Faculty and Staff

Faculty and Staff

(photo courtesy Danielle Boudreau)

Full-Time Faculty Part-Time Faculty Adjunct Faculty

Postdocs Staff Grad Students

Full-Time Faculty
Name	Position	Web Site/Email
Roby Austin	Associate Professor, Acting Associate Dean of Science - Student Affairs	Contact
Gregory Christian	Assistant Professor	Contact
David Clarke	Professor	Contact
Ivana Damjanov	Tier II Canada Research Chair, Assistant Professor	Ivana.Damjanov@smu.ca
Robert Deupree	Professor Emeritus
Luigi Gallo	Professor, Undergraduate & Graduate Program Coordinator	Contact
David Guenther	Professor Emeritus	Contact
Vincent Henault-Brunet	Assistant Professor	Contact
Rituparna Kanungo	Professor	Contact
George Mitchell	Professor Emeritus	Contact
Adam Sarty	Dean of Graduate Studies and Research; Associate Vice-President Research	adam.sarty@smu.ca
Marcin Sawicki	ICA Director, Tier I Canada Research Chair, Professor	Contact
Ian Short	Department Chair, Professor	Contact
Rob Thacker	Professor	Contact
David Turner	Professor Emeritus	Contact
Gary Welch	Professor Emeritus	Contact
Aldona Wiacek	Associate Professor; cross-appointment with  Environmental Science (ENVS)	Contact

 

Part-Time Faculty
Name	Position	Contact
Jodi Asbell-Clarke	Part-time Instructor	jodi_asbell-clarke@terc.edu
Phil Bennett	Part-time instructor	pbennett@ap.smu.ca
Kevin Brown	Part-time Instructor	kbrown@ap.smu.ca
Richard Cisek	Part-time Instructor	Richard.cisek@smu.ca
John Gallant	Part-time Instructor	jgoahl@gmail.com
Patrick Kelly	Part-time Instructor	patrick.kelly@dal.ca
Shahideh Kiehbadroudinezhad	Part-time Instructor	shahideh.kiehbadroudinezhad@smu.ca
Doug Pitcairn	Part-time Instructor	douglas.pitcairn@smu.ca
Cameron Reed	Part-time Instructor	creed@ap.smu.ca
Shruti Tripathi	Part-time Instructor	shruti.tripathi@smu.ca
Laura Stiles-Clarke	Part-time Instructor	lsclarke@ap.smu.ca

Adjunct Faculty
Name	Position	Contact
Friedhelm Ames	Adjunct Professor	ames@triumf.ca
Phil Bennett	Adjunct Professor	pbennett@ap.smu.ca

Postdocs
Name	Position	Contact
Dr. Gael Noirot	Studies of galaxy formation and evolution	Gael.noirot@smu.ca
Nick Martis	Studies of galaxy formation and evolution	nmartis@ap.smu.ca
Dr. Johannes Zabl		jzabl@ap.smu.ca
Dr. Shruti Tripathi	Observational studies of supermassive black holes	shruti.tripathi@smu.ca

 

Staff
Name	Position	Contact
Shannon Rhode	Secretary - Astronomy/Physics	Contact
Dave Lane	Director, Burke-Gaffney Observatory and Systems Administrator, Astronomy & Physics	Contact
Michael Dunlavy	Science Technician - Physics	mdunlavy@ap.smu.ca
Stephen Condran	Research Computing Support Expert	stephen.condran@gmail.com
Dr. Sergiy Khan	ACENET Computational Research Consultant	sergiy.khan@ace-net.ca
Phil Romkey	ACENET Systems Administrator	phil.romkey@ace-net.ca

Graduate Students
Name	Position	Contact
Margaret Buhariwalla	M.Sc. candidate
Mathieu Cavenaile	Applied Science Program	mathieu.cavenaile@smu.ca
Lingjian (Lejay) Chen	Ph.D. candidate	lchen@ap.smu.ca
Angelo George	Ph.D. candidate	angelo.george@smu.ca
Adam Gonzalez	Ph.D. candidate	agonzalez@ap.smu.ca
Martin Hellmich	M.Sc. candidate
Kamalpreet Kaur	M.Sc. candidate
Mukhwinder Singh	Applied Science Program	mukhwinder.singh@smu.ca
Pranav Subramaniyam	Applied Science Program	pranav.subramaniyam@smu.ca
Orry Workman	Applied Science Program	oworkman@ap.smu.ca

 

(photo courtesy Danielle Boudreau)

                  Astronomy & Applied Science graduate students 2019-2020:

                  Back row: A. George, P. Mungara, D. Blue, O. Workman, M. Hellmich

                  Front row: P. Jassal, A. Gonzalez, L. Chen, M. Buhariwalla, K. Kaur,

                  Missing: M. Cavenaile, M. Singh, P. Subramaniyam