Welcome new students
Four new students have joined us in recent months. Connor Turvey Connor completed his PhD in geochemistry at Monash University in 2018. His thesis research included investigating the carbon sequestration capacity of anionic clay minerals, X-ray diffraction method development work and understanding the Mg isotopic signatures of ultramafic mine tailings undergoing weathering. He is now […]
MDRU & BRIMM students win Geoscience BC scholarships
Today, three MDRU and BRIMM students received $5000 each in scholarship grants from Geoscience BC. Each year, the not-for-profit earth science organisation awards scholarships to students for British Columbia-focused applied geoscience related to minerals, energy and water resources. Among the 10 recipients announced today were three of our own students. Bianca Phillips Molecular biology in mineral […]
MDRU wins NSERC funding for mineral exploration research in Yukon and Alaska
MDRU obtains $557,670 from NSERC to Support >$1.2M Mineral Exploration Research in Yukon and Alaska MDRU-Mineral Deposit Research Unit at The University of British Columbia announces successful leveraging of industry funds to support and expand research on their Yukon-Alaska Metallogeny (YAM) Project from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Collaborative Research and Development (CRD) program. MDRU’s YAM project is […]
