Recent Graduates

2025 Graduates

Xingzhi Cheng

March 14, 2025
Degree: Ph.D.
Thesis: Development of a Multi-layer Silicon Beta-ray Spectrometer for Beta Spectrometry and Dosimetry at CANDU Power Plants
Supervisor: Soo-Hyun Byun

Michelle Yap

June 2, 2025
Degree: M.Sc.
Thesis: X-Ray Fluorescence Measurements of Iron in the Skin Using a CD-109-Based System
Supervisors: Fiona McNeill and Michael Farquharson

Mathew Pula

June 26, 2025
Degree: Ph.D.
Thesis: Rare-Earth Ions on the Shastry-Sutherland Lattice: Determining the Magnetic Ground-States of the Rare-Earth Melilites RE2Be2GeO7 (RE = Yb, Er, Gd, Dy)
Supervisor: Graeme Luke

Raven Westlake

July 22, 2025
Degree: M.Sc.
Thesis: The White Dwarf Opportunity: Constraining Stellar Winds from the Galaxys most Common Stars using a White Dwarf Companion
Supervisors: Alison Sills and Ryan Cloutier

Helen Melino

July 22, 2026
Degree: M.Sc.
Thesis: An Investigation of the Absorption of Lead (Pb) through Skin with Hair using Synchrotron X-ray Techniques
Supervisor: Fiona McNeill

Jeremy Karam

July 30, 2025
Degree: Ph.D.
Thesis: The Role of Gas in Star Cluster Formation
Supervisor: Alison Sills

Claude Cournoyer-Cloutier

July 30, 2025
Degree: Ph.D.
Thesis: Dynamics and Feedback of Massive Binaries in Young Massive Star Clusters
Supervisor: Alison Sills and Bill Harris

Francisco Borges-Zapata

August 13, 2025
Degree: Ph.D.
Thesis: Recent Developments in the Antiferromagnetic Quantum Critical Metal: Pairing Instability, Emergent Momentum-Spacetime Geometry and Kondo Effect
Supervisor: Sung-Sik Lee

Veronika Dornan

August 20, 2025
Degree: Ph.D.
Thesis: From Giants to Dwarfs: A Comprehensive Observational Study of The Globular Cluster System Mass – Halo Mass Relation
Supervisor: Bill Harris

Shirlie Chan

August 27, 2025
Degree: M.Sc.
Thesis: Deep Learning-Based Prediction of Daily Delivered Dose for Advanced Lung Cancer Radiotherapy
Supervisor: Marcin Wierzbicki

Alex Verbeem

August 28, 2025
Degree: M.Sc.
Thesis: Liquid liquid phase separation of transcription factors Bicoid and Zelda as a mechanism of transcriptional regulation in Drosophila melanogaster embryos.
Supervisor: Cecile Fradin

Addison Richards

August 29, 2025
Degree: Ph.D.
Thesis: Tensor-Network Simulation of Quantum Spin Systems with Bond-Dependent Interactions
Supervisor: Erik Sorensen

Megan Li

September 9, 2025
Degree: Ph.D.
Thesis: Investigating the Role of Energy Metabolism In the Radiation-Induced Bystander Effect
Supervisor: Carmel Mothersills

Lauren Dutcher

September 9, 2025
Degree: Ph.D.
Thesis: How elastomers wet, swell and deform
Supervisor: Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Kaitlyn Keatley

September 12, 2025
Degree: M.Sc.
Thesis: Tracing the evolutionary history of massive galaxies with globular clusters
Supervisor: Bill Harris

Hector Robinson

September 12, 2025
Degree: Ph.D.
Thesis: Simulations Exploring Magnetic Fields in Spiral Galaxies
Supervisor: James Wadsley

Jing Yeung

September 16, 2025
Degree: M.Sc.
Thesis: The Evolution of Galaxy Star Formation and Morphology in Groups and Clusters with IllustrisTNG
Supervisor: Laura Parker

Bennett Skinner

September 16, 2025
Degree: M.Sc.
Thesis: Exoplanet Mass-Radius Relations Verified by the Solar System
Supervisor: Ralph Pudritz and Ryan Cloutier

Daniel Sepulveda

September 18, 2025
Degree: M.Sc.
Thesis: Ground State Energy Calculations of the Kitaev-Gamma Honeycomb Model Using Neural Quantum States
Supervisor: Erik Sorensen

Drew Weisserman

September 19, 2025
Degree: M.Sc.
Thesis: Super-Earth Masses and Stellar Abundances from NIRPS Reveal Tentative Evidence for Water-Rich Formation around M Dwarfs
Supervisor: Ryan Cloutier

Artur Karapetov

September 23, 2025
Degree: M.Sc.
Thesis: Optimizing Magnetic Resonance Imaging Sampling Patterns for Accelerated MP2RAGE Brain T1 Mapping
Supervisor: Chris Rowley

Hsiao-Yuan (Symphony) Huang

October 22, 2025
Degree: M.Sc.
Thesis: Competing Magnetic Correlations on the Triangular Lattice
Supervisor: Bruce Gaulin

