Our Staff

Ms. MAGMA
Dr. Ann C Timmermans, P.Geo., PhD., Curator, QESC

Dr. Ann C Timmermans is a geologist, Associate Teaching Professor, and Curator in Earth Sciences at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Ann completed her BSc in Earth Science from the University of Waterloo in 1995 and, after backpacking overseas for many months, worked in Geophysical Exploration for 5 years, travelling to remote sites in North America and Africa. An interest in Igneous Petrology, Volcanology, and Geochemistry led her to return to academia, completing her MSc and PhD at Carleton University. She accepted her current position at UNB and the Quartermain Earth Science Centre in 2014. Through her work with historic geologic specimens, education, outreach, and research, she has had the privilege of meeting and collaborating with other researchers, museum curators, and educators in New Brunswick.

Irina Xie (2025)

Irina is working as the Floor Host.

"I have enjoyed science from a young age, and I am interested in pursuing it more via a science degree at UNB. The position at the QESC was an excellent opportunity to further my knowledge in geology and to meet other people who are also interested in the sciences."

Margaret Scott (2024-2025)

Margaret Scott is working as the museum's Curatorial Assistant for collections care.

Margaret completed her Bachelor of Science at St. Francis Xavier University (St.FX) majoring in Biology and Earth Sciences. She recently finished her Master of Science at St. FX focusing on the phylogeny of some Early Silurian monograptids. She has a keen interest in fossils and evolution and is excited to use her current knowledge and to learn more about fossils and collections care at the Quartermain Earth Science Centre.

David Pogoson (2024)

David is worked as an Assistant Curator helping with outreach events and collections care.

David Pogoson is studying Civil Engineering at UNB and is working as the Assistant Curator at the QESC. His favourite display is the interactive minerals display, which showcases the properties of various minerals and helps the students by providing a visual representation.

Jyotika Naru (2024)

Jyotika Naru worked for the QESC while completing her masters of Computer Science. Jyotika brought with her a deep appreciation for museums and biology, alongside an adventurous spirit for exploring new destinations and hiking.

Nithyasree Narasimhan (2024)

Nithya worked as our Assistant Curator for Outreach and Education and ran the fun outreach activities for visiting groups.

Nithya is completing her degree in Environmental Science at UNB. She is passionate about travel, sports, and the natural world.

Abigail Mya Kelly (2023)

Abby has graduated UNB with Environmental Geoscience. Abby helped with outreach (optical mineralogy rocks!) and with the Smallman collections.

Lekzin Selden Tshering (2023)

Lekzin has graduated UNB with a degree in Software Engineering. She worked as Assistant curator for a summer and was helpful with the activities and with the museum website.

Katie Vhevha (2023)

Katie worked as Assistant Curator for Education and Outreach in 2023. Katie is a geological engineering student at UNB and has shared her passion for STEM with many students and in the community. Katie managed and updated the outreach and education resources and ran the programs at the museum.

Veronica Smith (2023)

Veronica worked as Assistant Curator for Technology and Media in 2023. Veronica helped film, edit, and produce informative and promotional videos for UNB's Department of Earth Science and the Quartermain Earth Science Centre. She is an enthusiastic science student at UNB interested in biological and environmental science.

Chitvon Singh Mann (2023)

Chitvon worked as Assistant Curator for Collections Care in 2023. Chitvon managed the mineral and rock collections and helped with the outreach programs.  Chitvon recently graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and completed his Diploma in Technology Management and Entrepreneurship at UNB.

Ethan McDonald (2021)

Ethan McDonald has been an Assistant Curator at the Quartermain Earth Science Centre since December 2021. He attended Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, between 2009 and 2013, where he completed an Honours Bachelor of Science in Physical Geography. During his tenure at Trent, Ethan was heavily involved in the Trent University Geographical Society, which represented the Earth Science student body and hosted a variety of field trips and events.

Grace Jackson (2021)

“My name is Grace, and I currently work at the Quartermain Earth Science Centre cataloguing different phyla of fossils. I recently graduated from the Earth Sciences program at UNB, so working with the Quartermain Earth Science Centre is a new and exciting opportunity to continue learning about the world of geoscience. As I continue with my geoscience career, I hope to learn more by entering a master's program in the future.”

