Current Graduate Students:

Shivangi Tiwari, PhD Candidate, Université du Québec à Montréal. African Humid Period: Constrains on proxy estimates through back-trajectory modelling and climate modelling. (co-supervised with F. Pausata and Anne de Vernal).

Freddy Pinochet-Erazo, MSc candidate, St. Francis Xavier University, Air-soil coupling in CMIP6-WRF regional climate model simulation for Atlantic Canada.

Diego Martinez-Barberi, MSc candiadte, St. Francis Xavier University.

Meisam Heidari, PhD Candidate, Université du Québec à Montréal.

Previous Graduate Students (since 2002):

Alvaro Sanchez-Fonseca, MSc 2022, St. Francis Xavier University.

High Resolution Regional Climate Modeling in Atlantic Canada.

Almudena Garcia-Garcia, PhD (Environmental Sciences) 2021, Memorial University of Newfoundland and St. Francis Xavier University. Interactions between land and atmosphere and climate modelling.

Francisco Jose Cuesta-Valero, PhD (Environmental Sciences) 2021, Memorial University of Newfoundland and St. Francis Xavier University,  Earth’s energy and its effect on climate simulations

Louise T. Brennan, PhD (Geography) 2019-2021, Memorial University of Newfoundland and St. Francis Xavier University. Climate Change, Adaptation & Development Finance.

Carolyne Pickler, PhD (Sciences de l’environnement) (2019), Université du Québec à Montréal. Borehole Climatology : Retrieving Climate from Under Ground

Etor Emanuel Lucio Eceiza, PhD (2019), Universidad Complutense de Madrid. High resolution modeling and analysis of wind fields in onshore and offshore regions of Atlantic Canada.

Ignacio Hermoso, PhD (2019) , Université du Québec à Montréal.  Earth energy balance and continental heat storage with a modified version of the Community Land Surface Model CLM4.

Alejandro Garcia-Lopez, MSc (2019), St. Francis Xavier University. Snow cover simulation within state-of-the-art climate models.

Fernando Jaume-Santero, MSc. (2017), Université du Québec à Montréal. North American Ground Surface Temperature Histories: A Contribution to the PAGES2k North American Project.

Michelle McPherson, MSc Candidate (2016), St. Francis Xavier University. Climate change, future ground warming and the propagation of Lyme disease: Public health perspectives in Atlantic Canada.

Almudena Garcia-Garcia, MSc (2016), St. Francis Xavier University. Air - Ground coupling in the CMIP5 GCM simulations.

Francisco Jose Cuesta-Valero, MSc (2016), St. Francis Xavier University.   Subsurface heat content in the CMIP5 GCM simulations.

Arlette Chacon, MSc (2016), Université du Québec à Montréal.

Effect of crops on climate in North America using Canadian Regional Climate Model (CRCM).

Lizett Illanes, MSc (2015), St. Francis Xavier University. Paleoclimatology in Argentina and Chile: Integrating data and the regional model WRF.

Edmundo Gurza Fausto, MSc (2014), St. Francis Xavier University. Borehole Climatology in South America.

Nada Jagodic, MSc (2012), St. Francis Xavier University. Borehole Climatology in the Canadian Arctic.

Patrck Longobardi, MSc (2012), St. Francis Xavier University. Long-term climate and surface-atmosphere response to deforestation.

Brian Hansen, MSc (2012), St. Francis Xavier University. Simulating the Effects of Climate Change on a Coastal Aquifer, Summerside, Prince Edward Island.

Calvin Beebe, MSc (2012), St. Francis Xavier University. Investigation of Occurrance and Assessment of Risk of Saltwater Intrusion in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Amanda Diochon PhD (2009), Dalhousie University [NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship and NSERC PDF award recipient] Forest soil carbon dynamics across a managed red spruce forest chronosequence. Presently Associate  Professor at Lakehead University.

Christian Chouinard PhD, (2008) GEOTOP , Programme de Doctorat en sciences de l'environnement , Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal Canada. Borehole climatology.

M. Bruce Stevens MSc. (2006) St Francis Xavier University, Experiments with the general circulation model ECHO-g: Paleoclimatic reconstructions and bottom boundary sensitivities.

Lanying Zhao MSc (2005) St. Francis Xavier University, Impact of long-term changes of seasonal snow cover on the ground thermal regime.

Daniela Nitoui, MSc (2005) St. Francis Xavier University, Ground surface temperature history reconstruction from geothermal data and the influence of land disruptions on the subsurface temperature profiles.

David Risk, MSc, (2002) St. Francis Xavier University, Determining the physical controls on carbon dioxide production in the soil profile: Studies from four sites in Eastern Canada. Presently Associate Professor at StFX University.

Recent and Current Undergraduate Students:

Katherine Robinson, Earth Sciences and Physics honours (2020) Regional Climate Model Simulations for Atlantic Canada: Sensitivity Studies. In progress. Co-supervised with Doctoral candidates A. Garcia-Garcia.

Nesha Wright, Environmental Sciences Honours. (2017). Temperature extremes in the CORDEX simulations for Atlantic Canada. In progress. Co-supervised with Doctoral candidates A. Garcia-Garcia and F. Cuesta-Valero.

Sarah MacLead, Environmental Sciences Honours. (2014). Deforestation Experiments with the University of Victoria GCM. Presently MSc student at Dalhousie University.

Marielle L’Esperance, Physics Honours  [NSERC USRA] (2009-2010). Presently MSc. Student in Medical Physics, Carleton UNiversity.