Department of Earth Sciences
300 Prince Philip Drive A1B 3X5 St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, NL, Canada

Dr. Caroline Lotout, a recipient of a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Global Fellowship funded by the European Union, has arrived at the Department of Earth Sciences for a two-year research term. Her research project CHRONOTEC (Conditions and duration of High tempeRature metamOrphism in large hot orogens assessed through petrochronolOgy: insights from Grenville TECtonics) is carried out in collaboration between Memorial University of Newfoundland the Petrographic and the Geochemical Research Center of the French National Center for Scientific Research (Nancy, France), with Dr. A. Indares (MUN) and Dr. E. Deloule (CRPG-CNRS) as supervisors.

Dr. Lukas Kohl, a recent PhD graduate from our program, is principal author on a recent paper published in the journal Global Change Biology.

Congratultations to Dr. Stephen Piercey on being named University Research Professor https://www.mun.ca/science/news.php?id=13863

Congratulations to our students who won awards at the recent Atlantic Universities Geologic Conference. Lindsay Oldham received the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Award for her poster "Physical Stratigraphy and Provenance of Middle Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous Adventdalen Group sandstones, central Spitsbergen, Svalbard which is given for the best poster related to petroleum geology at AUGC. Marie Flanagan received the Imperial Oil Best Poster Award for her poster "Magnetics Study within the Valentine Lake Gold Property, Newfoundland and Labrador" which is given to the best overall poster at the AUGC. Sarah Greene received the Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists Award for her paper "Geophysical Characterization Study of robin Hood Bay Landfill, St. John's, NL" which is given to the best geophysics paper at AUGC.

We are offering a one-hour seminar for EASC undergrads called Tips, Strategies and Resources for Remote Learning in Earth Sciences a 101 course on how to survive this fall semester. The seminar will be hosted live on WebEx on Tuesday, Sept 15th at noon and be offered by Dr. Greg Dunning, Head, Dr. Penny Morrill, Deputy Head, Amanda Langille, First Year Coordinator, and Michelle Miskell, Manager of Academic Programs. To register, please email [email protected]. If you are unable to attend and still wish to view the session, please let us know by emailing [email protected].

Wondering how your Earth Sciences Fall 2020 courses will be taught this semester? Check out the Method of Course Delivery for undergraduate students F2020 https://www.mun.ca//Stud/Method_of_Course_Delivery_F20.htm

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