Jinoo Kim

November 14, 2025
Degree: M.Sc
Thesis: TBA
Supervisor: Bill Harris

Yanfeng Xie

November 20, 2025
Degree: Ph.D.
Thesis: TBA
Supervisor: Soo-Hyun Byun

Lucas (Paulo) Chu

December 5, 2025
Degree: M.Sc.
Thesis: TBA
Supervisor: Cecile Fradin

Marzuk Gazi

December 17, 2025
Degree: M.Sc.
Thesis: TBA
Supervisor: Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Olcay Ates Goksu

December 17, 2025
Degree: M.Sc.
Thesis: Dust Evolution And Concentration In Disk Wind-Driven Protoplanetary Disks
Supervisor: Ralph Pudritz

2024 Graduates

Megan Cvitan

January 25, 2024
Degree: M.Sc.
Thesis: Simulating barium ion motion in liquid xenon for a future barium tagging upgrade of nEXO
Supervisro(s): Alan Chen and Annika Lennarz

Sami Ullah Khan Bangash

February 26, 2024
Degree: Ph. D.
Thesis: Designing and Evaluating a 109 Cd based XRF System For Skin Iron Measurements: A Validation Study in Normal and Iron Overload Conditions
Supervisor(s): Michael Farquharson and Fiona McNeill

Jiaming Wang

June 18, 2024
Degree: Ph. D
Thesis: Local Physics of Disordered Quantum Spin Liquid Systems Individuated by NMR and Inverse Laplace Transform 1=T1 Analysis
Supervisor(s): Takashi Imai

Celine Greis

July 3, 2024
Degree: M. Sc.
Thesis: Ram Pressure Stripping of Molecular Gas
Supervisor(s): Christine Wilson

Anton Borissov

July 26, 2024
Degree: Ph. D.
Thesis: Low-Energy Effective Field Theories for the Antiferromagnetic Quantum Critical Metal with Z2, O(2) and O(3) Spin Symmetries
Supervisor(s): Sung-Sik Lee

Desiree Rehel

July 26, 2024
Degree: M. Sc.
Thesis: Sensitivity of Block Co-polymer Self-Assembly to the Modification of a Single Monomer
Supervisor(s): An-Chang Shi

Hamza Khattak

July 31, 2024
Degree: Ph. D.
Thesis: Driven Motion in Droplets
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Laura Bickley

August 1, 2024
Degree: Ph. D.
Thesis: Studies to improve the in-vivo measurement of strontium by X-ray fluorescence
Supervisor(s): Fiona McNeill

Lauren Foster

August 6, 2024
Degree: M. Sc.
Thesis: Measuring the Effect of Ram Pressure on Star Formation in Infalling Galaxies
Supervisor(s): Laura Parker

Nicole Mulyk

August 7, 2024
Degree: M. Sc.
Thesis: Creating Effective Training Sets for Machine Learning Package ALED with Dragonfly Telephoto Array Images to Identify Historic Supernova Light Echoes around Supernova 1054 (Crab)
Supervisor(s): Doug Welch

Afshin Besharat

September 17, 2024
Degree: Ph. D.
Thesis: Effective Field Theory of Dissipative Dynamics On Lie Group
Supervisor(s): Sergey Sibiryakov

Sriram Sundaram

September 18, 2024
Degree: Ph. D.
Thesis: Effective field theory based on the quantum inverted harmonic oscillator and the inverse square potential with applications to Schwinger pair creation
Supervisor(s): Duncan O’Dell

Hayley Agler

September 20, 2024
Degree: Sc.
Thesis: Preparation of Free-Standing Elastomer Films & Observations of Oscillatory Cracking Patterns
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Emmett McFarlane

September 20, 2024
Degree: M. Sc.
Thesis: Neural Modelling of Astrophysical Gas
Supervisor(s): James Wadsley

Johnathan Hoggarth

September 24, 2024
Degree: Ph. D.
Thesis: Cohesive Oil Droplets As An Idealized Model Granular System
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Osvald Klimi

October 18, 2024
Degree: M. Sc.
Thesis: Star Formation in Extreme Environments
Supervisor(s): Christine Wilson

Blake Ledger

October 21, 2024
Degree: Ph. D.
Thesis: Using the Cyanide Radical to Trace Dense Molecular Gas in Nearby Star-Forming Galaxies
Supervisor(s): Christine Wilson

Chak Hei Lau

October 29, 2024
Degree: M. Sc.
Thesis: Real-Space Renormalization Group Study of the Anderson Impurity Model
Supervisor(s): Sung-Sik Lee

Erik Gillis

November 18, 2024
Degree: M. Sc.
Thesis: Characterizing the Exoplanetary Population Around Mid-to-late M Dwarfs
Supervisor(s): Ryan Cloutier

Nicole Gromek

November 18, 2024
Degree: M. Sc.
Thesis: A Spectroscopic Framework for Deriving Elemental Abundances in M Dwarfs
Supervisor(s): Ryan Cloutier

Taavishi Jindel

November 21, 2024
Degree: M. Sc.
Thesis: Dynamical equilibrium pressure in cluster and field galaxies
Supervisor(s): Christine Wilson

Alexander Kayssi

November 21, 2024
Degree: M. Sc.
Thesis: One-point matter PDFs beyond TopHat filters
Supervisor(s): Sergey Sibiryakov

