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Recent Graduates

We are very proud of all our recent graduates. Scroll to explore the theses of our recent graduates.

2019 Graduates

Yiping Cai

Degree: Ph. D.
June 25, 2019
Thesis: Frustrated Magnetism Studies in NaCaNi2F7, Er3Ga5O12 and ErMgGaO4
Supervisor(s): Graeme Luke

Andres Schlief

Degree: Ph. D.
July 22, 2019
Thesis: The Antiferromagnetic Quantum Critical Metal: A nonperturbative approach
Supervisor(s): Sung-Sik Lee

Michael Radica

Degree: M. Sc.
August 19, 2019
Thesis: A Search for Supernova Light Echoes in NGC 6946
Supervisor(s): Doug Welch

Nathan Armstrong

Degree: Ph. D.
August 22, 2019
Thesis: The Electrodynamics of Quantum Materials: Quasicrystals, Semimetals, and Poor Metals
Supervisor(s): Tom Timusk

Ryan Plestid

Degree: Ph. D.
August 26, 2019
Thesis: Quantum Effects in the Hamiltonian Mean Field Model
Supervisor(s): Duncan O'Dell

Sriram Sundaram

Degree: M. Sc.
August 27, 2019
Thesis:Schwinger Pair Production and Fall to the Center
Supervisor(s): Duncan O'Dell

Duncan McClenagan

Degree: M. Sc.
August 14, 2019
Thesis: Landau Theory of Complex Ordered Phases
Supervisor(s): An-Chang Shi

Jonathon Riddell

Degree: M. Sc.
August 29, 2019
Thesis: Quantum Information Dynamics: A Perspective From Free Fermion Models
Supervisor(s): Erik Sorensen

Hank Chen

Degree: M. Sc.
August 29, 2019
Thesis: Topological Weyl Superconductivity
Supervisor(s): Catherine Kallin

Vismay Shah

Degree: M. Sc.
August 28, 2019
Thesis: Comparing Protocell and Surface-based Models of RNA Replicator Systems and Determining Favourable Conditions for Linkage of Functional Strands
Supervisor(s): Paul Higgs

Matthew Richards

Degree: M. Sc.
September 4, 2019
Thesis: Dynamic Fidelity Susceptibility and its Applications to Out-of-Equilibrium Dynamics in Driven Quantum Systems
Supervisor(s): Erik Sorensen

Hao He

Degree: M. Sc.
November 1, 2019
Thesis: Molecular Gas and Star Formation in the Early Merger Arp 240
Supervisor(s): Christine Wilson

Jiaming Wang

Degree: M. Sc.
November 21, 2019
Thesis: High Field NMR Investigation of Kitaev Spin Liquid Candidate Cu2IrO3
Supervisor(s): Takashi Imai

2018 Graduates

Rafael Schulman

Degree: Ph. D.
July 9, 2018
Thesis: Elastocapillary interactions between liquids and thin solid films under tension
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Jonathan Gaudet

Degree: Ph. D.
March 28, 2018
Thesis: Fragile magnetism in XY rare earth pyrochlores
Supervisor(s): Bruce Gaulin

Murray Wilson

Degree: Ph. D.
January 8, 2018
Thesis: Muon Spin Rotation Studies of URU2SI2 and Dichalcogenide Superconductors
Supervisor(s): Graeme Luke

Gabriel Magill

Degree: Ph. D.
August 8, 2018
Thesis: Intensity and High Energy Probes of New Physics
Supervisor(s): Cliff Burgess

Samantha Benincasa

Degree: Ph. D.
September 18, 2018
Thesis: Star Formation in the Galactic Context: A Quantitative Study
Supervisor(s): James Wadsley and Hugh Couchman

Clementine Fournier

Degree: M. Sc.
July 30, 2018
Thesis: Droplet migration on conical glass fibers
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Jasper Grond

Degree: M. Sc.
August 21, 2018
Thesis: TREVR: A New Approach to Radiative Transfer in Astrophysic Simulation
Supervisor(s): Hugh Couchman and James Wadsley

Lucas Le Nagard

Degree: M. Sc.
August 17, 2018
Thesis: Formation and posititoning of the magnetosome chain in magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1
Supervisor(s): Cecile Fradin

Carmen Lee

Degree: M. Sc.
August 17, 2018
Thesis: Capillary levelling of immiscible bilayer films
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Verss

Gregory Kaplanek

Degree: M. Sc.
August 15, 2018
Thesis: Pertubatie Failure Near Horizons: The Rindler Example
Supervisor(s): Cliff Burgess

Alexandre Arsenault

Degree: M. Sc.
August 23, 2018
Thesis: 193La NMR Change Order Study of La2-xSrxCu04
Supervisor(s): Takashi Imai

