Lab Members
Dr. Jochen Halfar
Natasha Leclerc
Doctoral Student
natasha.leclerc (@) mail.utoronto.ca
Projects:
Reconstructing Past Sea Ice Cover in the Canadian Arctic Coralline Red Algae
Phoebe Chan
Visiting Researcher/NSERC & VISTA Postdoctoral Fellow
phoebe.chan (@) uib.no
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Projects:
- Establishing high-resolution natural baseline records of productivity in the Norwegian Arctic marine ecosystem using nitrogen isotope records from crustose coralline algae
- Global change induced skeletal density variability in coralline algae
Emerald Stratigopoulos
Master's student (doctoral stream)
emerald.stratigopoulos @ mail.utoronto.ca
Projects:
Sea ice history of Arctic Bay, Nunavut, Canada
Sukhmani Singh
Master's student (doctoral stream)
sukhmani.singh (@) mail.utoronto.ca
Projects:
Factors that Influence the Distribution and Thickness of Clathromorphum compactum in Arctic/Subarctic Regions
Alessio Scurci
Bachelor's student
alessio.scurci(@) mail.utoronto.ca
Projects:
Calibrating Arctic Bay coralline algae with satellite observations
Charlotte Westcott
Bachelor's student
Charlotte.Westcott(@) mail.utoronto.ca
Projects:
Benthic foraminiferal biofacies from Isla San Jose , Gulf of California, Mexico
Brian Boyd
Bachelor's student
brian.boyd(@) mail.utoronto.ca
Projects:
Benthic foraminiferal biofacies from Cabo Pulmo, Gulf of California, Mexico
Former Lab Members
Meghan Zulian
Master's student (doctoral stream)
meghan.zulian (@) mail.utoronto.ca
Projects:
Arctic ocean pH reconstruction
Siobhan Williams
Doctoral student
siobhan.williams (@) mail.utoronto.ca
Projects:
Greenland Coralline Algal Carbonates as Indicators of Paleoenvironmental Conditions
Mahbuba Choudhury
Undergraduate Student
mahbuba.choudhury (@) mail.utoronto.ca
Projects:
Benthic Foraminifera of the Gulf of California, Mexico
Alexander Humphreys
Doctoral student
alex.f.humphreys (@) gmail.com
Projects:
Galapagos Shallow Water Carbonate Systems
Alicia Hou
Master's student
Project:
Delta13C variability in surface water dissolved inorganic carbon recorded by coralline algae from the subarctic North Atlantic
Cedelle Pereira
Undergraduate student
Project:
Sea ice signals preserved in Arctic coralline algae
Melanie Delgado-Brandt
Undergraduate student
Project:
Ecology of benthic foraminifera from Punta Chivato, Gulf of California, Mexico
Sarah Shana
Undergraduate student
Project:
Sea-ice signals preserved in coralline algae from Lancaster Sound, Nunavut, Canada
Alizay Qureshi
Undergraduate student
Project:
Benthic foraminifera from the northernmost Gulf of California, Mexico
Hunter Bell
Undergraduate student
Project:
Testing of cross-dating techniques on multiple specimens of Bering Sea coralline algae
Tara Ingalsbe
Doctoral student
tara.ingalsbe (@) mail.utoronto.ca
Projects:
Coralline Algae as Proxies for Past Sea Ice Coverage
Benjamin Hook
Postdoctoral Fellow
benjamin.hook (@) utoronto.ca
Projects:
Dendroclimatology of Paleocene-Eocene kimberlite-hosted fossil wood
Phoebe Chan
Doctoral student
phoebetw.chan (@) utoronto.ca
Projects:
North Atlantic climate reconstructions using coralline algae
History of the Alaska Coastal Current revealed by coralline algae - a measure for Arctic ocean freshwater input
Dr. Branwen Williams
Postdoctoral Fellow
Now Assistant Professor at Claremont College California
BWilliams (@) kecksci.claremont.edu
Projects:
North Atlantic and Pacific climate reconstructions using coralline algal isotope and trace element geochemistry
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Steffen Hetzinger
Postdoctoral Fellow
Now Research Scientist at Geomar, Kiel, Germany
shetzinger (@) ifm-geomar.de
Projects:
Paleoclimate reconstructions using coralline red algae
Reconstruction of Orinoco river sediment discharge from corals
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Gimy Gamboa
Master's student
gimygamboa (@) yahoo.com
Project:
Reconstructing Labrador Current variability from coralline red algae
James Joseph Walker
Doctoral Student
jamesjoseph.walker (@) utoronto.ca
Project:
Reconstructing Paleogene climate from exceptionally preserved fossil wood
Jezrel Torres
Undergraduate student
Project:
Benthic foraminiferal fauna of Isla San Jose, Baja California Sur, MexicoClathromorphum nereostratum
Afshan Omar
Research Assistant and Undergraduate Thesis student
Project:
Reconstruction of kelp abundance in the Aleutian Islands using growth rates of the coralline red algae Clathromorphum nereostratum
Ravie Shamaroo
Undergraduate Research Project Student
Project:
Can Clathromorphum compactum from the northwest Atlantic reveal sea urchin abundance during the past century?
Quang Ngo
Undergraduate student
v.ngo (@) utoronto.ca
Projects:
Benthic foraminiferal fauna of Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Carolyn Winsborough
Former Research Assistant and Undergraduate Thesis student
Emily Boucher
Master's student
emi.boucher (@) gmail.com
Projects:
Density changes in coralline algae as a possible indicator of ocean acidification
Laurie Bougeois
Master's student
laurie.bougeois (@) ens-lyon.fr
Projects:
Carbon isotopic composition of Beaufort Sea coralline algae
Milian Yau
Undergraduate student
milian.yau (@) utoronto.ca
Projects:
Benthic foraminiferal fauna of Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico
Prospective Graduate Students
If you are interested in graduate work in my lab, please contact me at
jochen.halfar (@) utoronto.ca.