Bonte MatabogeBontle Mataboge

 Project title: The role of oxygen in early animal communities.

 My research is on the Late Ediacaran fossil record from the Nama Group, integrating fossil data with geochemical   proxies to understand the role of oxygen in early animal communities. 

 Supervisors: Dr Rosalie Tostevin, Professor Rachel Wood FRS (University of Edinburgh) and Dr Wendy Taylor 

 Contact details: MTBBON003@myuct.ac.za

 Research interests: Palaeoecology, Palaeoredox, Ediacaran

Khensani Moses

Project title: Sulphide mineralogical and geochemical characterization of the Gamsberg zinc deposit, South Africa

Supervisor: Dr Geoffrey Howarth

Contact details: msskhe002@myuct.ac.za

Research interests: Economic geology, metamorphic petrology, ore deposits, Precambrian geochemistry. 

Chad Peel

Project title: Petrology and geochemistry of olivine-phyric shergottites and the implications for their petrogenetic history on Mars

Supervisor: Dr. Geoffrey Howarth

Contact details: Room 507 - 3, Geological Sciences Building

Email address: plxcha003@myuct.ac.za / cjordan.peel@gmail.com

Research interests: geochemistry, mantle petrology, planetary science, mineral chemistry

Camila Riera-Soto

Project Title: Where do the raw materials come from?: Geochemical and petrographic study of ceramics at Iluga Túmulos site, Tarapacá region, northern Chile. FONDECYT Project Nº1181829: “Monumentos arqueológicos y memorias materiales: Historias andinas de larga duración en Pampa Iluga, Tarapacá (900 AC-1600 DC)”. PI: Dr. (c) Mauricio Uribe.

Supervisor: Dr. Petrus le Roux

Degrees:

  • Geologist (2015), Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile.
  • Master in Anthropology, mention Archaeology (2019), Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile.

Research interests:

  • Geochemistry, petrography, mineralogy and radiogenic isotopy.
  • Archaeometry in ceramics pastes and other archaeological materials (lithics and constructive materials), circulation of ceramics, reconstruction of the operational chain from the study of raw materials.
  • Analytical methods in archaeology and Earth sciences (Optical Microscopy, QEMSCAN, XRD, µXRF).

Contact details: cami.riera.soto@gmail.com   rrscam001@myuct.ac.za

Merrily Tau

Project title: Testing the use of olivine as a diamond indicator mineral and in defining kimberlite/orangeite sampling depth and craton margins

Supervisor: Dr. Geoffrey Howarth

email address: merrilytau@gmail.com

Interests: geochemistry, mantle petrology, igneous layering, Archaean magmatism and geodynamics

Ansa Nke

Thesis title: Impact of the Great Oxidation Event on South African marine basins

Supervisors: Dr Rosalie Tostevin and Associate Professor Harilaos Tsikos

Contact details:

Room 302, Geological Sciences Building

Email: nkxans001@myuct.ac.za / ansahmbomyong@gmail.com

Research interests:

Precambrian Geochemistry, Geochemical Proxies, Great Oxidation Event, Banded Iron Formations

Jessica Von Der Meden

Thesis Title: U-Th dating tufas at Ga-Mohana Hill, Northern Cape, South Africa: a new late Pleistocene palaeoenvironment record relevant for human occupation

Supervisors: Prof. Chris Harris (Geology), Dr Jayne Wilkins (Archaeology) and Dr Rosalie Tostevin (Geology)

Contact Details:

Room 302, Geological Sciences, vdrjes001@myuct.ac.za

Research Interests: Quaternary Geology, Palaeoclimate, Stable Isotope Geochemistry, U-series dating

 

Martin Giger

Thesis Title: Trace element based thermobarometry for peridotite xenoliths from the Kaapvaal craton

  Supervisor:  Associate Professor Phil Janney

  Contact details: 

  Room 309, Geological Sciences Building

  Email: martinbgiger@gmail.com

   Research interests: geochemical evolution of the mantle, geochemistry and ore geology