Principal investigators

Trevin Ferens
From mine-face to micron-scale investigation of the Cretaceous McMurray Formation at Kearl Mine, northeastern Alberta, Canada. 2021.
Supervisor: Paul Durkin

 

Virginia Gold
Formation and diagenesis of growth marks in marine reptile teeth. 2023.
Supervisor: Kirstin Brink

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Muditha Goonetilleke

Sedimentary processes and organic matter dynamics of Late Cretaceous fluvial floodplains, Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada. 2025

2025 Winthrop Spencer Gold Medal

2025 CHRFEER Best MSc Thesis Award

2025 CEGA Best MSc Thesis Award

Supervisor: Paul Durkin and Ricardo Silva 

 

Aaron Kilmury
Vertebrate faunal assemblages of the Late Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway of Manitoba. 2022.
Supervisor: Kirstin Brink

 

Victoria Markstrom
Thermoregulation in Late Cretaceous mosasaurs of Manitoba. 2023.
Supervisor: Kirstin Brink

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Claire Morrow
The sedimentology, geomorphology, and hydrology of extreme floods on the Assiniboine River, southwestern Manitoba. 2022.
Supervisor: Paul Durkin

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Maximillian Scott
Compiling trends in published mosasaur combat pathologies for new insights into the social lives of Cretaceous marine lizards. 2025.
Supervisor: Kirstin Brink

 

Adam Snyder
Evolution of bite force in Dimetrodon. 2022.
Supervisor: Kirstin Brink

Iyowuna Amakiri
Research assistant 2023

 

Adriana Amundsen
University of Oslo GeoInternInternational 2023

 

Maximus Barten
V.J. Kirkness Scholar 2023

 

Gina Bilic
Student researcher 2024

 

Kendal Courchaine
Student researcher 2025

 

Dev Dave
Student researcher 2024

 

William Ezeana
Research assistant 2023

 

Brenna Findlay
NSERC USRA 2023

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Maria Hussain

Otolith Technician (ECO Canada) 2023-2024

 

Matthew Hordosi
Student researcher 2025

 

Adam Isaak
Student researcher 2025

 

Logan McCaughan
V.J. Kirkness Scholar 2023

 

Arison Mintenko

Student researcher 2025

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Alexis Monias
V.J. Kirkness Scholar 2024

 

Tiarra Pitura
Research Assistant

 

Sierra Schlief
NSERC USRA 2021

 

Truston Trujilo
Student researcher 2024

 

Ethan Valley
NSERC USRA 2022

 

Kat Wai
Student researcher 2024

 

Oliver Wood
V.J. Kirkness Scholar 2024

​Christian Plouffe
Description and paleoecology of a new ​polycotylid plesiosaur from Manitoba. 2022.
Supervisor: Kirstin Brink

 

Sierra Schlief
Bone histology and skeletochronology in captive leopard geckos (2021-2022) and preparation and examination of fish otoliths for potential contaminants with collaborator Michael Schindler in the Environmental Nano Geoscience Facility (2022-2023).
Supervisor: Kirstin Brink

 

Ashley Verstrate
Enamel microstructure of heterodont theropod dinosaurs.
Supervisor: Kirstin Brink

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Kateesha Wai

Sedimentary organic matter record of the Sinemurian–Pliensbachian transition recovery in the Prees 2C core (Cheshire Basin, UK). 2025

2025 CHRFEER Best Honours Thesis Award

Supervisor: Ricardo Silva

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Brigid Christison, MSc

Laboratory Technician, 2024 - 2026

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Dr. Chengcheng Zhang
Visiting researcher, BETY lab 2024-2025