Alumni of the Luke Group -- Click on Thesis Titles for link to download
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
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
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
Yipeng Cai
- PhD thesis: Frustrated magnetism studies in NaCaNi2F7, Er3Ga5O12 and ErMgGaO4
- Completed 2019.
- Current position: Postdoctoral Research Scientist, TRIUMF & University of British Columbia
Murray Wilson
- PhD thesis: Muon Spin Rotation Studies of URu2Si2 and Dichalcogenide Superconductors.
- Completed 2018.
- Current position: Assistant Professor, Memorial University
Alannah Hallas
- PhD thesis: Application of Chemical Pressure to Magnetically Frustrated Pyrochlores
- Completed 2017.
- Current position: Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
Tim Munsie
- PhD thesis: Constrained Magnetism in the Niobates
- MSc thesis: Studies of the Low Temperature Behaviour of CoNb2O6
- Completed 2017.
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.
Adam Aczel
- PhD thesis: Studies of Bose-Einstein Condensation in Magnetic Insulators.
- Completed 2010.
- Present Position: Staff Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Jose Rodriguez
- PhD thesis:
- Completed 2009.
- Present Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at PSI (Switzerland).
Weiqiang Yu
- Postdoc
- 2008-2009
- Present Position: Professor of Physics at Remnin University (China).
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.
Sung-Jae Kim
- MSc thesis: Magnetic Properties of the Pyrochlore Ho2Ru2O7.
- Completed 2007.
Pavlos Kyriakou
- MSc thesis: Studies of Zn-Doped Bi2212
- Completed 2005.
Martin Rovers
- MSc thesis: Muon Spin Relaxation Investigation of the Spin Dynamics of Geometrically Frustrated Chromites
- Completed 2004.