People
Current Lab Personnel
Research Associates
Dr. Boris Foursenko (PhD Novosibirsk): high pressure studies of material properties, phase transitions
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Alexandra Tsay (PhD ETH Zurich): fluid and melt-mediated mass transfer in subduction zones
Current Students
Neva Fowler-Gerace (PhD student): textures and compositional variation in pallasites; behaviour of arsenic and antimony as redox sensors in subduction zone magmas
Neal Sullivan (MSc student; co-supervised with Zoltan Zajacz): complexing of platinum group elements and the formation of porphry copper deposits
Yanan Liu (PhD student): behaviour of chalcogens during the solidification of sulfide magmas
Stephanie Vaughn (B.Sc. student): redox state of manganese in felsic magmas
Former Lab Personnel
B.Sc. Students
Natalie Caciagli, B.Sc. thesis title:”An experimental study of Fe-Ni exchange between olivine and sulphide melt: Implications for Ni-Cu deposits and oxygen barometry”, Completed April, 1998
David Andrews, B.A.Sc. thesis title: “An experimental study of the solubility of iridium in sulphide liquid: Implications for high temperature alloy phase stability”, Completed April, 1999
Vivian Schatz, B.Sc. thesis title:”Do melt inclusions in olivine preserve primary liquid compositions?”, Completed April, 1999
Andrew Stewart, B.Sc. thesis title:”Hydrothermal growth of quartz single crystals”, Completed April, 2000. PDF: Stewart_2000
Lisa Tomory, B.Sc. thesis title:”Diffusion of sulphur in a basaltic melt”, Completed April, 2000
Christine Kwan, B.Sc. thesis title:”Characterisation of PGE mineralisation at East Bull Lake”, Completed April, 2001
Peter Gower, B.A.Sc. thesis title: “An experimental study of the solubility of ruthenium and stability of laurite in a basaltic system”, Completed June, 2002
Mike Wood, B.A.Sc. thesis title: “Arsenic in igneous systems: An experimental investigation” Completed April, 2003. PDF: Wood_2003
Seth Ninaviggi, B.Sc. thesis title: “The geology and origin of the Essonville Carbonatite”, Completed April, 2003.
Ashley Harrett, B.Sc. thesis title: “Zircon-melt partitioning of Ce and Eu as a function of oxygen fugacity”, Completed April, 2005
Veronika Homolova, B.Sc. thesis title: “ Spinel-silicate melt partitioning of platinum group elements (PGEs) as a function of oxygen fugacity”, Completed April, 2008. PDF: Homolova_2008
Victoria Mackenzie, B.Sc. thesis title: “Chromite and PGE precipitation induced by magma mixing”, Completed April, 2009. PDF: McKenzie_2008
Katherine Kelley, B.Sc. thesis title: “MSS-melt partitioning of PGEs and semi-metals at controlled fO2-fS2 conditions”, began Summer, 2008.
Kieran Jederman, B.Sc. thesis title: “Behaviour of chalcophile elements and semi-metals during solidification of the Mt. St. Gregoire intrusion, Quebec”, began Fall 2009.
Caitlin Beland, B.Sc. thesis title “Petrology of Li pegmatites east of James Bay, Quebec”, completed April, 2011. PDF: Beland_2011
Danica Pascua, B.Sc. thesis title: “Stability of copper rich sulfide minerals at high temperature: Implications for Au-PGE fractionation in felsic magmas”, completed, April, 2012. PDF: Pascua_2012
Alex Pernin, B.Sc. thesis title: “Evidence for shallow level degassing at Mt. St. Gregoire, QC”, completed, April, 2013. PDF: Pernin_2013
Mark Lawrence, B.Sc. thesis title: “Investigation of ash layers, Ordovician Table Point Formation, Newfoundland”, completed, April, 2013. PDF:
Dennis Luo, B.Sc. thesis title: “Is there Fe metal in the source regions of lunar magmas?”, completed, April, 2014.
Andrew Canali, B.Sc. thesis title: “Solubility of the assemblage Pt-PtAs in basalt with implications for Pt complexing and As speciation”, completed, April, 2014. PDF: Canali_2014
Kristyna Buchan, B.Sc. thesis title: “Origin of amphibole in the Skinner Cove Formation, Newfoundland, Canada”, completed, April, 2015.
Robin Wolf, B.Sc. thesis title: “Solubility of precious metals in carbonate melt, with implications for mantle metasomatism”, completed, April, 2015
M.Sc. Students
Parisa Sattari, M.Sc. thesis title: “Experimental constraints on the role of chromite in PGE fractionation in magmatic systems”, Completed May, 2000.
Lesley Rose, M.Sc. thesis title: “Wetting properties of Fe-Ni-Co-Cu-O-S melts against olivine: Implications for sulphide melt mobility”, Completed Sept, 2000.
David Andrews, M.Sc. thesis title: “The effects of intensive parameters on the geochemical behaviour of ruthenium, osmium and iridium in sulfide saturated and undersaturated systems: Implications for IPGE alloy stability in mafic magmas”, Completed Sept, 2002.
Fransesco Turchario, M.Sc. thesis title: “The effect of melt composition on the behaviour of platinum in magmatic systems”, completed August, 2013.
Damoun Pourbazargan M.Sc. provisional thesis title: “Melt Inclusions in Chromite”, began Fall, 2010 (co-supervised with J. Mungall).
Caitlin Beland M.A.Sc. thesis title: “Phase Equilibria in Peralkaline melts”, completed January, 2013 (co-supervised with J. Mungall).
Shawn Vandekerkhove M.Sc. thesis title: “Wetting properties of sulfide liquids in crustal lithologies”, completed August, 2014 (co-supervised with J. Mungall).
Ph.D. Students
Craig Finnigan, Ph.D. thesis title: “The role of chromite in PGE fractionation in mafic igneous systems”, Completed June, 2006.
Lesley Rose, Ph.D. thesis title: “Solution behaviour of the siderophile elements during Earth differentiation: An experimental study”, Completed April, 2007.
Natalie Caciagli, Ph.D thesis title: “Experimental constraints on Li isotope fractionation during subduction zone dehydration”, Completed December, 2009.
Duane Smythe, Ph.D. thesis title: “An experimental study of zircon-silicate melt partitioning with geochemical applications”, completed August, 2013. **Gelinas Gold Medal***
Neil Bennett, Ph.D. thesis title: “The behaviour of siderophile elements in high temperature geochemical systems”, completed August, 2013