Team

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Space Rocks Team

I’m privileged to have an amazing group of graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and staff. Explore this page to find out information on the members of my team and to check out what previous students and post-docs in my group have worked on.

James Burley

Catheryn Ryan

Jack Hostrawser

Alexis Pascual

Jamie Graff

Lauren Stone

Simona Ruso

Sharini Kanni

 

 

Matthew Svensson

Dr. Livio Tornabene

Marc Beauchamp

Peter Christoffersen

Neeraja Chinchalkar

Vidhya Ganesh Rangaranjan

Ph.D. Students

Nicolas D. Garroni

  • Garroni, Nicolas D., “The Fate of Carbonate Rocks During Hypervelocity Impacts: Case Studies from Three Impact Structures on Earth” (2023). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 9129.
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/9129

Matthew J. O. Svensson

  • Svensson, Matthew J. O., “The Origin and Evolution of Impact Crater Lakes: A Case Study of the Ries Impact Structure, Germany” (2022). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 9079.
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/9079

Ana L. González Flores

  • González Flores, Ana L., “Complex Unicellular Microfossils from the 1.9 Ga Gunflint Chert, Canada” (2022). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 8796.
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/8796

Shannon Hibbard

  • Hibbard, Shannon M., “Surface Morphology and Subsurface Ice Content Relationships in Arcadia Planitia, Mars and the Canadian High Arctic” (2021). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 8120.
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/8120

Gavin Tolometti

  • Tolometti, Gavin Douglas, “The Physical Properties of Volcanic and Impact Melt” (2021). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 7972.
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/7972

Xie Tianqi

  • Xie, Tianqi, “Raman Spectroscopy and Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction Study of Lunar and Terrestrial Plagioclase Feldspar at High-Pressure and High-Temperature Conditions” (2020). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 7519.
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/7519

Sarah Simpson

  • Simpson, Sarah L., “Clay Mineral Characterization and Production in Impact Settings: A Case Study on the Chicxulub Impact Structure, Mexico” (2020). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 7403.
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/7403

Cassandra Marion

  • Marion, Cassandra L., “Characterization of Impact Melt Rocks and Hydrothermal Mineralization at the Haughton Impact Structure, Devon Island, Canada: An Investigation of Impacts into Carbonate Targets” (2020). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 6987.
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/6987

Christy Caudill

  • Caudill, Christy M., “Characterization of Impactite Clay Minerals with Implications for Mars Geologic Context and Mars Sample Return” (2020). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 6935.
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/6935

Jennifer Newman

  • Newman, Jennifer D., “Impact-Generated Dykes and Shocked Carbonates from the Tunnunik and Haughton Impact Structures, Canadian High Arctic” (2020). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 6950.
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/6950

Ryan Hopkins

  • Hopkins, Ryan, “Numerical Simulations of Complex Crater Formation in Layered and Mixed Targets” (2019). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 6738.
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/6738

Patrick Hill

  • Hill, Patrick, “Impact Cratering Processes on the Earth and Moon: Meteorites, Complex Craters, and the Origin of the Moon” (2019). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 6212.
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/1137

Zachary Morse

  • Morse, Zachary R., “Morphologic Mapping of Lunar Impact Basins” (2018). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 5910. 
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/5910

Lei Shu

  • Shu, Lei, “Automatic Image Classification for Planetary Exploration” (2018). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 5705. 
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/5705

William Zylberman

  • Zylberman, William, “Geophysical Study of Complex Meteorite Impact Structures” (2017). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 5165. 
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/5165

Byung-Hun Choe

  • Choe, Byung-Hun, “Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Application for Geological Mapping and Resource Exploration in the Canadian Arctic” (2017). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 5133. 
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/5133

Eric Pilles

  • Pilles, Eric A., “Emplacement of the Foy, Hess and Pele Offset Dykes at the Sudbury impact structure, Canada” (2016). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 4158. 
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/4158

Tanya Harrison

  • Harrison, Tanya Nicole, “Martian Gully Formation and Evolution: Studies From the Local to Global Scale” (2016). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 3980. 
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/3980

Denise Anders

  • Anders, Denise, “The Sudbury Impact Structure – New Insights Into the Origin and Emplacement of the Basal Onaping Intrusion and the Parkin, Trill and Foy Offset Dykes of the North Range” (2016). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 4223. 
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/4223

Marianne Mader

  • Mader, Marianne M., “The Mistastin Lake Impact Structure As A Terrestrial Analogue Site For Lunar Science And Exploration” (2015). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 3485. 
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/3485

Michael Craig

  • Craig, Michael A., “Reflectance and Emission Spectroscopy: Curve Fitting Methods with Application to Impact Glasses and the Varying Grain Size of Planetary Analogue Minerals” (2015). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 3404. 
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/3404

Raymond Francis

  • Francis, Raymond, “Automated Image Interpretation for Science Autonomy in Robotic Planetary Exploration” (2014). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 2250. 
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/2250

Alexandra Pontefract

  • Pontefract, Alexandra Janine, “Impact Craters as Habitats for Life: Endolithic Colonization of Shocked Gneiss from the Haughton Impact Structure, Devon Island, Canada” (2013). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 1668. 
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/1668

Bhairavi Shankar

  • Shankar, Bhairavi, “A Multispectral Assessment of Complex Impact Craters on the Lunar Farside” (2013). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 1137. 
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/1137

Melissa Battler

  • Battler, Melissa M., “Arctic cold spring mineralogy as an indicator of spring deposits, water, and habitable environments on Mars” (2012). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 1080. 
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/1080

Haley Sapers

  • Sapers, Haley M., “Characterization of novel ichnofossils in meteorite impact glass from the Ries impact structure, Germany” (2012). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 965. 
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/965

