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Faculty of Science

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