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 2024

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)
Graeme M. Luke, B.Sc. (Queen’s), Ph.D. (British Columbia)

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)
Fiona E. McNeill, B.Sc. (Edinburgh), Ph.D. (Birmingham)
Duncan O’Dell, B.Sc. (Imperial), Ph.D. (Bristol)
Laura Parker, B.Sc. (Mount Allison), Ph.D. (Waterloo) / Associate Chair and Graduate Advisor
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
Sergey Sibiryakov, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Moscow)

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)
Wenjie Ji, B.Sc. (Tsinghua), Ph.D. (M.I.T.)

Associate Members

José Moran-Mirabal (Chemistry and Chemical Biology)
Gitanjali Kolhatkar (Engineering Physics)
Maureen Lagos (Material Science and Engineering)
Muhammed Simsek (Biology)
Benzhong Zhao (Civil Engineering)

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)
Rob Wickham, B.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Chicago)

Professors Emeriti

William E. Harris, B.Sc. (Alberta), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto), F.R.S.C.

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, W. Ji, 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, W. Ji, S. Lee, G. Luke, E. Sorensen.
Soft Condensed Matter and Biophysics - K. Dalnoki-Veress, C. Fradin, P. Higgs, 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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