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Robert Amissah portrait

Robert Kojo Amissah

MSc Geology, Thesis-based

Impacts of metamorphism and deformation on the Proterozoic Haile Epithermal Deposit in South Carolina, US | Email ramissah@laurentian.ca


John Ayer

John Ayer

Associate MERC Director

T. 705.675.1151 ext. 2249



Sandra Baurier Aymat

PhD candidate Mineral Deposits and Precambrian Geology

Genesis and Localization of Ni-Cu-PGE Mineralization in the Sudbury Structure


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Pouran Behnia

GIS Specialist, MERC / Metal Earth

E: pbehnia@laurentian.ca


Joleen Belanger

Joleen Belanger

MSc Student

Tracking metamorphic fluid evolution and variability of metamorphism across Kinross Gold's Great Bear Deposit


Anthony E. Beswick

Anthony E. Beswick

Professor Emeritus Igneous Petrology

Igneous Petrology, Professor Emeritus, BSc PhD DIC (London)


Wieland Boehme portrait

Wieland Boehme

PhD Student - Mineral Deposits and Precambrian Geology

Characterization of mineralogy, geochemistry, and gold remobilization processes at the Great Bear deposit, Red Lake, ON | wieland.boeh@googlemail.com


Stefanie Brueckner

Stefanie Brueckner

Assistant Professor, PhD Program Coordinator (2024-25)

sbrueckner@laurentian.ca


Lynn Bulloch

Lynn Bulloch

Promotions and Communications Manager

Email: le_bulloch@laurentian.ca / Phone 705-675-1151 x2013 / Office 8th Floor WGMC, B8032


Nathan Carter

Nathan Carter

MSc Geology (Thesis)

Understanding the nature and controls on Ni, Co, and PGE mineralization by focusing on the petrography, geochemistry, and mineralogy of the Crawford intrusive complex.


Paul Copper

Paul Copper

Professor Emeritus Paleobiology

Paleobiology, Professor Emeritus, BA MA Saskatchewan, PhD DIC London



David Downie

MSc Geology Student

Intrusion-related gold systems in the western Wabigoon subprovince; Investigations of the Lost Lake area, ON


Nia Gauthier

Nia Gauthier

MSc Geology, Thesis-based

Structural evolution of the Winnipeg River gneisses and overlying supracrustal sequences, distribution of metal-bearing pegmatites



Harold L. Gibson

Professor Emeritus of Volcanology and Ore Deposits

Telephone: 705-675-1151 ext 2371; Email: HGibson@laurentian.ca



Anna Haataja

MSc Geology Student

The timing and type of metamorphism of the Wabigoon Subprovince near Geraldton, Ontario


Evan Hall

Evan Hall

MSc Geology Student

Structural and Stratigraphic Controls on Gold Mineralization, Ulu Project, High Lake Greenstone Belt, Nunavut, Canada


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Tramaine James

PhD Student

Gold Metallogeny of the Rhyacian Mazaruni greenstone belt, Guyana, South America


Richard S. James

Richard S. James

Professor Emeritus Metamorphic Petrology

Metamorphic Petrology, Professor Emeritus, BSc MSc McMaster, PhD Manchester


Pedro J. Jugo

Pedro J. Jugo

Professor of Igneous Petrology; BSc Earth Sciences and Applied Mineral Exploration MSc Program Coordinator; Director of the Harquail School of Earth Sciences

Telephone: 705-675-1151 ext 2106; Email: PJugo@laurentian.ca


Reid R. Keays

Reid R. Keays

Professor Emeritus Economic Geology

Economic Geology, Professor Emeritus, BSc (Geol Eng) Queen's, PhD McMaster


Daniel J. Kontak

Daniel J. Kontak

Professor of Ore Deposit Geology, Applied MSc Program Coordinator (2024-25)

Telephone: 705-675-1151 ext 2352; Email: DKontak@laurentian.ca


Grad student Irina Korsakova seated amongst green leafy plants in a forest.

