Graduate Students
Current Masters Students
John Acharibasam
Pursing: M.A.
Supervisor: Dr. Bram Noble
Jennifer Archibald
Pursuing: MA
Topic Area: Sketch Mapping
Supervisor: Dr. Scott Bell
Previous Education: MSc LUEST (UofS)
Where I'm from: Saskatoon
Places Traveled: Oh my.... SE Asia (Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos), USA, Caribbean (Jamaica, Cuba, Grand Cayman), Costa Rica, & Europe (Ukraine, England, France, The Netherlands, Austria), and of course Canada :)
Contact: jma435_at_mail.usask.ca
Prajwal Basnet
Pursuing: Masters in the department of geography and planning
Topic Area: Watershed Cumulative Effects Assessment and Management
Supervisor: Bram Noble
Previous Education: B.Sc. Honors in Environmental Science
Where I’m from: Nepal
Places traveled: India, Dubai
Contact: pmb860_at_mail.usask.ca, prajnet_at_gmail.com
Ty Czerniak
Pursuing: M.A in Geography in Planning
Topic Area: Transportation, Urban Design
Supervisor: Dr. Avi Akkerman
Previous Education: B.A Honours in Regional & Urban Development, U of S
Where I'm from: Saskatoon, Sk
Places Traveled: West Coast, Czech Republic, Austria,
Contact: ty.czerniak_at_usask.ca
Carmen Finnigan
Pursuing: Master
Topic Area: Measuring grassland biomass with the RADARSAT-2
Supervisor: Dr. Xulin Guo
Previous Education: BSci in Physics with a minor in Astronomy
Where I'm from: Saskatoon
Places Traveled: From one Canadian coast to the other. I have been to England, Japan, Scotland, Tibet and the US
Contact: cjf126_at_mail.usask.ca
Nicholas Fraser
Pursuing: M.A.
Topic Area: Linkages Between Quality of Life and Housing
Supervisor: Ryan Walker
Previous Education: B.A. (Dbl Hons), Geography and Political Studies, University
of Saskatchewan
Where I'm from: Saskatchewan
Places Traveled: Much of Canada and the U.S. as well as Mexico
Interests/hobbies: Politics, Activism, and travel
Contact: nich.fraser_at_usask.ca
Amy Goodbrand
Degree Pursuing: M.Sc.
Research Topic: Groundwater and surface water interactions in the southern Boreal Forest.
Supervisor: Cherie Westbrook
Previous Education: University of Regina, B.Sc. Biology, B.Sc. Geography
Where I'm from: Broadview, Saskatchewan
Places Traveled: U.K, Ireland, western Canada, Cape Breton
Interests/hobbies: Hockey, fiddle, travel, backcountry camping
Contact: arg312_at_mail.usask.ca
Gale Hagblom
Pursuing: MA Geography and Planning
Topic Area: Urban reserve-based home ownership
Supervisor: Dr. Ryan Walker
Previous Education: BFA Interdisciplinary Honours
Where I'm from: Saskatoon
Places Traveled: lived in: Inuvik NWT, Churchill MB; Halifax NS, Edmonton AB, Banff AB, Ottawa ON, Winnipeg MB, Stockholm Sweden. Traveled to: England, Norway, Denmark, Holland, Mexico, United States,
Contact:gale.hagblom_at_usask.ca
Phillip Harder
Pursuing: M.Sc.
Topic Area: Climate Change and Prairie Hydrology
Supervisor: Dr. John Pomeroy
Previous Education: B.Sc. Physical Geography (U of S)
Where I'm from: Clavet SK
Places Traveled: Across Canada, Western US, Mexico, Belize, El Salvador, Pakistan, Ireland, England and Scotland
Contact: room: Kirk Hall 44 email: psh699@mail.usask.ca
Steph Kristensen
Degree Pursuing: MSc
Research Topic: Capacity for watershed cumulative effects assessment in the
Lower Fraser Watershed, British Columbia
Supervisor: Dr. Bram Noble
Previous Education: Physical Geography at UBC
Where I'm from: Kelowna, BC
Places Traveled: North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand
Interests/hobbies: Reading, snowboarding, backcountry hiking/camping, wine.
