Physics

Pedro Villalba González

Pedro Villalba González

PhD student

Cosmology, cosmic background radiation, galactic foregrounds

Mark Van Raamsdonk

Assistant Professor

String theory, quantum field theory, quantum gravity, elementary particle theory, high energy theory

 

Dr. Jaymie Matthews, PhD

Dr. Jaymie Matthews, PhD

Professor

MOST: Canada’s first space telescope, pulsating stars and the nature of stars in general, search for and study of extrasolar planets, public education in astronomy, tracking asteroids from space, solar system, space science

Dr. Janis McKenna

Dr. Janis McKenna

Professor

Particle physics, subatomic physics, quarks, leptons, accelerators and their applications, science education, women in physics, women in science, solar system,

Gordon W. Semenoff

Gordon W. Semenoff

Professor

Elementary particles, quarks, unified field theories, superstring theory

Douglas Scott, PhD

Douglas Scott, PhD

Professor

Cosmology, the Universe, large scale structure, cosmic microwave background, dark matter, galaxies, astrophysics, solar system, space science

William Unruh

Professor

Black holes, cosmology, quantum computers, theory of gravity, solar system, space science

Brett Gladman

Brett Gladman

Professor

Astronomy, planetary science, meteorites, astrobiology, solar system, space science

Andre Marziali

Andre Marziali

Associate Professor

Director of Engineering Physics

Teaching methods, pedagogy, robotics in education, nanotechnology, engineering physics, genomics

Jeremy Heyl, AB (Princeton), MSc (Cambridge), PhD (UCSC)

Jeremy Heyl, AB (Princeton), MSc (Cambridge), PhD (UCSC)

Professor

Neutron stars, high-energy astrophysics, black holes, x-ray astronomy, theoretical astrophysics, stars, quantum field theory, white dwarfs, solar system, space science

Scott Oser, PhD

Scott Oser, PhD

Professor

Neutrinos, particle physics, particle astrophysics, dark matter, SuperCDMS, solar system, space science

Andrea Damascelli, PhD

Andrea Damascelli, PhD

Associate Professor

Canada Research Chair in Electronic Structure of Solids

Electronic structure of solids, strongly correlated electron systems, low dimensional spin systems, thin films and nanostructures, transition metal oxides, high-Tc superconductors, linear and nonlinear optical spectroscopies, angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, photoelectron spectroscopy, synchrotron based spectroscopies

Gary Hinshaw

Gary Hinshaw

Professor

Cosmology, cosmic background radiation, solar system, space science

Daniel Coombs, PhD

Daniel Coombs, PhD

Professor

Modelling infectious disease, modeling opioid addiction, immunology, applied mathematics,

Mark Halpern, PhD

Mark Halpern, PhD

Professor

Cosmology, cosmic background radiation, history of star formation, measuring the geometry and contents of the universe, satellites, balloon-borne telescopes, the physics of music, solar system, space science

Kris Sigurdson, PhD

Associate Professor, Theoretical Physics and Cosmology

The universe, cosmology, dark matter, dark energy, particle physics, astrophysics, cosmic microwave background, cosmic 21-cm fluctuations, radio astronomy, CHIME, solar system, space science

Ingrid Stairs

Professor

Pulsars, gravity, general relativity, radio astronomy, radio pulsars, pulsar searches and long-term timing, solar system, space science

Dr. Sean Fleming

Dr. Sean Fleming

Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences

Applied R&D Technical Lead, National Water and Climate Center, US Department of Agriculture

Water resources, hydrology, flooding, water supply, water quality, rivers, groundwater, forecasting, prediction, computational modeling, artificial intelligence, machine learning, statistics, climate variability, climate change, contaminated sites, environmental remediation, mountain glaciers, geophysics, practical applications, environmental monitoring, environmental management, water resource management, environmental policy, public engagement, science and society,

Lorne Whitehead, PhD

Lorne Whitehead, PhD

Professor

Illuminating engineering, electronic displays, light sources, colour vision, associated technical standards, associated research techniques

Robert Raussendorf, PhD

Associate Professor

Quantum computation, quantum information, quantum fault-tolerance