Executive Council
2020-2021
President
Makoto Honda-McNeil
hondamcn@ualberta.ca
I am a second year Master's student working under Dr. Sasha Wilson, focusing on utilizing weathered waste rock and tailings as a source for transition metal recovery.
Vice President
Jason Hinde
jhinde@ualberta.ca
I am a second year MSc student working with Dr. Graham Pearson on PGE and HSE systematics in the sub-continental lithospheric mantle. ATLAS is an essential piece of what makes our department great and I look forward to contributing to another successful academic year.
Sectretary
Pouya Khalili
khalili@ualberta.ca
I am a third-year PhD student working with Dr Monireh Faramarzi. My research focuses on water-food security challenges under changing climate in the Canadian Prairies.
Treasurer
Libbey Tunney
ltunney@ualberta.ca
I am a second year Master's student working with Dr. Chris Herd. My research focuses on organic contamination on the surface of meteorites and the implications this has for advanced curation methods.
ATLAS Talk Series Organizer
Kira Holland
kmhollan@ualberta.ca
I am a first year PhD student working with Dr. Alison Criscitiello in the Canadian Ice Core Lab (CICL). My research uses the geochemistry of high-latitude glacier ice cores to understand ocean-atmosphere variability since the late Pleistocene.
Social Convener
Nicklas Baran
nbaran@ualberta.ca
I am a first-year Urban and Regional Planning Master's' student. My interests are in environmental, resiliency, and land-use planning.
ATLAS Talk Series Organizer
Scott Cocker
scocker@ualberta.ca
Hi, I’m Scott, and I am a first year PhD student working with Dr Duane Froese. My research focus is on reconstructing dynamics of the steppe megafauna and the environments they lived in from east Beringia over the past 50 000 years by using ancient DNA, pollen and plant macrofossils preserved in permafrost.
ATLAS Symposium Coordinator
Kristina Kublik
kkublik@ualberta.ca
I’m a second year MSc student working with Drs. Graham Pearson and Claire Currie. My project uses computer models to study possible scenarios that facilitate cratonic basin formation in the Neoarchean.
Social Convener
Brielle Andersen
banderse@ualberta.ca
I'm a first year master's student under Drs Ben Rostron and Duane Froese studying hydrogeology in Central Alberta. I will mainly use geophysical techniques to delineate aquifer extent. I'm excited to facilitate all things social in ALTAS this year!
Outreach, Volunteer, and Diversity Coordinator
Nicole Cronkhite
ncronkhite@ualberta.ca
I am a first year student in the MSc. Urban and Regional Planning program. My interests are architecture, permaculture, and community resilience through thoughtful urban design.
EAS Ambassador
Avni Patel
avni1@ualberta.ca
I’m a first year PhD student working with Dr. Sasha Wilson looking at characterising transformation pathways in Mg-Ca carbonates and noting the effects on transition metal mobility and isotopic fractionation during these non-classical mineral transformations. The work is relevant to carbon capture and utilisation and palaeonvironmental reconstruction.
Remote Sensing and GIS Representative
Connor Bax
bax@ualberta.ca
Integrated Petroleum Geosciences Representative
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Webmaster/Calendar Coordinator
Amanda Kotila
kotila@ualberta.ca
I’m a master’s student working with Dr. Monireh Faramarzi in the Watershed Science and Modelling Laboratory. My research focuses on meltwater projections from the Canadian Rocky Mountains and potential downstream impacts.
Field Trip Organizer
Nikita Kepezhinskas
kepezhin@ualberta.ca
Nikita Kepezhinskas - I’m a second year master’s student working with Dr. Graham Pearson. My research focuses on the geochronology, petrology, and geochemistry of kimberlites from the N.W.T. and Nunavut. I am also involved with organizing virtual/remote field experiences with partner programs in the Southeastern United States.
Undergraduate Liaison
Emily Creaser
ecreaser@ualberta.ca
I am an MSc student working on modelling anhydrite solubility in magmatic-hydrothermal ore deposit systems.
Geology Representative
Miranda Holt
holt@ualberta.ca
I am a first year Master's student working with Dr. Chris Herd focusing on curation of meteorites.
Glacial and Quaternary Representative
Matthew Bolton
bolton1@ualberta.ca
Matt Bolton, Glacial and Quaternary Representative, is a graduate student whose research combines the fields of tephrochronology, volcanology, palaeoenvironments, and data science. He is working under the supervision of Dr Britta Jensen. As co-coordinator for the 2019-2020 ATLAS Talk program, he brought a multidisciplinary perspective to the talk series and facilitated opportunities for EAS members to showcase their work, learn from others, and create connections between researchers. This year, as Glacial and Quaternary Representative, he strives to strengthen this work while supporting the aims and goals of ATLAS and the EAS Department as a whole.
Urban and Regional Planning Representative
Jared Althouse
jnalthou@ualberta.ca
I am a first year master's student in Urban and Regional Planning. Interests of mine include placemaking, sustainable practice and heritage.
Human Geography Representative
Gabrielle Ayres
ayres1@ualberta.ca
I am a first year Master of Arts student in the Human Geography program working with Dr. Tara McGee. My research focuses on the impacts of wildfire smoke on First Nations communities.
Atmosphere/Ocean Representative
Rebeca Campos
rdcampos@ualberta.ca
I am a master student in Gamon's Lab, my research is focused on the detection of evergreen-boreal trees photosynthetic activity using a combination of leaf-scale and satellite-scale remote sensing techniques.