Anton Borissov

Degree: M. Sc.
August 15, 2018
Thesis: Spin Structor Factor Calculations using MPS
Supervisor(s): Eric Sorensen

Melanie Demers

Degree: M. Sc.
September 14, 2018
Thesis: Truncated Stellar Discs in X-ray Rich Environments
Supervisor(s): Laura Parker

Eric Turner

Degree: M. Sc.
August 30, 2018
Thesis: Template Directed Ligation of RNA Oligomers
Supervisor(s): Paul Higgs

Josef Rucska

Degree: M. Sc.
September 21, 2018
Thesis: Numerical investigations of the early stages of planet formation
Supervisor(s): James Wadsley

2017 Graduates

Qianli Ma

Degree: M. Sc.
December 20, 2017
Thesis: Crystal Growth and Neutron Scattering Study on High Tc Superconductors La1.6-xNd0.4SrxCuO4
Supervisor(s): Bruce Gaulin

Nathan Brunetti

Degree: M. Sc.
October, 23, 2017
Thesis: An ALMA Archival Survey of the Clump Mass Function in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Supervisor(s): Christine Wilson

Fraser Evans

Degree: M. Sc.
September, 21, 2017
Thesis: Red Misfits in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Properties of Star-Forming Red Galaxies
Supervisor(s): Laura Parker

Gandhali Joshi

Degree: Ph. D.
September 19, 2017
Thesis: Mass Loss and Preprocessing of Galaxies Traversing Group Environments
Supervisor(s): Laura Parker and James Wadsley

Ivy Wang

Degree: M. Sc.
September, 19, 2017
Thesis: Spontaneous edge current in chiral superconductor with high chirality
Supervisor(s): Catherine Kallin

Ben Davis-Purcell

Degree: Ph. D.
September, 18, 2017
Thesis: Snakes and Labyrinths: Adhesion-induced Fingering Instabilities in Thin Elastic Films
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Richard Alsop

Degree: Ph. D.
September, 1, 2017
Thesis: Pharmaceuticals and Physics: Studies of Drug-Membrane Interactions using Advanced X-Ray and Neutron Scattering Techniques
Supervisor(s): Maikel Rheinstadter

Wyatt Kirkby

Degree: M.Sc.
August, 23, 2017
Thesis: Singularities in Many-Body Quantum Dynamics
Supervisor(s): Duncan O'Dell

Peter Lunts

Degree: Ph. D.
August, 21, 2017
Thesis: Low Energy Behaviour of the Antiferromagnetic Quantum Critical Metal
Supervisor(s): Sung-Sik Lee

Alex Cridland

Degree: Ph. D.
August, 17, 2017
Thesis: Connecting the Chemical Composition of Planetary Atmospheres with Planet Formation
Supervisor(s): Ralph Pudritz

Sean Takahashi

Degree: M.Sc.
August, 17, 2017
Thesis: High Field NMR Investigation of Yb2Pb2O7
Supervisor(s): Takashi Imai

Alannah Hallas

Degree: Ph. D.
August, 17, 2017
Thesis: Application of chemical pressure to magnetically frustrated pyrochlores
Supervisor(s): Graeme Luke

Sarah McKenzie-Picot

Degree: M.Sc.
August, 17, 2017
Thesis: On Modelling the Atmospheres of Potentially Habitable Super-Earths
Supervisor(s): Ralph Pudritz

Corey Howard

Degree: Ph. D.
August, 17, 2017
Thesis: The Effects of Radiative Feedback on Star Cluster Formation and the Galactic Interstellar Medium
Supervisor(s): Ralph Pudritz and Bill Harris

Angus Mok

Degree: Ph. D.
July, 31, 2017
Thesis: The Effects of Environment on the Atomic and Molecular Gas Properties of Star-Forming Galaxies
Supervisor(s): Christine Wilson

Ben Pearce

Degree: M.Sc.
July, 21, 2017
Thesis: The Emergence of the RNA World on the Early Earth
Supervisor(s): Ralph Pudritz

Tom Lai

Degree: M.Sc.
July, 21, 2017
Thesis: Theory of Binary Mixtures of Diblock Copolymers: A New Route to the Bicontinuous Double-Diamond & Plumber's Nightmare Phases
Supervisor(s): An-Chang Shi

Timothy Munsie

Degree: Ph. D.
June, 16, 2017
Thesis: Synthesis and Characterization of Constrained Magnetism in Niobates
Supervisor(s): Graeme Luke

Jesse Mumford

Degree: Ph. D.
May, 2017
Thesis: Singularities in a BEC in a double well potential
Supervisor(s): Duncan O'Dell

Gwen Eadie

Degree: Ph. D.
July, 18, 2017
Thesis: Lights in Dark Places: Inferring the Milky Way Mass Profile using Galactic Satellites and Hierarchical Bayes
Supervisor(s): Bill Harris

