Student Research Grant Awards (2010)
The Society of Economic Geologists Foundation (SEGF) and the SEG Canada Foundation (SEGCF) are pleased to announce the Student Research Grant awards for 2010. Exactly 100 applications were received (an all-time high); SEGF awarded 51 grants for a total US$137,950. The SEGCF awarded 9 additional grants for CAN$32,000.
These grants will assist students with field and laboratory expenses for thesis research on mineral deposits as required for graduate degrees at accredited universities. Grants are awarded on a competitive basis and are available to students worldwide.
This year's successful candidates attend 39 different universities in 14 countries and are distributed as follows: United States (20), Canada (15), Australia (7), Argentina (3), Great Britain (4), Germany (2), Switzerland (2), Hungary (1), Japan (1), New Zealand (1), Russia (1), South Africa (1), Spain (1), and Sweden (1).
Hugh E. McKinstry Student Research Award (2011 Recipients)
Granted to students whose projects involve studies of mines or ore districts; topical studies toward improved understanding of ore genesis; and experimental research in field applications. This year there were 41 recipients.
| Name |
Award Amount |
University |
Degree |
Project Area |
| Abdul Aziz Jasmi Hafiz |
US$2,500 |
Technical University of Clausthal (Germany) |
Ph.D. |
Metallogeny of gold in the Central belt of peninsular (Malaysia) |
| Mathieu Ageneau |
US$3,000 |
University of Tasmania (Australia) |
Ph.D. |
Geology of the Kapit ore zone and comparative geochemistry with Minifie and Lienetz ore zones, Ladolam gold deposit (Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea) |
| Daniel Amoakoh |
US$2,000 |
University of Utah (USA) |
Ph.D. |
Arsenic mineralization and copper-gold-silver occurrences at Bingham Canyon copper mine (Utah, USA) |
| Fiona Best |
US$3,000 |
University of Tasmania (Australia) |
Ph.D. |
The petrogenesis of the Dido Tonalite and associated mafic-ultramafic bodies (Georgetown Region, North Queensland, Australia) assessing the potential for Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulphide mineralization |
| Elizabeth Bloch |
US$2,000 |
University of Texas at Austin (USA) |
Ph.D. |
Nature and origin of the Be-U-REE-rich fluorspar deposits associated with the Round Top laccolith (Trans-Pecos, Texas, USA) |
| Mark Burdett |
US$4,000 |
Monash University (Australia) |
Ph.D. |
The role of volatile-rich melts on the distribution of PGE deposits in magmatic systems |
| Dan Cervin |
US$2,000 |
University of Minnesota Duluth (USA) |
M.S. |
Characterization of platinum group mineral occurrences in the NorthMet deposit of the Partridge River Intrusion (Duluth Complex, Minnesota, USA) |
| Julia Cohen |
US$2,200 |
Oregon State University (USA) |
M.S. |
Trace element geochemistry of hydrothermal phyllosilicates (Yerington, Nevada, USA) |
| Elizabeth Cole |
US$1,600 |
University of Wyoming (USA) |
M.S. |
Understanding hydrothermal fluid flow along oceanic detachment faults (23° N Mid-Atlantic Ridge) |
| Isaac Corral |
US$4,000 |
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain) |
Ph.D. |
The Cerro Querma Au-Cu high sulfidation system (Peninsula de Azuero, Panama) |
| Jeffrey Edelen |
US$2,600 |
Colorado School of Mines (USA) |
M.S. |
Geology of the Cerro Jumil gold skarn deposit (Morelos, Mexico) |
| Andrew Fornadel |
US$3,800 |
Iowa State University (USA) |
M.S. |
Porphyry to epithermal gold telluride mineralization in the Fakos Region (Limnos Island, Greece) |
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| Benedek Gal |
US$2,400 |
Eotvos Lorand University (Budapest, Hungary) |
Ph.D. |
