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2011-2012

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Faculty of Science

Faculty Members

Physics and Astronomy

Professor, Department Chair
J.Z.Y. Chen,2 BSc (China), PhD (Maryland)

Associate Professor, Associate Chair
D.T. Strickland, B.Eng (McMaster), PhD (Rochester)

Associate Professor, Undergraduate Officer
G.L.H. Harris, BA (Mount Holyoke College), MA (Wesleyan), PhD (Toronto)

Lecturer, Undergraduate Officer
C.R. Jayasundera, BSc (Waterloo), Recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award

Associate Professor, Undergraduate Officer
 S. Idziak, BSc (McGill), PhD (Pennsylvania)

Associate Professor, Graduate Officer
F. Wilhelm-Mauch, BSc, MSc, PhD (Karlsruhe); Habilitation degree (Munchen)

Distinguished Professors Emeriti
A. Anderson, MA, DPhil (Oxford), Recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award
R.A. Aziz, BA, MA, PhD (Toronto), FAPS *
D.E. Brodie, BSc, MSc, PhD (McMaster)*
R.K. Pathria, BSc, MSAc (Punjab), PhD (Delhi), Recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award, FAPS
J. Vanderkooy, B.Eng, PhD (McMaster)

Professors
M.C. Campbell,6 BSc (Toronto), MSc (Waterloo), PhD (Australian National University), FAAO
P. Chen,12BSc(China), PhD (Toronto)
W.W. Duley, 4 BEng (McGill), DIC, PhD (Imperial College), DSc (University of London)
M. Fich, BSc (Waterloo), MSc, PhD(California, Berkeley)
J.A. Forrest,6 BSc (British Columbia), MSc, PhD (Guelph)
M.J.P. Gingras,2 BSc, MSc (Laval), PhD (British Columbia)
L. Jones,9 BSc (Wales), PhD (Birmingham)
A. Kempf,7 Diplom (Heidelberg), PhD (Munich)
H. Kleinke,2 Habilitand (Marburg)
R. Laflamme,25 Tier 1 Canada Research Chair, BSc (Laval), PhD (Cambridge)
A. Leggett, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
W.K. Liu,2,3 BSc, MS, PhD (Illinois),Recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award
R.B. Mann,3 BSc (McMaster), MSc, PhD(Toronto)
B. McNamara BS(Villanova), MA, PhD (Virginia)
L. Nazar,2 BSc (Bc), PhD (Toronto)
M. Mosca,13 BMath (Waterloo), MSc, DPhil (Oxford)
H. Peemoeller, BSc (Winnipeg), MSc (Victoria), PhD (Waterloo)
P.-N. Roy,2 BSc (McGill), MSc, PhD (Montreal)
J. Sloan,11
E. Vrscay,3 BSc,MMath,PhD (Waterloo)
P.S. Wesson,3 BSc (London), PhD (Cambridge), FRAS
D.O. Yevick, AB (Harvard), MA, PhD (Princeton), Docent (Lund) B. McNamara, BS (Villanova), MA, PhD (Virginia)

Associate Professors
M. Balogh, BSc (McMaster), PhD (Victoria)
K. Bizheva, BS (Bulgaria), MSc,PhD (Massachusetts)
B-Y. Ha, BS,MS (Korea), PhD (Maryland)
A. Hajian,15 BA (Massachusetts), MS, PhD (Cornell)
T. Hesjedal,16 BSc,MSc,PhD (Germany)
R.W. Hill, BSc, PhD (University of Bristol, UK)
M.J. Hudson, BSc (McGill), PhD (Cambridge),Associate Dean for Computing
T. Jennewein, Magister der Naturwissenschaften, PhD (Austria)
J. Kycia, BSc (McGill), MSc (Pennsylvania), PhD (Northwestern)
Z. Leonenko, MS, PhD (Novosibirsk State University, Russia)
Q.B. Lu, BS,MS (China),PhD(Newcastle, Australia)
N. Lutkenhaus, MSc (Munchen), PhD (Scotland), Habilitation degree (Germany)
J.D.D. Martin, 2 BSc, MSc, PhD (Waterloo)
O. Ramahi, 16 BS (Oregon), MS,PhD (Illinois)
J. Sanderson, BSc, PhD(London)
G. Scholz, BSc (Simon Fraser), MSc (McMaster), PhD (Simon Fraser)

