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