Ben Keller

Degree: Ph.D.
January, 18, 2017
Thesis: Superbubble Feedback in Galaxy Evolution
Supervisor(s): James Wadsley

Connor Buhariwalla

Degree: M.Sc.
January, 20, 2017
Thesis: Anomalous magnetism in ferromagnetic pyrochlores as revealed by neutron scattering
Supervisor(s): Bruce Gaulin

2016 Graduates

Nick Miladinovic

Degree: Ph.D.
December, 01, 2016
Thesis: The Abraham-Minkowski Controversy and the He-McKellar-Wilkens Phase
Supervisor(s): Duncan O'Dell

Devin Burke

Degree: M.Sc.
September, 23, 2016
Thesis: Development of a Hybrid Ionization Chamber/Double-Sided-Silicon-Strip Detector to be Installed at the DRAGON Laboratory at TRIUMF
Supervisor(s): Alan Chen

Ashkan Dehghan-Kooshkghazi

Degree: Ph.D.
September, 08, 2016
Thesis: Theoretical Study of Inhomogeneous Polymeric Systems
Supervisor(s): An-Chang Shi

Matthew Alessi

Degree: M.Sc.
September, 02, 2016
Thesis: Linking Super Earth Composition to Planet Formation History
Supervisor(s): Ralph Pudritz

Darryl MacBeath

Degree: M.Sc.
August, 29, 2016
Thesis: The Pearcey Function and the Cusp Catastrophe
Supervisor(s): Donald Sprung

Peter Hayman

Degree: M.Sc.
August, 17, 2016
Thesis: Rocking the Inflationary Boat: Looking at the Sensitivity to initial Conditions of Solutions to Novel Inflationary Scenarios
Supervisor(s): Cliff Burgess

Jared Enns

Degree: M.Sc.
August, 17, 2016
Thesis:A Systematic Scaling Solution in Six-Dimension Inflation
Supervisor(s): Cliff Burgess

Meghan Miholics

Degree: M.Sc.
July, 29, 2016
Thesis: The Dynamical Evolution of Accreted Star Clusters in the Milky Way
Supervisor(s): Alison Sills

Adam Fortais

Degree: M.Sc.
August, 04, 2016
Thesis: Elasto-capillary deformations of films and rods
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Wen Huang

Degree: Ph.D.
August, 02, 2016
Thesis: Theoretical Studies of Unconventional Superconductivity in SR2RuO4
Supervisor(s): Catherine Kallin

Ian Roberts

Degree: M.Sc.
July, 19, 2016
Thesis: Galaxy Properties Across Diverse Halo Environments
Supervisor(s): Laura Parker

Michael Birch

Degree: M.Sc.
July, 15, 2016
Thesis: Theory of Self-Assembled Bilayers Near a Cylindrical Hydrophobic Insertion
Supervisor(s): An-Chang Shi

Gordon Vanderwoude

Degree: M.Sc.
July, 14, 2016
Thesis: Effects of Blockiness and Polydispersity on the Phase Behaviour of non-Markavian Random Block Copolymers
Supervisor(s): An-Chang Shi

Haizhao Zhi

Degree: M.Sc.
May, 11, 2016
Thesis: NMR investigation of the quasi-one-dimensional superconductor class R2Cr3As3 (R=K, Rb, and Cs)
Supervisor(s): Takashi Imai

Casey Marjerrison

Degree: M.Sc.
April, 20, 2016
Thesis: Investigation of Frustrated Magnetism in Double Perovskites
Supervisor(s): Bruce Gaulin

Faiyaz Hasan

Degree: Ph.D.
April, 11, 2016
Thesis: Numerical Study of the Dynamical Casimir Effect and its Classical Analogue in a Double Cavity
Supervisor(s): Duncan O'Dell

Ross Diener

Degree: Ph.D.
March, 31, 2016
Thesis: Standard Model Naturalness from Dark Vortices and Codimension-2 Braneworlds
Supervisor(s): Cliff Burgess

Mikhail Klassen

Degree: Ph.D.
January, 19, 2016
Thesis: Simulating Radiative Feedback and the Formation of Massive Stars
Supervisor(s): Ralph Pudritz

2015 Graduates

Mark Ilton

Degree: Ph.D.
December 04, 2015
Thesis: Flow in Thin Polymer Films
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Mingxuan Fu

Degree: Ph.D.
October 16, 2015
Thesis: Revealing the Ground State Properties of the S=1/2 Kagome Heisenberg Antiferromagnet: 170 Single-Crystal NMR Investigations of ZnCu3(OH)6C12
Supervisor(s): Takashi Imai

Jesse Hall

Degree: Ph.D.
September 14, 2015
Thesis: Hybridization, hidden order, and antiferromagnetism in URu2Si2:electrodynamics studied by infrared spectroscopy
Supervisor(s): Tom Timusk

