Graduate Students
Matheus Adam
Physics PhD candidateSupervisors: Dr. Lyudmila Goncharova & Dr. Peter Simpson
Research Interests / Specializations: Nanomaterials and Surface Science
John Adams
Physics PhD candidateSupervisors: Dr. Blaine Chronik
Research Interests / Specializations: MRI simulations
Navid Afrasiabian
Physics PhD candidateSupervisor: Dr. Colin Denniston
Research Interests / Specializations: Polymer Physics, Fluid Dynamics
Nadia Aiaseh
Physics MSc candidateSupervisor: Dr. Olga Trichtchenko
Research Interests / Specializations: Nonlinear Waves
Sheyda Alavi
Physics MSc candidateSupervisor: Dr. Colin Denniston
Research Interests / Specializations: Computational Condensed Matter Physics
Charmi Bhatt
Astronomy PhD CandidateSupervisor: Dr. Jan Cami
Research Interests / Specializations: Interstellar and Circumstellar Medium
Sage Buchanan
Physics MSc CandidateSupervisor: Dr. Lyudmila Goncharova & Dr. Mark Biesinger
Research Interests / Specializations:
Emma Caruso
Physics MSc CandidateSupervisor: Dr. Mahi Singh
Research Interests / Specializations:
Dakota Cecil
Astronomy PhD candidateSupervisor: Dr. Margaret Campbell-Brown
Research Interests / Specializations:
Setareh Changizrezaei
Physics PhD candidateSupervisor: Dr. Colin Denniston
Research Interests / Specializations: Computer Simulation of Confined Plymer/Colloid Systems in Flow
Ariel Chitan
Astronomy PhD CandidateSupervisor: Dr. Sarah Gallagher
Research Interests / Specializations:
Ian Chow
Astronomy MSc CandidateSupervisor: Dr. Peter Brown
Research Interests / Specializations:
Hannah Christie
Astronomy MSc CandidateSupervisor: Dr. Pauline Barmby
Research Interests / Specializations:
Nicholas Clark
Astronomy MSc candidateSupervisor: Dr. Els Peeters & Dr. Jan Cami
Research Interests / Specializations: PAHs in Planetary Nebulae
Callum Dewsnap
Astronomy PhD candidateSupervisors: Dr. Pauline Barmby & Dr. Sarah Gallagher
Research Interests / Specializations: Extragalatic Astronomy
Logan Dewsnap
Astronomy PhD candidateSupervisor: Dr. Margaret Campbell-Brown
Research Interests / Specializations:
Dilanjan Diyabalanage
Physics PhD candidateSupervisor: Dr. Andrea Soddu
Research Interests / Specializations: Medical Physics (Neuroscience)
Tammy Do
Astronomy MSc CandidateSupervisor: Dr. Peter Brown
Research Interests / Specializations:
Matheus do Carmo Carhalho
Astronomy MSc candidateSupervisor: Dr. Pauline Barmby
Research Interests / Specializations: Extragalatic Astronomy
Chinenye Ekeruche
Physics PhD candidateSupervisors: Dr. Lyudmila Goncharova & Dr. Peter Simpson
Research Interests / Specializations: Materials, Surface Science, Photonics: Optoelectronics, Solar: Photovoaltaics
Ningyan "Louis" Fang
Physics PhD candidateSupervisors: Dr. Martin Houde & Dr. Feresteh Rajabi
Research Interests / Specializations:
Pietropaolo Frisoni
Physics PhD candidateSupervisors: Dr. Francesca Vidotto & Dr. Dan Christensen
Research Interests / Specializations:
Chris Fox
Astronomy PhD candidateSupervisor: Dr. Paul Wiegert
Research Interests / Specializations:
Cole R. Gregg
Astronomy PhD candidateSupervisor: Dr. Paul Wiegert
Research Interests / Specializations: Dynamical Astronomy and Minor Body Detection
Jamie Griffiths
Astronomy MSc candidateSupervisor: Dr. Carol Jones
Research Interests / Specializations: Be Stars
Adrien Hélias
Astronomy PhD candidateSupervisors: Dr. Pauline Barmby & Dr. Sarah Gallagher
Research Interests / Specializations: Galaxy Kinematics, Dwarf Galaxies, Active Galactic Nuclei, Observational Astronomy
Alexander Henry
Physics MSc candidateSupervisors: Dr. Lyudmila Goncharova & Dr. Peter Simpson
Research Interests / Specializations:
Yasoda Vasura Jayaweera
Physics PhD candidateSupervisors: Dr. Robert Sica & Dr. Alexander Haefele
Research Interests / Specializations: Atmospheric Physics
Xintong Jiang
Physics MSc CandidateSupervisor: Dr. Mahi Singh
Research Interests / Specializations:
Baria Shafiq Khan
Astronomy MSc candidateSupervisor: Dr. Els Peeters
Research Interests / Specializations: Astrochemistry, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), Interstellar and Circumstellar Medium
Yung Ellen Kipreos