Development of a mineral exploration model for the Cu-Ni-PGE mineralization within the South Kawishiwi Intrusion (Duluth Complex, Minnesota, USA), based on mineralogical, petrological, and geochemical analyses |
| Jack V. Gibbons |
US$1,500 |
Colorado School of Mines (USA) |
M.S. |
Mineralogical and geochemical vectors to ore in the Hoyle Pond deposit Porcupine gold camp, Timmins, and application of SWIR spectroscopy to alteration mapping |
| Anabel Gomez |
US$2,300 |
University of Buenos Aires (Argentina) |
Ph.D. |
Metallogenic study of the San Pedro mining district (San Rafael Massif, Province of Mendoza, Argentina) |
| Martin Griessmann |
US$2,400 |
University of Adelaide (Australia) |
Ph.D. |
Gold mineralization of the Adelaide fold belt |
| Andreas Hahn |
US$1,000 |
Kingston University (Great Britain) |
Ph.D. |
Characterization and evolution of ore fluids related to diverse styles of Cu-Au and Pb-Zn (Ag-Au) mineralization in the Tertiary Kassandra mine district (NE Greece) |
| Cory Hanson |
US$2,000 |
University of Texas at Austin (USA) |
M.S. |
Mass balance assessment of wall-rock alteration and veining in the Ertsberg pluton (Ertsberg mining district, Papua, Indonesia) |
| Benjamin Kowalczyk |
US$2,100 |
Lakehead University (Canada) |
M.S. |
Mineralization and alteration of the D zone at the Williams gold mine (Hemlo) (Marathon, Ontario, Canada) |
| Alina V. Kuptsova |
US$1,500 |
St. Petersburg State University (Russia) |
Ph.D. |
Geochemistry and alteration of sandstone and basement rocks of the East-Anabar Basin with high potential for unconformity-type uranium deposits |
| Nathalie Lefebvre |
US$2,000 |
University of Otago (New Zealand) |
Ph.D. |
Understanding the eruption behavior of maar-diatreme volcanoes (Hopi Buttes Volcanic Field, Navajo Nation, Arizona, USA) |
| Christopher Longton |
US$2,500 |
Oregon State University (Oregon, USA) |
M.S. |
Trace element zonation in altered vein selvages (Butte, Montana, USA) |
| Luciano Lopez |
US$2,100 |
University Nacional de La Plata (Argentina) |
M.S. |
Geology and metallogenesis of the polymetallic Purisima-Rumicruz district (Cochinoca department, Jujuy Province, Argentina) |
| Yongjun Lu |
US$2,000 |
University of Western Australia (Australia) |
Ph.D. |
Understanding variation in metal endowment within the post-collisional alkalic porphyry mineral system in Eastern Tibetan Plateau (NW Yunnan, China) |
| Subhadip Mandal |
US$2,000 |
University of Alabama (Alabama, USA) |
Ph.D. |
Structural styles of the Askot polymetallic deposit: Part of the Lesser Himalayan Duplex (Uttaranchal Pradesh, northwestern India) |
| Johannes Mederer |
US$2,000 |
University of Geneva (Switzerland) |
Ph.D. |
Base and precious metal ore deposits at Kapan (South Armenia) |
| Alex Moyes |
US$2,500 |
University of Utah (Utah, USA) |
M.S. |
Porosity and Permeability characterization of Gas Hills uranium roll front deposit with application to Hydraulic Fracturing. |
| Charles Musekamp |
US$2,800 |
Colorado State University (Colorado, USA) |
M.S. |
Fluid inclusion and mineral chemistry analysis of the composition of a magmatic fluids circulating around the Harrison Pass pluton during intrusion. |
| Melissa Ortelli |
US$2,500 |
University of Geneva (Switzerland) |
Ph.D. |
Chemistry and P-T fluids trapped in cogenetic opaque ore and transparent gangue. |
| Daniel Parvaz |
US$1,500 |
Camborne School of Mines (Great Britain) |
Ph.D. |
Development of geochemical methods for targeting lower environmental impact secondary copper deposits in the Troodos Massif, Cyprus. |
| Caldwell Payne |
US$3,700 |
Southern University Illinois (Carbondale, USA) |
M.S. |