Solomon Barkley

Degree: M.Sc.
September 14, 2015
Thesis: Production and manipulation of 2D droplet aggregates
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Rory Woods

Degree: Ph.D.
September 10, 2015
Thesis: A New Approach to Radiative Transfer in Galaxies
Supervisor(s): Hugh Couchman and James Wadsley

Laura Toppozini

Degree: Ph.D.
September 04, 2015
Thesis: Effects of various molecules on the structure and dynamics of lipid membranes
Supervisor(s): Maikel Rheinstadter

Ben Jackel

Degree: Ph.D.
September 02, 2015
Thesis: Magnetic dynamos: How do they even work?
Supervisor(s): Ethan Vishniac

Max Schirm

Degree: Ph.D.
September 02, 2015
Thesis: Molecular Gas in Nearby Merging and Interacting Galaxies: the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) and the Antennae Galaxies (NGC 4038/39)
Supervisor(s): Christine Wilson

Jerod Wagman

Degree: Ph.D.
August 13, 2015
Thesis: Neutron Scattering Studies of Strong Dynamic Correlations in High Temperature Superconductors
Supervisor(s): Bruce Gaulin

Jessica McCloskey

Degree: M.Sc.
August 06, 2015
Thesis: Modelling Young Star Clusters with AMUSE
Supervisor(s): Alison Sills

Shouvik Sur

Degree: Ph.D.
August 05, 2015
Thesis: Low Energy Effective Field Theories for Metallic Quantum Critical Points
Supervisor(s): Sung-Sik Lee

Rachel Ward

Degree: Ph.D.
July 29, 2015
Thesis: The Structure and Evolution of Unbound Star-forming Molecular Clouds
Supervisor(s): Alison Sills/James Wadsley

Kaz Sliwa

Degree: Ph.D.
July 27, 2015
Thesis: Molecular Gas Properties of Local Luminous Infrared Galaxies
Supervisor(s): Christine Wilson

Matilda Backholm

Degree: Ph.D.
July 27, 2015
Thesis: Biomechanics of C. elegans as probed by micropipette deflection
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Ryan Plestid

Degree: M.Sc.
July 21, 2015
Thesis: The Implications of Gauging Lepton Flavour Symmetries for Neutrino Masses and Dark Matter
Supervisor(s): Itay Yavin

Jeremy Webb

Degree: Ph.D.
July 17, 2015
Thesis: The Scale Size and Dynamical Evolution of Star Clusters in Tidal Fields
Supervisor(s): Bill Harris/Alison Sills

Aisha Mahmoud-Perez

Degree: M.Sc.
July 16, 2015
Thesis: Photometric Study of the Globular Cluster System of M49
Supervisor(s): Bill Harris

Ray Ng

Degree: Ph.D.
July 08, 2015
Thesis: Non-equilibrium real time dynamics of quantum spin systems and the quantum critical dynamics of ‘dirty’ bosons
Supervisor(s): Erik Sorensen

Seyed Zamani Dahaj

Degree: M.Sc.
January 29, 2015
Thesis: A Phylogenetic Model to Predict the Patterns of Presence and Absence of Genes
Supervisor(s): Paul Higgs

2014 Graduates

Seyed Zamani Dahaj

Degree: M.Sc.
December 21, 2014
Thesis: A phylogenetic model to predict the patterns of presence and absence of genes
Supervisor(s): Paul Higgs

Arash Ahmadi

Degree: M.Sc.
December 20, 2014
Thesis: Factors Involved in the Codon Usage Bias Among Different Genes in a Genome, and Among Different Sites within a Gene
Supervisor(s): Paul Higgs

Aaron Maxwell

Degree: Ph.D.
November 28, 2014
Thesis: Stars, Star Formation and Dark Matter Cores in Dwarf Galaxies
Supervisor(s): James Wadsley and Hugh Couchman

Samantha Benincasa

Degree: M.Sc.
October 01, 2014
Thesis: On the Relationship between star formation and the ISM
Supervisor(s): James Wadsley and Hugh Couchman

Rob Peters

Degree: Ph.D.
October 01, 2014
Thesis: Nonequilibrium dynamics of symmetric diblock copolymers: films & bridges
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Jonathan Newton

Degree: M.Sc.
September 24, 2014
Thesis: Dust and Gas in NGC3627
Supervisor(s): Christine Wilson

Teresa Medina

Degree: M.Sc.
September 24, 2014
Thesis: Magnetic Characterization of Y2-xBixIr2O7: A Muon Spin Rotation/Relaxation and Susceptibility Study
Supervisor(s): Graeme Luke

Fei-Chi Yang

Degree: M.Sc.
September 19, 2014
Thesis: X-ray scattering of Biomaterials
Supervisor(s): Maikel Rheinstadter