Astronomy PhD candidateSupervisors: Dr. Peter Brown, Dr. Margaret Campbell-Brown & Dr. Paul Wiegert
Research Interests / Specializations: Meteoroid Stream Simulations
Aishwarya Kumar
Astronomy PhD candidateSupervisor: Dr. Martin Houde
Research Interests / Specializations: Physics of the Interstellar Medium
Bryan Lailey
Astronomy PhD CandidateSupervisor: Dr. Aaron Sigut
Research Interests / Specializations: Stellar Astrophysics; Machine Learning
Samantha Lambier
Astronomy MSc candidateSupervisor: Dr. Stan Metchev
Research Interests / Specializations: Exoplanets, Brown Dwarfs
Xiyuan Li
Physics MSc candidateSupervisors: Dr. Shantanu Basu & Dr. Sree Ram Valluri
Research Interests / Specializations: Gravitational Waves, Relativity, Black Holes
Diego Martinez
Physics PhD candidateSupervisor: Dr. Blaine Chronik
Research Interests / Specializations:
Luke McFadden
Phsyics PhD CandidateSupervisor: Dr. Peter Brown
Research Interests / Specializations: Polymer Physics, Fluid Dynamics
Carlos Mendes
Physics MSc candidateSupervisors: Dr. Giovanni Fanchini & Dr. T.K. Sham
Research Interests / Specializations:
Qingzhou Meng
Physics MSc CandidateSupervisor: Dr. Mahi Singh
Research Interests / Specializations:
Yasamin Modabber
Physics MSc CandidateSupervisor: Dr. Gonca Erdemci-Tandogan & Dr. Mikko Karttunen
Research Interests / Specializations:
Mateo Pascual Gomez-Cuetara
Physics PhD CandidateSupervisors: Dr. Francesca Vidotto & Dr. Chris Smeenk
Research Interests / Specializations:
Sofia Rose Maria Pasquini
Astronomy MSc candidateSupervisor: Dr. Els Peeters
Research Interests / Specializations: Astrochemistry and Machine Learning
Samuel Perron
Physics PhD candidateSupervisor: Dr. Alexei Ouriadov
Research Interests / Specializations: MRI Physics
Victoria Pinnegar
Astronomy PhD candidateSupervisor: Dr. Robert Sica
Research Interests / Specializations:
Rina Rast
Astronomy MSc candidateSupervisor: Dr. Carol Jones
Research Interests / Specializations: Be Stars
Karnav Raval
Physics MSc CandidateSupervisor: Dr. Olga Trichtchenko
Research Interests / Specializations:
Anusha Ravikumar
Astronomy PhD candidate<Supervisor: Dr. Aaron Sigut
Research Interests / Specializations: Stellar Astrophysics
Lamies Sati
Physics MSc CandidateSupervisor: Dr. Mahi Singh
Research Interests / Specializations:
Bethany Reid Schefter
Astronomy PhD candidateSupervisors: Dr. Jan Cami & Dr. Els Peeters
Research Interests / Specializations: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) and Fullerenes
Ramanpreet Kaur Sembhi
Physics PhD candidateSupervisor: Dr. Alexei Ouriadov
Research Interests / Specializations: Brain Imaging
Steven Silber
Physics PhD candidateSupervisor: Dr. Mikko Karttunen
Research Interests / Specializations: Materials Simulations
Charlotte Smith-Perez
Physics MSc CandidateSupervisor: Dr. Els Peeters
Research Interests / Specializations:
Farshid Soltani
Physics PhD candidateSupervisors: Dr. Francesca Vidotto & Dr. Dan Christensen
Research Interests / Specializations: Black Holes, Quantum Gravity
Noah Stocek
Physics PhD candidate<Supervisor: Dr. Giovanni Fanchini
Research Interests / Specializations:
Mark Suffak
Physics PhD candidateSupervisor: Dr. Carol Jones
Research Interests / Specializations: Be Stars
Emily Tracey
Physics MSc CandidateSupervisor: Dr. Robert Sica
Research Interests / Specializations:
Claudia Tugulan
Physics PhD candidateSupervisor: Dr. Olga Trichtchenko
Research Interests / Specializations:
Annika Vetter
Astronomy MSc candidateSupervisor: Dr. Carol Jones
Research Interests / Specializations:
Maximilian Vovk
Astronomy PhD candidateSupervisor: Dr. Peter Brown
Research Interests / Specializations: Meteor Physics
Xin Wei
Physics MSc candidateSupervisor: Dr. Giovanni Fanchini
Research Interests / Specializations: Organic Photovoltaics
Kasia Wisniewski
Physics MSc candidateSupervisors: Dr. Peter Brown
Research Interests / Specializations:
Jared Wogan
Physics MSc candidateSupervisor: Dr. Francesca Vidotto
Research Interests / Specializations: Quantum Gravity
Wei Zhu
Physics MSc candidateSupervisors: Dr. Lyudmila Goncharova & Dr. Eric Johlin
Research Interests / Specializations:
