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Faculty of Science

2020 Graduates

John Niven

Degree: Ph. D.
January 24, 2020
Thesis: Mechanical and Fluid Instabilities in Thin Polymer Films
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Dalini Maharaj

Degree: Ph. D.
April 14, 2020
Thesis: Neutron Studies on Rare-Earth and Double Perovskite Magnetic Oxides with Frustrated Tetrahedral Architectures
Supervisor(s): Bruce Gaulin

Daniel Ruiz

Degree: M. Sc.
April 27, 2020
Thesis: Investigation of Point-Particle Effective Field Theory for the Inverse-Square Model
Supervisor(s): Cliff Burgess

Ian Roberts

Degree: Ph. D.
July 31, 2020
Thesis: Galaxy Clusters and Their Role in Galaxy Evolution
Supervisor(s): Laura Parker

Dusan Vukmirovic

Degree: Ph. D.
July 15, 2020
Thesis: Natural Consumer Products in Dietary Radioprotection
Supervisor(s): Carmel Mothersill

Athanasios Psaltis

Degree: Ph. D.
August 14, 2020
Thesis: Radiative Alpha Capture on 7Be with DRAGON at vp-process Nucleosynthesis Energies
Supervisor(s): Alan Chen

Sachin Kotecha

Degree: M. Sc.
August 10, 2020
Thesis: The Effect of Cosmic Web Filaments on Quenching in Galaxy Clusters
Supervisor(s): James Wadsley and Charlotte Welker

Hamza Khattak

Degree: M. Sc.
August 19, 2020
Thesis: Direct Force Measurement of Microscopic Droplets Pulled Along Soft Surfaces
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Matthew Alessi

Degree: Ph. D.
September 1, 2020
Thesis: Connecting the Observed Properties of Exoplanet Populations to Their Formation
Supervisor(s): Ralph Pudritz

Dennis Gallant

Degree: M. Sc.
September 21, 2020
Thesis: Supperbubble Feedback in RAMSES
Supervisor(s): James Wadsley

Markus Rose

Degree: Ph. D.
September 21, 2020
Thesis: Single molecule fluorescence microscopy image analysis for the study of the 2D motion of cellulases and Bcl-2 family proteins
Supervisor(s): Cecile Fradin and Jose Moran-Mirabal

Laszlo Zalavari

Degree: Ph. D.
September 28, 2020
Thesis: Size Matters: Reduction of Nuclear-Size Related Uncertainties in Atomic Spectroscopy
Supervisor(s): Cliff Burgess

Rachna Singh

Degree: M. Sc.
September 22, 2020
Thesis: Dose Prediction for Advanced Stage Lung Cancer
Supervisor(s): Marcin Wierzbicki

Johnson Liang

Degree: Ph. D.
September 23, 2020
Thesis: Spectroscopic studies on 39-Ca for classical nova endpoint nucleosynthesis
Supervisor(s): Alan Chen

Melodie Cyr

Degree: M. Sc.
September 25, 2020
Thesis: Detection of Gadolinium in Liver and Kidney Phantoms Using X-Ray Fluorescence
Supervisor(s): David Chettle and Fiona McNeill

Jacqueline Wightman

Degree: M. Sc.
October 2, 2020
Thesis: Environmental Dependence of H-alpha disks in Nearby Star-forming galaxies
Supervisor(s): Laura Parker

Xingzhi (Steven) Cheng

Degree: M. Sc.
October 16, 2020
Thesis: Development of a Transmission-type Ultra-thin ScCVD Diamond ?E Detector for Alpha Particles
Supervisor(s): Soo Hyun Byun

Ashley Bemis

Degree: Ph. D.
October 19, 2020
Thesis: Variations in Dense Gas and Star Formation in Nearby Galaxies
Supervisor(s): Christine Wilson

Peter Hayman

Degree: Ph. D.
November 11, 2020
Thesis: Point-Particle Effective Field Theory and the Helium Ion
Supervisor(s): Cliff Burgess

Armin Hodaei

Degree: M. Sc.
November 23, 2020
Thesis: Evolutions of Dimeric Protein Interfaces after Gene Duplication
Supervisor(s): Paul Higgs

Zachary Cronkwright

Degree: M. Sc.
November 19, 2020
Thesis: Materials Preparation and Characterization of the Quasi-Two Dimensional Triangular Rare-Earth Magnets Ba6Yb2Ti4O17 and ErMgGaO4
Supervisor(s): Bruce Gaulin

Johnathan Hoggarth

Degree: M. Sc.
December 18, 2020
Thesis: Spreading of a two-dimensional granular analogue of a liquid puddle: Predicting structure through a “granular capillary length”
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Hector Robinson

Degree: M. Sc.
December 15, 2020
Thesis: Realistic Galaxy Simulations: Feedback, Magnetic Fields and the ISM
Supervisor(s): James Wadsley

Mohammad Ahmad Mahmood

Degree: M. Sc.
December 16, 2020
Thesis: Characterizing a Single Plane Illumination Microscope for Imaging Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy
Supervisor(s): Cecile Fradin