Research Group


Ph.D. Students:

Amy Daradich, October 2001 - Present
Thesis Topic: Mantle Convection and the Geological Record

Roblyn Kendall, Awarded January 2007
Thesis: Sea-Level Change on an Ice-Age Earth: Theory, Algorithm and Applications

Isamu Matsuyama, Awarded September 2005
Thesis: Stability of Long-Term Planetary Rotation
(Co-supervised with Professor N. Murray, CITA)
Current Position: PDF, Carnegie Institute of Washington

Jonathan Mound, Awarded September 2001
Thesis: Long-Term Rotational Effects on the Shape of the Earth and its Oceans
Current Position: Lecturer, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds

Russell Pysklywec, Awarded November 1998
Thesis: Mantle Dynamics and the Geological Record: Dynamical Mechanisms for Continental Epeirogeny
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Geology, University of Toronto

Glenn Milne, Awarded January 1998
Thesis: Refining Models of Glacial Isostatic Adjustment
Current Position: Reader, University of Durham


M.Sc. Students:

Jonathan Davis, September 2006 - Present
Thesis Topic: Post-Glacial Sea-Level Change

Lisa Roach, Awarded September 2005
Thesis: Post-Glacial Sea-Level Change in the Caribbean

Diana Valencia, Awarded August 2002
Thesis: Estimating Body Tides Using Long Period Seismic Data

Jerome Neufeld, Awarded August 2002
(Co-supervised with Professors R. Bailey & S. Morris)
Thesis: Experimental Studies of Turbidite Flows

Amy Daradich, Awarded September 2001
Thesis: Mantle Flow Modeling of the Anomalous Subsidence of the Silurian Baltic Basin

Jonathan Mound, Awarded May 1997
Thesis: True Polar Wander as a Mechanism for Second-Order Sea-Level Cycles

Russell Pysklywec, Awarded May 1994
Thesis: Investigation of the Devonian to Permian Tilting of the Russian Platform as a Subduction-Induced Tilting Episode


Research Assistants / Post-Doctoral Fellows:

Roblyn Kendall, January 2007 - Present (PDF)

Jillian Pearse, September 2006 - May 2007 (RA)

Konstantin Latychev, September 2000 - Present (RA)

Robert Moucha, September 2003 - July 2005 (PDF)

Mark Tamisiea, February 2000 - April 2002 (PDF)

Jovan Prence, July 1999 - June 2000 (Visiting Scientist)

Marcia Quintas, September 1997 - February 2000 (Visiting Professor)

Pan Rongshi, January 1993 - April 1995 (PDF)


Summer Undergraduate Research Students:

Heather Connery, June - August 2007

Ngai Ham Chan, June - August 2007

Adrian Dalca, May - August 2007

John Crowley, April - August 2006

James Peek, April - August 2006

Natalya Gomez, May 2005

Theodoulos Diogenous, August 2002

Catherine Chan, April - August 2002

Brian Lee, May - August 2001

Solmaz Eshraghi, May - August 2001

Diana Valencia, May - August 2000

Solmaz Eshraghi, May - August 2000

Jill Pearse, May - August 1997

Miaki Ishii, June - August 1996

Miaki Ishii, May - August 1995


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