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Faculty of Science

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