Pelaeoclimate and Geobiology Research Group

Lab Members

Jochen Halfar

Dr. Jochen Halfar

Associate Professor of Geology
jochen.halfar@utoronto.ca

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Dr. Branwen Williams

Dr. Branwen Williams

Postdoctoral Fellow
branwen.williams@utoronto.ca

Projects:
North Atlantic and Pacific climate reconstructions using coralline algal isotope and trace element geochemistry
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Phoebe Chan

Phoebe Chan

Doctoral student
phoebetw.chan@utoronto.ca

Projects:
North Atlantic climate reconstructions using coralline algae
Lead contamination and lead isotopes archived in coralline algae
History of the Alaska Coastal Current revealed by coralline algae - a measure for Arctic ocean freshwater input

Benjamin Hook

Benjamin Hook

Doctoral student
benjamin.hook@utoronto.ca

Projects:
Dendrochronology of Paleocene-Eocene kimberlite-hosted fossil wood

Emily Boucher

Emily Boucher

Master's student
emi.boucher@gmail.com

Projects:
Density changes in coralline algae as a possible indicator of ocean acidification

Laurie Bougeois

Laurie Bougeois

Master's student
laurie.bougeois@ens-lyon.fr

Projects:
Carbon isotopic composition of Beaufort Sea coralline algae

Milian Yau

Milian Yau

Undergraduate student
milian.yau@utoronto.ca

Projects:
Benthic foraminiferal fauna of Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico

Former Lab Members

Jochen Halfar

Steffen Hetzinger

Postdoctoral Fellow
shetzinger@ifm-geomar.de



Projects:
Paleoclimate reconstructions using coralline red algae
Reconstruction of Orinoco river sediment discharge from corals
Now at: IFM-Geomar, Kiel, Germany, Homepage

Gimy Gamboa

Gimy Gamboa

Master's student
gimygamboa@yahoo.com

Project:
Reconstructing Labrador Current variability from coralline red algae

James Walker

James Joseph Walker

Doctoral Student
jamesjoseph.walker@utoronto.ca

Project:
Reconstructing Paleogene climate from exceptionally preserved fossil wood

Afshan Omar

Afshan Omar

Research Assistant and Undergraduate Thesis student

Project:
Reconstruction of kelp abundance in the Aleutian Islands using growth rates of the coralline red algae Clathromorphum nereostratum

Ravie Shamaroo

Ravie Shamaroo

Undergraduate Research Project Student



Project:
Can Clathromorphum compactum from the northwest Atlantic reveal sea urchin abundance during the past century?

Quang Ngo

Quang Ngo

Undergraduate student
v.ngo@utoronto.ca

Projects:
Benthic foraminiferal fauna of Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Carolyn Winsborough

Carolyn Winsborough

Former Research Assistant and Undergraduate Thesis student



Prospective Graduate Students

If you are interested in graduate work in my lab, please contact me at jochen.halfar@utoronto.ca.

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