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Queen’s University has a long history of scholarship, discovery, and innovation that has shaped our collective knowledge and helped address some of the world’s most pressing concerns. Home to more than 25,000 students, the university offers a comprehensive research-intensive environment with prominent strengths in physics, cancer research, geoengineering, data analytics, art conservation, and mental health research.

Welcoming and supporting students from all countries and backgrounds to a vibrant, safe, and supportive community is an important part of the Queen’s experience. Diverse perspectives and a wealth of experience enrich our campus and our community. A core part of our mission is to engage our students, staff, and faculty in international learning and research, both at home and abroad.

In 2024, for the fourth year in a row, Queen’s University has ranked in top 10 globally of the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, securing the position of 8th worldwide and 2nd in North America. The rankings measured over 2,100 post-secondary institutions from 125 countries on their work to advance the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Ambition statements

The ambitions and objectives of the project from my perspective are to develop new isotopic and trace elemental techniques in a variety of media, with an emphasis on vegetation, to enhance our ability to detect mineralization of critical metals through deep cover. As part of this initiative, I am also hoping that we can advance our understanding of how metals migrate through deep cover to the surface environment.

Technologies

Technologically, we will be relying on state-of-the-art inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry techniques to develop rapid and cost-effective isotopic methodologies for use in mineral exploration.