Contact: stk834_at_mail.usask.ca
Kellie Leedham
Pursuing: M.Sc.
Supervisor: Dr. John Pomeroy
Nadine Lemoine
Degree Pursuing: M.A.
Research Topic: Planning in First Nation Communities
Supervisor: Bob Patrick
Previous Education: University of Ottawa (B.A.)
Where I'm from: Vancouver, B.C.
Places Traveled: North America; Central America; Europe; Asia; Middle East; Africa
Interests/hobbies: the great outdoors; discovering new things, places, people; Activism
Contact: nrl611_at_mail.usask.ca
Ashley Mahaffey
Pursuing: M.Sc.
Topic Area: Sediment trace metal concentrations in the Mackenzie and Athabasca
River Basins
Supervisor: Dirk de Boer
Previous Education: B.Sc. Honours
Where I'm from: Lloydminster, Alberta
Places Traveled: Europe, Mexico, Cuba, Dominican, Jamaica, Tobago, Cayman,
Canada, US
Contact: acm914_at_mail.usask.ca
Allen Maher
Pursing: M.Sc.
Supervisor: Dr. Cherie Westbrook
Chris Marsh
Pursuing: M.Sc.
Topic Area: Hydrology / Modeling
Supervisor: John Pomeroy and Raymond Spiteri
Previous Education: B.Sc. (Hons.) Physical Geography, (Minor) Math, (Minor)
Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan, 2009
Where I'm from: Saskatoon, SK
Places Traveled: Most of Canada, USA, Italy, United Kingdom, Norway
Interests/hobbies : Canoeing (white-water mostly and flat water), camping,
downhill skiing, squash, most things outdoors related, programming
Contact: cbm038_at_mail.usask.ca
Jessica Miller
Pursuing: M.A.
Topic Area: First Nations and access to safe drinking water
Supervisor: Bob Patrick
Previous Education: B.A., Geography & Anthropology, University of Victoria
Where I'm from: Victoria, BC
Places Traveled: Hong Kong, Japan, Quebec, BC West Coast, Cali & Florida
Interests/hobbies: scuba diving, water sports, archaeology, boats & fishing,
sci-fi, graphic novels & literature
Contact: jessica.miller_at_usask.ca
Alasdair Morrison
Pursing: M.Sc.
Supervisor: Dr. Cherie Westbrook
Damayanthi Pathirana
Pursuing: M.Sc.
Supervisor: Dr. John Pomeroy
Yvonne Prusak
Pursuing: M.A.
Topic Area: Urban Planning; Native Ghetto Prevention
Supervisor: Ryan Walker
Previous Education: B.A.Sc. Native American Studies and Geography - University
of Lethbridge; Urban and Regional Studies - Canterbury Christ Church University
Where I'm from: Dunvegan, Alberta
Places Traveled: England, Scotland, France, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Mexico, U.S.
Interests/hobbies: Public speaking, Traveling, and most importantly eating
delicious multicultural food!!
Contact: syp578_at_mail.usask.ca
Ning Qiao
Pursuing: Msc of Geography
Topic Area: Environmental Remote Sensing
Supervisor: Dr Xulin Guo
Previous Education: Northwest A&F University, China
Where I'm from: Shandong Province, China
Places Traveled: Some Chinese cities
Contact: niq403_at_mail.usaska.ca
Franny Rawlyk
Pursuing: M.A.
Topic Area: Watershed Management
Supervisor: Bob Patrick
Previous Education: B.Sc., biological and physical sciences, University of
Alberta
Where I'm from: Saskatoon, Edmonton (5 years)
Places Traveled: Antarctica, Europe (Germany, Sweden, Estonia, Greece, Italy,
Switzerland, France Spain, Belgium, UK), Argentina, Canada, USA.
Interests/hobbies: music & community radio, soccer, photography, biking
Contact: fxr967_at_mail.usask.ca
Risha-Jaide Rushton
Degree Pursuing: M.A.
Research Topic: Efficacy of environmental impact assessment in Saskatchewan
forest resource sector
Supervisor: Dr. Bram Noble
Previous Education: B.A. in Political Science, Mount Allison University, 2010
Where I'm from: Londonderry, NS
Interests/hobbies: environmental assessment; environmental and natural resource planning and management; environmental decision-making and policy analysis.
