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Faculty of Science

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