John Ayer
Associate MERC DirectorT. 705.675.1151 ext. 2249
John joined the Mineral Exploration Research Centre as Associate Director in February 2013. He received BSc and MSc degrees from Carleton University and a PhD degree from the University of Ottawa. He worked for 28 years with the Ontario Geological Survey (OGS) mapping Precambrian greenstone belts at detailed to regional scales in the Wabigoon and Abitibi Subprovinces and 10 years for the exploration industry. He was leader for the OGS Precambrian mapping group in NE Ontario, Targeted Geoscience Initiative 3 in the Abitibi and coordinator of the Greenstone Architecture project at Laurentian University (LU) under the Discover Abitibi Initiative. He supervises graduate students as an Adjunct Professor at LU. His academic interests include geochronology, stratigraphy, lithogeochemistry and geodymanics with a focus on the controls of metal deposition in Archean Terranes.
Upcoming Events
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Wed
26 Mar 2025PhD thesis defence Derek Leung
Tomorrow
Time: 01:30pm - 02:30pm
Location: Fraser Auditorium, 935 Ramsey Lake Rd, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, Canada
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Fri
28 Mar 2025HES Graduate Seminars
Friday, March 28th
Time: 11:30am - 12:30pm
Location: Willet Green Miller Centre, 933 Ramsey Lake Rd, Sudbury, ON P3E 6B5, Canada
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Sat
5 Apr 2025Year End Banquet of the Harquail School of Earth Sciences
Saturday, April 5th
Time: 03:00pm - 08:00pm
Location: Bryston's on the Park, 5 Creighton Rd, Copper Cliff, ON P0M 1N0, Canada
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Wed
7 May 2025Field Trip - Geology of the Sudbury Impact Structure
Wednesday, May 7th
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