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McGill Isotope Biogeochemistry Lab
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Principal Investigator

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Dr. Peter Douglas
Associate Professor in Earth and Planetary Sciences
William Dawson Scholar
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Lab Manager

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Dr. Thi Hao Bui
PhD in Isotope Geochemistry, McGill University


Postdoctoral Researchers

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Dr. Ting Zhang
Postdoctoral Scholar
PhD in Organic Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Examining the molecular variability in sedimentary organic matter in a large tropical lake

Graduate Students

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Melanie Burnett
Ph.D. Candidate (Co-supervised with Dr. Cynthia Kallenbach)
Bridging the gap between soil and aquatic greenhouse gas emissions in eastern Canadian permafrost landscapes

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Bonnie de Baets
Ph.D. Candidate (Co-supervised with Dr. Josué Jautzy)
Using clumped isotopes to understand methane formation in the permafrost active layer

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Jacob Asomaning
Ph.D. Candidate
Isotopic tracers for greenhouse gas emissions processes in Greater Montreal

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Joshua Wasserlauf
Ph.D. Candidate
Using gas radiocarbon measurements to detect plastic biodegradation in landfills

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Aaron Price
Ph.D. Candidate (Natural Resource Sciences; co-supervised with Dr. Cynthia Kallenbach)
Parameterizing microbial specific models of soil carbon cycling for permafrost environments

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Kendra Leishman
M.Sc. Student
Bayesian isotope mixing models to understand sediment organic matter sources in a large tropical lake

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Isabel Strachan
Ph.D. Candidate (Co-supervised with Dr. Benjamin Gwinneth)
Biomarker records of coupled climate and land use change across the Maya region

Co-supervisees at other institutions

Jean Tremblay
Ph.D. Candidate in Archaeology at Université de Montréal (supervised by Dr. Christina Halperin)

Lab Alumni

  • Mingxuan Zhang- Visiting Ph.D. student (Wuhan; 2024-2025)
  • Robert Bogue- Ph.D. (2025), now Postdoctoral Researcher at McGill
  • Regina Gonzalez Moguel- Ph.D. (2023), Postdoctoral Researcher (2023-2025)
  • Emilie Reid- SURA project (2024)
  • Hiba Aoid- M.Sc. (2023)
  • Estelle Allan- FRQNT Postdoctoral Fellow (2020-2024), now Project Manager at Habitat
  • Yunfeng Wang- Wares Postdoctoral Fellow (2021-2023), now postdoctoral researcher at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • Wesley Parker- NSF Postdoctoral Fellow (2020-2022), now Climate Risk and Strategy Associate at KPMG
  • Benjamin Keenan- Ph.D. (2022), now Assistant Professor at the University of Montreal
  • Alexie Roy-Lafontaine- M.Sc. (2024, UQAR), now Research Associate at UQAM
  • Ying Ran Lin- M.Sc. (2018), currently studying Geological Engineering at UBC
  • Jenny Ni- M.Sc. (2019), now Project Geologist at APEX Geoscience
  • Robert Bourque- M.Sc. (2019), now a Ph.D. student at the University of Colorado-Boulder
  • Emerald Stratigopoulos- SURA Project 2017, now Exploration Geologist at Agnico Eagle Mines
  • Sanga Park- SURA Project 2017, now Senior Scientist at Nexelis
  • Fei Ya Chen- ESS Honour's Thesis 2020, now GIS Consultant at Canadian Red Cross
  • Dawson Phan- Independent study project 2020, now a Ph.D. student at Ohio State
  • Clara Schryer- USRA project 2021 and ESS Honour's Thesis 2023, now an M.Sc. student at Queen's
  • Aelis Spiller- SURA project and independent study 2021, now a Ph.D. student at McGill
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