Guelph Physics Alumni - PhD | Physics

2024

Name	Supervisor	Thesis
Corrigan, Eamonn	Williams, M./Wells, M.	Balancing the Equation: Examining Gender Gaps in Physics and Stem Across Canadian Classrooms

2023

Name	Supervisor	Thesis
Bidaman, Harris	Garrett, P.	Lifetime Analysis of ¹⁰⁰Zr and Simulating the Detector Array for Energy Measurements Of Neutrons (DAEMON)
Buraczynski, Matthew	Gezerlis, A.	Impurities and Inhomogeneities in Neutron Matter
Kasanda, Eva	Svensson, C.	A novel method of sub-milimeter range verification for hadron therapy using a tumour marker
Nasrollahzadeh, Farzaneh	Dutcher, J./ Martinez-Martinez, M.	Structuring Plant-Based Foods Using Less Refined Plant Proteins and High Moisture Extrusion
Palkanoglou, Georgios	Gezerlis, A.	Pairing in nuclear and cold atomic systems
Radich, Allison	Garrett, P.	\(^{124}Xe\) Angular Correlation Analysis and Development of the Detector Array for Energy Measurements Of Neutrons (DAEMON)
Saliminasab, Maryam	Brown, L.	Membrane Photosensor Related to Proteorhodopsin with Unique Motifs for Signal Transduction
Xiao, Peng	Brown, L. S./Ladizhansky, V.	Towards Understanding Membrane Protein Folding and Stability with Solid-State NMR and Hydrogen Deuterium Exchange

2022

Name	Supervisor	Thesis
Annett, Scott	Kycia, S.	Commissioning a Novel Quad Near Field Detector for High Energy X-Ray Diffraction Microscopy with Preliminary Applications to an Aluminum Alloy
Lee, Drake	Wickham, R.	Development of Dynamical Self-Consistent Field-Theory for Active Rods and its Application to Finger-Like Pattern Formation in Bacteria Colonies at a Glass-Agar Interface
Lyu, Zhenwei	Yang. H.	Topics in Compact Object Astrophysics and Fundamental Physics with Current and Future Gravitational Wave Observations
Parg, Richard	Dutcher, J.	Micropipette Deflection and Constrained Blister Measurements of Agar-Glass Adhesion
Shamana, Hurmiz	Dutcher, J.	Effect of Chemical Modification on the Rheology of Aqueous Dispersions of Phytoglycogen Nanoparticles

2021

Name	Supervisor	Thesis
Baylis, Ben	Dutcher, J.	Morphology and Mechanical Stiffness of Soft Phytoglycogen Nanoparticles Revealed by AFM Force Spectroscopy
Burbadge, Christina	Mücher, D.	Degree awarded posthumously
MacLean, Andrew	Svensson, C.	Spectroscopy of 188Hg Following the β+EC Decay of 188,188mTl
Munro, Rachel	Brown, L. S.	Biosynthetic Isotopic Labelling Strategies for the Production of Membrane Proteins for Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Nelson, Mike	Kribs, D.	Hybrid Quantum Systems: Complementarity of Quantum Privacy and Error-Correction, and Higher Rank Matricial Ranges
Simmons, John	Dutcher, J.	Small Angle Neutron Scattering Studies of Native and Chemically Modified Phytoglycogen Nanoparticles

2020

Name	Supervisor	Thesis
Good, Daryl	Ladizhansky, V.	Investigations of Membrane Protein Dynamics using Solid State NMR
Harris, Andrew	Brown, L. S.	Spectroscopic characterization of atypical ion pumping microbial rhodopsins
Rahemtulla, Aly	Kycia, S.	Resolving Short Range Order of Amorphous Solids
Shelton, Erin	Dutcher, J.	Quantifying Bacterial Motion in Twitching Colonies and the Effect of the Agar-Glass Interface on Bacterial Twitching Motility

2019

Name	Supervisor	Thesis
Arthur, Zach	Jiang, D.T.	In Situ Synchrotron Radiation Investigation of Charge Compensation and Phase Evolution Mechanisms in Li₂FeSiO₄ Electrodes
Dunlop, Ryan	Svensson, C.	β and β-delayed neutron decays of the N = 82 isotopes ^128-130Cd and ¹³¹In studied with GRIFFIN
Westernacher-Schneider, Ryan	Poisson, E./Lehner, L.	Turbulence, Gravity, and Multimessenger Asteroseismology

2018

Name	Supervisor	Thesis Title
Dunlop, Michelle	Svensson, C.	High-Precision Half-Life Measurements for the Superallowed Fermi β+ Emitters ¹⁰C and ²²Mg
VanBommel, Scott	Gellert, R.	Expanding the Capability of the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer Including Quantification of Fine-Scale Chemistry and Atmospheric Monitoring

2017

Name	Supervisor	Thesis Title
Illes, Emilia	Nicol, E.	Properties of the α-T₃ Model
Klassen, Joel	Zeng, B.	Existence and Uniqueness in the Quantum Marginal Problem
Landry, Philippe	Poisson, E.	Tidal Response of a Rotating Neutron Star in General Relativity
Malcolm, John	Nicol, E.	The role of pseudospin in the optical and electronic properties of relativistic materials
Miller, Jonah	Schnetter, E./Poisson, E.	Selected Problems in Computational Gravity