Sara Bogojevic

December 3, 2024
Degree: Ph. D.
Thesis: Magnetic Monopoles and Dyons: The Low-Energy Perspective
Supervisor(s): Cliff Burgess

Monika Azmanska

December 6, 2024
Degree: Sc.
Thesis: Investigating Charge Order in Pb3Rh7O15
Supervisor(s): Pat Clancy

Cameron Burns

December 16, 2024
Degree: M. Sc.
Thesis: Coalescence of Cohesive Particle Rafts
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Yasaman Heshmatzadeh

December 18, 2024
Degree: Ph. D.
Thesis: Collective properties of cohesive frictionless granular aggregates
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

2023 Graduates

Addison Richards

Degree: M. Sc.
March 30, 2023
Thesis: Realistic Electronic Structure Calculations for Quantum Materials
Supervisor(s): Erik Sorensen

Bobby Tang

Degree: M. Sc.
May 24, 2023
Thesis: X-ray fluorescence measurements of skin iron using an I-125-based system
Supervisor(s): Michael Farquharson

Sarah Costa

Degree: M. Sc.
June 20, 2023
Thesis: Time Resolved Flourescence and Diffuse Reflectance Measurements for Lung Squamous Carcinoma Tumor Margins
Supervisor(s): Michael Farquharson

Sudarshan Sharma

Degree: Ph. D.
June 29, 2023
Thesis: Study of unconventional superconductors and breathing pyrochlore magnets
Supervisor(s): Graeme Luke

Yu Li

Degree: M. Sc.
July 13, 2023
Thesis: Density functional theory of interacting hard spheres: The formation of complex Frank-Kasper phases
Supervisor(s): An-Chang Shi

Peixiao (Karl) Zhou

Degree: M. Sc.
August 2, 2023
Thesis: Development of a technique to localize and quantify volumetric low-level waste from CANDU plants
Supervisor(s): Soo Hyun Byun

Michelle Nguyen

Degree: M. Sc.
August 11, 2023
Thesis: Binary-ejected enrichment for multiple populations in globular clusters
Supervisor(s): Alison Sills

Sebastien Avakian

Degree: M. Sc.
August 31, 2023
Thesis: On the Phase Diagram of the Heisenberg Gamma Ladder
Supervisor(s): Erik Sorensen

Mackenzie Tigwell

Degree: M. Sc.
September 7, 2023
Thesis: Factors Contributing to Degradation of Holmium-166 Poly-L- Lactic Acid Microspheres
Supervisor(s): Andrea Armstrong

Connor Gresham

September 13, 2023
Degree: M. Sc.
Thesis: An investigation of various intrinsic and external factors that influence in vitro cell survival outcomes during radiation-induced bystander effect experiments
Supervisor(s): Carmel Mothersill

Evan Smith

September 22, 2023
Degree: Ph. D.
Thesis: The Dipole-Octupole Quantum Spin Ice Candidate Ce2Zr2O7
Supervisor(s): Bruce Gaulin

Jonah Gautreau

September 22, 2023
Degree: M.Sc.
Thesis: Muon Spectroscopy Investigation of the Kagome Lattice
Supervisor(s): Graeme Luke

Andrew Kovachik

October 13, 2023
Degree: M. Sc.
Thesis: Slowly Moving Black Holes In Khrono-Metric Model
Supervisor(s): Sergey Sibiryakov

Yijia Zi

November 13, 2023
Degree: M. Sc.
Thesis: In Search of the Kitaev Interactions in Low-Dimensional Yttrium-Doped Calcium Iridates: Ca(5-x)Y(x)Ir3O12
Supervisor(s): Pat Clancy

Megan Oxland

November 24, 2023
Degree: M. Sc.
Thesis: Satellite Quenching and Morphological Transformation of Galaxies in Groups and Clusters
Supervisor(s): Laura Parker

Hao He

November 28, 2023
Degree: Ph. D.
Thesis: Molecular Gas and Star Formation in nearby Starburst Galaxy Mergers
Supervisor(s): Christine Wilson

Jennifer Laing

November 29, 2023
Degree: M. Sc.
Thesis: Evidence for Increased Star Formation in Barred Galaxy Centres
Supervisor(s): Christine Wilson

Shayenthiran Sreetharan

December 4, 2023
Degree: Ph. D.
Thesis: Ionizing Radiation Exposure During Development and Growth Restriction in Mammals
Supervisor(s): Fiona McNeill

Jiayu Xie

December 14, 2023
Degree: Ph. D.
Thesis: Phase Behaviours of Polymeric Blends Containing Block Copolymers
Supervisor(s): An-Chang Shi

Dylan Lazarus

December 18, 2023
Degree: M. Sc.
Thesis: Rejuvenating & Quenching: Gas Properties of Transitional Galaxies
Supervisor(s): Laura Parker

Padraic Odesse

December 15, 2023
Degree: M. Sc.
Thesis: Molecular Hydrogen In Galaxy Simulations
Supervisor(s): James Wadsley

2022 Graduates

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

Wyatt Kirkby

Degree: Ph. D.
February 4, 2022
Thesis: Caustics and Flags of Chaos in Quantum Many-Body Systems
Supervisor(s): Duncan O’Dell

