Isabel McDonald

Experience

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  The Vic

  Sept 2015 - Jun 2016

  Bartender
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  University of St Andrews

  Jan 2017 - Jun 2017

  Research Assistant

  - U-Pb zircon sample preparation using rock splitter, rock crusher and Wifley table.

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  University of St Andrews

  Jun 2018 - Sept 2018

  - Teaching assistant for Masters-level trip to active underground Foss mine and to GreenOre gold greenfield sites. - Classroom assistant for high school age international students, and leading classes on field trips to local students. - Logistics personnel for the St Andrews Field Academy. - Consisted of organising food for over 35 people for 5 weeks, laundry facilities and transportation through driving vans. - Assisted lecturers and performed lectures in the field to Honours and PhD students.

  • Teaching Assistant, GeoBus and University of St Andrews Mineral Resources MSc

    Jul 2018 - Sept 2018

  • Logistics Manager, St Andrews Field Academy

    Jun 2018 - Jul 2018
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  Galantas Gold Corporation

  Oct 2018 - Nov 2018

  Exploration Geology Placement

  - Part of the exploration geology team at the Cavanacaw Orogenic Gold mine, Omagh. - Participated in fieldwork soil sampling as part of their exploration campaign, and underground mapping for their mining operations.

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  GLOAGBURN FARM SHOP

  Oct 2018 - Feb 2019

  Waitress
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  University of St Andrews

  Feb 2019 - Aug 2019

  Research Assistant

  - Assisted PhD students in Magnetic susceptibility, hyperspectral reflectance and portable XRF data collection in Kazakhstan (Almaty, Karaganda) and orientated sample collection in Scotland (Glen Etive).- Hired to prepare a manuscript on the Duntanlich barite-SEDEX deposit, expanding on my Honours dissertation. - Generated a 3D model in Leapfrog of the deposit, gathered and interpreted magnetic susceptibility and hyperspectral reflectance datasets.

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  Reunion Gold Corporation (RGD)

  Apr 2019 - Jun 2019

  Structural Geologist

  - Consultant Structural Geologist

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  University of Helsinki

  Feb 2020 - Aug 2021

  Teaching the MSc-level “Special Course on Petrology & Economic Geology - Leapfrog (GEOM_P2063)”

  • MSc Student

    Aug 2019 - Aug 2021

  • Teacher - LeapfrogGeo

    Feb 2020 - May 2020
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  Boliden

  May 2020 - Nov 2020

  MSc Thesis Worker
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  Aurora Exploration Ltd

  Dec 2020 - now

  Geologist

  3D modelling gold targets in FinlandField Geologist for FQML (3 months, fixed term)

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  Institute of Seismology | University of Helsinki

  Oct 2021 - Jan 2022

  Research Assistant
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  University of Helsinki

  Mar 2022 - now

  PhD Student

  Funded by the K.H. Renlundin Säätiö, in partnership with Mawson Gold Ltd, Rupert Resources Ltd & Boliden Mineral AB.Teaching:March-April 2024: 3D Geological Modelling with Leapfrog Geo - MSc Level, Responsible TeacherJanuary-February 2024: Course assistant, Advanced Sedimentary Petrology MSc-level & Sedimentary Petrology BSc level.September-October 2023: Course assistant, Mineral Exploration MSc-level.March 2023: Designed and taught an MSc-level LeapfrogGeo 3D Modelling course for the University of Helsinki.Field Courses: September 2023: Completed a field course in Fennoscandian Bedrock Geology led by the University of Turku, in the Skellefte and Bergslagen mining districts, Sweden.September-October 2022: Completed a course in Arctic Tectonics and Volcanism (AG851) at the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS).Conferences:GeoDays, Turku 2024 Nordic Geological Winter Meeting, Gothenburg 2024MDSG, Edinburgh 2024GeoDays, Helsinki 2023 Show less