Group

Below is an overview of the Research Group.

I am always interested in discussing potential geochemistry projects with curiosity-driven students in all fields of the Earth sciences. Graduate student projects are funding-dependent, and funding varies. Reach out as early as possible to see if anything can be arranged! Check the blog page for active opportunities. I also typically seek to employ Memorial University undergraduate students as research assistants to help with on-going research projects.

Dr. Michael Babechuk

Group Leader

Assistant Professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland since 2017

2015-2016: Post-doctoral research scientist, University of Tuebingen

2010-2015: Ph.D., Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland (started at Laurentian University)

2008-2010: M.Sc., Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario

2004-2008: B.Sc.(H), University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario

Current Research Team

Gabriel Sindol
M.Sc. student, 2018-

Project: New mineralogical and geochemical insights into continental margin iron formation deposition and Paleoproterozoic lithosphere-hydrosphere-atmosphere interaction from the ca. 1.88 Ga Sokoman iron formation, Labrador Trough

Carly Mueller
M.Sc. student, 2018-
Co-supervised with Dr. Stephen Piercey

Project: Origin and genesis of the Goldenville iron formations associated with base metals and orogenic Au, Baie Verte, Newfoundland

Nabil Shawwa
Ph.D. student, Carleton University, 2018-
Co-supervised with Dr. Rob Rainbird

Project: The sedimentary record of Paleoproterozoic atmospheric oxygen and climate change in the Huronian Supergroup of Ontario and Quebec

Amy Parkinson
M.Sc. student, 2019-

Project: Provenance and depositional and diagenetic redox analysis of the Lorrain Formation, Huronian Supergroup: a test of redox signature preservation in Paleoproterozoic terrestrial red beds

Former Members

Nadine Weimar
M.Sc. student, University of Tuebingen, 2016-2017 Co-supervised by Dr. Ronny Schoenberg

Project: Fe & Cr stable isotopes of the ca. 2.45 Ga Cooper Lake paleosol

Current position: Ph.D. student at Jacobs University

Gabriel Sindol
B.Sc.(H) student and research assistant (MUCEP, SURA, and CSJ sponsored), 2017-2018

Project: Corestone-saprolite interfaces as tracers of the Paleoproterozoic surface environment

Current position: M.Sc. student at Memorial University

Jasmine Redmond
M.Env.Sci. student, 2018-2019

Report: Assessment of the potential recurrence and distribution of Pb-enrichment in soil after remediation: a case study of a former mining community located in Central Newfoundland

Current position: Environmental Consultant

David Drover
B.Sc.(H) student and research assistant (MUCEP), 2020-2021

Project: Oxidative weathering of fresh komatiite: mineralogical, textural, and geochemical evolution

Current position: Geologist, mining/minerals industry