Nathan Brunetti

Degree: Ph. D.
February 28, 2022
Thesis: Cloud-scale molecular gas properties in nearby merging galaxies
Supervisor(s): Christine Wilson

Qianli Ma

Degree: Ph. D.
February 14, 2022
Thesis: Neutron Scattering Study on High Temperature Superconducting Material La1.6-x Nd0.4SrxCuO4
Supervisor(s): Bruce Gaulin

Gregory Kaplanek

Degree: Ph. D.
March 30th, 2022
Thesis: Some Applications of Open Effective Field Theories to Gravitating Quantum Systems
Supervisor(s): Cliff Burgess

Chi To Lai

Degree: Ph. D.
April 21, 2022
Thesis: Theory of Disperse Diblock Copolymers
Supervisor(s): An-Ching Shi

Yannick Castonguay-Page

Degree: M. Sc.
April 28, 2022
Thesis: String-Order in Multileg Kitaev-Heisenberg Ladders
Supervisor(s): Erik Sorensen

Richard Garnett

Degree: Ph. D.
June 21, 2022
Thesis: The Application of Machine Learning to Event Classification in Radiation Detectors
Supervisor(s): Soo Hyun Byun

Carmen Lee

Degree: Ph.D.
Monday, August 8th, 2022
Thesis: Driven flow of droplets and bubbles
Supervisor(s): Dalnoki-Veress

Jonathon Riddell

Degree: Ph.D.
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Thesis: Statistical Mechanics From Unitary Dynamics
Supervisor(s): Sorensen

Josef Rucska

Degree: Ph.D.
Friday, September 9, 2022
Thesis: Numerical Simulations of Planetesimal Formation
Supervisor(s): Wadsley

Felipe Rivera-Madrinan

Degree: M.Sc.
Friday, August 26th, 2022
Thesis: Replication of Genes in Rolling Circles
Supervisor(s): Higgs

Hong Yi (Alex) Lu

Degree: M.Sc.
Friday, August 26th, 2022
Thesis: The Formation Mechanisms of Galaxy Tails: A Statistical and Case Study
Supervisor(s): Parker/Wadsley

Tianyi Ren

Degree: M.S.c
Tuesday, September 13th, 2022
Thesis: Solving the Extremely High Dead Time During Ultra-High-rate Gamma-ray Spectrometry Using a LaBr3 Detector
Supervisor(s): Byun

Brendan Sheehan

Degree: M.Sc.
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Thesis: The effects of bone turnover on bone lead measurements of young women through x-ray fluorescence
Supervisor(s): McNeill

Erica Dao

Degree: Ph.D.
Thursday, November 3, 2022
Thesis: X-Ray and Optical Techniques for Classification and Characterization of Tissue for Applications in Cancer
Supervisor(s): Farquharson

Xin Wang

Degree: Ph.D.
Friday, November 18, 2022
Thesis: Theoretical studies of unconventional superconductivity in SR2RUO4 and related systems
Supervisor(s): Kallin

James Lambert

Degree: Ph.D.
Friday, December 16, 2022
Thesis: State Space Geometry of Low Dimensional Quantum Magnets
Supervisor(s): Sorensen

Waqaas Zia

Degree: M.Sc.
Monday, November 21, 2022
Thesis: Dosimetric Comparison of three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT), intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) for distal esophageal cancer treated with external radiation
Supervisor(s): Farrell

Rachel Pillsworth

Degree: M.Sc
Monday, December 5, 2022
Thesis: Bridging the gap: fragmentation, filamentary feeding and cluster formation in the ISM
Supervisor(s): Pudritz

2021 Graduates

Devin Burke

Degree: Ph. D.
April 9, 2021
Thesis: Development of an advanced gaseous neutron imaging system based on thick gas electron multipliers with 2d delay line readout
Supervisor(s): Soo Hyun Byun

Ben Pearce

Degree: Ph. D.
August 6, 2021
Thesis: The Origin of RNA on Biogenic Worlds
Supervisor(s): Ralph Pudritz

Jean-Christophe Ono-Dit-Biot

Degree: Ph. D.
July 21, 2021
Thesis: Droplets as model systems for investigating 2D crystals, glasses and the growth dynamics of granular aggregates
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Ryan Chown

Degree: Ph. D.
August 24, 2021
Thesis: Multi-wavelength Studies of the Interstellar Medium and Star Formation in Nearby Galaxies
Supervisor(s): Christine Wilson, Laura Parker

Annum Dawood

Degree: M. Sc.
August 12, 2021
Thesis: Immune System Modulation by Low Dose Radiation
Supervisor(s): Carmel Mothersill

Claude Cournoyer-Cloutier

Degree: M. Sc.
August 17, 2021
Thesis: Dynamical Modification of a Primordial Population of Binaries in Simulations of Star Cluster Formation
Supervisor(s): Alison Sills, William Harris

Matthew Nugent

Degree: M. Sc.
August 20, 2021
Thesis: A uSR Study of Current-Induced Destruction of Order in 1% Ti Doped Ca2Ru04
Supervisor(s): Graeme Luke

Sebastian Himbert

Degree: Ph. D.
August 30, 2021
Thesis: Biophysics Of Blood Membranes
Supervisor(s): Maikel Rheinstadter

