Research Group

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    Current graduate students

  • Xiaowen Liu (PhD student, 2016-)
      - geodynamic modeling of flat-slab subduction

  • Tai-Chieh Yu (PhD student, 2016-)
      - Canadian Cordillera mantle structure and dynamics

  • Zhihong Pan (PhD student, 2017-)
      - crust and mantle dynamics of Cordilleran orogens

  • Yiru Zhou (MSc student, 2018-, co-supervised with Mirko van der Baan)
      - geomechanical models of static and dynamical rock failure

  • David Quiroga (MSc student, 2019-)
      - numerical modelling of gravitational instabilities

  • Kristina Kublik (MSc student, 2019-, co-supervised with Graham Pearson)
      - formation and evolution of cratonic basins

    Former graduate students

  • Wenbo Zhang (MSc 2019, co-supervised with Stephen Johnson)
      - Consequences of the Cretaceous west-dipping subduction in western North America

  • Olivia Henderson (MSc 2017)
      - Geodynamic models of the central Andes

  • Juan Rosas (PhD 2016)
      - Three-dimensional Thermal Structure of Subduction Zones

  • Huilin Wang (PhD 2015)
      - Intracontinental Deformation Caused by Gravitational Lithosphere Removal

  • Deirdre Mallyon (MSc 2016, co-supervised with Doug Schmitt)
      - The Evolution of Craton Margin Geometry Through Time

  • Sibiao Liu (MSc 2014)
      - Flattening the Slab: Farallon Plate Subduction and the Laramide Orogeny

  • Drew Chorney (MSc 2014, co-supervised with Mirko van der Baan)
      - Geomechanical Modeling of Rock Deformation and Associated Microseismicity

  • Lei Zhang (MSc 2011, co-supervised with Doug Schmitt)
      - 3D Numerical Models of Drilling-induced Core Fractures

    Undergraduate students

  • Ray Wang (2019) - numerical models of orogenic delamination
  • Brandon Neufeld (2018; Undergraduate Research Initiative program) - numerical models of craton edge dynamics
  • Farhanah Mohammed (2016; co-supervised with V. Kravchinsky) - development of a geophysics public display
  • Felipe da Cruz Pimentel (2015; Science Without Borders program) - thermal and seismic structure of Central America
  • Micah Morin (2012) - surface erosion and lithosphere instability
  • Lonn Brown (2010-2012) - slab window formation, shear wave splitting
  • Neil Krystopowicz (2010-2012) - delamination and lithosphere instability in orogens
  • Shaila Ferdous (2010) - numerical models of RT instabilities
  • Christina Goh (2009, 2012) - shear wave splitting, models of faulting
  • Victoria Turley (2008-2009) - shear wave splitting
  • Amy Gerber (2008) - subduction zone thermal models

    Undergraduate thesis projects

  • Ray Wang (Winter 2019) - time-dependent mantle structure following delamination
  • Sean Pasek (Winter 2018) - effect of surface erosion on orogen dynamics
  • Tian Zheng (Fall 2017; Winter 2018) - structure of the Southern Canadian Cordillera
  • Nikhil D'Souza (Winter 2016) - mantle seismic structure below the Slave Craton, northern Canada
  • David Fayerman (Winter 2016) - models of surface deformation associated with Cascadia megathrust earthquakes
  • Jared Gorbahn (Winter 2016) - thermal model of the rupture zone of the 2015 Gorkha (Nepal) earthquake
  • Sherry Rath (Winter 2016) - styles of lithosphere delamination in the central Andes
  • Felipe da Cruz Pimentel (Fall 2015) - seismic attenuation, temperature and water content of the Central America mantle
  • Karl Mome (Winter 2015) - mantle delamination and seismic velocity structure below California
  • Lina Ting (Winter 2014) - 3D models of mantle wedge flow and the effect of cratonic keels
  • Adama Dieye (Winter 2013) - lithosphere structure and elevation of western Canada
  • Neil Krystopowicz (2010-2011) - lithosphere dynamics in Cordilleran orogens
  • Victoria Turley (Winter 2009) - seismic anisotropy for the Scotia subduction zone