Carley Miki

Degree: M.Sc.
September 19, 2014
Thesis: Growth and Characterization of CdTe/ZnTe Thin Films and Heterostructures
Supervisor(s): John Preston

Kelly Cathcart

Degree: M.Sc.
September 19, 2014
Thesis: The effect of cholesterol on a five component mitochondrial-like membrane
Supervisor(s): Cecile Fradin

Mahsa Rahimi Movassagh

Degree: M.Sc.
September 19, 2014
Thesis: Resistivity measurements of Fermi liquid compounds
Supervisor(s): Tom Timusk

Sedigh Ghamari

Degree: Ph.D.
September 19, 2014
Thesis: Renormalization Group Approach to two Strongly Correlated Condensed Matter Models
Supervisor(s): Catherine Kallin

Raffi Schulman

Degree: M.Sc.
September 15, 2014
Thesis: Micropipette Deflection Experiments on the Nematode C. elegans
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Adam Royle

Degree: M.Sc.
September 12, 2014
Thesis: The properties of galaxies in x-ray bright and faint groups
Supervisor(s): Laura Parker

Marie-Pier Neault

Degree: M.Sc.
September 09, 2014
Thesis: The centres of galaxy group dark matter halos
Supervisor(s): Laura Parker

Damien Robertson

Degree: M.Sc.
September 08, 2014
Thesis: Prestellar Cores in Perseus
Supervisor(s): Christine Wilson

Paul Fowler

Degree: M.Sc.
September 08, 2014
Thesis: The effects of surface tension and entanglements in polymer films: Capillary driven flows, the Marangoni effect and crazing
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Mischa Thesberg

Degree: Ph.D.
September 02, 2014
Thesis: Numerical Studies of Frustrated Quantum Phase Transitions in Two and One Dimensions
Supervisor(s): Erik Sorensen

Gengming He

Degree: M.Sc.
August 28, 2014
Thesis: Magnetic susceptibility observation of thickness driven spin-reorientation in ultra-thin Fe/Ni(III)/W(110) films
Supervisor(s): David Venus

Kevin Mortimer

Degree: M.Sc.
June 17, 2014
Thesis: Growth and Characterization of Sr2RuO4 and Sr2RhO4
Supervisor(s): Tom Timusk

Grigory Bednik

Degree: M.Sc.
May 12, 2014
Thesis: Construction of holographic duals for quantum field theories with global symmetries from quantum renormalization group
Supervisor(s): Sung-Sik Lee

Nehad Hirmiz

Degree: M.Sc.
April 02, 2014
Thesis: Single Particle TIRF Detection of Bid Molecular Complexes Embedded in Mitochondria-like Supported Bilayers
Supervisor(s): Cecile Fradin

Andreas Deschner

Degree: Ph.D.
March 24, 2014
Thesis: Valence-Bond Calculations for Quantum Spin-Chains: From Impurity Entanglement and Incommensurate Behaviour to Quantum Monte Carlo
Supervisor(s): Erik Sorensen

Kevin Sooley

Degree: M.Sc.
January 14, 2014
Thesis: What you see it what you get: synthetic photometry of hydrodynamic simulations of binary star systems
Supervisor(s): Alison Sills

2013 Graduates

Matthew McCreadie

Degree: M.Sc.
December 04, 2013
Thesis: Capture of Magnetic Inelastic Dark Matter in the Sun
Supervisor(s): Itay Yavin

Katharina Fritsch

Degree: Ph.D.
October 16, 2013
Thesis: Neutron Scattering Studies of New Magnetic Oxides Based on Triangular Motifs
Supervisor(s): Bruce Gaulin

Alex Cridland

Degree: M.Sc.
October 04, 2013
Thesis: Simulations of Magnetic Helicity Conserving Astrophysical Dynamos: The Search for the Electromotive Force
Supervisor(s): Ethan Vishniac

Travis Williams

Degree: Ph.D.
October 04, 2013
Thesis: Measurements of the Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Superconducting Ba(Fe,Co)2As2 and 'Hidden Order' URu2Si2
Supervisor(s): Graeme Luke

David Bazak

Degree: M.Sc.
September 18, 2013
Thesis: Explorations of a Pi-striped d-wave superconductor
Supervisor(s): Catherine Kallin

Corey Howard

Degree: M.Sc.
September 18, 2013
Thesis: Simulating Cluster Formation and Radiative Feedback in Giant Molecular Clouds
Supervisor(s): Ralph Pudritz and Bill Harris

Youhai Sun

Degree: Ph.D.
September 17, 2013
Thesis: Theory of the phase behaviour of weakly charge polyelectrolytes
Supervisor(s): An-Chang Shi