Christine Saull
Pursuing: M.A.
Topic Area: Aboriginal relationships with nature in urban/urbanizing places
Supervisor: Robert Innes
Previous Education: McGill School of Environment Diploma; B.Sc. Physiology,
McGill University; B.A. Fine & Performing Arts, Simon Fraser University
Where I'm from: Montreal, Que. (and Saskatchewan)
Places Traveled: much of Canada, some of the U.S., England, Australia, Kenya, Iceland
Interests/hobbies: include writing, dance, hiking and the environment
Contact: chris.saull_at_usask.ca
Li Shen
Pursuing: M.Sc.
Supervisor: Xulin Guo
Evan Siemens
Pursuing: MSc
Topic Area: Impact of climate variability on interception rates in the Rockies
Supervisor: Dr. Pomeroy
Previous Education: B.A. 4 year Geography, U of S
Where I'm from: Saskatoon, SK
Places Traveled: Weyburn
Contact: eas321_at_mail.usask.ca
Breanna Sikorski
Pursuing: M.A.
Supervisor: Dr. Jill Gunn
Anton Sizo
Pursuing: Ph.D.
Supervisors: Dr. Bram Noble and Dr. Scott Bell
Jesse Skwaruk
Degree Pursuing: M.A.
Research Topic: Cumulative Effects Assessments in the Athabasca Watershed
Supervisor: Bob Patrick
Previous Education: BA, Political Science, University of Alberta
Where I'm from: Edmonton, Canada
Places Traveled: Europe and Latin America, all over both.
Interests/hobbies: Silver smithing, travelling, guitar, time at the gym and long walks along the banks of the mighty North Saskatchewan River.
Concact: jss915_at_mail.usask.ca
Han yang (Hans) Wang
Pursuing: MA
Topic Area: Efficiency & Source Water Protection
Supervisor: Bob Patrick
Previous Education: BA Honours, Business Economics, University of Saskatchewan
Where I'm from: China
Ting Wei
Degree Pursuing: M.Sc.
Research Topic: Human navigation
Supervisor: Scott Bell
Previous Education: M.Sc.Geographic Informaiton System, Nanjing XiaoZhuang
University
Where I'm from: Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, P.R.China
Places Traveled: many places in China
Interests/hobbies: travelling, music
Contact: ting.wei_at_usask.ca
Current Ph.D. Students
Hawi Abate
Degree Pursuing: Ph.D
Research Topic: Stream-groundwater interactions in mountain basins
Supervisor: Cherie Westbrook
Previous Education: B.Ed Physics ( Debub University), M.Sc Earth Sciences
Addis Ababa University)
Where I'm from: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Places Traveled: France, Italy, England, Kenya, Djibouti and most parts of
Ethiopia.
Interests/hobbies: Cooking, reading, photography.
Contact: haf644_at_mail.usask.ca
Chris DeBeer
Pursuing: PhD
Topic Area: Snow hydrology
Supervisor: John Pomeroy
Previous Education: B.Sc. honors (Saskatchewan), M.Sc. (Alberta)
Where I'm from: Saskatoon
Interests/hobbies: Skiing/snowboarding, mountaineering
Places Traveled: Canada, USA, England
Contact: cmd225_at_mail.usask.ca
Marine Deguignet
Pursuing: PhD
Supervisor: Dr. Cherie Westbrook
Courtney Fidler
Pursuing: PhD
Topic Area: Arctic Oil and Gas Development
Supervisor: Bram Noble
Previous Education: B.A. (UVic), M.A.Sc. UBC)
Where I'm from: British Columbia
Places Traveled: the Australian outback
Contact: crfidler_at_gmail.com
Arun Govind
Pursuing: PhD
Topic Area: Shrub Habitat Dynamics in a Mixed Grass Prairie
(http://arun.usask.googlepages.com/research)
Supervisors: Dr. Scott Bell and Dr. Xulin Guo
Previous Education: B.Sc. Agriculture, M.Sc. ERS & GIT
Where I'm from: Thiruvananthapuram, India
Interests/hobbies: Music, singing, cooking, internet, etc.
