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 — Curriculum | |
| Malcolm Butler | Professor (beginning 1 July 2023) | Contact |
| Gregory Christian | Assistant Professor | Contact |
| David Clarke | Professor | Contact |
| Ivana Damjanov | Tier II Canada Research Chair, Assistant Professor | Contact |
| Robert Deupree | Professor Emeritus | |
| Luigi Gallo | Professor, Undergraduate and Graduate Program Coordinator | Contact |
| David Guenther | Professor Emeritus | Contact |
| Vincent Henault-Brunet | Assistant Professor | Contact |
| Rituparna Kanungo | Department Chair, Professor | Contact |
| George Mitchell | Professor Emeritus | |
| Adam Sarty | Dean of Graduate Studies and Research; Associate Vice-President Research | Contact |
| Marcin Sawicki | ICA Director, Tier I Canada Research Chair, Professor | Contact |
| Ian Short | Professor | Contact |
| Rob Thacker | Professor | Contact |
| David Turner | Professor Emeritus | Contact |
| Gary Welch | Professor Emeritus | |
| 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 | |
| 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. Adam Gonzalez | Studies X-ray emission from active galactic nuclei | Contact |
| Dr. Gael Noirot | Studies of galaxy formation and evolution | Contact |
| Dr. Guillaume Desprez | Studies of galaxy formation and evolution | Contact |
| Dr. Johannes Zabl | Studies of galaxy formation and evolution | Contact |
| Dr. Johnson Liang | Experimental nuclear physics - rare isotope studies with radioactive ion beams | Contact |
| Dr. Nick Martis | Studies of galaxy formation and evolution | Contact |
| Dr. Vince Estrada-Carpenter | Studies of galaxy formation and evolution | Contact |
| Dr. Pratap Roy | Experimental nuclear physics - rare isotope studies with radioactive ion beams | 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 |
| Akshay Ghosh | M.Sc. candidate | |
| Amanda Edwin Crystal | Ph.D. candidate | |
| Angelo George | Ph.D. candidate | Contact |
| Devin Williams | M.Sc. candidate | |
| Divyang Prajapati | Ph.D. candidate | |
| Fraser Smith | M.Sc. candidate | |
| George Ridgeway | M.Sc. candidate | |
| Gurmukh Singh | Ph.D. candidate | |
| Hunter Fryman-Sinkhorn | M.Sc. candidate | |
| Kamalpreet Kaur | M.Sc. candidate | |
| Lingjian (Lejay) Chen | Ph.D. candidate | Contact |
| Maigan Devries | M.Sc. candidate | |
| Margaret Buhariwalla | Ph.D. candidate | |
| Martin Hellmich | M.Sc. candidate | |
| Mathieu Cavenaile | Ph.D. candidate | Contact |
| Mukhwinder Singh | Ph.D. candidate | Contact |
| Nandhu Sridhar | M.Sc. candidate | |
| Nikhil Nikhil | Ph.D. candidate | |
| Nolan Dickson | M.Sc. candidate | |
| Pranav Subramaniyam | Ph.D. candidate | Contact |
| Shannon MacFarland | 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
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
