Graduate students



Brendan Bishop
PhD student
Supervisor: Dr. Leslie (Jamie) Robbins
E-mail: bab495@uregina.ca
Research interests
Rare earth elements in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin

Daniel Ferguson
PhD student
Supervisors: Dr. Guoxiang Chi and Dr. Charles Normand
E-mail: dpf949@uregina.ca
Research interests
Petrographic, paragenetic, and fluid inclusion study of uranium mineralization along the Midwest Trend, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan

Dillon Johnstone
PhD student
Supervisor: Dr. Kathryn Bethune
E-mail: johnstdi@uregina.ca
Research interests
Structural evolution and controls on uranium mineralization in the Patterson Lake corridor, southwestern Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada



Jamie Schmidt
M.Sc. student
Supervisor: Dr. Leslie (Jamie) Robbins
E-mail: schmjami@uregina.ca
Research interests
Biogeochemistry and hydrogeology related to sulphur cycling and mercury methylation in prairie wetland systems.

Jenya Kistanov
MSc student
Supervisor: Dr. Maria Velez
E-mail: jenyakistanov@uregina.ca
Research interests
Multi-proxy paleoenvironmental reconstruction of climate sensitive lakes in southern Saskatchewan.

Jordan Deane
PhD student
Supervisor: Dr. Kathryn Bethune
E-mail: crashdeane@hotmail.com
Research interests
Tectonic significance of the Waugh Lake Group of the southern Taltson orogen; implications for accretionary tectonics on the western Rae margin

Kaitlyn Crawford
MSc student
Supervisor: Dr. Joyce McBeth
E-mail: kaitlyn.crawford10@gmail.com
Research interests
Geomicrobiology of acid rock tailings

Kelsey McKee
MSc student
Supervisor: Dr. Guoxiang Chi
E-mail: mckee20k@uregina.ca
Research interests
3D geological and fluid flow modeling of the Midwest Trend in the northeastern Athabasca Basin: implications for uranium mineralization and exploration

James McWilliams
MSc Student
Supervisors: Dr. Maria Velez and Dr. Ryan McKellar
Additional information
Research interests: amber found in dinosaur bone beds
Research Project: carbon and hydrogen stable isotopes from amber associated with dinosaur remains


Mémé de Zorèce Rabejohary
MSc Student
Supervisor: Dr. Tsilavo Raharimahefa
Additional information
Research Project: Relationship between Quaternary volcanoes and structures in central Madagascar

Shelby Brandt
MSc student
Supervisor: Dr. Kathryn Bethune
E-mail: brandt2s at uregina.ca
Research interests

Amber Sprague
MSc Student
Supervisor: Dr. Janis Dale and Dr. Tsilavo Raharimahefa
Additional information
Thesis title: development of subsurface geological site criteria for the placement of small modular reactors (SMRs)


Yumeng Wang
PhD student
Supervisor: Dr. Guoxiang Chi
E-mail: geomeng@foxmail.com
Research interests
Fluid-rock interactions in the Athabasca Basin and unconformity-related uranium mineralization
