedimentology, Ichnology and Stratigraphy of the Clearwater Formation, Cold Lake, Alberta

2011

Ryan Lemiski

M.Sc.

Sedimentology, Ichnology and Resource Characteristics of the Low-permeability Alderson Member, Hatton Gas Pool, Southwest Saskatchewan, Canada

2010

Andrew LaCroix

M.Sc.

Ichnology, sedimentology, stratigraphy, and trace fossil-permeability relationships in the upper cretaceous Medicine Hat member, Medicine Hat gas field, Southeast Alberta, Canada

2010

John Gordon

M.Sc.

Burrow associated reservoir quality in marine siliciclastic sediments

2010

Kevin Balshaw

M.Sc.

Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Granite Wash: Contact Rapids and Keg River Sandstone (Red Earth area)

2010

Zaki Ali Abdel-Fattah

Ph.D.

Sedimentology, Ichnology, and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Middle-Upper Eocene Succession in the Fayum Depression, Egypt

2009

Lynn Dafoe

Ph.D.

Building upon Ichnological Principles: Modern Biogenic Structures, Ichnotaxonomic Classification, and Paleoecological and Stratigraphic Significance of Ichnofossil Assemblages

2009

Marilyn Zorn

Ph.D.

The Influence of Bioturbation on Physical and Biogeochemical Sediment Properties: Effects on Early Diagenesis

2009

Tyler Hauck

M.Sc.

Brackish-Water Ichnological Trends In A Microtidal Barrier Island-Embayment System, Kouchibouguac National Park, New Brunswick, Canada

2008

Jon LaMothe

M.Sc.

Sedimentology, Ichnology, Stratigraphy and Depositional History of the Contact Between the Triassic Doig and Montney Formations in West-Central Alberta, Canada-Presence of an Unconformity Bound Sand Wedge

2008

Trevor Hoffman

M.Sc.

Lateral Variability of Sedimentological and Ichnological Characteristics of the Falher “D” Member, West-Central Alberta, Canada

2008

Scott Reid

M.Sc.

Sedimentology, Ichnology, and Stratigraphy of the Doe Creek Member of the Kaskapau Formation in Northwestern Alberta

2006

Nadine Pearson

M.Sc.

A Sedimentologic and Ichnologic Facies Model for Mud-dominated Inner-estuarine Deposits, Mary’s Point and the Shepody River, Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada

2006

Shahin Dashtgard

Ph.D.

Sedimentology, ichnology, and stratigraphy of modern conglomeratic depositional environments

2006

Michelle Spila

M.Sc.

Applications of Ichnology in Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction and Reservoir Development, Ben Nevis/Avalon Formations Jeanne d’Arc Basin

2005

Sean Miller

M.Sc.

Sedimentology, Ichnology and Mineralogy of the Upper Bahariya Formation, Western Desert, Egypt

2005

Michael Hearn

M.Sc.

Sedimentology and Ichnology of the Lower Cretaceous Kamik Formation, Mackenzie Delta region, N.W.T., Canada

2005

Corrine Bagdan

M.Sc.

Stratigraphy and Ichnology of the McMurray Formation, Northeastern Alberta

2005

Curtis Lettley

M.Sc.

Sedimentology and Ichnology of Estuarine Point Bar Deposits, McMurray Formation, Northeastern Alberta

2004

Jeff Reinprecht

M.Sc.

Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Lower Cretaceous Cadotte Member, Comotion Creek Area, British Columbia

2004

Cynthia Hagstrom

M.Sc.

Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Lower Cretaceous Cadotte Member, Comotion Creek Area, British Columbia

2004

Kim Earle

M.Sc.

Sedimentology and Ichnology the Upper Cretaceous Horseshoe Canyon Formation, West-Central Alberta

2003

Carly Barnett

M.Sc.

Integrated Sedimentology and Ichnology of the Jurassic Aklavik Formation, Northern Richardson Mountains and Mackenzie Delta, N.W.T.

2003

Rozalia Pak

M.Sc.

Ichnology of the Yeoman Formation, Southeastern Saskatchewan

2003

Chad Harris

M.Sc.

Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Ichnology of the McMurray Formation, Northeastern Alberta

2003

Jason Frank

M.Sc.

Sedimentology, Ichnology and Stratigraphy of the Lowermost Cretaceous, Liard Basin, Canada

2002

Glenn Schmidt

M.Sc.

Stratigraphic Architecture of the Notikewin Member in the Wapiti area of west central Alberta

2002

Ian Armitage

M.Sc.

Sedimentology, Ichnology and High Resolution Sequence Stratigraphy of the Falher “C” Member, Spirit River Formation, west central Alberta, Canada

2002

Eric Hanson

M.Sc.

Depositional Architecture of the Cadomin and Monteith Formations, Northeastern British Columbia

2001

Demian Robbins

M.Sc.