Megan Rutherford

Degree: M. Sc.
August 12, 2021
Thesis: Dy2ScNb07: the magnetism of a mixed B-site Pyrochlore
Supervisor(s): Graeme Luke

Liam Farrell

Degree: M. Sc.
August 26, 2021
Thesis: Analogue Hawking Radiation as a Logarithmic Quantum Castastrophe
Supervisor(s): Duncan O’Dell

Moesha Emberru

Degree: M. Sc.
September 20, 2021
Thesis: Assessment of Treatment Planning Protocol for the Reduction of Dosimetry Calculation Errors in Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer Patients with Dental Implants
Supervisor(s): Orest Ostapiak

Roy Sun

Degree: M. Sc.
November 9, 2021
Thesis: Optimization and Characterization of Bi-Detector Coincidence Beta-Ray Spectrometer
Supervisor(s): Soo Hyun Byun

James Beare

Degree: Ph. D.
November 19, 2021
Thesis: muSR and AC Susceptibility as a Probe of Frustrated Pyrochlore Magnets and Type-1 Superconductivity
Supervisor(s): Graeme Luke

Sarah Dawson

Degree: Ph. D.
December 13, 2021
Thesis: Ginzburg-Ladau theory of complex spherical packing phases in soft condensed matter
Supervisor(s): An-Ching Shi

Adam Fortais

Degree: Ph. D.
December 14, 2021
Thesis: Elastic Deformations and Instabilities in Thin Fibers and Films
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Lili Zhang

Degree: Ph. D.
December 14, 2021
Thesis: Concentration and dynamics of two early fly embryo morphogens, Bicoid and Capicua, explored by FCS
Supervisor(s): Cecile Fradin

Jeremy Karam

Degree: M. Sc.
December 3, 2021
Thesis: Modelling Young Massive Cluster Formation: Mergers
Supervisor(s): Alison Sills

Veronika Dornan

Degree: M. Sc.
December 3, 2021
Thesis: Investigating the MGSC-Mh Relation in High Mass Galaxies
Supervisor(s): William Harris

Lauren Dutcher

Degree: M. Sc.
December 16, 2021
Thesis: Capillary leveling of a liquid step on a floating solid film
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Chad Turner

Degree: M. Sc.
December 6, 2021
Thesis: Quantification of Respiratory Motion in Positron Emission Tomography For Precise Radiation Treatment of Lung Cancer
Supervisor(s): Roxana Vlad

Kaitlin Cerrillo

Degree: M. Sc.
December 20, 2021
Thesis: On The Habitability Of An Impacted Young Earth: The effects of a post-impact, reducing atmosphere on Hadean Earth’s habitability
Supervisor(s): Ralph Pudritz

2020 Graduates

John Niven

Degree: Ph. D.
January 24, 2020
Thesis: Mechanical and Fluid Instabilities in Thin Polymer Films
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Dalini Maharaj

Degree: Ph. D.
April 14, 2020
Thesis: Neutron Studies on Rare-Earth and Double Perovskite Magnetic Oxides with Frustrated Tetrahedral Architectures
Supervisor(s): Bruce Gaulin

Daniel Ruiz

Degree: M. Sc.
April 27, 2020
Thesis: Investigation of Point-Particle Effective Field Theory for the Inverse-Square Model
Supervisor(s): Cliff Burgess

Ian Roberts

Degree: Ph. D.
July 31, 2020
Thesis: Galaxy Clusters and Their Role in Galaxy Evolution
Supervisor(s): Laura Parker

Dusan Vukmirovic

Degree: Ph. D.
July 15, 2020
Thesis: Natural Consumer Products in Dietary Radioprotection
Supervisor(s): Carmel Mothersill

Athanasios Psaltis

Degree: Ph. D.
August 14, 2020
Thesis: Radiative Alpha Capture on 7Be with DRAGON at vp-process Nucleosynthesis Energies
Supervisor(s): Alan Chen

Sachin Kotecha

Degree: M. Sc.
August 10, 2020
Thesis: The Effect of Cosmic Web Filaments on Quenching in Galaxy Clusters
Supervisor(s): James Wadsley and Charlotte Welker

Hamza Khattak

Degree: M. Sc.
August 19, 2020
Thesis: Direct Force Measurement of Microscopic Droplets Pulled Along Soft Surfaces
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Matthew Alessi

Degree: Ph. D.
September 1, 2020
Thesis: Connecting the Observed Properties of Exoplanet Populations to Their Formation
Supervisor(s): Ralph Pudritz

Dennis Gallant

Degree: M. Sc.
September 21, 2020
Thesis: Supperbubble Feedback in RAMSES
Supervisor(s): James Wadsley

Markus Rose

Degree: Ph. D.
September 21, 2020
Thesis: Single molecule fluorescence microscopy image analysis for the study of the 2D motion of cellulases and Bcl-2 family proteins
Supervisor(s): Cecile Fradin and Jose Moran-Mirabal

Laszlo Zalavari

Degree: Ph. D.
September 28, 2020
Thesis: Size Matters: Reduction of Nuclear-Size Related Uncertainties in Atomic Spectroscopy
Supervisor(s): Cliff Burgess

