Graduate Students

 

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M.Sc Students

2026

Marc Mechem

  • Mechem, Marc E. M.Sc. thesis (2026). Western University Open Repository.
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2025

Sharini Kanni

  • Suresh Babu, Sharini Kanni. “Photometric Analysis of Lunar Impact Melt Deposits” (2025). M.Sc. thesis, Western University.
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2023

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.
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2021

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.
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Zhang Xiao Chen

  • Zhang, Xiao Chen. “Lunar Regolith Simulant Behaviours Affected by Shock Metamorphism and Mineralogy” (2021). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 8329.
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2020

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.
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Leah Sacks

  • Sacks, Leah E. “Hargraves Crater Ejecta and Implications for Impact Processes” (2020). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 7470.
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2019

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.
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Alexis David Pascual

  • Pascual, Alexis David. “Autonomous and Real Time Rock Image Classification using Convolutional Neural Networks” (2019). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 6059.
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2018

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.
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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.
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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.
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Jordan Hawkswell

  • Hawkswell, Jordan. “Characterizing Ice-wedge Polygon Geomorphology in the Haughton Impact Structure, Devon Island” (2018). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 5943.
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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.
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2017

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.
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2016

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.
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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.
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2015

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.
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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.
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Ryan Schwegman

  • Schwegman, Ryan. “Morphology and Morphometry of Double Layered Ejecta Craters on Mars” (2015). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 3074.
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2014

Bahareh Kasmai

  • Kasmai, Bahareh. “Morphological And Structural Mapping Of The Oudemans Impact Crater Layered Central Uplift, Mars” (2014). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 2628.
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Anna Nuhn

  • Nuhn, Anna M. “Morphologic and structural mapping of layered central uplifts on Mars” (2014). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 2125.
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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.
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2013

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.
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Year to confirm

Ana Laura Gonzalez Flores

Thesis details and completion year to confirm.

Michael Craig

Thesis details and completion year to confirm.

Rod Dammeier

Thesis details and completion year to confirm.

Jon O’Callaghan

  • Working thesis title supplied: “Geochemical and petrographic micro-textural variations in the Sudbury Breccia, Canada: A guide for footwall Ni-Cu-PGE mineralisation?”

Geoffrey Pearce

Thesis details and completion year to confirm.

Mackenzie Russell

  • Russell, Mackenzie. Completed M.Sc. thesis, Western University. Graduation year to confirm.
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Aleksandr Sharipov

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Laura Thomson

Thesis details and completion year to confirm.

Ph.D. Students

2026

Axel Noblet

  • Noblet, Axel. “Martian Gullies: Exploring their Surface Signatures to Unravel their Origin” (2026).
    Western University Scholaris Repository.
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2025

James Burley

  • Burley, James. “Distal Flow Deposits: Exploring Impact Related Surface Flow Morphologies Beyond the Layered Ejecta Blankets of Mars” (2025). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 10520.
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Simona Ruso

  • Ruso, Simona F. “Characterization of Subglacial Meltwater Features and Meltwater Drainage Dynamics on Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada, with Implications to Mars” (2025). Western University thesis.
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Catheryn Ryan

  • Ryan, Catheryn H. “Preservation of Putative Biosignatures in Terrestrial Mars-relevant Hydrovolcanic Environments” (2025). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 10508.
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2023

Neeraja Chinchalkar

  • Chinchalkar, Neeraja. “Superheated melts in hypervelocity meteorite impact craters: Evidence from terrestrial craters” (2023). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 9744.
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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.
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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.
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Vidhya Ganesh Rangarajan

  • Rangarajan, Vidhya Ganesh. “Studies of Martian Active Processes using Remote Sensing” (2023). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 9766.
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2022

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.
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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.
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2021

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.
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Gavin Tolometti

  • Tolometti, Gavin Douglas. “The Physical Properties of Volcanic and Impact Melt” (2021). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 7972.
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2020

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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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2019

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.
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Ryan Hopkins

  • Hopkins, Ryan. “Numerical Simulations of Complex Crater Formation in Layered and Mixed Targets” (2019). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 6738.
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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.
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2018

Zachary Morse

  • Morse, Zachary R. “Morphologic Mapping of Lunar Impact Basins” (2018). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 5910.
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Lei Shu

  • Shu, Lei. “Automatic Image Classification for Planetary Exploration” (2018). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 5705.
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2017

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.
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William Zylberman

  • Zylberman, William. “Geophysical Study of Complex Meteorite Impact Structures” (2017). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 5165.
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2016

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.
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Tanya Harrison

  • Harrison, Tanya Nicole. “Martian Gully Formation and Evolution: Studies From the Local to Global Scale” (2016). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 3980.
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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.
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2015

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.
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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.
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2014

Raymond Francis

  • Francis, Raymond. “Automated Image Interpretation for Science Autonomy in Robotic Planetary Exploration” (2014). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 2250.
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2013

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.
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Bhairavi Shankar

  • Shankar, Bhairavi. “A Multispectral Assessment of Complex Impact Craters on the Lunar Farside” (2013). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 1137.
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2012

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.
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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.
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