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Skya Fawcett, Ph.D.
Senior Environmental Geochemist
Education
- Ph.D. Environmental Mineralogy and Aquatic Geochemistry, Queen’s University, Kingston
- B.Sc. Earth Sciences and Aquatic Resources, St. Francis Xavier, Antigonish
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Background
- Experience in environmental geochemistry and research for more than 5 years
- Involved in a diverse range of projects including:
- Mine waste characterization
- Sediment and water geochemistry
- Trace metal speciation in water, sediment, and mine waste
- Cycling and fate of metals in impacted environments
- Metal behaviour during mine processing and treatment .
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Technical Expertise
- Aqueous geochemistry and mineralogy;
- Petrography and optical microscopy;
- Trace-metal clean and redox sensitive sampling strategies; and
- Determination of solid-state and aqueous phase speciation.
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