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Faculty of Science

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