Faculty and Staff

Members of Astronomy & Physics standing on stairs in front of a building

 

Full-Time Faculty
Part-Time Faculty
Adjunct Faculty

Emeritus
Postdocs

 Staff
Grad Students
Full-Time Faculty
Name Position Office Web Site/Email
Roby Austin Associate Professor - On sabbatical  AT 319A  
Gregory Christian Associate Professor AT 307 Contact
Ivana Damjanov Tier II Canada Research Chair, Associate Professor AT 319B Contact
Luigi Gallo Professor, Chairperson AT 319C Contact
Vincent Henault-Brunet Associate Professor - On sabbatical  AT 319F Contact
Thanassis Psaltis Assistant Professor AT 311 Contact
Marcin Sawicki ICA Director, Professor AT 319D Contact
Ian Short Professor, Undergrad Advisor AT 324 Contact
Rob Thacker Professor, Graduate Advisor AT 319E Contact
Aldona Wiacek Associate Professor; cross-appointment with  Environmental Science (ENVS) AT 308 Contact

 

Part-Time Faculty
Name Position Office Contact
Jodi Asbell-Clarke Part-time Instructor   Contact
Kevin Brown Part-time Instructor AT 318 Contact
Stephen Campbell Part-time Instructor   Contact
Richard Cisek Part-time Instructor   Contact
Tiffany Fields Part-time Instructor AT 315 Contact
Dennis Gallant Part-Time Instructor   Contact
Nicholas Layden Part-time Instructor AT 310 Contact
Doug Pitcairn Part-time Instructor   Contact
Cameron Reed Part-time Instructor AT 318 Contact
Cameron Rudderham Part-time Instructor AT 310 Contact
Laura Stiles-Clarke Part-time Instructor TR 301D 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 Office Contact
Dr. Margaret Buhariwalla Studies X-ray emission from active galactic nuclei AT 312 Contact
Dr. Gaia Gaspar Studies of galaxy formation and evolution  AT 312 Contact
Dr. Rosa María Mérida Studies of galaxy formation and evolution AT 314 Contact
Dr. Kiyoaki Omori  Studies of galaxy formation and evolution AT 314 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    

 

Staff
Name Position Office Contact
Shannon Rhode Department Assistant - Astronomy/Physics AT 319 Contact
Tiffany Fields Astronomy Technician AT 315 Contact
Michael Dunlavy Science Technician - Physics AT 322 Contact
Dr. Sergiy Khan ACENET Computational Research Consultant Remote Contact
Phil Romkey ACENET Systems Administrator Remote Contact

 

Graduate Students
Name Position Contact - Shannon Rhode 
Jordan Adamski M.Sc. candidate  
Kendrin Butler M.Sc. candidate  
Mathieu Cavenaile Ph.D. candidate  
Eloise Desmarais M.Sc. candidate  
Nolan Dickson Ph.D. candidate  
Jeremy Favaro Ph.D. Candidate  
Shane Gervais Ph.D. Candidate  
Thomas Hodd 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  
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
chair@ap.smu.ca
902-420-5828
902-496-8218
Offices: Atrium, 3rd floor, Main Office: AT 319
Mailing address:
Saint Mary's University
Halifax Nova Scotia
B3H 3C3
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