Postdoctoral Scholars

Razyeh Behbahani

Post-doc w/ Prof. Karttunen

Research Interests / Specializations: Computational condensed matter physics, Micromagnetic simulations of magnetic nanoparticles with application to magnetic hyperthermia, Machine learning applications for ceramic optimization

Ryan Chown

Post-doc w/ Prof. Peeters

Research Interests / Specializations: Interstellar medium and star formation in nearby galaxies and the Milky Way. Radio, sub-mm, infrared, and optical observations

Matthew Davies

Post-doc w/ Prof. Karttunen

Research Interests / Specializations: Computational soft matter physics, phase behaviour of fluids, machine learning applied to molecular structures, molecular dynamics

Ramit Dey

Post-doc w/ Prof. Basu

Research Interests / Specializations: Gravitational waves, astrophysical stochastic background, quantum black holes/exotic compact objects, formation and growth of supermassive black holes, machine learning

Mohammad Ghoreyshi

Post-doc w/ Prof. C.E. Jones

Research Interests / Specializations: Circumstellar Materials in Be, B[e], Supergiant, Hypergiant, Be X-Ray binary, and Eclipsing Binary Stars; Computational Astrophysics

Nisha Sharma

Post-doc w/ Prof. Goncharova

Research Interests / Specializations: Ion Scattering, Surface Science, Photonics of photovoltaic devices, and Optoelectronics

Ameek Sidhu

Post-doc w/ Prof. Peeters

Research Interests / Specializations: Infrared spectroscopy, Interstellar Medium, Photodissociation regions, carbonaceous molecules: Polycyclic Aromatic hydrocarbons and fullerenes (observations/theory)

Denis Vida

Post-doc w/ Prof. Brown

Research Interests / Specializations: Meteor physics

Robert Wells

Post-doc w/ Prof. Metchev

Research Interests / Specializations: Exoplanet detection and characterization, transit surveys, M-dwarfs, UCDs, space-based photometry, robotic telescopes