Executive Council
2020-2021
President
Makoto Honda-McNeil 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. hondamcn@ualberta.ca |
Vice President Jason Hinde 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. jhinde@ualberta.ca |
Treasurer
Libby Tunney 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. ltunney@ualberta.ca |
Secretary
Pouya Khalili 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. khalili@ualberta.ca |
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ATLAS Talk Series Organizer
Kira Holland 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. kmhollan@ualberta.ca 
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ATLAS Talk Series Organizer
Scott Cocker 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. scocker@ualberta.ca |
Social Convener
Nicklas Baran I am a first-year Urban and Regional Planning Master's' student. My interests are in environmental, resiliency, and land-use planning. nbaran@ualberta.ca |
Social Convener
Brielle Andersen 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! banderse@ualberta.ca |
ATLAS Symposium Coordinator
Kristina Kublik 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. kkublik@ualberta.ca |
Outreach, Volunteer, and Diversity Coordiator
Nicole Cronkhite 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. ncronkhite@ualberta.ca |
Webmaster/Calendar Coordinator
Amanda Kotila 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. kotila@ualberta.ca |
EAS Ambassador
Avni Patel 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. avni1@ualberta.ca 
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Field Trip Organizer Nikita Kepezhinskas 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. kepezhin@ualberta.ca |
Undergraduate Liason Emily Creaser I am an MSc student working on modelling anhydrite solubility in magmatic-hydrothermal ore deposit systems. ecreaser@ualberta.ca |
Integrated Petroleum Geosciences Representative currently unfilled |
Remote Sensing and GIS Representative Connor Bax bax@ualberta.ca |
Geology Representative Miranda Holt I am a first year Master's student working with Dr. Chris Herd focusing on curation of meteorites. holt@ualberta.ca |
Glacial and Quaternary Representative Matthew Bolton 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. bolton1@ualberta.ca |
Urban and Regional Planning Representative
Jared Althouse I am a first year master's student in Urban and Regional Planning. Interests of mine include placemaking, sustainable practice and heritage. jnalthou@ualberta.ca |
Human Geography Representative
Gabrielle Ayres 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. ayres1@ualberta.ca |
Atmosphere/Ocean Representative
Rebeca Campos 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. rdcampos@ualberta.ca |
