Derek D.V. Leung

PERSONAL PROFILE

 

To be well-rounded, but always maintain a bearing in life.

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EDUCATION

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Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON (2021-Present)

• PhD in Mineral Deposits and Precambrian Geology 

• Thesis: "All that glitters is gold? The spectroscopy, trace-element chemistry, genesis, and exploration implications of green micas associated with gold deposits"

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The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK (2019-2020)

• MScR in GeoSciences

• Thesis: "Where curling collides with rock physics: Characterising the damage evolution of curling stones"

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Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON (2015-2019)

• BSc (Hons. Magna Cum Laude) specialization in Earth Sciences, with minor in français langue seconde

• Thesis: "Taking rocks for granite: An integrated mineralogical, textural, and petrographic baseline of curling stones used in international-level competition"

• Achieved Certificate of Bilingualism