Rachna Singh

Degree: M. Sc.
September 22, 2020
Thesis: Dose Prediction for Advanced Stage Lung Cancer
Supervisor(s): Marcin Wierzbicki

Johnson Liang

Degree: Ph. D.
September 23, 2020
Thesis: Spectroscopic studies on 39-Ca for classical nova endpoint nucleosynthesis
Supervisor(s): Alan Chen

Melodie Cyr

Degree: M. Sc.
September 25, 2020
Thesis: Detection of Gadolinium in Liver and Kidney Phantoms Using X-Ray Fluorescence
Supervisor(s): David Chettle and Fiona McNeill

Jacqueline Wightman

Degree: M. Sc.
October 2, 2020
Thesis: Environmental Dependence of H-alpha disks in Nearby Star-forming galaxies
Supervisor(s): Laura Parker

Xingzhi (Steven) Cheng

Degree: M. Sc.
October 16, 2020
Thesis: Development of a Transmission-type Ultra-thin ScCVD Diamond ?E Detector for Alpha Particles
Supervisor(s): Soo Hyun Byun

Ashley Bemis

Degree: Ph. D.
October 19, 2020
Thesis: Variations in Dense Gas and Star Formation in Nearby Galaxies
Supervisor(s): Christine Wilson

Peter Hayman

Degree: Ph. D.
November 11, 2020
Thesis: Point-Particle Effective Field Theory and the Helium Ion
Supervisor(s): Cliff Burgess

Armin Hodaei

Degree: M. Sc.
November 23, 2020
Thesis: Evolutions of Dimeric Protein Interfaces after Gene Duplication
Supervisor(s): Paul Higgs

Zachary Cronkwright

Degree: M. Sc.
November 19, 2020
Thesis: Materials Preparation and Characterization of the Quasi-Two Dimensional Triangular Rare-Earth Magnets Ba6Yb2Ti4O17 and ErMgGaO4
Supervisor(s): Bruce Gaulin

Johnathan Hoggarth

Degree: M. Sc.
December 18, 2020
Thesis: Spreading of a two-dimensional granular analogue of a liquid puddle: Predicting structure through a “granular capillary length”
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Hector Robinson

Degree: M. Sc.
December 15, 2020
Thesis: Realistic Galaxy Simulations: Feedback, Magnetic Fields and the ISM
Supervisor(s): James Wadsley

Mohammad Ahmad Mahmood

Degree: M. Sc.
December 16, 2020
Thesis: Characterizing a Single Plane Illumination Microscope for Imaging Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy
Supervisor(s): Cecile Fradin

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

Wyatt Kirkby

Degree: Ph. D.
February 4, 2022
Thesis: Caustics and Flags of Chaos in Quantum Many-Body Systems
Supervisor(s): Duncan O’Dell

Nathan Brunetti

Degree: Ph. D.
February 28, 2022
Thesis: Cloud-scale molecular gas properties in nearby merging galaxies
Supervisor(s): Christine Wilson

Qianli Ma

Degree: Ph. D.
February 14, 2022
Thesis: Neutron Scattering Study on High Temperature Superconducting Material La1.6-x Nd0.4SrxCuO4
Supervisor(s): Bruce Gaulin

Gregory Kaplanek

Degree: Ph. D.
March 30th, 2022
Thesis: Some Applications of Open Effective Field Theories to Gravitating Quantum Systems
Supervisor(s): Cliff Burgess

Chi To Lai

Degree: Ph. D.
April 21, 2022
Thesis: Theory of Disperse Diblock Copolymers
Supervisor(s): An-Ching Shi

Yannick Castonguay-Page

Degree: M. Sc.
April 28, 2022
Thesis: String-Order in Multileg Kitaev-Heisenberg Ladders
Supervisor(s): Erik Sorensen

Richard Garnett

Degree: Ph. D.
June 21, 2022
Thesis: The Application of Machine Learning to Event Classification in Radiation Detectors
Supervisor(s): Soo Hyun Byun

Carmen Lee

Degree: Ph.D.
Monday, August 8th, 2022
Thesis: Driven flow of droplets and bubbles
Supervisor(s): Dalnoki-Veress

Jonathon Riddell

Degree: Ph.D.
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Thesis: Statistical Mechanics From Unitary Dynamics
Supervisor(s): Sorensen

Josef Rucska

Degree: Ph.D.
Friday, September 9, 2022
Thesis: Numerical Simulations of Planetesimal Formation
Supervisor(s): Wadsley

Felipe Rivera-Madrinan

Degree: M.Sc.
Friday, August 26th, 2022
Thesis: Replication of Genes in Rolling Circles
Supervisor(s): Higgs

Hong Yi (Alex) Lu

Degree: M.Sc.
Friday, August 26th, 2022
Thesis: The Formation Mechanisms of Galaxy Tails: A Statistical and Case Study
Supervisor(s): Parker/Wadsley

Tianyi Ren

Degree: M.S.c
Tuesday, September 13th, 2022
Thesis: Solving the Extremely High Dead Time During Ultra-High-rate Gamma-ray Spectrometry Using a LaBr3 Detector
Supervisor(s): Byun

Brendan Sheehan

Degree: M.Sc.
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Thesis: The effects of bone turnover on bone lead measurements of young women through x-ray fluorescence
Supervisor(s): McNeill

