Current Opportunities

PhD Opportunity

Age estimation in Greenland Halibut using geochemical and microstructural analysis of otoliths. Co-PIs: Dr. Kirstin Brink and Dr. Tracey Loewen. The position is in collaboration with Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

Interested? Please email Dr. Brink (kirstin.brink@umanitoba.ca).

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MSc Opportunity

Evaluating the potential of carbonate rocks for carbon capture and storage (CCS) offshore Nova Scotia

The primary objective of this research is to investigate the effectiveness of the Upper Jurassic carbonate rocks of the Abenaki Formation in the Scotian Basin, offshore Nova Scotia, as a medium for carbon capture and storage (CCS). The study aims to assess the geochemical constraints of interactions, storage capacity, and long-term stability of CO2 in carbonate formations. The work will be carried out by an MSc student at the University of Manitoba, under the supervision of Dr. Ricardo L. Silva and Prof. Grant Wach (from Dalhousie University). 

Interested? Please email Dr. Silva (ricardo.silva@umanitoba.ca).

 

Palaeontology lab volunteer opportunities

We are looking for volunteers to sort micro vertebrate fossils from Manitoba. If you are available a few hours a week, please email Dr. Brink (kirstin.brink@umanitoba.ca).