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2012-2013

The Undergraduate Calendar

 

 

Faculty of Science

Faculty Members

Physics and Astronomy

Legend for Faculty Members of Physics holding cross appointments to:

1 Biology
2 Chemistry
3 Applied Mathematics
4 Mechanical Engineering
5 Combinatorics and Optimization
6 Optometry

Legend for 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

Faculty Members

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)

Professor, Graduate Officer

W.K. Liu,2,3 BSc, MS, PhD (Illinois), Recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award

Distinguished Professor 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)

Professor

M.C. Campbell,6 BSc (Toronto), MSc (Waterloo), PhD (Australian National University), FAAO
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
N. Lutkenhaus, MSc (Munchen), PhD (Scotland), Habilitation degree (Germany)
R.B. Mann,3 BSc (McMaster), MSc, PhD(Toronto)
B. McNamara BS(Villanova), MA, PhD (Virginia), Director GWPI
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)
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 Professor

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)
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)
J.D.D. Martin, 2 BSc, MSc, PhD (Waterloo)
K. Resch, BSc (Queen's), MSc, PhD (Toronto)
J. Sanderson, BSc, PhD(London)
G. Scholz, BSc (Simon Fraser), MSc (McMaster), PhD (Simon Fraser)

Assistant Professor

N. Afshordi, BA (Iran), BSc (Providence), PhD (Princeton)
A. Broderick BS (Stony Brook, NY), PhD (Caltech)
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)
R. Melko, BSc, MSc (Waterloo), MA, PhD (UC Santa Barbara)
M. Piani, MSc, PhD (University of Trieste, Italy)
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)

Adjunct Professor

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)
R. Epp, BSc, MSc, PhD (Manitoba)
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)
S. Hartnoll, 1st Class degree, Distinction in Part III Mathematics, PhD (Cambridge)
M. Ivanov, MS,PhD (Moscow)
P. Jessop, BSc (Waterloo), MA, PhD (Harvard), P.Eng (Professional Engineers Ontario)
R. Jiang, BS, MS, PhD (China), PhD (Medical Physics Waterloo)
F. Markopoulou-Kalamara, BSc (Queen Mary & Westfield College), PhD (Imperial College)
D. Maslov, BSc, MS (Russia), MS, PhD (Canada)
R. Melnik, MSc, PhD (Kiev)
J. Moffat, Doctor of Science (Winnipeg), PhD (England)
R.C. Myers, BSc (Waterloo), MA, PhD (Princeton)
E. Osei, BSc (Ghana), MSc (Canada), PhD (UK)
G. Santyr, BSc (Kingston), PhD (Toronto), FCCPM
P. Schuster, BS (MIT), AM, PhD (Harvard)
R. Sorkin, A.B. (Harvard), PhD (California Inst. of Tech.)
B. Torrie, BASc (Toronto), PhD (McMaster)
N. Turok, BA (Cambridge) PhD (Imperial College)
J. Vanderkooy, BSc, PhD (McMaster)
G. Weihs, MSc (Innsbruck), PhD (Vienna)

Adjunt Associate Professor

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

Adjunct Assistant Professor

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)

Adjunct Lecturer

P. Jessop, BSc (Waterloo), MA,PhD (Harvard), PEng
D. Oriti, PhD (Cambridge)
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)


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