Awards / Scholarships

NSERC PGS-M (academic) for 2006-07, and 2007-2008
Dr Aaro E. Aho Foundation Gold Medal to a graduating student in Geological Sciences for excellence in the area of mineral deposits - 2006
Northern Scientific Training Program (NSTP) funding - 2006-07
NSERC USRA - 2003, 2004, 2005
Aaron Craig Nicholls Memorial Award - 2005-06
American Mineralogist Undergraduate Award - 2005
Thomas and Marguerite MacKay Memorial Scholarship - 2004,2005
Teck Cominco Geology Scholarship - 2003,2004

Presentations / Publications

Brand, A.A. (2006) Travelogue – The Maine Pegmatite Workshop, Elements Magazine, v.2, n.2, p.102.

Brand, A.A., Groat, L.A., and Garland, M. (2005) Cr-dominant emerald mineralization associated with pegmatitic granite at Ghost Lake, Ontario. Maine Pegmatite Workshop (invited presentation).

Brand, A.A., Barnes, E.M., and Groat, L.A. (2005) The origin of “nodules” in pegmatites: a progress report. Maine Pegmatite Workshop (invited presentation).

Brand, A.A., Groat, L.A., and Garland, M. (2004) Cr-dominant emerald mineralization associated with pegmatitic granite at Ghost Lake, Ontario. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 108.