Irina Korsakova

MSc Geology, Thesis-based

Characterizing the lithogeochemistry and alteration of the intrusion-related Bidgood deposit, ON, Canada | ikorsakova@laurentian.ca



Klaus Kuster

PhD candidate Mineral Deposits Precambrian Geology, Metal Earth

Petrogenesis and Metallogenesis of Polymetallic Cr-Ni-Cu-PGE Systems in the Superior Province, Canada


Bruno Lafrance

Bruno Lafrance

Professor of Structural Geology, Metal Earth Associate Director

Telephone: 705-675-1151 ext 2264; Email: BLafrance@laurentian.ca


Maggie Laverge portrait

Maggie Laverge

MSc Geology, Thesis-based

Structural controls on gold mineralization along the LP Fault, Great Bear project, Red Lake.



Derek Leung

PhD candidate Mineral Deposits and Precambrian Geology

All that glitters is gold? The spectroscopy, trace-element chemistry, genesis, and exploration implications of green micas associated with gold deposits



Jade Lockie

PhD candidate

MSc: Orogenic unroofing in the Rae Craton recorded through U-Pb geochronology of the Paleoproterozoic Nonacho Group, Northwest Territories



Théo Lombard

PhD candidate Mineral Deposits and Precambrian Geology

Mineral exploration footprints of crustal-scale deformation zones in Neoarchean greenstone belts, Canada


Darrel G.F. Long

Darrel G.F. Long

Professor Emeritus Sedimentology

Professor, BSc Hons Leicester, MSc PhD Western; Sedimentology


Grad student Anastasiia Mashkova wearing a backpack with a glacier in background

Anastasiia Mashkova

MSc Geology, Thesis-based

Critical metal behavior in metamorphosed and deformed volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits | amashkova@laurentian.ca


Andrew M. McDonald

Andrew M. McDonald

Professor of Mineralogy, Director of the Microanalytical Centre

Telephone: 705-675-1151 ext 2266; Email: AMcdonald@laurentian.ca



Dylan McKevitt

PhD candidate Mineral Deposits and Precambrian Geology

Localization of Ni-Cu-(PGE) mineralization in an early Proterozoic trans-crustal dike-sill-lava channel system, Cape Smith Belt, Nunavik


Abubakar Mijinyawa at the Harquail School of Earth Sciences

Abubakar Mijinyawa

MSc Geology - Applied Mineral Exploration

I'm from Northern Nigeria, and I obtained a Bachelor's in Geology and an MSc in Applied Geology from Brighton University, United Kingdom. I have more than 10 years of working experience in both research institutes and academia. I presently work as a Lecturer at the Department of Geology at Bayero University Kano, Nigeria. My area of specialization is Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, Basin Analysis and Geophysics.


Taylor Mugford stands in a gorge at the top of a waterfall

Taylor Mugford

MSc Geology, Thesis-based

Structural Investigation of the Kirkland Lake Gold Camp, Ontario | Email: tmugford@laurentian.ca


Sean Mundreon

Sean Mundreon, P.Geo.

Refining Alteration Footprints of the Hammond Reef Gold Deposit using Hyperspectral Imaging



Christa Ntabana

MSc Geology Student

Clay mineralogy and carbon sequestration in Sudbury soils



Kristine Nymoen

PhD candidate Mineral Deposits and Precambrian Geology

Origin, petrogenesis and architecture of the southern Superior crust in space and time: Implications for large-scale mineral endowment.


Ryan O'Donnell

Ryan O'Donnell

Research Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Advisor for the Office of Research Services and Metal Earth

705-675-1151 ext. 5100



Stéphane Perrouty

Associate Professor of Precambrian Geology

Telephone: 705-675-1151 ext 2212; Email: SPerrouty@laurentian.ca



Dustin Peters

PhD candidate Mineral Deposits and Precambrian Geology

Genesis and Localization of Ni-Cu-PGE Mineralization in the Sudbury Structure, Canada


Adrian Rehm

Adrian Rehm

PhD candidate Mineral Deposits and Precambrian Geology

Project: Metamorphic evolution, fluid production, and evaluation of synmetamorphic gold mobility in the Quetico metasedimentary belt, ON


