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Faculty of Science

2022 Graduates

We are very proud of all our recent graduates. Scroll to explore the theses of our recent graduates.

Wyatt Kirkby

Degree: Ph. D.
February 4, 2022
Thesis: Caustics and Flags of Chaos in Quantum Many-Body Systems
Supervisor(s): Duncan O’Dell

Nathan Brunetti

Degree: Ph. D.
February 28, 2022
Thesis: Cloud-scale molecular gas properties in nearby merging galaxies
Supervisor(s): Christine Wilson

Qianli Ma

Degree: Ph. D.
February 14, 2022
Thesis: Neutron Scattering Study on High Temperature Superconducting Material La1.6-x Nd0.4SrxCuO4
Supervisor(s): Bruce Gaulin

Gregory Kaplanek

Degree: Ph. D.
March 30th, 2022
Thesis: Some Applications of Open Effective Field Theories to Gravitating Quantum Systems
Supervisor(s): Cliff Burgess

Chi To Lai

Degree: Ph. D.
April 21, 2022
Thesis: Theory of Disperse Diblock Copolymers
Supervisor(s): An-Ching Shi

Yannick Castonguay-Page

Degree: M. Sc.
April 28, 2022
Thesis: String-Order in Multileg Kitaev-Heisenberg Ladders
Supervisor(s): Erik Sorensen

Richard Garnett

Degree: Ph. D.
June 21, 2022
Thesis: The Application of Machine Learning to Event Classification in Radiation Detectors
Supervisor(s): Soo Hyun Byun

Carmen Lee

Degree: Ph.D.
Monday, August 8th, 2022
Thesis: Driven flow of droplets and bubbles
Supervisor(s): Dalnoki-Veress

Jonathon Riddell

Degree: Ph.D.
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Thesis: Statistical Mechanics From Unitary Dynamics
Supervisor(s): Sorensen

Josef Rucska

Degree: Ph.D.
Friday, September 9, 2022
Thesis: Numerical Simulations of Planetesimal Formation
Supervisor(s): Wadsley

Felipe Rivera-Madrinan

Degree: M.Sc.
Friday, August 26th, 2022
Thesis: Replication of Genes in Rolling Circles
Supervisor(s): Higgs

Hong Yi (Alex) Lu

Degree: M.Sc.
Friday, August 26th, 2022
Thesis: The Formation Mechanisms of Galaxy Tails: A Statistical and Case Study
Supervisor(s): Parker/Wadsley

Tianyi Ren

Degree: M.S.c
Tuesday, September 13th, 2022
Thesis: Solving the Extremely High Dead Time During Ultra-High-rate Gamma-ray Spectrometry Using a LaBr3 Detector
Supervisor(s): Byun

Brendan Sheehan

Degree: M.Sc.
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Thesis: The effects of bone turnover on bone lead measurements of young women through x-ray fluorescence
Supervisor(s): McNeill

Erica Dao

Degree: Ph.D.
Thursday, November 3, 2022
Thesis: X-Ray and Optical Techniques for Classification and Characterization of Tissue for Applications in Cancer
Supervisor(s): Farquharson

Xin Wang

Degree: Ph.D.
Friday, November 18, 2022
Thesis: Theoretical studies of unconventional superconductivity in SR2RUO4 and related systems
Supervisor(s): Kallin

James Lambert

Degree: Ph.D.
Friday, December 16, 2022
Thesis: State Space Geometry of Low Dimensional Quantum Magnets
Supervisor(s): Sorensen

Waqaas Zia

Degree: M.Sc.
Monday, November 21, 2022
Thesis: Dosimetric Comparison of three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT), intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) for distal esophageal cancer treated with external radiation
Supervisor(s): Farrell

Rachel Pillsworth

Degree: M.Sc
Monday, December 5, 2022
Thesis: Bridging the gap: fragmentation, filamentary feeding and cluster formation in the ISM
Supervisor(s): Pudritz