Faculty and Staff

Physics Department 2024

 

Full-Time Faculty
Part-Time Faculty
Adjunct Faculty

Emeritus
Postdocs

Staff
Grad Students
Full-Time Faculty
Name Position Web Site/Email
Roby Austin Associate Professor, Associate Dean of Science — Curriculum  
Malcolm Butler Professor Contact
Gregory Christian Associate Professor Contact
Ivana Damjanov Tier II Canada Research Chair, Associate Professor Contact
Luigi Gallo Professor, Chairperson Contact
Vincent Henault-Brunet Associate Professor Contact
Marcin Sawicki ICA Director, Professor Contact
Ian Short Professor Contact
Rob Thacker Professor Contact
Aldona Wiacek Associate Professor; cross-appointment with  Environmental Science (ENVS) Contact

 

Part-Time Faculty
Name Position Contact
Jodi Asbell-Clarke Part-time Instructor Contact
Kevin Brown Part-time Instructor Contact
Richard Cisek Part-time Instructor Contact
John Gallant Part-time Instructor Contact
Patrick Kelly Part-time Instructor Contact
Shahideh Kiehbadroudinezhad Part-time Instructor Contact
Doug Pitcairn Part-time Instructor Contact
Cameron Reed Part-time Instructor Contact
Laura Stiles-Clarke Part-time Instructor Contact
Shruti Tripathi Part-time Instructor Contact

 

Emeritus
Name Position Contact
Robert Deupree Professor Emeritus  
David Guenther Professor Emeritus  
George Mitchell Professor Emeritus  
David Turner Professor Emeritus  
Gary Welch Professor Emeritus  

 

Adjunct Faculty
Name Position Contact
Friedhelm Ames Adjunct Professor Contact
Phil Bennett Adjunct Professor Contact
Ruohong Li    Adjunct Professor Contact

 

Postdocs
Name   Position Contact
Dr. Gaia Gaspar   Studies of galaxy formation and evolution  Contact
Dr. Adam Gonzalez   Studies X-ray emission from active galactic nuclei Contact
Dr. Rosa María Mérida   Studies of galaxy formation and evolution Contact
Dr. Kiyoaki Omori    Studies of galaxy formation and evolution Contact
Dr. Michele Pizzardo   Studies of galaxy formation and evolution  Contact
Dr. Rinku K. Prajapat   Experimental nuclear physics - rare isotope studies with radioactive ion beams  
Dr. Jennifer Sanchez Rojo    Experimental nuclear physics - rare isotope studies with radioactive ion beams  
Dr. Yerong Xu   Studies X-ray emission from active galactic nuclei Contact

 

Staff
Name Position Contact
Shannon Rhode Department Assistant - Astronomy/Physics Contact
Tiffany Fields Astronomy Technician Contact
Michael Dunlavy Science Technician - Physics Contact
Dr. Sergiy Khan ACENET Computational Research Consultant Contact
Phil Romkey ACENET Systems Administrator Contact

 

Graduate Students
Name Position Contact - Shannon Rhode 
Jordan Adamski M.Sc. candidate  
Abigail Battson M.Sc. candidate  
Margaret Buhariwalla Ph.D. candidate  
Lingjian (Lejay) Chen Ph.D. candidate  
Eloise Desmarais M.Sc. candidate  
Nolan Dickson Ph.D. candidate  
Amanda Edwin Ph.D. candidate  
Jeremy Favaro Ph.D. Candidate  
Angelo George M.Sc. candidate  
Thomas Hodd M.Sc. candidate  
Sora Ishida M.Sc. candidate  
Kavinda Liyanage M.Sc. candidate  
Nikhil Nikhil Ph.D. candidate  
Divyang Prajapati Ph.D. candidate  
Aritra Roy Ph.D. candidate  
Saurabh Sawant Ph.D. candidate  
Cameron Semenchuck M.Sc. candidate  
Mukhwinder Singh Ph.D. candidate  
Fraser Smith Ph.D. candidate  
Devin Williams Ph.D. candidate  

 

(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

 

 

 

Contact us

Department of Astronomy and Physics
Offices: Atrium, 3rd floor, Main Office: AT 319
902-496-8218
Mailing address:
Saint Mary's University
Halifax Nova Scotia
B3H 3C3