Mark Van Raamsdonk
Assistant Professor
String theory, quantum field theory, quantum gravity, elementary particle theory, high energy theory
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
Professor
Particle physics, subatomic physics, quarks, leptons, accelerators and their applications, science education, women in physics, women in science, solar system,
Gordon W. Semenoff
Professor
Elementary particles, quarks, unified field theories, superstring theory
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
Professor
Astronomy, planetary science, meteorites, astrobiology, solar system, space science
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)
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
Professor
Neutrinos, particle physics, particle astrophysics, dark matter, SuperCDMS, solar system, space science
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
Professor
Cosmology, cosmic background radiation, solar system, space science
Daniel Coombs, PhD
Professor
Modelling infectious disease, modeling opioid addiction, immunology, applied mathematics,
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
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
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
Jess McIver
Assistant Professor
Gravitational wave astronomy, multi-messenger astrophysics, LIGO, gravitational wave detectors, neutron stars, black holes, supernova,