Atlantic Universities Geoscience Conference
2025 Award Winners
The 2025 Atlantic Universities Geoscience Conference (AUGC) was held October 30 to November 02, at St. Francis Xavier University.
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Science Atlantic Best Paper Award
First Place
Oral Presentation
Kayla Gerard
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton
On the discovery of a large Taenidium burrow from the Clifton-Stonehaven Formation in New Brunswick
Honourable Mention
Oral Presentation
Luke Allen
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton
Updates on an ichnofossil assemblage from the mid Pennsylvanian Minto Formation of central New Brunswick
Imperial Oil Best Poster Award
First Place
Poster Presentation
Lauren DiPietro
Dalhousie University
Chlorite compositions, prograde metamorphism, and gold-related trace elements
Honourable Mention
Poster Presentation
Ashley Green
Memorial University of Newfoundland
U-Pb Geochronology and Petrography of Alkaline Intrusions from the Rehamna, Central, and Jebilet Massifs, Morocco
Atlantic Geoscience Society (AGS) Environmental Geoscience Award
First Place
Oral Presentation
Alexis Gauvin
Dalhousie University
Resolving the impact of North Atlantic Ocean circulation structure on microbial diversity
Canadian Energy Geoscience Association (CEGA) Award
First Place
Oral Presentation
Emma Petersen
Memorial University of Newfoundland
The physiochemical drivers of carbonate precipitation, transformations and morphology at serpentinite-hosted springs.
Honourable Mention
Oral Presentation
Brook Penner
Acadia University
Depth effect on metamorphic decarbonation: insights from petrography and mass balance constraints in the Sierra Nevada continental arc
Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (CSEG) Award
First Place
Oral Presentation
Émilie Snow
Acadia University
A Geomorphological Analysis of Coastal Change in Port Joli, NS. Using Remote Sensing and GIS Methods
Honourable Mention
Poster Presentation
Shannon Hegger
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton
Characterizing the geomorphology and dynamics of potential rock glaciers in parc national de la Gaspésie using LiDAR and thermal imaging
The Frank S. Shea Memorial Award
First Place
Oral Presentation
Emily Theben
Dalhousie University
Nickel for your thoughts: Decoding mineral textures and assemblages of the Geminid Deposit
Honourable Mention
Oral Presentation
Laura Riendeau
St. Francis Xavier University
Exploring the influence of rock geochemistry on biofilm composition in a lithium pegmatite system using metabarcoding
Previous Award Winners
2024 Earth Science Award Winners
The 2024 Atlantic Universities Geoscience Conference (AUGC) was held October 24 to October 26, at Dalhousie University.
2023 Earth Science Award Winners
The 2023 Atlantic Universities Geoscience Conference (AUGC) was held October 19 to 21, at the Memorial University of Newfoundland
Atlantic Universities Geological Conference 2022 Award Winners
The 72nd Atlantic Universities Geological Conference (AUGC) was held October 27 to 29, 2022, at Acadia University
AUGC 2022 Award Winners
The 72nd Atlantic Universities Geological Conference (AUGC) was held October 27 to 29, 2022, at Acadia University
Thank you to our generous conference sponsors!
Science Atlantic Best Paper Award
Claire Gullison
University of New Brunswick,
Fredericton
Microplastic in Beach Sediment from Marys Point, Shepody National Wildlife Area, Southeast New Brunswick
Imperial Oil
Best Poster Award
Leila Rashid
Saint Mary's University
Documenting Recent Human Influences Using Remote Sensing Techniques on the Tekes River Alluvial Fan, Xinjiang, China
Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG) Award
Nikita Lakhanpal
Saint Mary's University
Survey of Porewater Geochemistry within Deep Marine Hydrocarbon Seep Sediments of the Scotian Slope, Canada
The Frank S. Shea Memorial Award
in Economic Geology
Taylor Mugford
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Mineralogy of the Boundary Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide (VMS) Deposit of the Tally Pond Group, Victoria Lake Supergroup, Newfoundland Appalachians
The Canadian Society of Exploration
Geophysicists (CSEG) Award
Megan MacDonald
Dalhousie University
Machine-learning Focal Mechanism Inversion for Hydraulic Fracking-induced Earthquakes
Atlantic Geoscience Society (AGS)
Environmental Geoscience Award
Julianna Whelan
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Methane Flux, Source, and Lipid Biomarkers of Serpentinite-hosted Groundwater Springs at Contrasting Sites of Terrestrial Serpentinization