Erica Dao

Degree: Ph.D.
Thursday, November 3, 2022
Thesis: X-Ray and Optical Techniques for Classification and Characterization of Tissue for Applications in Cancer
Supervisor(s): Farquharson

Xin Wang

Degree: Ph.D.
Friday, November 18, 2022
Thesis: Theoretical studies of unconventional superconductivity in SR2RUO4 and related systems
Supervisor(s): Kallin

James Lambert

Degree: Ph.D.
Friday, December 16, 2022
Thesis: State Space Geometry of Low Dimensional Quantum Magnets
Supervisor(s): Sorensen

Waqaas Zia

Degree: M.Sc.
Monday, November 21, 2022
Thesis: Dosimetric Comparison of three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT), intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) for distal esophageal cancer treated with external radiation
Supervisor(s): Farrell

Rachel Pillsworth

Degree: M.Sc
Monday, December 5, 2022
Thesis: Coming Soon
Supervisor(s): Pudritz

2021 Graduates

Devin Burke

Degree: Ph. D.
April 9, 2021
Thesis: Development of an advanced gaseous neutron imaging system based on thick gas electron multipliers with 2d delay line readout
Supervisor(s): Soo Hyun Byun

Ben Pearce

Degree: Ph. D.
August 6, 2021
Thesis: The Origin of RNA on Biogenic Worlds
Supervisor(s): Ralph Pudritz

Jean-Christophe Ono-Dit-Biot

Degree: Ph. D.
July 21, 2021
Thesis: Droplets as model systems for investigating 2D crystals, glasses and the growth dynamics of granular aggregates
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Ryan Chown

Degree: Ph. D.
August 24, 2021
Thesis: Multi-wavelength Studies of the Interstellar Medium and Star Formation in Nearby Galaxies
Supervisor(s): Christine Wilson, Laura Parker

Annum Dawood

Degree: M. Sc.
August 12, 2021
Thesis: Immune System Modulation by Low Dose Radiation
Supervisor(s): Carmel Mothersill

Claude Cournoyer-Cloutier

Degree: M. Sc.
August 17, 2021
Thesis: Dynamical Modification of a Primordial Population of Binaries in Simulations of Star Cluster Formation
Supervisor(s): Alison Sills, William Harris

Matthew Nugent

Degree: M. Sc.
August 20, 2021
Thesis: A uSR Study of Current-Induced Destruction of Order in 1% Ti Doped Ca2Ru04
Supervisor(s): Graeme Luke

Sebastian Himbert

Degree: Ph. D.
August 30, 2021
Thesis: Biophysics Of Blood Membranes
Supervisor(s): Maikel Rheinstadter

Megan Rutherford

Degree: M. Sc.
August 12, 2021
Thesis: Dy2ScNb07: the magnetism of a mixed B-site Pyrochlore
Supervisor(s): Graeme Luke

Liam Farrell

Degree: M. Sc.
August 26, 2021
Thesis: Analogue Hawking Radiation as a Logarithmic Quantum Castastrophe
Supervisor(s): Duncan O’Dell

Moesha Emberru

Degree: M. Sc.
September 20, 2021
Thesis: Assessment of Treatment Planning Protocol for the Reduction of Dosimetry Calculation Errors in Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer Patients with Dental Implants
Supervisor(s): Orest Ostapiak

Roy Sun

Degree: M. Sc.
November 9, 2021
Thesis: Optimization and Characterization of Bi-Detector Coincidence Beta-Ray Spectrometer
Supervisor(s): Soo Hyun Byun

James Beare

Degree: Ph. D.
November 19, 2021
Thesis: muSR and AC Susceptibility as a Probe of Frustrated Pyrochlore Magnets and Type-1 Superconductivity
Supervisor(s): Graeme Luke

Sarah Dawson

Degree: Ph. D.
December 13, 2021
Thesis: Ginzburg-Ladau theory of complex spherical packing phases in soft condensed matter
Supervisor(s): An-Ching Shi

Adam Fortais

Degree: Ph. D.
December 14, 2021
Thesis: Elastic Deformations and Instabilities in Thin Fibers and Films
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Lili Zhang

Degree: Ph. D.
December 14, 2021
Thesis: Concentration and dynamics of two early fly embryo morphogens, Bicoid and Capicua, explored by FCS
Supervisor(s): Cecile Fradin

Jeremy Karam

Degree: M. Sc.
December 3, 2021
Thesis: Modelling Young Massive Cluster Formation: Mergers
Supervisor(s): Alison Sills

Veronika Dornan

Degree: M. Sc.
December 3, 2021
Thesis: Investigating the MGSC-Mh Relation in High Mass Galaxies
Supervisor(s): William Harris

Lauren Dutcher

Degree: M. Sc.
December 16, 2021
Thesis: Capillary leveling of a liquid step on a floating solid film
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Chad Turner

Degree: M. Sc.
December 6, 2021
Thesis: Quantification of Respiratory Motion in Positron Emission Tomography For Precise Radiation Treatment of Lung Cancer
Supervisor(s): Roxana Vlad