Ichnology and Palaeoenvironment of the Lower Triassic Montney Formation, Kaybob and Kaybob South Fields Area, West Central Alberta

1999

Jeffrey Peterson

M.Sc.

Ichnology, Sedimentology, and Stratigraphy of the Lower Cretaceous Viking Formation of Mikwan, Fenn and Chain, Alberta, Canada

1995

Stephen Hubbard

M.Sc.

Sedimentology of the Bluesky Formation and Ostracode Zone, Peace River Oil Sands, Alberta

1999

Jason Lavigne

M.Sc.

Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Ichnology of the Horseshoe Canyon Formation

1999

Arjun Keswani

M.Sc.

An Integrated Ichnological Perspective for Carbonate Diagenesis

1999

John-Paul Zonneveld

Ph.D.

Sedimentology and Sequence Biostratigraphic Framework of a Mixed Siliciclastic Carbonate Depositional System, Middle Triassic, Northeastern British Columbia

1999

Murray Gingras

Ph.D.

Applications and Approaches in Ichnology, Neoichnology and Sedimentology

1999

David Bechtel

M.Sc.

The Stratigraphic Succession and Paleoenvironmental Interpretation of the McMurray Formation, O.S.L.O. Area, Northeastern Alberta

1996

Douglas Bell

M.Sc.

Reservoir Characterization of the Lower Grand Rapids Deposit, Northwestern Cold Lake Oil Sands Area

1995

Catherine Yuill

M.Sc.

Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Ichnology of the McMurray Formation, Northeastern Alberta

1995

Michael Geier

M.Sc.

Ichnology, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Ostracode Zone, Bellshill Lake – Killam Area, East Central Alberta

1995

Howard Brekke

M.Sc.

Ichnology and Sedimentology of the Lower Cretaceous Bluesky Formation, Sinclair Field Area, West Central Alberta

1995

Indraneel Raychaudhuri

M.Sc.

Ichnology and Sedimentology of the Bow Island/Viking Formation, South Central Alberta

1994

Cameron Fehr

M.Sc.

The Stratigraphy and Ichnology of the Upper Devonian Graminia Formation – Toma Creek to Cardinal River Headwaters – Mountain Park, Alberta

1994

Don McPhee

M.Sc.

Sequence Stratigraphy of the Lower Cretaceous Mannville Group of East Central Alberta

1994

James MacEachern

Ph.D.

Integrated Ichnological Sedimentological Models: Applications to the Sequence Stratigraphic and Paleoenvironmental Interpretation of the Viking and Peace River

1994

Michael Ranger

Ph.D.

A Basin Study of the Southern Athabasca Oil Sands Deposit

1994

James Riddel

M.Sc.

Stratigraphy, Structure, Sedimentology and Natural Gas Potential of the Lower Cretaceous Mannville Group in the Leismer Area, Northeastern Alberta

1993

John Bourak

M.Sc.

Stratigraphy and Depositional Environments of the Middle Devonian Watt Mountain Formation Utikuma Lake Area, Alberta

1993

Bruce Beynon

M.Sc.

Sedimentology and Petroleum Geology of the Lower Cretaceous Clearwater Formation, Cold Lake Oil Sands Area, Alberta

1991

Blair Mattison

Ph.D.

Stratigraphic and Paleoenvironmental Analysis of the Upper and Middle Mannville Sub Groups: Cold Lake Oil Sands Area, Alberta

1991

Rhea Karvonen

M.Sc.

Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of the Lower Cretaceous Mannville Group in the Jenner Suffield Area, Southeast Alberta

1990

Ian Collar

M.Sc.

Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of the Jurassic Fernie Formation in the Sylvan Lake, Medicine River and Gilby Fields, South Central Alberta

1990

Tom Saunders

M.Sc.

Trace Fossils and Sedimentology of a Late Cretaceous Progradational Barrier Island Sequence: Bearpaw Horseshoe Canyon Formation Transition, Dorothy, Alberta

1989

Harold Oppelt

M.Sc.

Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Ichnology of the Bluesky Formation in Northeastern B.C.

1989

Shawna Vossler

M.Sc.

Ichnology of the Cardium Formation (Pembina Area)

1988

James Magwood

M.Sc.

The Ichnology of the Lower Cambrian Gog Group, Lake Louise, Alberta

1988

Andrew Fox

M.Sc.

The Lower Cretaceous McMurray Formation in the Subsurface of Syncrude Oil Sands Lease 17, Athabasca Oil Sands, Northeastern Alberta: A Physical Sedimentological Study in an Area of Exceptional Drill Core Control

1988

Robert (Bill) Arnott

Ph.D.

Sedimentology of an Ancient Clastic Nearshore Sequence, Lower Cretaceous Bootlegger Member, North Central Montana

1987