Geologic significance of the mineralization and alteration of the Willard/Colado and Wind Mountain amagmatic epithermal Au-Ag deposits (Nevada, USA) |
| Jim Renaud |
US$2,500 |
University of Western Ontario (Canada) |
Ph.D. |
Mineralogical zoning of the U3O8 Corp. basement-hosted Archeng uranium deposit (Roraima Basin, British Guyana, South America) |
| Cabin Ross |
US$4,000 |
University of Minnesota, Duluth (USA) |
M.S. |
Statigraphy, physical volcanology and hydrothermal alteration associated with the Early Proterozoic Back Forty volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit (Menominee County, Minnesota, USA) |
| Saeed Saadat |
US$2,900 |
University of Colorado (USA) |
Ph.D. |
Field and laboratory study of Neogene volcanism and mineral deposits in Eastern Iran |
| Elizabeth D. Stock |
US$3,200 |
University of British Columbia (Canada) |
Ph.D. |
Geochemical and mineralogical footprints of the Red Lake gold mines (Northwestern Ontario, Canada) |
| Francisco Testa |
US$2,500 |
Univesidad Nacional del Sur (Argentina) |
Ph.D. |
The Bi-Au-Cu San Francisco de los Andes breccia pipe deposit (San Juan Province, Argentina); Structural, mineralogical, geochemical, isotopic and fluid inclusion characteristics |
| Erik Tharalson |
US$4,000 |
Colorado School of Mines (USA) |
M.S. |
Deciphering the role of local sulfur and structural preparation, Serpentine Cu-Ni deposit (Duluth Complex, Minnesota, USA) |
| Thomas Tindell |
US$2,200 |
Kyushu University (Fukuoka, Japan) |
M.S. |
Geochemical characteristics of basement veins of the Kasuga high-suldeposit (Kagoshima, Japan) |
| Michael Totenhagen |
US$2,500 |
University of Minnesota, Duluth (USA) |
M.S. |
Characterization of gangue minerals in the lower cherty ores at United Taconite's Thunderbird mine |
| Jakob Wartman |
US$2,700 |
University of Minnesota, Duluth (USA) |
M.S. |
Volcanic stratigraphy, alteration mineralogy and timing of gold mineralization in the Rainy River greenstone belt |
| Andreas Wilms |
US$2,000 |
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Germany) |
M.S. |
The Bien Venue VMS deposit, Barberton greenstone belt (South Africa) characteristics of an Archean hydrothermal system. |
Newmont Student Research Grant
Awarded to facilitate economic geology research, with a primary interest in gold. This year there are four recipients:
| Name |
Award Amount |
University |
Degree |
Project Area |
| Jordan Armstrong |
US$3,000 |
University of Nevada Las Vegas (USA) |
M.S. |
Deciphering the evolution of ore fluids at the Batu Hijau copper-gold porphyry deposit (Sumbawa, Indonesia) |
| Therese Bejgarn |
US$4,000 |
Lulea University of Technology (Sweden) |
Ph.D. |
New styles of intrusion-related copper-gold deposits in northern Sweden |
| Simon Tapster |
US$4,000 |
University of Leicester (Great Britain) |
Ph.D. |
Magmatic, structural and tectonic controls on copper and gold in the Solomon Island arc (SW Pacific) |
| Qingtao Zeng |
US$4,000 |
University of Western Australia (Australia) |
Ph.D. |
Comparative studies of the geology and exhumation of the Liba-Jinshan and Dashui gold deposits in the West Qinling orogenic belt (West China) |
Alberto Terrones L. Fund
Awards are to provide financial support to students from Latin American countries that are pursuing graduate studies for a M.S. or Ph.D. degree in the United States or Canada. This year there are two recipients:
| Name |
Award Amount |
University |
Degree |
Project Area |
| Tatiana Alva Jimenez |
US$3,000 |
University of British Columbia (Canada) |
M.S. |
White mica and chlorite compositions as exploration vector in the Highland Valley copper-molybdenum district (British Columbia) |
| Jaime Andrés Poblete |
US$3,000 |
University of British Columbia (Canada) |
