Samuel Bouffard
Masters Student
Department of Applied Geomatics
Université de Sherbrooke
Research Interests: Remote sensing, geomatic, physical geography, planetary surface process & space exploration.
Thesis: What are the most promising lunar landing sites for the Canadian micro-rover that will travel to the lunar South Pole in 2025?
Neeraja Chinchalkar
PhD Candidate
Department of Earth Sciences/Institute for Earth and Space Exploration
University of Western Ontario
Research Interests: Impact cratering processes, shock metamorphism, and planetary analogues.
Thesis: Impactites of West Clearwater impact structure, Quebec, Canada
Frédéric Diotte
Masters Student
Department of applied geomatics
Université de Sherbrooke
Research Interests: Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, geomatics, remote sensing, volatiles, exploration.
Thesis: Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for the identification and quantification of volatiles and highly siderophile elements in the lunar regolith.
Samuel Gagnon
Masters Student
Géomatique appliquée à l’environnement
Université de Sherbrooke
Research Interests: Remote sensing and lunar impact melts.
Thesis: Mapping of impact melts at the lunar south pole.
Cailin Gallinger
PhD Student
Department of Earth Sciences/Institute for Earth and Space Exploration
University of Western Ontario
Research Interests: Long-wavelength remote sensing (thermal infrared-radar), geophysical modelling for inversion of planetary material properties, impact cratering.
Thesis: Three-dimensional structure and breakdown of lunar impact melt deposits from thermal infrared and radar remote sensing.
Jamie Graff
PhD Student
Department of Earth Sciences/Institute for Earth and Space Exploration
University of Western Ontario
Research Interests: Impact cratering, volcanism, digital image analysis, planetary surface geology, icy satellites, outer solar system bodies.
Thesis: Examining physical characteristics of impactites and impact crater ejecta, how their morphology and processes of formation relate to terrestrial volcanic deposits, and how this comparison can help us better describe, classify, and name impactites.
Tatiana Mijajlovic
Masters Student
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
University of Alberta
Research Interests: Lunar meteorites, shock metamorphism, and impact craters.
Thesis: Identifying potential source crater candidates for unbrecciated lunar basaltic meteorites through shock characterization.
Julia McMenamin
PhD Candidate, Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Department of Psychology /Institute for Earth and Space Exploration
University of Western Ontario
Research Interests: Teams at work; teamwork during simulation exercises in space exploration and healthcare contexts; entrepreneurship
Thesis: Teamwork during simulations of space exploration
Yaozhu Li
PhD Candidate
Department of Earth Sciences/Institute for Earth and Space Exploration
University of Western Ontario
Research Interests: Meteorite mineralogy, petrology, and shock deformation.
Radhika Saini
Masters Student
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
University of Alberta
Research Interests: Meteorites, regolith evolution, and Raman spectroscopy.
Thesis: Accessing the degree of evolution in the regolith breccia meteorites from the Moon, Mars, and 4 Vesta, using Raman spectroscopy.
Ashka Thaker
PhD Student
Department of Earth Sciences/Institute for Earth and Space Exploration
University of Western Ontario
Research Interests: Impact cratering and radar imaging.
Thesis: Multiwavelength analysis of lunar radar dark halo craters.