BS(NCarol) MPhil PhD(Yale)
Environmental Geology
Office Geology 1S10
Google Scholar: Candace E. Martin
ORCID orcid.org/0000-0003-4708-3264
Email candace.martin@otago.ac.nz
Tel +64 3 479 7526
Teaching
100-level
- EAOS 111 Earth and Ocean Science (Semester 1)
- GEOL 112 Dynamic Earth: A New Zealand Perspective (Semester 2)
200-level
- Core Paper
GEOL 251 Minerals and Rocks - GEOL Geochemistry
300-level
400-level
- GEOL 401: Current Topics and Advanced Methods in Geoscience
- GEOL 422 Geochemistry, Petrology, Volcanology
Research Interests
- Environmental geology
- Biogeochemical cycles
- Radiogenic isotope and trace element geochemistry
Postgraduate Student Supervision
Current Students
- Clarissa Ross – The influence of clay mineral properties on expansion in Southland soils, New Zealand (MSc)
Recent Students
- Natalie-Jane Reid – The geochemisty and mineralogy of bedload sediments, Taieri River, Otago, NZ (MSc)
- Lucy David – Geochemistry of historic mine waters in Otago (MAppSci)
- Risha Singh – Biosorption of Heavy Metals from Water (PhD, Toxicology)
- Menuka Anandani – Natural aggregate resource of Fiji Islands-characteristics that affect the composition, quality, and possible uses. (MSc)
- Aaspreet Boparai – Strontium Isotopes as geochemical tracers (MAppSci)
- Vince Pettinger – Radiogenic isotope geochemistry of glaciers, lakes and rivers within the Waitaki Basin (MSc)
- Kate McKercher – Titanium-in-quartz geothermometry: tracing siliciclastic sediment across the South Island (MSc 2012, geology)
- Michelle Baker – Heavy metal and pH related issues in groundwater, lake water and soil, in the rehabilitation of Wangaloa Mine, Southeast Otago (MSc, Geology)
- Sam Brooks – Arsenic, zinc and copper mass balance and biological interactions in a mine drainage site, Nenthorn, East Otago. (MSc, Environmental Science)
- Christopher Kautz – A geochemical and mineralogical study to determine the sources of sediment to the Bounty Submarine Fan, New Zealand margin (MSc, Geology)
- Selai Letica – A comparison of eutrophication management between a broad spectrum fertiliser and a crop specific fertilising method (MSc, Environmental Science)