M.S. |
Geology, geochronology and structural reconstruction of the Cerro Bayo epithermal district (Chilean Patagonia) |
The Hugo Dummett Mineral Discovery Fund
Supports applied economic geology research, including the development of new exploration technology and techniques, and the dissemination of related results. This year there are three recipients:
| Name |
Award Amount |
University |
Degree |
Project Area |
| April Coombs |
US$3,650 |
University of Ottawa (Canada) |
M.S. |
The mineralogical, lithogeochemical and carbon isotopic characteristics of sulphide-bearing carbonaceous argillites in the Kidd Creek Region, Abitibi greenstone belt, and their use in mineral exploration |
| Mark D. Lindsay |
US$1,800 |
Monash University (Australia) |
Ph.D. |
Quantifying geological uncertainty during 3D geological modeling to improve the role of geology during potential field inversions |
| Janine Kottke-Levin |
US$4,500 |
University of the Free State (Bloemfontein, South Africa) |
M.S. |
A geochemical investigation of the Middle Group of the eastern Bushveld complex (South Africa) with special reference to PGE mineralization |
The Hickok-Radford Grant
Awarded to support field-based research as applied to exploration for metallic mineral deposits, for projects located in Alaska, northern Canada and other regions north of Latitude 60 North, or projects at very high elevations elsewhere. This year there is one recipient:
| Name |
Award Amount |
University |
Degree |
Project Area |
| Kirsty Reynolds |
US$5,000 |
Imperial College of London (Great Britain) |
M.S. |
Chemical mass transfer during alteration and Au mineralization of Archean greenstones, Sermiligaarsuk Fjord area (SW Greenland) |
SEGF Canada Foundation Award
Supports study of Canadian mineral deposits or mineralized regions, research at Canadian universities, or Canadian students studying at foreign universities. Grants listed are in Canadian dollars. This year there are nine recipients:
| Name |
Award Amount |
University |
Degree |
Project Area |
| Natalie Aubet |
US$3,500 |
University of Alberta (Canada) |
Ph.D. |
Petrography and geochemistry of banded iron formations from the Rio de la Plata Craton (Uruguay) |
| Geoffrey Baldwin |
US$3,500 |
Laurentian University (Canada) |
Ph.D. |
The Stratigraphy and geochemistry of the Rapitan Iron Formation |
| Neil Fernandes |
US$3,500 |
University of Alberta (Canada) |
M.S. |
Barite as a vector towards vent-proximal SEDEX mineralization in the Mackenzie Mountains (Northwest Territories, Canada) |
| Russell Hiebert |
US$3,000 |
University of Manitoba (Canada) |
Ph.D. |
Geochemical study of Ni-S and PGE mineralization associated with komatiites and ultramafic intrusions to identify sulfur source and vector towards mineralized zones |
| Jordan Laarman |
US$4,500 |
University of Western Ontario (Canada) |
Ph.D. |
A detailed metallogenic study of the McFaulds Lake chromite-PGE deposits (Northern Ontario) |
| Guillaume Lesage |
US$3,000 |
University of Alberta (Canada) |
M.S. |
Geochronology and metallogenic model of the Buritica gold deposit, Antioquia Department, Colombia |
| Robert Lodge |
US$3,500 |
Laurentian University (Canada) |
Ph.D. |
Volcanology and VMS-metallogeny of the Shebandowan greenstone belt (NW Ontario, Canada) |
| Abdul Razique |
US$4,500 |
University of British Columbia (Canada) |
Ph.D. |
Magmatic evolution and genesis of the giant Reko Diq porphyry Cu-Au deposit (District Chagai, Balochistan Province, Pakistan) |
| Paul Slezak |
US$3,000 |
Queen's University (Canada) |
M.S. |
The metallogeny of the Canastra and Vazante Groups in the Brasilia fold belt |
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