Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University 2023 – Present
Master of Science Geology, University of Calgary 2018 – 2021
Bachelor of Science Honours in Geology (First Class), University of Calgary 2014 – 2018
Peer Reviewed Publications
Petryshen W, Ciccantell P, Langford T. 2024. The Elk Valley, Canada. In Hendryx M (Eds.),
Sustainable Development and Rural Public Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62509-1_5.
Petryshen W. 2023. Spatial distribution of selenium and other potentially toxic elements surrounding mountaintop coal mines in the Elk Valley, British Columbia, Canada. Heliyon. 9(7): e17242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17242.
Petryshen W, Henderson CM, De Baets K, Jarochowska E. 2020. Evidence of parallel evolution in the dental elements of Sweetognathus conodonts. Proc. R. Soc. B 287: 20201922. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.1922.
Dolphin, G.R., Benoit, W., Burylo, J., Hurst, E., Petryshen, W., Wiebe, S. 2018. Braiding history, inquiry, and model-based learning: A collection of open-source historical case studies for teaching both geology content and the nature of science. Journal of Geoscience Education. doi: 10.1080/10899995.2018.1475821.
Non-Refereed Publications and Opinion Pieces
Petryshen W. 2023. New energy era, new rules needed to develop responsible projects. The Hill Times. https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2023/03/30/new-energy-era-new-rules-needed-to-develop-responsible-projects/382683/
Axworthy T, Petryshen W. 2022. The mining problem Canada wants to ignore. The Globe and Mail. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-mining-problem-canada-wants-to-ignore/
Petryshen W, 2022. Canada-U.S. transborder political dispute looms over water pollution crisis in British Columbia’s Elk Valley. The Hill Times. https://d1tfm8vclpltjj.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Wyatt-HT-op-ed-Jun27-2022.pdf
Talks and Conference Presentations
Petryshen W, Hull PM, Vasseur DA. 2025. Application of Haar Fluctuation Analysis to Infer Drivers in Ecological Time Series [Conference Presentation]. Statistical Mechanics of Climate and Ecosystems.
Petryshen W, Hull PM. 2024. Understanding how Paleoenvironmental Uncertainty affects Eco-Evolutionary Models [Conference Presentation]. World Biodiversity Forum.
Petryshen W, Henderson CM, De Baets K, Jarochowska E. 2022. Parallel Evolution in the Dental Elements of Sweetognathus Conodonts [Conference Presentation]. Fifth International Conodont Symposium.
Petryshen W, Henderson CM, De Baets K, Jarochowska E. 2020. Recurrent morphotypes in the dental elements of Sweetognathus conodonts revealed by geometric morphometrics [Conference Presentation]. GSA 2020 Connects Online.
Petryshen W, Henderson CM, De Baets K, Jarochowska E. 2020. Evidence of parallel evolution in the dental elements of Sweetognathus conodonts [Presentation]. FAU GeoZentrum Nordbayern Seminar Series.
Petryshen W, Henderson C. 2019. Preliminary work on the evolutionary history of Sweetognathus through morphometrics [Conference Presentation]. Annual Meeting of the Paleontological Society (Paläontologische Gesellschaft) 2019.
Petryshen W, Dutchak A. 2017. An investigation of sampling bias in the Swift Current Creek Mammalian Fauna of the Cypress Hills Formation, Saskatchewan, Canada [Conference Presentation]. Canadian Paleontology Conference 2017.
Awards and Grants
Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral (CGS D) ($105,000) 2024 – 2027
University of Calgary Graduate Studies Scholarship ($5,000) 2020
Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship ($11,000) 2019
GeoZentrum Nordbayern Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (3,700€) 2019
Grant Spratt Graduate Scholarship in Geology ($1,900) 2019
Queen Elizabeth II Graduate (Master’s) Scholarship ($3,600) 2018
International Study Travel Grant ($500) 2018
Best Undergraduate Poster GeoREX ($250) 2016
Jason Lang Scholarship, Awarded ($3,000) 2014 – 2016
Alexander Rutherford Scholarships ($1,800) 2014
Journal Referee Activity
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
Ecography
Volunteer Experience
Wildsight 2023 – Present
Science Policy Advisor
Graduate Association of Geology and Geophysics Students 2019 – 2021
President
Geoscience Research Exchange (GeoRex) Organization Committee 2016 – 2020
Fundraising, logistics, and corporate outreach
University of Calgary Orientation Week 2016
Interact and inform prospective students on information relating to geology
Parkinson Society of Alberta and MS Society of Canada 2014 – 2015
Work Experience
Guest doctoral student, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) 2024
Mining Policy and Impacts Researcher, Wildsight 2021 – 2023
Research Assistant, University of Calgary, Department of Geoscience 2021
Solutions Analyst / Data Scientist, PSGeoData 2020 – 2021
Lab and Field Assistant, University of Calgary, Department of Geoscience 2017
Research Assistant, University of Calgary, Department of Geoscience 2015 – 2016
