Members
Dr. Kirstin Brink
Associate Professor; University of Manitoba
Associate Director; PaleoSed+
Dr. Paul Durkin
Assistant Professor; University of Manitoba
Director; PaleoSed+
Dr. Ricardo Silva
Assistant Professor; University of Manitoba
Associate Director; PaleoSed+
Graduate Students
Bruno Costa
PhD Student
Supervisors: Kirstin Brink & Ricardo Silva
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Muditha Goonetilleke
PhD Student
Supervisors: Ricardo Silva & Paul Durkin
Tristan Joubarne
PhD Student
Supervisors: Kirstin Brink & Paul Durkin
Mira Thompson
PhD Candidate
Supervisors: Kirstin Brink & Paul Durkin
Thilini Wathsala Gedara
MSc Student
Supervisor: Ricardo Silva
Maria Hussain
MSc Student
Supervisors: Kirstin Brink & Michael Schindler
Maximilian Scott
MSc Student
Supervisor: Kirstin Brink
Urgon Snider
MSc Student
Supervisor: Ricardo Silva
Ezinne Ugwu
MSc Student
Supervisor: Paul Durkin
Undergraduate Students
Mitchell Baker
Student Researcher
Kendal Courchaine
Student Researcher
Charlotte Gill
Student Researcher
Matthew Hordosi
Student Researcher
Adam Issak
Student Researcher
Jessica Kristoff
Student Researcher
Arison Mitenko
Student Researcher
Ashlee Vachon
Student Researcher
Postdocs and affiliates
Brigid Christison M.Sc.
Lab Technician
Dr. Melina Jobbins
Postdoctoral Researcher
Alumni
Iyowuna Amakiri
Research Assistant at PaleoSed+ laboratory, University of Manitoba (2023)
Supervisor: Ricardo Silva
Adriana Amundsen
University of Oslo, GeoInternInternational program (summer 2023)
BETY lab
Maximus Barten
V. J. Kirkness Scholar, Visiting Assistant at PaleoSed+ laboratory (summer 2023)
BETY lab
Gina Bilic
Student researcher
Dev Dave
Student researcher
Williams Ezeana
Research Assistant at PaleoSed+ laboratory, University of Manitoba (2023)
Supervisor: Dr. Ricardo Silva
Trevin Ferens
MSc Student
Supervisor: Paul Durkin
Brenna Findley
Summer 2023 NSERC USRA project: Characterization of enamel defects in mosasaur teeth
Supervisor: Kirstin Brink
Aaron Kilmury
2020-2022 MSc thesis project: Vertebrate faunal assemblages of the Late Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway of Manitoba.
Supervisor: Kirstin Brink
Victoria Markstrom
MSc thesis project (2020-2023): Thermoregulation in Late Cretaceous mosasaurs of Manitoba.
Supervisor: Kirstin Brink
Logan McCaughan
V. J. Kirkness Scholar, Visiting Assistant at PaleoSed+ laboratory (summer 2023)
BETY lab
Alexis Monias
V. J. Kirkness Scholar, Visiting Assistant at PaleoSed+ laboratory (summer 2024)
BETY lab
Claire Morrow
MSc 2022
Supervisor: Ricardo Silva
Tiarra Pitura
Research Assistant
Supervisor: Kirstin Brink
Christian Plouffe
BSc Honours Thesis Project (2021-2022):
Description and paleoecology of a new
​polycotylid plesiosaur from Manitoba.
Supervisor: Kirstin Brink
Sierra Schlief
Summer USRA and Directed Studies Project: 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
Adam Snyder
2020-2022 MSc thesis project: Evolution of bite force in Dimetrodon.
Supervisor: Kirstin Brink
Truston Trujilo
Student Researcher
Supervisor: Ricardo Silva
Ethan Valley
Summer 2022 NSERC USRA project: Paleoecology of a marine bonebed from the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway of Manitoba.
Supervisor: Kirstin Brink
Ashley Verstrate
BSc Honors Thesis Project (2022-2023): Enamel microstructure of heterodont theropod dinosaurs.
Supervisor: Kirstin Brink
Kat Wai
Student researcher
Supervisor: Ricardo Silva
Virgina Gold
MSc thesis project (2020-2023): Formation and diagenesis of growth marks in marine reptile teeth
Supervisor: Kirstin Brink
Oliver Wood
V. J. Kirkness Scholar, Visiting Assistant at PaleoSed+ laboratory (summer 2024)
BETY lab
Dr. Chengcheng Zhang
Visiting researcher (2024-2025)
BETY lab