Eric Roots

Eric Roots

PhD candidate Mineral Deposits and Precambrian Geology

Interpretation of Metal Earth magnetotelluric data


Kirk Ross with sailboat in background

Kirk Ross

Laboratory Director

My interests include compositional and structural characterization of natural and synthetic phases and phase mixtures by XRF, XRD, SEM-EDS and EPMA-EDS/WDS methods. Office location: WGMC A8056 Email:kross@laurentian.ca



Colin Ross

MSc candidate Geology

Tectonomagmatic history and ore-forming triggers at the Titiribi and La Mina porphyry-epithermal deposits, Colombia


Tobias Roth

Tobias Roth

Geoscience Technologist, Harquail School of Earth Sciences

T: 705.675.1151 ext. 2273


Don H. Rousell

Don H. Rousell

Professor Emeritus Structural Geology

Structural Geology; Professor Emeritus; BSc Manitoba, MSc British Columbia, PhD Manitoba



Henning Seibel

PhD candidate Mineral Deposits and Precambrian Geology

Genesis and Localization of Ni-Cu-PGE Mineralization in the Sudbury Structure


Ross Sherlock

Ross Sherlock

Chair in Exploration Targeting; Director of MERC and Metal Earth

Telephone: 705-675-1151 ext 2379; Email: RSherlock@laurentian.ca


Jack Simmons portrait

Jack Simmons

Post-doctoral Fellow

Email jsimmons@laurentian.ca Phone 705-675-1151 x2374 / Office 6th Floor WGMC, B6030


Richard S. Smith

Richard Smith

Professor of Geophysics; Industrial Research Chair in Exploration Geophysics

Telephone: 705-675-1151 ext 2364; Email: RSSmith@laurentian.ca


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Jacob Strong

Research Associate, Metal Earth

Email: jstrong@laurentian.ca | 8th floor of the Willet Green Miller Centre, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada



Keaton Strongman

PhD candidate Mineral Deposits and Precambrian Geology

Metallogeny of the Onaman-Tashota Greenstone Belt, Eastern Wabigoon Domain, Northern Ontario


Jonathan Sutton

Jonathan Sutton

PhD candidate Mineral Deposits and Precambrian Geology

VMS deposits and their spatiotemporal relationships with a synvolcanic intrusion in the Duprat-Montbray formation, lower Blake River group, Abitibi Greenstone belt, ON


Medhi Tavakoli Yaraki

Mehdi Tavakoli

PhD Student

Structural and stratigraphic evolution across the Quetico-Marmion Boundary, Atikokan area, NW Ontario


Portrait of grad student Sam Tetteh

Samuel Edem Kodzo Tetteh

MSc Geology, Thesis-based

Controls on volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposits in the Kamiskotia Volcanic Complex, Ontario | stetteh@laurentian.ca


Phil Thurston

Phil C. Thurston

Professor of Precambrian Geology (Adjunct, in residence)

Telephone: 705-675-1151 ext 2372; Email: PThurston@laurentian.ca



Douglas K. Tinkham

Associate Professor of Metamorphic Petrology

Telephone: 705-675-1151 ext 2270; Email: DTinkham@laurentian.ca


Györgyi Tuba

Györgyi Tuba

Research Associate with Metal Earth

Email: GTuba@laurentian.ca


Elizabeth Turner

Elizabeth C. Turner

Professor of Carbonate Sedimentology and Invertebrate Paleontology

Telephone: 705-675-1151 ext 2267; Email: ETurner@laurentian.ca


Lianna Vice, MSc, PGeo, PhD Student

Lianna Vice

PhD Student

Defining the supracrustal stratigraphy and structural evolution of the northeastern Michipicoten greenstone belt


Robert E. Whitehead

Robert E. Whitehead

Professor Emeritus Exploration Geochemistry

Exploration Geochemistry, Professor Emeritus; BSc Mount Allison, PhD New Brunswick


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