Semechah Lui - Assistant Professor

Semechah received her Ph.D. in Geophysics from the California Institute of Technology and B.S. in Geological Sciences from the University of Michigan. Prior to joining UTM, she was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering at U of Toronto. 

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Hoi Leung Pun - Ph.D. candidate 

Hoi Leung has been part of our group since 2020 as an ROP student. He received his B.S. in the Earth Science at UTM in 2022 and stayed with us to continue his Ph.D. studies. He is interested in the triggering mechanisms of earthquakes, particularly foreshock-mainshock interactions.

Awards: NSERC-D scholarship, CSEG Foundation Scholarship, KEGS Award, Mitacs Globalink Research Award, Ontario Graduate Scholarship

Masooma Hasnain - Ph.D. candidate

Masooma received a B.S. in Geophysics from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2024. Her research interests include characterizing the rupture and source properties and modeling ground motion of induced earthquakes.

Awards: NSERC-D scholarship

Dana Adhis - Ph.D. student (co-supervised with Prof. Giovanni Grasselli)

Dana received her Bachelor’s degree in Astronomy with a double minor in Earth Sciences and Mathematics in June 2024 from UTM. Her master’s study focuses on understanding the behaviour and the underlying physics of earthquake swarms, which differ from the typical mainshock-aftershock sequences. 

Awards: Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology

Dominic Millet - Undergraduate research assistant (NSERC USRA) 

Kathy Pham - Undergraduate research assistant (ROP)