Kaitlin Cerrillo

Degree: M. Sc.
December 20, 2021
Thesis: On The Habitability Of An Impacted Young Earth: The effects of a post-impact, reducing atmosphere on Hadean Earth’s habitability
Supervisor(s): Ralph Pudritz

2020 Graduates

John Niven

Degree: Ph. D.
January 24, 2020
Thesis: Mechanical and Fluid Instabilities in Thin Polymer Films
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Dalini Maharaj

Degree: Ph. D.
April 14, 2020
Thesis: Neutron Studies on Rare-Earth and Double Perovskite Magnetic Oxides with Frustrated Tetrahedral Architectures
Supervisor(s): Bruce Gaulin

Daniel Ruiz

Degree: M. Sc.
April 27, 2020
Thesis: Investigation of Point-Particle Effective Field Theory for the Inverse-Square Model
Supervisor(s): Cliff Burgess

Ian Roberts

Degree: Ph. D.
July 31, 2020
Thesis: Galaxy Clusters and Their Role in Galaxy Evolution
Supervisor(s): Laura Parker

Dusan Vukmirovic

Degree: Ph. D.
July 15, 2020
Thesis: Natural Consumer Products in Dietary Radioprotection
Supervisor(s): Carmel Mothersill

Athanasios Psaltis

Degree: Ph. D.
August 14, 2020
Thesis: Radiative Alpha Capture on 7Be with DRAGON at vp-process Nucleosynthesis Energies
Supervisor(s): Alan Chen

Sachin Kotecha

Degree: M. Sc.
August 10, 2020
Thesis: The Effect of Cosmic Web Filaments on Quenching in Galaxy Clusters
Supervisor(s): James Wadsley and Charlotte Welker

Hamza Khattak

Degree: M. Sc.
August 19, 2020
Thesis: Direct Force Measurement of Microscopic Droplets Pulled Along Soft Surfaces
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Matthew Alessi

Degree: Ph. D.
September 1, 2020
Thesis: Connecting the Observed Properties of Exoplanet Populations to Their Formation
Supervisor(s): Ralph Pudritz

Dennis Gallant

Degree: M. Sc.
September 21, 2020
Thesis: Supperbubble Feedback in RAMSES
Supervisor(s): James Wadsley

Markus Rose

Degree: Ph. D.
September 21, 2020
Thesis: Single molecule fluorescence microscopy image analysis for the study of the 2D motion of cellulases and Bcl-2 family proteins
Supervisor(s): Cecile Fradin and Jose Moran-Mirabal

Laszlo Zalavari

Degree: Ph. D.
September 28, 2020
Thesis: Size Matters: Reduction of Nuclear-Size Related Uncertainties in Atomic Spectroscopy
Supervisor(s): Cliff Burgess

Rachna Singh

Degree: M. Sc.
September 22, 2020
Thesis: Dose Prediction for Advanced Stage Lung Cancer
Supervisor(s): Marcin Wierzbicki

Johnson Liang

Degree: Ph. D.
September 23, 2020
Thesis: Spectroscopic studies on 39-Ca for classical nova endpoint nucleosynthesis
Supervisor(s): Alan Chen

Melodie Cyr

Degree: M. Sc.
September 25, 2020
Thesis: Detection of Gadolinium in Liver and Kidney Phantoms Using X-Ray Fluorescence
Supervisor(s): David Chettle and Fiona McNeill

Jacqueline Wightman

Degree: M. Sc.
October 2, 2020
Thesis: Environmental Dependence of H-alpha disks in Nearby Star-forming galaxies
Supervisor(s): Laura Parker

Xingzhi (Steven) Cheng

Degree: M. Sc.
October 16, 2020
Thesis: Development of a Transmission-type Ultra-thin ScCVD Diamond ?E Detector for Alpha Particles
Supervisor(s): Soo Hyun Byun

Ashley Bemis

Degree: Ph. D.
October 19, 2020
Thesis: Variations in Dense Gas and Star Formation in Nearby Galaxies
Supervisor(s): Christine Wilson

Peter Hayman

Degree: Ph. D.
November 11, 2020
Thesis: Point-Particle Effective Field Theory and the Helium Ion
Supervisor(s): Cliff Burgess

Armin Hodaei

Degree: M. Sc.
November 23, 2020
Thesis: Evolutions of Dimeric Protein Interfaces after Gene Duplication
Supervisor(s): Paul Higgs

Zachary Cronkwright

Degree: M. Sc.
November 19, 2020
Thesis: Materials Preparation and Characterization of the Quasi-Two Dimensional Triangular Rare-Earth Magnets Ba6Yb2Ti4O17 and ErMgGaO4
Supervisor(s): Bruce Gaulin

Johnathan Hoggarth

Degree: M. Sc.
December 18, 2020
Thesis: Spreading of a two-dimensional granular analogue of a liquid puddle: Predicting structure through a “granular capillary length”
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Hector Robinson

Degree: M. Sc.
December 15, 2020
Thesis: Realistic Galaxy Simulations: Feedback, Magnetic Fields and the ISM
Supervisor(s): James Wadsley

Mohammad Ahmad Mahmood

Degree: M. Sc.
December 16, 2020
Thesis: Characterizing a Single Plane Illumination Microscope for Imaging Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy
Supervisor(s): Cecile Fradin

2019

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

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

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