Spencer Manwell

Degree: M.Sc.
September 13, 2013
Thesis: Verification of an activity-method approach to determine the alpha-partial width of the 4.03 MeV state in 19Ne
Supervisor(s): Alan Chen

Alyssa Cobb

Degree: M.Sc.
September 13, 2013
Thesis: Amino Acid Synthesis in Meteoritic Parent Bodies of Carbonaceous Chondrites
Supervisor(s): Ralph Pudritz

Tara Parkin

Degree: Ph.D.
September 12, 2013
Thesis: Unlocking the properties of the interstellar medium of Centaurus A and M51
Supervisor(s): Christine Wilson

Prasanna Balasubramanian

Degree: Ph.D.
September 10, 2013
Thesis: Bloch Oscillations of Ultracold Atoms in a Cavity
Supervisor(s): Duncan O'Dell

Phillip Ashby

Degree: Ph.D.
September 06, 2013
Thesis: Physics at the Dirac point--The optical conductivity of Dirac materials
Supervisor(s): Jules Carbotte

Akbar Safari

Degree: M.Sc.
August 29, 2013
Thesis: Recent Developments in WKB Quantisation Condition
Supervisor(s): Donald Sprung

Annie Hou

Degree: Ph.D.
August 21, 2013
Thesis: The role of group dynamics and pre-processing in galaxy evolution
Supervisor(s): Bill Harris and Laura Parker

Matthew Williams

Degree: Ph.D.
August 07, 2013
Thesis: Accidental Supersymmetry and the Naturalness of Codimension-2 Branes
Supervisor(s): Cliff Burgess

Jimin Zhang

Degree: M.Sc.
July 29, 2013
Thesis: Neutron scattering studies of the frustrated antiferromagnetic pyrochlore system Tb2Sn2-xTixO7
Supervisor(s): Bruce Gaulin

Kyle Pastor

Degree: M.Sc.
July 26, 2013
Thesis: Elastic properties and line tension of self-assembled bilayer membranes
Supervisor(s): An-Chang Shi

Robert D'Ortenzio

Degree: M.Sc.
June 26, 2013
Thesis: Ground State of the Quantum Spin Ice Yb2Ti2O7
Supervisor(s): Graeme Luke

Brendan Sinnott

Degree: Ph.D.
June 04, 2013
Thesis: Spectroscopy and Photometry of Scattered Light Echoes from Supernovae
Supervisor(s): Doug Welch and Peter Sutherland

Tara Power

Degree: M.Sc.
May 17, 2013
Thesis: Structural Disjoining Potential of Grain Boundary Premelting in Aluminum-Magnesium via Monte Carlo Simulations
Supervisor(s): Jeffrey Hoyt

Clare Armstrong

Degree: Ph.D.
April 17, 2013
Thesis: Diffusion and Domains: Membrane Structure and Dynamics Studied by Neutron Scattering
Supervisor(s): Maikel Rheinstädter

Amit Patel

Degree: M.Sc.
January 21, 2013
Thesis: The Effect of Cholesterol on the Structure of Mitochondrial Like Lipid Bilayers: An X-Ray Study
Supervisor(s): Cecile Fradin

Charmaine Tressler

Degree: M.Sc.
January 18, 2013
Thesis: Characterization and Alignment of the STED doughnut-using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy
Supervisor(s): Cecile Fradin

2012 Graduates

Andrew Bartlett

Degree: M.Sc.
December 13, 2012
Thesis: In-Plane Anisotropy of Ultrathin Co/W(110) Films and the Néel Transition in Bilayer Ultrathin CoO/Co/W(110) Films
Supervisor(s): David Venus

Josh McGraw

Degree: Ph.D.
December 12, 2012
Thesis: Non-equilibrium topographies: Surface tension driven flows reveal polymer properties at the nanoscale
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Robin Tunley

Degree: M.Sc.
December 10, 2012
Thesis: Leptonic Dipole Transitions: A New Signature for Physics Beyond the Standard Model
Supervisor(s): Itay Yavin

Chris Gatopolous

Degree: M.Sc.
October 26, 2012
Thesis: Stellar Feedback in a Vertically Stratified Ism
Supervisor(s): James Wadsley/Hugh Couchman

Tim Munsie

Degree: M.Sc.
October 25, 2012
Thesis: Studies of the Low Temperature Behaviour of CoNb2O6
Supervisor(s): Graeme Luke

Allan Bayntun

Degree: Ph.D.
September 20, 2012
Thesis: Physics of Strings and Extra Dimensions: From Cosmology to Condensed Matter
Supervisor(s): Cliff Burgess

Jesse Mumford

Degree: M.Sc.
September 19, 2012
Thesis: Steady State and Dynamical Properties of an Impurity in a BEC in a Double well Potential
Supervisor(s): Duncan O'Dell

