Undergraduate Thesis Presentations 2025
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 from 1:00pm - 4:30pm
Memorial Hall, 201
Who: Sarah Jackson
Title: Effect of tank colour on pigmentation, survival and growth in hatchery-reared Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) destined for reintroduction programs
Who: Molly Harris
Title: Petrogenesis of Neoproterozoic Alkaline Dykes in the Schreiber Greenstone Belt, Ontario
Who: Shane Peters
Title: Assessing the fish consumption beneficial use impairment in the Thunder Bay Great Lakes Area of Concern
Who: Tristan Wiley
Title: A Multi-Indicator Stream Health Assessment of Trinidad’s Western Peninsula
Who: Ava Cashera
Title: Stable isotope analysis and trophic description of Eastern Foxsnake (Pantherophis vulpinus) and Common Gartersnake (Thamnophis siratailis) from Point Pelee National Park
Who: Melanie Gosselin
Title: Contaminant exposures in Eastern Foxsnake (Pantherophis vulpinus) and Common Gartersnake (Thamnophis siratailis) from Point Pelee National Park
Who: Rucha Patel
Title: Using LiDAR to Quantify Point Density in 3D Space and Over Time within Savanna and Forest Ecosystems of Point Pelee National Park
Who: Julia Routely (will present at a later date)
M.Sc. Thesis Defense: Zach Jones
Title: The effect of changing winter temperature conditions on the overwintering behaviour of a northern smallmouth bass population
When: Friday, March 28 at 1:00 pm
Where: GLIER Conference room 250
GISc. Capstone Project Presentations
Thursday, March 27th, 2025 at 8:30am
GIS Lab, Memorial Hall 214
Who: Khaing Wut Yi Hlaing, Rucha Patel, Sean Kereliuk
Title: Delineating Building Footprints on Pelee Island via LiDAR
Who: Jana Jandal Alrifai
Title: Correlation Between Socio-Economic Status and Park Access: A City of Windsor Case Study
Who: Danielle Bohn, Brian Kountourogiannis
Title: Map & Grow: A Spatial Tree Survey for the Town of Amherstburg
Ph.D. Thesis Defense: Elizabeth (Libby) George
Title: Assessing the resiliency of a coastal foredune in a changing climate
When: March 7th, 2025 at 10:00am
Where: Memorial Hall 105
M.Sc. Thesis Proposal: Nicole Sussens
Title: Use of GPR for Locating Historical Graves
When: October 7th, 2024 at 11:30am
Where: Memorial Hall 211A
M.Sc. Thesis Defense: Rylie Robinson
Title: Investigating biofouling on long-term, in situ, optic sensors: impacts on optical measurement integrity and insight into community dynamics
When: Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 at 1:00 pm
Where: Memorial Hall 201
Non-thesis Seminar: Nathan Stewart
Title: The Role of the Finance Sector in Biodiversity Conservation
When: Tuesday, April 9th, 2024 at 1:00pm
Where: Memorial Hall 201
Non-thesis Seminar: Irmak Yilmaz
Title: When Did Plate Tectonics Start? Geodynamics of Archean Earth
When: March 22nd, 2024 at 3:00pm
Where: Memorial Hall 201
Non-thesis Seminar: Libby George
Title: Beach User Perception of Coastal Hazards
When: March 25th, 2024 at 2:00pm
Where: Memorial Hall 201
Non-thesis Seminar: Zach Jones
Title: Applying Traditional Ecological Knowledge to Science: Case Studies on Beluga Whale Research
When: March 1st, 2024 at 2:00pm
Where: Memorial Hall 201
Non-thesis Seminar: Libby George
Title: Initiating the use of nature-based shoreline solutions in the Great Lakes
When: January 26th, 2024 at 2:00pm
Where: Memorial Hall 201
Upcoming M.Sc. Thesis Proposal: Zach Jones
Title: Quantifying the effect of winter phenology on the movement, diet and energetic condition of an invasive boreal warm-water predator fish
When: January 10th, 2024 at 1:00pm
Where: Memorial Hall, 201
Upcoming M.Sc. Thesis Defense: Abigail Carswell
Title: Quantifying the relative importance of boat wakes in fetch-limited environments
When: January 8th, 2024 at 11:30am
Where: Virtual
Upcoming M.Sc. Thesis Defense: Lydia Paulic
Title: Quantifying survival and behaviour of hatcher-reared juvenile bloater stocked across bathymetric depths in Lake Ontario
When: December 7, 2023 at 1:00pm
Where: Memorial Hall 109
Upcoming Ph.D. Thesis Proposal: Sakshi Khatri
Title: Investigation of contaminant fate and transport in watersheds using novel stable isotope approaches
When: December 6th, 2023 at 2:00pm
Where: Memorial Hall 301
Upcoming M.Sc. Thesis Defense: Selina Al-Nazzal
Title: Influence of landscape and nutrients on stable isotope dynamics and food webs in a river prior to re-establishing fish migration
When: December 5th, 2023 at 10:00am
Where: Memorial Hall 301
