People

  • Aram Moradi (Ph.D. program)
  • Masoud Mirzaei Souzani (Ph.D. program)
  • Taslima Anwar (Faculty, Adjunct Researcher)
  • Ted Evans (Professor Emeritus)
  • Rui Zhang (Visiting Professor)
  • Lioudmila Koukhar (technician)

    • Contact

  • Mail:
    • Department of Physics, 4-183 CCIS, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G2E1

  • Phone: +1-(780) 492-5591
  • Fax: +1-(780) 492-0714
  • E-Mail: vadim@ualberta.ca

    • Vadim A. Kravchinsky

    Dr., Professor

    Head of the Laboratory

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  • Research interests: geophysics, climate and paleoclimate, paleomagnetism, plate tectonics

  • Office: CCIS 3-106, Tel. (780) 492-5591

  • Lab room: CCIS L2-097, Tel. (780) 492-7464

  • I am taking a PhD student for a project on the Astrochronology of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. The project requires good computing skills and a solid numerical background in physics, geophysics or geoengineering. Here are some details on the project. See application procedure at https://www.ualberta.ca/en/physics/graduate-studies/index.html

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    Current graduate students

    Name Program Duration
    		Thesis
    topic



    16. Aram Moradi
    		Ph.D.
    		 2023 - 2027
    		 Numerical modelling of the permafrost thawing in Canada using Machine Learning



    15. Masoud Mirzaei Souzani
    		Ph.D.
    		 2021 - 2025
    		 Absolute plate tectonic reconstructions; archeological geophysics

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    Former graduate students

    Name Program Graduated at
    		Last known job



    14. Jie Qin
    supported by the China Scholarship Council (co-supervised with R. Zhang, Northwest University, China)     		Ph.D.
    		 2023
    		 Post-doc at Zhejiang Normal University



    13. Ryan Borowiecki
    (co-supervised with M. van der Baan)     		Ph.D.
    		 2022
    		 Geophysicist at ConTec



    12. Ekaterina Kozmina
    (co-supervised with Stephen Johnston)     		Ph.D.
    		 2022
    		 Geophysicist at Suncor



    11. Benjamin Lysak
    		 M.Sc.
    		 2020
    		 Geomatics Analyst (Department of National Defense, Hydrographic Services Office)



    10. Taslima Anwar
    		 Ph.D.
    		 2017
    		 Faculty (Red Deer Polytechnic)



    9. Lei Wu (co-supervised with David Potter)
    		 Ph.D.
    		 2017
    		 Wares Fellow (McGill University)



    8. Chen Jiasheng
    (co-supervised with Xiuming Liu from Lanzhou University)    		 Ph.D.
    		 2014
    		 Associate Professor (Fujian Normal University, China)



    7. Dunia A. Blanco
    		 Ph.D.
    		 2013
    		 Shell



    6. Karol Rohraff
    (co-supervised with Mauricio Sacchi)    		 M.Sc.
    		 2011
    		 Medical imaging team lead (British Columbia's Ministry of Health)



    5. Rui Zhang
    		 Ph.D.
    		 2011
    		 Professor (Northwest University, Xi'an, China)



    4. Jeff Samson
    		 M.Sc.
    		 2009
    		 Data Analyst / GIS Specialist (consulting, Calgary)



    3. Shawn Walker
    		 M.Sc.
    		 2007
    		 Geophysicist at Precision GeoSurveys Inc.



    2. Jason Zhigang Han
    (co-supervised with Douglas Schmitt)    		 M.Sc.
    		 2005
    		 Senior Geophysicist at EnCana



    1. Mikhail A. Krainov
    (co-supervised with M.I. Kuzmin)    		 Ph.D.
    		 2005
    		 Researcher (Institute of the Earth Crust, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences)
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