Welcome to my research group web page. The Queen's Tectonics Research Laboratory conducts research aimed at understanding the dynamic processes operating in mountain belts, with a focus on the structural and thermal evolution of the continental crust and the influence of reactivated faults on regional seismicity.
Recent news
- Taylor's first paper from her PhD research on the I just appeared in GSA Bulletin (March 2025): Congratulations! Also check out Sarah's paper on in the same issue!
- Check out this of Taylor talking about her PhD research. A great listen!
- What a year so far for QTRL students! Taylor (PhD candidate) has been successful in obtaining the prestigious NSERC Canadian Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral Award, a GSA Student Research Grant, and a Mineralogical Association of Canada Research Award, while MSc candidate Michelle Pearce received a 2024-2025 Ontario Graduate Scholarship. Congratulations to both! (July 2024).
- New paper in Geomorphology on (June 2023)
- Daniela has just successfully completed the examination of her MSc thesis entitled 'Thermal history of the Frontenac Arch in SE Ontario, Canada constrained from low-temperature thermochronology'. Well done! (January 2023)
- Congratulations to Taylor for her successful promotion to our PhD program; here鈥檚 to new and exciting research in the coming years! (March 2022)
- New paper on, published in the October 2021 issue of Basin Research.
- CONGRATULATIONS to Mike for winning the 2021 D. Elliott Best Paper Award, given by the Canadian Tectonics Group, for the paper '', published in 2020 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science; Also check out the on this paper!
- New paper from Mark Ahenda's MSc thesis on , published in Geosphere (February 2021)
- Congratulations to Zoe for her latest paper on , published in Tectonophysics (2020)
- Well done to Svieda for her career first peer-reviewed publication on , published in the Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (2020)
