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40 SEG NEWSLETTER No 90 • JULY 2012
2012 Student Research Grant Awards
STUDENT NEWS
The Society of Economic Geologists
Foundation (SEGF) and the SEG
Canada Foundation (SEGCF) are pleased
to announce the Student Research
Grant awards for 2012. This year the
SEGF received 96 eligible grant applications.
Of the applications received,
57 were selected to receive funding:
US$116,312.00 and CAN$67,950.00 will
be distributed in student grant awards.
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 38 different universities in 10
countries and distributed as follows:
United States – 16, Canada – 15,
Australia – 12, China – 4, UK – 3,
Argentina – 2, Slovakia – 2, and one
each from Japan, Poland and Spain.
The awards are listed in the following format:
grant recipient, dollar amount (in U.S.
dollars unless otherwise designated), university,
country, degree, and project
name/area.
Hugh E. McKinstry Student Research
Awards are 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 are 32 recipients:
Hannah Aird, $3,250, Duke
University, USA, Ph.D.; A study of
the accessory mineral assemblages of
the Stillwater Complex, Montana.
Elena Andreeva, $1,000, Hokkaido
University, Japan, Ph.D.; Characteris -
tics of gold mineralization at the
Aginskoe deposit and surrounding
area in the Central Kamchatka, Russia.
Heidi Berkenbosch, $2,000, Univer -
sity of Tasmania, Australia, Ph.D.;
Geochemical evolution of Brothers
submarine volcano hydrothermal
system, Kermadec arc.
Lauren E. Colwell, $3,000, University
of Wyoming, USA, M.Sc.; Titanite’s
chemical connection to the hydrothermal
system in ocean crust: Impli -
cations for future mineral resources.
Rodrigo Ignacio Escobar, $2,000,
Universidad Nacional de La Plata,
Argentina, Ph.D.; Geology and genesis
of the Ba-Sr deposits related to the
Cretaceous sequence between the
Bajada del Agrio and Chos Malal
localities, Neuquén Province.
Jaclyn Ferraro, $3,250, University of
Iowa, USA, M.Sc.; Evaluating Struc -
tural controls on mineralization in
the Couer d’Alene district through
structural and ESBD Analysis, USA.
Andrew Peter George Fowler, $2,000,
University of California, Davis, USA,
M.Sc.; Detrital rutile in the Au-bearing
Moeda Formation, Minas Gerais,
Brazil, Rare earth element concentrations
in geothermal fluids from Ice -
landic geothermal systems, Iceland.
Maria Cecilia Gallard Esquivel,
$1,500, Universidad Nacional de San
Luis, Argentina, Ph.D.; Metallogenesis
and palaeovolcanology of La Carolina
gold-bearing district, San Luis,
Argentina.
Maria de las Nieves Gómez
Miguélez, $3,000, Instituto Geo -
lógica y Minero de España, Spain,
Ph.D.; Geochemical evolution of Las
Cruces massive sulphide supergene
alteration, Seville, Spain.
Erik Hanson, $3,250, Southern
Illinois University, USA, M.Sc.; The
origin and REE investigation of the
Sparks Hill and Chamberlain diatremes
near Hick’s Dome in southeastern
Illinois, USA.
Ana-Sophie Hensler, $3,000, Univer -
sity of Western Australia, Australia/
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais,
Brazil, Ph.D.; The genesis of hypogene
(hard ore) iron ore types in the Iron
Quadrangle, with specific emphasis
on their P-T-X-t conditions of formation,
Brazil.
Mark Leatherman, $3,500, Indiana
University, Bloomington, USA, Ph.D.;
Emplacement mechanisms of country
rock hosted massive Ni-Cu-PGE
magmatic sulfides in the Tamarack
deposit, Minnesota and the Eagle
deposit, northern Michigan, USA.
Pilar Lecumberri Sanchez, $4,000,
Virginia Tech, USA, Ph.D.; Spatial
and temporal evolution of fluids
related with alteration and mineralization
at Red Mountain, AZ, USA.
Xuan Liu, $3,250, Institute of Geol -
ogy and Geophysics, China Academy
of Sciences, China, Ph.D.; Formation
and preservation of the mid-Jurassic
porphyry copper systems in Dexing,
SE China: Insights from geo-/thermochronological
studies, China.
Matt McGloin, $3,250, Monash Uni -
versity, Australia, Ph.D.; The genesis of
U-REE mid-crustal systems and their
links to IOCG deposits, Australia.
Andrea McHugh, $2,685, New
Mexico Tech, USA, M.Sc.; Genesis of
Navidad Hill deposit, Argentina: Vein
paragenesis and stable isotope geochemistry
of a low-sulfidation epithermal
Ag-Pb-Cu deposit, Argentina.
Rebecca Morris, $1,000, New Mexico
Tech, USA, M.Sc.; The relationship of
alteration zoning to mineralization
at Chilito copper porphyry deposit,
Gila County, Arizona, USA.
Demian Nelson, $2,350, University
of California, San Diego, USA, B.S.
Honors; Precious metal mineralization
in chromitites from the Stillwater,
Bushveld, Muskox and Rum maficultramafic
layered intrusions, USA,
South Africa, Scotland.
Patrick J. Newman, $750, University
of Akron, USA Canada, M.Sc.; Work
budget estimation of self-affine faults:
A theoretical and applied approach,
USA.
Laurie Christine O’Neill, $1,000, Uni -
versity of Texas at Austin, USA, M.Sc.;
Rare earth element mineralization
associated with the Paleogene Round
Top Laccolith, West Texas, USA.
Daniel Parvaz, $1,000, University of
Exeter, UK, Ph.D.; Development of
geochemical methods for targeting
lower environmental impact secondary
copper deposits in the
Troodos Massif, Cyprus.
Jorge Perez, $1,000, University of
California, San Diego, USA, M.Sc.;
Establishing the sources, timing, and
structural controls on epithermal Au
mineralization at the Fire Creek
property, northern Nevada rift, USA.
Marián Petrák, $2,500, Comenius
University, Slovakia, Ph.D.; Geochem -
ical stability of tailing impoundment
material with calculation of mineral re -
serves (Locality Markušovce, Slovakia).
Brendon Rolfe-Betts, $3,250, Leicester
University, UK, Ph.D.; The petrogenesis
and metallogenesis of Western
Milos, Greece; an integrated approach
to understand hydrothermal activity
in a submarine-to-subaerial volcanic
environment.
Roland Seubert, $4,000, Monash Uni -
versity, Australia, Ph.D.; Petrogenesis
and Ni-Cu-PGE potential of the Giles
Complex, west Musgrave province,
central Australia.
Ali Sholeh, $3,000, University of Tas -
mania, Australia, Ph.D.; Geology, geo -
chemistry, geochronology and evolution
of epithermal gold mineralization
system in Bazman area, Southeastern
Urumieh-Dokhtar magmatic arc.
Edward Spencer, $4,000, Imperial
College London, UK, Ph.D.; Molyb -
denum (Mo) speciation and transport
in porphyry ore systems.