Alumni of the Luke Group -- Click on Thesis Titles for link to download
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James Beare
- PhD thesis: μSR and AC Susceptibility as a Probe of Frustrated Pyrochlore Magnets and Type-1 Superconductivity
- Completed 2021.
- Current position: Postdoctoral Research Scientist, McMaster University
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Matthew Nugent
- MSc thesis: A μSR Study of Current-Induced Destruction of Order in 1% Ti Doped Ca2RuO4
- Completed 2021.
- Current position: Teacher's College: Western University
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Megan Rutherford
- MSc thesis: Dy2ScNbO7: a study of the effect of a disordered B-site on the spin ice magnetism typically seen in dysprosium pyrochlores
- Completed 2021.
- Current position: PhD Candidate, University of British Columbia
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Yipeng Cai
- PhD thesis: Frustrated magnetism studies in NaCaNi2F7, Er3Ga5O12 and ErMgGaO4
- Completed 2019.
- Current position: Postdoctoral Research Scientist, TRIUMF & University of British Columbia
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Murray Wilson
- PhD thesis: Muon Spin Rotation Studies of URu2Si2 and Dichalcogenide Superconductors.
- Completed 2018.
- Current position: Assistant Professor, Memorial University
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Alannah Hallas
- PhD thesis: Application of Chemical Pressure to Magnetically Frustrated Pyrochlores
- Completed 2017.
- Current position: Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
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Tim Munsie
- PhD thesis: Constrained Magnetism in the Niobates
- MSc thesis: Studies of the Low Temperature Behaviour of CoNb2O6
- Completed 2017.
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Teresa Medina
- MSc thesis: Magnetic Characterization of Y2-xBixIr2O7: A Muon Spin Rotation/Relaxation and Susceptibility Study
- Completed 2014.
- Present Position: D-Wave Systems in Burnaby, B.C.
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Adam Aczel
- PhD thesis: Studies of Bose-Einstein Condensation in Magnetic Insulators.
- Completed 2010.
- Present Position: Staff Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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Jose Rodriguez
- PhD thesis:
- Completed 2009.
- Present Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at PSI (Switzerland).
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Weiqiang Yu
- Postdoc
- 2008-2009
- Present Position: Professor of Physics at Remnin University (China).
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Greg MacDougall
- PhD thesis: μSR and Susceptibility Studies of the Normal State of Unconventional Superconductors
- Completed 2008.
- After graduation: Research Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
- Present position: Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Illinois.
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Sung-Jae Kim
- MSc thesis: Magnetic Properties of the Pyrochlore Ho2Ru2O7.
- Completed 2007.
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Pavlos Kyriakou
- MSc thesis: Studies of Zn-Doped Bi2212
- Completed 2005.
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Martin Rovers
- MSc thesis: Muon Spin Relaxation Investigation of the Spin Dynamics of Geometrically Frustrated Chromites
- Completed 2004.