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Faculty of Science

2021 Graduates

Devin Burke

Degree: Ph. D.
April 9, 2021
Thesis: Development of an advanced gaseous neutron imaging system based on thick gas electron multipliers with 2d delay line readout
Supervisor(s): Soo Hyun Byun

Ben Pearce

Degree: Ph. D.
August 6, 2021
Thesis: The Origin of RNA on Biogenic Worlds
Supervisor(s): Ralph Pudritz

Jean-Christophe Ono-Dit-Biot

Degree: Ph. D.
July 21, 2021
Thesis: Droplets as model systems for investigating 2D crystals, glasses and the growth dynamics of granular aggregates
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Ryan Chown

Degree: Ph. D.
August 24, 2021
Thesis: Multi-wavelength Studies of the Interstellar Medium and Star Formation in Nearby Galaxies
Supervisor(s): Christine Wilson, Laura Parker

Annum Dawood

Degree: M. Sc.
August 12, 2021
Thesis: Immune System Modulation by Low Dose Radiation
Supervisor(s): Carmel Mothersill

Claude Cournoyer-Cloutier

Degree: M. Sc.
August 17, 2021
Thesis: Dynamical Modification of a Primordial Population of Binaries in Simulations of Star Cluster Formation
Supervisor(s): Alison Sills, William Harris

Matthew Nugent

Degree: M. Sc.
August 20, 2021
Thesis: A uSR Study of Current-Induced Destruction of Order in 1% Ti Doped Ca2Ru04
Supervisor(s): Graeme Luke

Sebastian Himbert

Degree: Ph. D.
August 30, 2021
Thesis: Biophysics Of Blood Membranes
Supervisor(s): Maikel Rheinstadter

Megan Rutherford

Degree: M. Sc.
August 12, 2021
Thesis: Dy2ScNb07: the magnetism of a mixed B-site Pyrochlore
Supervisor(s): Graeme Luke

Liam Farrell

Degree: M. Sc.
August 26, 2021
Thesis: Analogue Hawking Radiation as a Logarithmic Quantum Castastrophe
Supervisor(s): Duncan O’Dell

Moesha Emberru

Degree: M. Sc.
September 20, 2021
Thesis: Assessment of Treatment Planning Protocol for the Reduction of Dosimetry Calculation Errors in Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer Patients with Dental Implants
Supervisor(s): Orest Ostapiak

Roy Sun

Degree: M. Sc.
November 9, 2021
Thesis: Optimization and Characterization of Bi-Detector Coincidence Beta-Ray Spectrometer
Supervisor(s): Soo Hyun Byun

James Beare

Degree: Ph. D.
November 19, 2021
Thesis: muSR and AC Susceptibility as a Probe of Frustrated Pyrochlore Magnets and Type-1 Superconductivity
Supervisor(s): Graeme Luke

Sarah Dawson

Degree: Ph. D.
December 13, 2021
Thesis: Ginzburg-Ladau theory of complex spherical packing phases in soft condensed matter
Supervisor(s): An-Ching Shi

Adam Fortais

Degree: Ph. D.
December 14, 2021
Thesis: Elastic Deformations and Instabilities in Thin Fibers and Films
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Lili Zhang

Degree: Ph. D.
December 14, 2021
Thesis: Concentration and dynamics of two early fly embryo morphogens, Bicoid and Capicua, explored by FCS
Supervisor(s): Cecile Fradin

Jeremy Karam

Degree: M. Sc.
December 3, 2021
Thesis: Modelling Young Massive Cluster Formation: Mergers
Supervisor(s): Alison Sills

Veronika Dornan

Degree: M. Sc.
December 3, 2021
Thesis: Investigating the MGSC-Mh Relation in High Mass Galaxies
Supervisor(s): William Harris

Lauren Dutcher

Degree: M. Sc.
December 16, 2021
Thesis: Capillary leveling of a liquid step on a floating solid film
Supervisor(s): Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Chad Turner

Degree: M. Sc.
December 6, 2021
Thesis: Quantification of Respiratory Motion in Positron Emission Tomography For Precise Radiation Treatment of Lung Cancer
Supervisor(s): Roxana Vlad

Kaitlin Cerrillo

Degree: M. Sc.
December 20, 2021
Thesis: On The Habitability Of An Impacted Young Earth: The effects of a post-impact, reducing atmosphere on Hadean Earth’s habitability
Supervisor(s): Ralph Pudritz