2023.September. S. Sarkar joins BRG as MSc student.
2023.September. I. Coxon receives NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship-Master's award for 2023-2024.
2023.August. Collaborative fieldwork between research group members (G. Ledesma, M.G. Babechuk) and the Geological Survey of Newfoundland & Labrador (J. Conliffe, M. O'Neill) to sample stream waters in southern Newfoundland; part of a Targeted Geoscience Initiative-6 research project that will be led by new group member S. Sarkar starting in September 2023.
2023.June. I. Coxon undertakes Society of Economic Geology (SEG)-funded field research in the Huronian Supergroup in collaboration with researchers at the Geological Survey of Canada, Carleton University, and Dartmouth College.
2023.May. I. Coxon, G. Ledesma, and M.G. Babechuk attend the 2023 Canadian Geobiology group field trip based out of Elliot Lake. The trip focused on geological features in the 2.45-2.22 Ga Huronian Supergroup that capture Paleoproterozoic Earth surface redox and climate change.
2023.May. I. Coxon, G. Ledesma, and M.G. Babechuk present research at the 2023 joint Geological Association of Canada-Mineralogical Association of Canada-Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (GAC-MAC-SGA) meeting in Sudbury, Canada.
2023.April. I. Coxon and J. Yun present their research at the Geological Association of Canada-Newfoundland & Labrador 2023 Annual Technical Meeting. I. Coxon receives one of two awards for Outstanding Student Presentation.
2023.April. Earth Sciences Scholarships and Awards Recognition Ceremony; I. Coxon recognized for receiving Hugh Lilly Memorial Scholarship Geosciences and School of Graduate Studies F.A. Aldrich Fellowship; G. Ledesma recognized for receiving the first R.F. Blackwood Memorial Award in Geoscience.
2023.January. C. Mueller (co-supervised by S. Piercey) completes MSc degree.
2022.September. I. Coxon and J. Yun join the BRG as MSc and PhD student, respectively.
2022.May. B. Tilley presents research at the 2022 Geological Association of Canada-Mineralogical Association of Canada (GAC-MAC) meeting in Halifax, Canada.
2022.April-May. M.G. Babechuk and I. Coxon visit the isotope geochemistry group at University of Tuebingen (Tuebingen, Germany) to measure samples and help test a prototype microwave digestion system.
2022.April. A. Balaji and B. Tilley receive Memorial University Faculty of Science Undergraduate Research Award. I. Coxon receives Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Undergraduate Student Research Award.
2022.April. B. Tilley and R. Revoy complete BSc(H) degree.
2022.April. B. Tilley presents research at inaugural Memorial University Faculty of Science 'Scientific Endeavours in Academia (SEA)' conference, wins 'Best Earth Science presentation' award.
2022.February. K. Revoy and G. Ledesma present their research at the Geological Association of Canada-Newfoundland & Labrador 2022 Annual Technical Meeting. K. Revoy receives one of three awards for Outstanding Student Presentation.
2021.October. B. Tilley presents research at 2021 Atlantic Universities Geoscience Conference at St. Mary's University (Halifax, Canada; hybrid conference).
2021.August. G. Sindol completes MSc degree, graduates with the distinction of Fellow of the School of Graduate Studies.
2021.April. B. Tilley receives Memorial University Faculty of Science Undergraduate Research Award.
2021.April. D. Drover completes BSc(H) degree, wins H.R. Peters Award for Best BSc Thesis.
2020.November. D. Drover presents research at 2020 Atlantic Universities Geoscience Conference at University of New Brunswick (New Brunswick, Canada; online conference).
2020.January. G. Sindol receives NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship-Master's for 2019-2020.
2019.September. A. Parkinson joins the BRG as MSc student.
2018.September. C. Mueller (co-supervised by S. Piercey) and G. Sindol join the BRG as MSc students. N. Shawwa (Carleton University, primary supervisors: R. Rainbird, J. Mungall) joins the BRG.
2018.July. M.G. Babechuk does field work with University of Bern collaborators (E.M. O'Sullivan and T.F. Nagler) in the Ottawa River basin.
2018.May. G. Sindol receives Memorial University Faculty of Science Undergraduate Research Award.
2018.April. G. Sindol completes BSc(H) degree.
2017.September. G. Sindol presents research at 2017 Atlantic Universities Geoscience Conference at Memorial University (St. John's, Canada).
2017.August. BRG attends the 27th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference in Paris, France.
2017.July. G. Sindol visits Trinity College, Dublin to collect data for BSc(H) thesis project.
2017.June. BRG attends 1st Geobiology Society Conference in Banff, Canada.
2017.April. M.G Babechuk visits the isotope geochemistry group at University of Tuebingen for data collection and collaboration.