Places Traveled: S. SK little bit of BC, AB, ON. N & S India, and Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Contact: arun.usask_at_gmail.com
Wook Jung
Pursuing: PhD
Topic Area: Human Navigation and Spatial Information Networks
Supervisor: Scott Bell
Previous Education: B.A. Geography (Youngstown State University), M.A.
Geography-GIS concentration (Western Michigan University).
Where I'm from: Seoul, Republic of Korea
Places Traveled: USA, Canada, Bahamas, Korea, Japan
Concact: woj528_at_mail.usask.ca
Nicholas Kinar
Pursuing: PhD
Supervisor: John Pomeroy
Contact: njk024_at_mail.usask.ca
Meng Li
Pursuing: PhD
Topic Area: Grasslands ecosystem geo-simulation
Supervisor: Dr. Xulin Guo
Previous Edu: Northwest A&F Univ.
Where I'm from: China
Places Traveled:
Contact: gismatthew_at_gmail.com
Zhaoqin Li
Pursuing: Ph.D.
Topic Area: Grassland Remote sensing
Supervisor: X. Guo
Previous Education: M.Sc. U of S (2010), M.Sc. (Meteorology) at Nanjing University of Information
and Technology Science
Where I'm from: P.R. China Places
Places Traveled: many beautiful places in China
Interests/hobbies: Reading, Music, Jogging
Contact: zhl237_at_mail.usask.ca
Natalie Ludlow
Pursuing: PhD
Topic Area: Historical Epidemiology/Demography; Spatial Disease Patterns; GIS;
Historical Occupational Health
Supervisor: Dr. Paul Hackett
Previous Education: M.A. (Anthropology) University of Manitoba; B.A.
(Anthropology) Saint Mary's University
Where I'm from: Mt Pearl, Newfoundland
Places Travelled: Canada (except YK & NWT); Eastern/Mid-Western US; Cuba
Interests/hobbies: Snowboarding, Hiking, Travelling (especially to new ski hills), Music & Reading
Contact: natalie.ludlow_at_usask.ca
Anastasia Petrenko
Pursuing: Ph.D.
Supervisor: Dr. Scott Bell
Dhiraj Pradhananga
Pursuing: PhD
Topic Area: Climate Change and Glacier Hydrology
Supervisor: John Pomeroy
Previous Education: Master of Environment (University of Melbourne, 2003), M.Sc. in Meteorology (Tribhuvan University, 1996)
Where I'm from: Kathmandu, Nepal
Places Traveled: Australia; USA; Several places in Asia and Europe
Contact: dhp355_at_mail.usask.ca
Tayyab Ikram Shah
Pursuing: PhD
Topic Area: Health Geography
Supervisor: Dr. Scott Bell
Previous Education: M. Sc. (Space Science) University of the Punjab, Pakistan
Where I'm from: Faisalabad, Pakistan
Places Travelled: Many urban and rural places in Pakistan and Canada
Interests/hobbies: Cricket, traveling, photography, Social work (I’m planning to launch education and Literacy activities for out of school and dropped out children in remote areas of Pakistan)
Contact: tis607_at_mail.usask.ca
Anton Sizo
Pursuing: Ph.D.
Supervisors: Dr. Bram Noble and Dr. Scott Bell
Muhammad Tubbsum
Pursuing: PhD
Supervisor: Ryan Walker
Dandan Xu
Pursuing: PhD
Topic Area: Grassland Remote Sensing
Supervisor: Dr. Xulin Guo
Previous Education: Master Degree and Bachelor Degree in Lanzhou University
Where I'm from: China
Places Traveled: Sichuan, Jiangsu, Gansu, Qinghai province in China
Contact: Email: xudd0621_at_gmail.com
Xiaohui Yang
Pursuing: PhD
Topic Area: Grassland remote sensing and grassland management
Supervisor: Xulin Guo
Previous Education: M.Sc., Grassland ecology, Inner Mongolian Agricultural
University
Where I'm from: Inner Mongolia, China
Places Travelled: Many places in Western China
Interests/hobbies: Music and Volleyball
Contact: xiy930_at_usask.ca
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