Alaura Singleton

  • Singleton, Alaura, “Characteristics of Impactites in the Central Uplift of the Mistastin Lake Impact Structure, Canada” (2019). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 6476. 
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/965

Vidhya Ganesh Rangarajan

  • Rangarajan, Vidhya Ganesh., “Studies of Martian Active Processes using Remote Sensing” (2023). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 9766. 
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/9766

Neeraja Chinchalkar

  • Chinchalkar, Neeraja., “Superheated melts in hypervelocity meteorite impact craters: Evidence from terrestrial craters” (2023). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 9744. 
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/9744

Joshua P.Laughton

  • Laughton, Joshua P., “Late Neoarchean to middle Paleoproterozoic geology of Devon and Ellesmere islands, Canadian Arctic” (2023). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 9219.
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/9219

M.Sc Students

Zhang Xiao Chen

  • Zhang, Xiao Chen, “Lunar Regolith Simulant Behaviours Affected by Shock Metamorphism and Mineralogy” (2021). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 8329.
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/8329

Nikol Posnov

  • Posnov, Nikol, “Investigation of Shocked Basalts from Vargeão Dome and Vista Alegre: Implications for the Search for Life on Mars” (2021). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 8140.
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/8140

Chimira Nicole Andres

  • Andres, Chimira Nicole, “A Periglacial Landsystem Analysis in the Canadian High Arctic: A Tool for Planetary Geomorphology” (2020). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 7528.
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/7528

Leah Sacks

  • Sacks, Leah E., “Hargraves Crater Ejecta and Implications for Impact Processes” (2020). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 7470.
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/7470

Alexis David Pascual

  • Pascual, Alexis David, “Autonomous and Real Time Rock Image Classification using Convolutional Neural Networks” (2019). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 6059. 
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/6059

Derek King

  • King, Derek, “The impact-generated hydrothermal system of the East Clearwater Lake impact structure, Quebec, Canada” (2019). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 6144. 
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/6144

Jordan Hawkswell

  • Hawkswell, Jordan, “Characterizing Ice-wedge Polygon Geomorphology in the Haughton Impact Structure, Devon Island” (2018). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 5943. 
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/5943

Liam Innis

  • Innis, Liam R. J., “Near-Earth Asteroid Resources: Review and Analogue Study of Highly Siderophile Elements in Main-Group Pallasites” (2018). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 5852. 
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/5852

Lindsay Debono

  • Debono, Lindsay E., “A Targeted Investigation of the Upper Contact Unit of the Sudbury Igneous Complex in the North Range, Sudbury Impact Structure, Canada” (2018). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 5944. 
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/5944

Arya Bina

  • Bina, Arya, “The Periglacial Landscape of Mars: Insight into the ‘Decameter-scale Rimmed Depressions’ in Utopia Planitia” (2018). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 5739. 
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/5739

Aleksandr Sharipov

Sarah CoDyre

  • CoDyre, Sarah Ann, “An Investigation of Hydrothermal Veins Along the Foy Offset Dyke, Sudbury Impact Structure, Ontario” (2018). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 5396. 
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/5396

Peter Christoffersen

  • Christoffersen, Peter, “Stable Cu, Fe, and Ni Isotopic Systematics of the Sudbury Offset Dikes and Associated Rocks” (2017). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 5179. 
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/5179

Ana Laura Gonzalez Flores

Taylor Haid

  • Haid, Taylor M., “Utilization of Lidar Intensity Data and Passive Visible Imagery for Geological Mapping of Planetary Surfaces” (2016). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 4187. 
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/4187

Rebecca Wilks

  • Wilks, Rebecca, “Geochemical and Petrographic Study of Melt Veins at the West Clearwater Lake Impact Structure, Canada” (2016). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 4195. 
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/4195

Jon O’Callaghan

  • (Working) Thesis Title: Geochemical and petrographic micro-textural variations in the Sudbury Breccia, Canada: A guide for footwall Ni-Cu-PGE mineralisation?

Adam Coulter

  • Coulter, Adam B., “Recent Discoveries in the Ni-Cu-PGE bearing Trill and Parkin Offset dykes, Sudbury impact structure, Canada” (2015). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 3473. 
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/3473

Bianca D’Aoust

  • D’Aoust, Bianca, “Morphological, Structural and Spectral Mapping of the Central Uplifts of the Alga and Verlaine Craters, Mars” (2015). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 3441. 
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/3441

Ryan Schwegman

  • Schwegman, Ryan, “Morphology and Morphometry of Double Layered Ejecta Craters on Mars” (2015). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 3074. 
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/3074

Bahareh Kasmai

  • Kasmai, Bahareh, “Morphological And Structural Mapping Of The Oudemans Impact Crater Layered Central Uplift, Mars” (2014). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 2628. 
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/2628

Anna Nuhn

  • Nuhn, Anna M., “Morphologic and structural mapping of layered central uplifts on Mars” (2014). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 2125. 
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/2125

Annemarie Pickersgill

  • Pickersgill, Annemarie E., “Shock Metamorphic Effects in Lunar and Terrestrial Plagioclase Feldspar Investigated by Optical Petrography and Micro-X-Ray Diffraction” (2014). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 2094. 
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/2094

Mary Kerrigan

  • Kerrigan, Mary C., “The Periglacial Landscape Of Utopia Planitia; Geologic Evidence For Recent Climate Change On Mars.” (2013). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 1101. 
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/1101

Juan Pablo Jaimes Bermudez

  • Jaimes Bermudez, Juan Pablo, “Investigation of the impact-generated hydrothermal system at the West Clearwater Lake impact structure, Quebec, Canada” (2023). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 9133.
    https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/9133

Laura Thomson

Rod Dammeier

Michael Craig

Geoffrey Pearce

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