CARBMIN - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Research Projects Manager
Job Titles:
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow
I study the processes and driving forces of mineral reactions with a focus on fluid-rock interactions. My research publications span environments from the upper mantle to the near surface. Over the past decade, my primary research interests have migrated from deep crustal metamorphic processes to shallower magmatic-hydrothermal systems and associated mineral deposits to, most recently, carbon sequestration at and near the surface of the Earth. The commonality between these projects is the integration of field data and forward models for heat-mass transport and reaction, and the conscription of appropriate geochemical tracers as monitors of fluid-rock interactions.
My research program in carbon sequestration identifies and evaluates novel CO 2 fixation pathways that offset anthropogenic greenhouse gas production. Central to these studies are identification of active carbon fixation in the field; field examination of geologic analogues to industrial fixation processes; mineralogical, geochemical and isotopic analysis of carbon sinks; and reactive transport modelling of carbon transport and fixation.
provide an objective scientific verification protocol for crystallographic trapping of carbon, and
Job Titles:
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Jamie's expertise and research interests focus on using various geochemical techniques to infer regional-scale tectonic and geologic processes in orogenic belts. His current research in the CarbMin Lab is focused on a regional-scale assessment of the carbon mineralization potential of British Columbia using the physical properties of ultramafic rocks and their relationship to serpentinization and carbonation reactions. These correlations will be used to inform geophysical inversions to establish a carbon sequestration index for the province's geology.
Job Titles:
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow
I am a professor of hydrogeology and low temperature aqueous geochemistry. My main area of expertise lies in multicomponent reactive transport modelling and vadose zone processes. Other research areas of interest include environmental aspects of mine waste, the long-term geochemical stability of deep sedimentary and crystalline rock environments, natural attenuation of organic contaminants and fugitive gas emissions related to oil and gas development.