Past Events

Speaker Cole Miller, University of Maryland

Dr. Li is currently the Head of Wholesale Risk Analytics with HSBC Canada. She has a wealth of experience in model risk management in the financial industry, working for companies including RBC, Scotiabank and the Ontario Teacher’s Pension Plan. Dr. Li is a theoretical condensed matter physicist and a former Postdoctoral Fellow from this very department! Dr. Li successfully transitioned her physics career to a career in finance. Dr. Li has coached and mentored numerous quantitative professionals including former physicists throughout her career. Join us for lunch on November 11th  as Dr.

The 55th Annual Undergraduate Physics conference is taking place at McGill university this year.  Interested students can get more information at the conference website.

Speaker Jim Hunt, Professor Emeritus, University of Guelph    Title The English Translation of the 1652 Edition of J.F. Niceron’s La perspective curieuse 

Speaker Daniel Siegel Title On the cosmic origin of the heavy elements

Join us at Riverside Park for corn and hotdogs. Phys Phest prizes will be awarded. All are welcome!

Pizza, presentations and prizes! Graduate students who have completed one year of study will present on their research to date. All are welcome!  Schedule 12:10 - 1:10 pm                   Pizza Lunch   Each presentation is 12 minutes, plus 3 minutes for questions 

MSc Candidate Beau Greaves

MSc Candidate Erin McGee

MSc Candidate Jeffrey de Vlugt