Physics and Astronomy

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The Department of Physics and Astronomy provides facilities for students intending to proceed to the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees.

Enquiries: 905 525-9140 Ext. 24558
E-mail: gradchair@physics.mcmaster.ca
Website: http://www.physics.mcmaster.ca

Faculty / Fall 2023

Distinguished University Professors

Bruce D. Gaulin, B.Sc. (McGill), Ph.D. (McMaster), F.R.S.C.
Christine D. Wilson, B.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Caltech), F.R.S.C.

Science Research Chair

Kari Dalnoki-Veress, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Guelph)

University Scholar

Laura Parker, B.Sc. (Mount Allison), Ph.D. (Waterloo) / Associate Chair and Graduate Advisor

Professors

Clifford Burgess, B.Sc. (Waterloo), Ph.D. (Texas), F.R.S.C.
Soo Hyun Byun, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Seoul National University)
Alan Chen, B.Sc. (Toronto), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Yale)
Cecile Fradin, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Paris) / Joint appointment with Biochemistry
Paul Higgs, B.A., Ph.D. (Cambridge) / Joint appointment with Biochemistry
Takashi Imai, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Tokyo)
Sung-Sik Lee, B.Sc. (Korea Adv. Inst. of Science and Technology), 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)
Ralph E. Pudritz, B.Sc. (British Columbia), M.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D.(British Columbia)
Maikel C. Rheinstadter, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Saarland, Germany)
An-Chang Shi, B.Sc. (Fudan), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Illinois)
Alison Sills, B.Sc. (Western), Ph.D. (Yale) / Chair
Erik Sorensen, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Aarhus), Ph.D. (U.C. Santa Cruz)
James Wadsley, B.Sc. (Monash), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Douglas L. Welch, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)

Associate Professor

Hari Kunduri, B.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Cambridge) / Joint appointment with Mathematics & Statistics

Assistant Professor

Patrick Clancy, B.Sc. (St.Francis Xavier), M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Ryan Cloutier, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)
Fereshteh Rajabi, B.Sc. (Tehran), M.A. (Wesleyan), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Western)
Christopher Rowley, B.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Sergey Sibiryakov, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Moscow)

Associate Members

José Moran-Mirabal (Chemistry and Chemical Biology)

Adjunct Members

Jovica Atanackovic, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
James Forrest, B.Sc. (British Columbia), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Guelph)
Andrei Hanu, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Erik Johnston, B.A.Sc. (Queen’s), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Annika Lennarz, Ph.D. (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität)
Christopher Thome, B.Sc., (Western), M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Rob Wickham, B.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Chicago)
Chris Wiebe, B.Sc. (Winnipeg), M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)

Professors Emeriti

A. John Berlinsky, B.Sc. (Fordham College), M.Sc., Ph.D.(Pennsylvania)
Dennis G. Burke, B.E., M.Sc. (Saskatchewan), Ph.D. (McMaster)
David Chettle, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Birmingham)
Hugh M. Couchman, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Cambridge)
William E. Harris, B.Sc. (Alberta), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto), F.R.S.C.
Harold Haugen, B.Sc. (Acadia), M.Eng. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Aarhus)/ Joint appointment with Engineering Physics
Catherine Kallin, B.Sc. (British Columbia), A.M., Ph.D. (Harvard)
Yukihisa Nogami, B.Sc., D.Sc. (Kyoto)
Peter G. Sutherland, B.Sc. (McGill), M.S., Ph.D. (Illinois)
Thomas Timusk, B.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Cornell), F.R.S.C.
Wytse van Dijk, B.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
David E. Venus, B.Sc. (Queen’s), Ph.D. (Toronto)
James C. Waddington, B.Sc. (Queen’s), Ph.D. (McMaster)

Research in Physics and Astronomy

Opportunities for research are described in detail on the web at http://www.physics.mcmaster.ca/. The areas of research are concentrated in the following fields:

Astrophysics - A. Chen, R. Cloutier, W. Harris, L. Parker, R. Pudritz, F. Rajabi, A. Sills, J. Wadsley, D. Welch, C. Wilson.
Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics - D. O’Dell.
Computational and Theoretical Physics - C. Burgess, S. Lee, D. O’Dell, R. Pudritz, F. Rajabi, A. Shi, S. Sibiryakov, A. Sills, E. Sorensen, J. Wadsley.
Condensed Matter Physics - P. Clancy, B. Gaulin, T. Imai, S. Lee, G. Luke, E. Sorensen, T. Timusk.
Soft Condensed Matter and Biophysics - K. Dalnoki-Veress, C. Fradin, P. Higgs, J. Moran-Mirabal, M. Rheinstadter, A. Shi.
Medical and Health Physics - S.H. Byun, F.E. McNeill, C. Rowley.
Nuclear Physics Experiment - A. Chen.

Programs

• Physics and Astronomy, M.Sc.

• Physics and Astronomy, Ph.D

• Physics and Astronomy Courses

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