Rahit Kapil (2021)

“Working at the QESC as a Web Designer has been a wonderful experience. The team here has been extremely enthusiastic and helpful. Developing the website has allowed me to gain so much knowledge outside my field of work. It is so fascinating how we have uncovered so much through Earth Sciences and still continue to do so every day. I am taking so much more with me from this experience than what I came in with.

I would especially like to thank Dr. Ann Timmermans for always being extremely supportive and enthusiastic.”

Téa Fazio (2021)

Assistant Curator, Collections Care. Téa helped curate and manage the historic invertebrate fossil collection. Téa has also been active within the outreach and education programs at the museum, and helped design and build the museum exhibit “Palaeozoic World: Fossils of New Brunswick and Atlantic Canada”.

Brayden Harker (2021)

Assistant Curator, Collections Care. Brayden helped curate and manage the historic invertebrate fossil collection. Brayden has also been active within the outreach and education programs at the museum.

Leila Rashid (2020-2021)

Assistant Curator, Collections Care. Leila helped curate and manage the historic invertebrate fossil collection. Leila also helped design and build the museum exhibit “From Bacteria to Birds: A Walk Through Time”.

Bailey Malay (2020-2021)

Assistant Curator, Collections Care. Bailey helped curate and manage the historic invertebrate fossil collection. Bailey also helped design and build the museum exhibit “Palaeozoic World: Fossils of New Brunswick and Atlantic Canada”.

Owen Foreman (2020)

Assistant Curator, Outreach and Education. Owen managed the educational materials and led outreach activities to K-12 students. He also helped build and participate in teacher PL workshops for the science curriculum. Owen was also very active in working with the ASD Science and STEM coaches as well as educators from the NB Education and Early Childhood Development in developing comprehensive teacher resources for the grade 6 to 8 new Earth Science education curriculum.

Amelia Langille (2019)

Assistant Curator, Collections Care. Amelia helped curate and manage the historic invertebrate fossil collection. Amelia was also active in delivering activities to students within the museum’s education and outreach program.

Kassidy Totton (2019)

Assistant Curator, Collections Care. Kassidy helped curate and manage the historic invertebrate fossil collection.

Emily Pike-Connolly (2019)

Assistant Curator, Collections Care. Emily helped curate and manage the historic invertebrate fossil collection. She also helped design and build the Smallman display, as well as refurbish the K-12 Science Kits.

Regan Warden (2018 - 2019)

Assistant Curator, Collections Care. Regan helped curate and manage the historic invertebrate fossil collection. Regan also designed and built the environmental hydrogeochemistry outreach activity for high school students.

Fatema Bhagat (2018-2019)

Assistant Curator, Collections Care. Fatema helped build the museum storage and preparation lab and organize the historic fossil collections for curation. Fatema organized specimens and developed manuals for cataloguing fossils.

Sander Manley (2018)

Assistant Curator, Collections Care. Sander helped curate and manage the historic invertebrate fossil collection. Sander was also active in delivering activities to students within the museum’s education and outreach program.

Chester Koo (2018)

Assistant Curator, Outreach and Education. Chester managed the outreach program and maintained the hands-on activity kits. Chester also helped develop and build teacher workshops and the geo-archaeology activity for elementary, middle and high school students.

Ish Balgobin (2017-2018)

Assistant Curator, Collections Care. Ish helped curate and manage the mineral and rock collections. Ish also helped with the teacher workshops and outreach activities.

Joel Richards (2016)

Assistant Curator, Computer Programmer. Joel helped design and program an interactive touch-screen database that will be part of the new museum exhibit “Wall of Fame”.

Rilea Kynock (2015)

Assistant Curator, Outreach and Education. Rilea helped design and build the “World of Minerals” exhibit, including the interactive game kits located within the Physical Mineralogy table.

Ian McFayden (2014-2015)

Assistant Curator, Video Game Programmer. Helped design and build the mineral games located within the “World of Minerals” exhibit.

Devansh Bavishi (2014-2015)

First Assistant Curator, Collections Care, with the QESC. Helped establish the procedures in the curation of museum specimens.