Faculty
Kathryn Bethune
Professor, Ph.D., P.Geo.
Office: CW 234.9
E-mail: Kathryn.Bethune@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4270
Fax: 306-585-5433
Current classes
Geol 315 - Metamorphic Petrology; Geol 353 - Structural Geology - I; Geol 453 - Structural Geology - II
Research interests
Structural Geology; Metamorphic Petrology; Tectonics; Structural Control on Mineral Deposits
Guoxiang Chi
Professor, Ph.D., P.Geo.
Office: CW 234.8
E-mail: guoxiang.chi@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4583
Fax: 306-585-5433
Current classes
Geol 307 (Geochemistry); Geol 470 (Mineral Deposits); Geol 496 (Field school II)
Research interests
Economic Geology; Uranium Deposits; Mineralization Hydrodynamics; Geofluids; Fluid Inclusions
Ian Coulson
Professor, Ph.D.
Director, Faculty of Science’s Electron Microbeam Facilities
Office: RI 222; Electron Microbeam Facility: RI 016
E-mail: Ian.Coulson@uregina.ca
Phone: (306) 585.4184 or (306) 337.2256 (lab.)
Fax: 306-585-5433
Current classes
Geol210 - Mineralogy I; Geol211 - Mineralogy II; Geol313 - Igneous Petrology
Research interests
Volcanology; Igneous Petrology; Planetary Geoscience and Meteoritics
Joyce McBeth
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
Office: CW 234.4
E-mail: Joyce.McBeth@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-337-2610 (email preferred, do not leave messages)
Website: http://uregina.ca/~jma414/
Current classes
Geol 102 – Environmental Geology (Fall 2022); Geol 429 - Glacial Geology (Winter 2023)
Research interests
geomicrobiology; microbe-mineral interactions; environmental microbiology; metal biogeochemistry; mine waste geochemistry; synchrotron techniques
Hairuo Qing
Professor, Ph.D., P.Geo.
Office: CW 234.6
E-mail: hairuo.qing@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4677
Fax: 306-585-5433
Current classes
Geol 240 - Earth System History; Geol 340 - Statigraphy; Geol 416 - Geology of Carbonate Rocks
Research interests
Carbonate Geology and Geochemistry
Leslie Robbins
Assistant Professor, Ph.D. and Department Head
Office: CW 234.7
E-mail: Leslie.Robbins@uregina.ca (research & teaching); geol.head@uregina.ca (Dept. Head correspondence)
Phone: 306-337-2124
Website: https://www.lesliejrobbins.com/
Research interests
Geobiology; Geochemistry; Earth Systems Evolution; Biogeochemical Cycling; Chemostratigraphy
Osman Salad Hersi
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Office: CW 234.10
E-mail: osman.salad.hersi@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4663
Fax: 306-585-5433
Current classes
Geol 201 - Internal Processes of the Earth, Geol 314 - Sedimentology, Geol 340 – Stratigraphy, Geol 414 - Geology of Siliciclastic rocks
Research interests
Sedimentology, stratigraphy and basin analysis.
Tsilavo Raharimahefa
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
Office: CW 234.2
E-mail: Tsilavo.Raharimahefa@uregina.ca
Phone: 1-306-585-4987
Fax: 1-306-585-5433
Current classes
Geol 315 - Metamorphic Petrology; Geol 490AJ - Geomodelling Applied to Mineral Exploration; Geol 460 - Applied Exploration Geophysics
Research interests
Structural Geology; Tectonics; Remote Sensing and GIS; Gemstones and their origins; Structural Control of Mineral Deposits
Maria Velez
Professor, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Engagement and Partnerships), Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research
Office: CW 230.2
E-mail: Maria.Velez@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-337-2939
Fax: 306-585-5433
Current classes
GEOL 240 - Earth System History, GEOL 241 - Paleontology, GEOL 490AI - Environmental Micropalentology, GEOL 490AK - Quaternary Environments
Research interests
Paleontology; Quaternary Geology