Yasuhiro Hasegawa

Degree: Ph.D.
September 18, 2012
Thesis: Planet Traps in Protoplanetary Disks and the formation and evolution of planetary systems
Supervisor(s): Ralph Pudritz

Pak Lam (Philip) Lee

Degree: M.Sc.
September 13, 2012
Thesis: Using the totally asymmetric exclusion process as a model for protein translation
Supervisor(s): Paul Higgs

Ashkan Dehghan

Degree: M.Sc.
September 11, 2012
Thesis: Modeling hydrogen-bonding in diblock copolymer/homopolymer blends
Supervisor(s): An-Chang Shi

Marlon Rodney

Degree: M.Sc.
September 07, 2012
Thesis: The entanglement entropy near Lifshitz quantum phase transitions & the emergent statistics of fractionalized excitations
Supervisor(s): Sung-Sik Lee

Brittany McDonald

Degree: M.Sc.
September 07, 2012
Thesis: The Search For Supernova Light Echoes From The Core-Collapse Supernovae Of A.D. 1054(CRAB) and A.D. 1181
Supervisor(s): Doug Welch

Dennis Duffin

Degree: Ph.D.
September 07, 2012
Thesis: Star formation in low mass magnetized cores: the formation of disks and outflows
Supervisor(s): Ralph Pudritz

Kathryn Ross

Degree: Ph.D.
September 06, 2012
Thesis: Neutron Scattering Studies of Yb2Ti2O7, a Quantum Spin Ice Material
Supervisor(s): Bruce Gaulin

Robert Cockcroft

Degree: Ph.D.
September 04, 2012
Thesis: Astro-Archaeology in the Triangulum Galaxy: Studying Galaxy Formation and Evolution with the Globular Clusters and Stellar Halo in M33
Supervisor(s): Bill Harris

David Torchetti

Degree: M.Sc.
August 31, 2012
Thesis: NMR Study of the Potassium Iron Selenide High-Temperature Superconductor
Supervisor(s): Takashi Imai

Meng Wu

Degree: Ph.D.
August 28, 2012
Thesis: Origin of Autocatalytic Sets of Biopolymers
Supervisor(s): Paul Higgs

Mirsaeed Zelli

Degree: Ph.D.
August 07, 2012
Thesis: The Mixed State of a p-striped Superconductor
Supervisor(s): Catherine Kallin

Patrick Rogers

Degree: Ph.D.
August 03, 2012
Thesis: Shedding Light on the Formation of Stars and Planets: Numerical Simulations With Radiative Transfer
Supervisor(s): James Wadsley

Sara Cormier

Degree: M.Sc.
August 02, 2012
Thesis: Polymer droplets levelling on thin films of identical polymer
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Alex Chan

Degree: M.Sc.
July 06, 2012
Thesis: A Density-Matrix Renormalization Group Study of Quantum Spin Models with Ring Exchange
Supervisor(s): Erik Sorensen

Michael Horbatsch

Degree: Ph.D.
June 29, 2012
Thesis: Neutron Stars and Black Holes in Scalar-Tensor Gravity
Supervisor(s): Cliff Burgess

Matthew Barrett

Degree: M.Sc.
June 22, 2012
Thesis: Structure And Dynamics Of Model Systems: From Ferrofluids To Brain Membranes
Supervisor(s): Maikel Rheinstadter

Daniel Irvine

Degree: M.Sc.
February 21, 2012
Thesis: A Study of Astrophysically Important States of 31S via the 32S(d,t)31S Reaction
Supervisor(s): Alan Chen

2011 Graduates

Leo van Nierop

Degree: Ph.D.
November 10, 2011
Thesis: Phenomenology Of Codimension-2 Brane Worlds: The Importance Of Back-Reaction
Supervisor(s): Cliff Burgess

Maximilien Schirm

Degree: M.Sc.
September 23, 2011
Thesis: Molecular Gas in Nearby Galaxies
Supervisor(s): Christine Wilson

Blair Cardigan-Smith

Degree: M.Sc.
September 15, 2011
Thesis: The dark matter haloes of galaxies in groups
Supervisor(s): Laura Parker

Mikhail Klassen

Degree: M.Sc.
September 13, 2011
Thesis:Simulating Protostellar Evolution and Radiative Feedback in the Cluster Environment
Supervisor(s): Ralph Pudritz

Kiana Setoodehnia

Degree: Ph.D.
September 12, 2011
Thesis: Level Structure of 30S and the 29P(p,gamma)30S Reaction Rate
Supervisor(s): Alan Chen

Rachel Ward

Degree: M.Sc.
September 09, 2011
Thesis: Connecting the Dots: Comparing SPH Simulations and Synthetic Observations of Star-Forming Clumps in Molecular Clouds
Supervisor(s): Alison Sills and James Wadsley

