Department of Physics and Astronomy

Program Offerings

http://www.physics.mcmaster.ca/#undergrads
Faculty as of January 15, 2022

CHAIR

Alison Sills

ASSOCIATE CHAIR (GRADUATE)

Laura C. Parker

ASSOCIATE CHAIR (UNDERGRADUATE)

Cécile Fradin

DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS

Bruce D. Gaulin/B.Sc. (McGill), Ph.D. (McMaster), Brockhouse Chair in the Physics of Materials
Christine D. Wilson/B.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (California Institute of Technology)

PROFESSORS

Cliff Burgess/B.Sc. (Waterloo), Ph.D. (Texas), F.R.S.C.
Soo Hyun Byun/B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Seoul National University)
Alan A. Chen/B.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Yale)
Kari Dalnoki-Veress/B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Guelph)
Cécile Fradin/B.Sc., M.Sc. (Ecole Normale Supérieure), Ph.D. (Paris VI)
Paul G. Higgs/B.Sc., Ph.D. (Cambridge), Senior Canada Research Chair
Takashi Imai/B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Tokyo)
Sung-Sik Lee/B.Sc. (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Pohang)
Graeme M. Luke/B.Sc. (Queen’s), Ph.D. (British Columbia)
Fiona E. McNeill/B.Sc. (Edinburgh), Ph.D. (Birmingham)
Duncan O’Dell/B.Sc. (Imperial), Ph.D. (Bristol)
Laura C. Parker/B.Sc. (Mount Allison), Ph.D. (Waterloo)
Ralph E. Pudritz/B.Sc. (British Columbia), M.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (British Columbia)
Maikel Rheinstädter/B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Universität des Saarlandes)
An-Chang Shi/B.Sc. (Fudan), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Illinois)
Alison Sills/B.Sc. (Western Ontario), Ph.D. (Yale)
Erik S. Sorensen/B.Sc., M.Sc. (Århus), Ph.D. (California-Santa Cruz)
James Wadsley/B.Sc. (Monash), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)
Douglas L. Welch/B.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)

ADJUNCT PROFESSORS

James Forrest/ B.Sc. (British Columbia), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Guelph)
Wytse Van Dijk/B.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Christopher R. Wiebe/B.Sc. (Winnipeg), M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Reza Nejat/B.Sc. (Tehran), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Missouri-Rolla)

ASSISTANT PROFESSORS

Patrick Clancy/B.Sc. (St. Francis Xavier), M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Robert Cockcroft/B.Sc. (University College London), M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Eduardo Galiano-Riveros/B.S. (Rensselaer), M.S. (Wisconsin), Ph.D. (Texas)
Janos Juhasz/B.Sc. (Babes-Bolyai), Ph.D. (Guelph)
Miranda Schmidt/B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Guelph)
Sergey Sibiryakov/B.Sc. (Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology), Ph.D. (Institute of Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences)

ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSORS

Jovica Atanackovic/B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
James Forrest/B.Sc. (British Columbia), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Guelph)
Andrei R. Hanu/B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Annika Lennarz/(TRIUMF) B.Sc., Diploma, Ph.D. (Münster)
Christopher Thome/B.MSc. (Western), M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Jeroen Thompson/B.Sc. (Michigan), M.Sc. (Connecticut), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Christopher Wiebe/B.Sc. (Winnipeg), M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)

ADJUNCT LECTURER

Gregory Van Gastel/ B.Sc. (Toronto), M.Sc. (McMaster), B.Ed. (Toronto)

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

Michael Farquharson/(Interdisciplinary Science) B.Sc.(Sussex), M.Sc. (Surrey), Ph.D. (University College, London)
Adam Hitchcock/(Chemistry and Chemical Biology) B.Sc. (McMaster), Ph.D. (British Columbia)
Jose M. Moran-Mirabal/(Chemistry and Chemical Biology) B.Sc., M.Sc. (ITESM-Monterrey, Mexico), Ph.D. (Cornell)
Sumanth Shankar/(Mechanical Engineering) B.Tech., Ph.D. (Worchester Polytechnic Institute)
Sarah Symons/(Interdisciplinary Science) B.Sc., Ph.D. (Leicester)

Notes Applicable to all Programs Offered by the Department of Physics and Astronomy

The Department offers the following programs:
- Honours Astrophysics
- Honours Medical and Biological Physics
- Honours Physics
These programs consist of a speciﬁed set of basic requirements and a wide choice of electives (including those from outside the Faculty of Science), allowing for interdisciplinary studies or the opportunity to complete a Minor in another subject. Students are encouraged to read the Program Notes of each program for a list of additional sets of courses which are appropriate preparation for graduate studies in Physics, Astronomy, Medical Physics or Biophysics.
Transfer between options may be possible at any time, subject to satisfying the admission requirements.
Admission to Honours Medical and Biological Physics Co-op and Honours Physics Co-op is in Level III.
A Minor in Astronomy or a Minor in Astrophysics is not permitted in the Honours Medical and Biological Physics or Honours Physics programs.
Students wishing to take additional Level III, IV Mathematics courses should consider MATH 2XX3 .

B.Sc. Three-Level Degree

A three-level program with a Physics orientation is available through the B.Sc. in Chemical and Physical Sciences .

Programs

Bachelor of Science (Honours)

Bachelor of Science

Chemical and Physical Sciences (B.Sc.)

Minor(s):