Members
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