Assistant Professors
N. Afshordi, BA (Iran), BSc (Providence), PhD (Princeton)
M. Balogh, BSc (McMaster), PhD (Victoria)
J. Baugh,2 BS (Tennessee), PhD (North Carolina)
K. Bizheva, BS (Bulgaria), MSc, PhD (Massachusetts)
A. Burkov, Diploma (Russia), MSc (Michigan), PhD (Indiana)
J. Emerson,3 BSc(McGill), MSc, PhD(Simon Fraser)
D. Hawthorn, BSc (McMaster), PhD(Toronto)
Y. Leonenko, MSc, PhD (Russia)
A. Lupascu, Undergraduate Studies (Romania), PhD (Netherlands)
H. Majedi,16 BSc,MSc (Iran), PhD (Waterloo)
R. Melko, BSc, MSc (Waterloo), MA, PhD (UC Santa Barbara)
K. Resch, BSc (Queen's), MSc, PhD (Toronto)
J. Taylor, BSc, MSc (Toronto), PhD (Victoria)
R.B. Thompson, BSc (Ottawa), MSc (Regina), PhD (Western)

Research Associate Professor
S. Damaskinos, BSc, MSc (Moncton), PhD (Waterloo)

Lecturer
F. Mansour, BSc (Alberta), MSc (Waterloo)
C. O'Donovan, BSc (Waterloo), MSc,PhD (McMaster)
J. Sakhr, BSc (London), MSc,PhD (Hamilton)

Adjunct Professors
T. Amano, DSc, MSc, PhD (Tokyo)
M. Anantram, BSc, MSc (India), PhD (Purdue University)
J. Barbour, PhD (University of Cologne)
R. Barnett, BSc (Montreal), MSc (Alberta), PhD (Calgary)
J. Berlinsky, BSc (Fordham College); MSc, PhD (U of Pennsylvania)
C. Burgess, BSc (Waterloo), PhD (Texas)
F. Cachazo, Licenciature (Caracus), Diploma (Italy), PhD (Harvard)
T. Devereaux, BS (New York University), M.S, PhD (U of Oregon)
L. Eng, Diploma in Physics, PhD (U. Basel/Switzerland)
L. Freidel, France
C. Fuchs, BS (Texas at Austin, PhD (New Mexico)
S. Ghose, 1.B (Singapore), BA Math, BS Physics (Ohio), MS Physics, PhD (Mexico)
J. Gomis, BSc (Texas), PhD (Rutgers)
D. Gottesman, BA (Harvard), PhD (Caltech)
L. Hardy, BSc (Imperial College) PhD (Dunham)
M. Ivanov, MS,PhD (Moscow)
R. McLenaghan,7 MSc (Queen's), PhD (Cambridge)
F. Markopoulou-Kalamara, BSc (Queen Mary & Westfield College), PhD (Imperial College)
R. Melnik, MSc, PhD (Kiev)
J. Moffat, Doctor of Science (Winnipeg), PhD (England)
R.C. Myers, BSc (Waterloo), MA, PhD (Princeton)
R. Sorkin, A.B. (Harvard), PhD (California Inst. of Tech.)
B. Torrie, BASc (Toronto), PhD (McMaster)
N. Turok, BA (Cambridge) PhD (Imperial College)
G. Weihs, MSc (Innsbruck), PhD (Vienna)

Adjunt Associate Professors
A. Buchel, BS, MS (Moscow Institute of Physics), Honours MS, PhD (Cornell University)

Adjunct Assistant Professors
S. Boyd, BSc, PhD (U of Toronto)
L. Boyle, AB (Harvard), PhD (Princeton)
M. Santopnete BSc (Universita di Pisa), PhD (U of Victoria)
M. Spekkens BSc (McGill), MSc, PhD (U of Toronto)
P. Vieira, MSc (ENS), PhD (Universidada da Porto)
B. West, MS, Doctorate (U of Arizona), MSc (Dartmouth College), PhD (McMaster)

Adjunct Lecturers
P. Jessop, BSc (Waterloo), MA,PhD (Harvard), PEng
J. Khoury, BSc (McGill), PhD (Princeton)
D. Oriti, PhD (Cambridge)
O. Smirnova, MSc, PhD (Moscow)
L. Smolin, BA (Hampshire), A.M., PhD (Harvard)
S. Studenikin
M. Wartak, MEng,PhD (Wroclaw)
L. Wei, BSc (China), MSc (Anhui), PhD (Waterloo)

Senior Demonstrator

J.L. Gardiner, BSc (Waterloo)

Demonstrator
T. Dinh, BSc (Winnipeg), MSc (Waterloo)

Faculty Members of Physics holding cross appointments to:
1 Biology
2 Chemistry
3 Applied Mathematics
4 Mechanical Engineering
5 Combinatorics and Optimization
6 Optometry

Faculty Members holding cross appointments to Physics from:
7 Applied Mathematics
8 Chemistry
9 Optometry
10 Mechanical Engineering
11 Earth Sciences
12 Chemical Engineering
13 Combinatorics and Optimization
14 Philosophy
15 Systems Design Engineering
16 Electrical  & Computer Engineering

* Also has Adjunct appointment


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