Kaz Sliwa

Degree: M.Sc.
August 29, 2011
Thesis: SMA Observations of the Local Galaxy Merger Arp 299
Supervisor(s): Christine Wilson

Martin Kaye

Degree: M.Sc.
August 25, 2011
Thesis: Studies of Lipid Bilayer Structure and Dynamics
Supervisor(s): Maikel Rheinstadter

Rory Woods

Degree: M.Sc.
August 22, 2011
Thesis: Cold Flows and Galaxy Formation
Supervisor(s): James Wadsley and Hugh Couchman

Mark Healey

Degree: M.Sc.
August 05, 2011
Thesis: Friction Properties of Polymer Systems as Measured Using Micropipettes
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Nathan Leigh

Degree: Ph.D.
July 18, 2011
Thesis: The Physics of Mergers: Theoretical and Statistical Techniques Applied to Stellar Mergers in Dense Star Clusters
Supervisor(s): Alison Sills

Nick Miladinovic

Degree: M.Sc.
May 27, 2011
Thesis: Adiabatic Transfer Of Light In A Double Cavity
Supervisor(s): Duncan O'Dell

2010 Graduates

Jessica Carvalho

Degree: Ph.D.
December 03, 2010
Thesis: Studies of molecular weight blends and interface effects on polymer crystallisation & block copolymer ordering
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Pat Clancy

Degree: Ph.D.
December 03, 2010
Thesis: X-ray and Neutron Scattering Studies of Unconventional Spin-Peierls Systems
Supervisor(s): Bruce Gaulin

Jiajia Zhou

Degree: Ph.D.
December 03, 2010
Thesis: Phase Behaviour of Diblock Copolymer/Homopolymer Blends
Supervisor(s): An-Chang Shi

Ben Jackel

Degree: M.Sc.
October 26, 2010
Thesis: Transport of Magnetic Helicity in Accretion Disks
Supervisor(s): Ethan Vishniac

Jerod Wagman

Degree: M.Sc.
October 22, 2010
Thesis: Neutron Studies Of Underdoped Single Crystal La2-xBaxCuO4
Supervisor(s): Bruce Gaulin

Adam Aczel

Degree: Ph.D.
September 25, 2010
Thesis: Studies of Bose-Einstein Condensates in Magnetic Insulators
Supervisor(s): Graeme Luke

Sijing Shen

Degree: Ph.D.
September 17, 2010
Thesis:The Enrichment of the Intergalactic Medium
Supervisor(s): Supervisor: Prof. James Wadsley

Sarah Purdy

Degree: M.Sc.
September 03, 2010
Thesis: Optical Spectroscopy Of Uru_2si_2: A Search For New Features
Supervisor(s): Tom Timusk

Andrew Louca

Degree: M.Sc.
September 01, 2010
Thesis: Codimension two branes in supergravity
Supervisor(s): Cliff Burgess

Ray Ng

Degree: M.Sc.
August 26, 2010
Thesis: Exact Quantum Dynamics of Spin Systems
Supervisor(s): Erik Sorensen

Rob Peters

Degree: M.Sc.
August 25, 2010
Thesis: Confining individual DNA molecules in a nano-scale cone
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress.

Sarah Nickerson

Degree: M.Sc.
August 23, 2010
Thesis: Shedding Light on Dark Satellites
Supervisor(s): Hugh Couchman

Wenqi Ran

Degree: Ph.D.
July 16, 2010
Thesis: Codon Usage Bias, Trna Modification And Translational Selection In Bacteria
Supervisor(s): Paul Higgs

Jacob Ruff

Degree: Ph.D.
April 23, 2010
Thesis: Competing interactions in rare-earth pyrochlore magnets: Insights from x-rays and neutrons
Supervisor(s): Bruce Gaulin

Felix Wong

Degree: Ph.D.
March 10, 2010
Thesis: pH & Temperature Measurements in Biological Systems Utilizing the Environmental Sensitivity of Proton Transfer in Fluorophores
Supervisor(s): Cecile Fradin

Issei Nakamura

Degree: Ph.D.
March 09, 2010
Thesis: Statistical Mechanics of Macromolecular Complexation
Supervisor(s): An-Chang Shi

Charles-Philippe Lajoie

Degree: Ph.D.
February 12, 2010
Thesis: Mass Transfer in Binary Systems Using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics
Supervisor(s): Alison Sills

Sara Haravifard

Degree: Ph.D.
January 25, 2010
Thesis: Neutron Scattering Studies of Low Dimensional Quantum Magnets
Supervisor(s): Bruce Gaulin

Marie-Josee Colbert

Degree: Ph.D.
January 15, 2010
Thesis: Mechanics of lipid vesicles and living cells
Supervisor(s): Cecile Fradin and Kari Dalnoki-Veress

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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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