Welcome! I am a PhD candidate working on the origin and preservation of eukaryotes in the Precambrian fossil record. I am interested in the co-evolution of the earliest Earth and life, and its applications to astrobiology.
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Geobiology | Astrobiology | Co-evolution of Early Earth & Life | Fossils & Biosignatures
PhD in Earth & Atmospheric Science, University of Alberta, Canada
Ever wondered what it’s like to be a Proterozoic Palaeontologist?
Take a look below at what my PhD has involved!
What’s new with Sanaa these days?
October-December 2026: I am a visiting researcher at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History working on a project using Machine Learning to predict microfossiliferous mudstones.
13th October 2026: I received the Charles A. & June R.P. Ross research grant from the Geological Society of America for my project titled, “Constraining the age of enigmatic macrofossils in the Neoproterozoic Cango Caves Group, South Africa
12th October 2026: I received the Winifred Goldring Award at the Geological Society of America from The Paleontological Society and Association of Women Geoscientists.
September 2026: I spent the month at the University of Leeds in Professor Simon Poulton’s lab working on Fe-speciation and redox sensitive trace metal geochemistry to understand the paleoredox environment of new fossils from the 1.88 Ga Rove Formation, Animikie Basin.