Faculty and Staff
Full-Time Faculty Part-Time Faculty Adjunct Faculty |
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