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Faculty of Science

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