2016

Name	Supervisor	Thesis Title
Grzetic, Douglas	Wickham, R.	Connecting structure evolution and chain diffusion in dense polymeric systems using dynamical self-consistent field theory
Laffoley, Alex	Svensson, C.	High-Precision Half-Life Measurements for the Superallowed Fermi β Emitters ¹⁴O and ¹⁸Ne
Rand, Evan	Svensson, C./ Garrett, P.	Investigation of the E2 and E3 matrix elements in 200Hg using direct nuclear reactions
Tabert, Calvin	Nicol, E.	Electronic Phenomena in 2D Dirac-like Systems: Silicene and Topological Insulator Surface States
Ward, Meaghan	Brown, L.S./Ladizhansky, V	Solid-state NMR investigations of transmembrane proteins – new approaches for signal enhancement and in situ studies of anabaena sensory rhodopsin

2015

Name	Supervisor	Thesis Title
Zimmerman, Peter	Poisson, E.	Self-Force in Non-Vacuum Space Times: Theory and Applications

2014

Name	Supervisor	Thesis Title
Heirwegh, Christopher	O'Meara, J./ Campbell, J.L.	Studies of Light Element X-Ray Fundamental Parameters Used in PIXE Analysis
MacKay, Ian	Wickham, R./ Sullivan, D.	Self-Consistent Field Theory for Smectic Ordering of Semiflexible Homo-polymers
Pasieka, Aron	Kribs, D.	Adaptive Rank Quantum State Estimation
Spencer, Russell	Wickham, R.	Diblock Copolymer Micelle Structure and Dynamics Near the Order-Disorder Transition

2013

Name	Supervisor	Thesis Title
Jamieson, Andrew	Garrett, P.	The Nuclear Structure of 112Cd Studied Through the 111Cd (d,p) 112 Single Neutron Tranfer Reaction
Nategholesam, Mostafa	Tomberli, B.	A non-equilifbrium work study of antimicrobial peptide-membrane interactions
Leach, Kyle	Garrett, P.	Neutron Transfer Reactions on 64Zn as a Probe for Testing Shell-Model Isospin-Symmetry-Breaking Theory

2012

Name	Supervisor	Thesis Title
Finlay, Paul	Svensson, C.	High-precision half-life and branching-ration measurements for the superallowed β+ emitter 26Alm
Leblanc, James	Nicol, E.	The Effects of Electronic Doping on Quantum Materials: Cuprates and Graphene
Schroeder, Christian	Jeffery, K.	Rheo-NMR studies of viscoelastic secondary flows in ducts of non-circular cross-section
Tersigni, Andrew	Qin, X.-R.	Structural Characterization of Tetracene Films by Lateral Force Microscopyand Grazing-Incidence X-Ray Diffraction

2010

Name	Supervisor	Thesis Title
Allen, Scott	Dutcher, J.	Quantitative Kinetics and Angle Scanning Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging
Miranda, Mylene	Brown, L.	Biophysical Characterization of a New Group of Rhodopsins from Photosynthetic Organisms
Pound, Adam	Poisson, E.	Motion of small bodies in general relativity: foundations and implementations of the self-force
Shi, Jun	Qin, X.-R.	Growth, Structural, and Electrical Characterizations of Organic Thin Film on Si-Based Substrates

2009

Name	Supervisor	Thesis Titile
Phillips, Andrew	Garrett, P./Svennson, C.	Structure of ^186,188Os Studied with(³He,d) Reactions
Schumaker, Michael	Svensson, C.	Coulomb Excitation Structure Studies of ²¹Ne, ^20,21Na

2008

Name	Supervisor	Thesis Title
Haas, Roland	Poisson, E.	Self-force on point particles in orbit around a Schwarzschild black hole
Hopman, Theodore	Campbell, J.L.	Characterization of Energy Dispersive Semiconductor Detectors for X-Ray Spectroscopy

2007

Name	Supervisor	Thesis Title
De Hann, H.	Gray, C.	Nonequilibrium Molecular Dynamics Calculation of the Conductance of the KcsA Potassium Ion Channel
Grinyer, G.	Svensson, C.	High-Precision Half-life Measurements for Superallowed Fermi ß Decays
Murray, C.	Dutcher, J.	The Effects of Heating and Chemical Acetylationon Ultrathin Chitosan Films

2005

Name	Supervisor	Thesis Title
Lee-Dadswell, Geoffrey	Gray, C.	Prediction of Transport Coefficients in One-Dimensional Systems
Van Der Ende, Bryan	Brooks, R.L.	Laser-based Studies of Nonradiative Dynamics in Neodymium-doped Crystals

2004

Name	Supervisor	Thesis Title
Chizma, Jeff	Karl, G.	Configuration Mixing in L=1 Excited Nucleons
Martel, Karl	Poisson, E.	Particles and black holes: Time domain integration of the equations of black-hole perturbation theory
Roth, Connie	Dutcher, J.	Mobility on Different Length Scales in Thin Polymer
Trottier, Alexandre	Brooks, R.L.	Spectroscopy of Irradiated ices of Astrophysical Interest

2000

Name	Supervisor	Thesis Title
Gigault, Christian	Dutcher, J.	Self-Assembled Polystyrene Microsphere Monolayers: Annealing Morphology and Ellepsometry
Opps, Sheldon	Gray, C./Sullivan, J.	Phase Behaviour of Model Langmuir Monolayers

1999

Name	Supervisor	Thesis Title
Moran, Gerald	Jeffrey, K.R.	A Deuterium NMR and Dielectric Relaxation Study of Glucox/Water Glasses
Williams, Jimmy D.	Leibbrandt, G.	Two-Loop Renormalization of the Quark Propagator in the Light-Cone Gauge

1998

Name	Supervisor	Thesis Title
Chon, Myung Chol	Law, J.	Muon Physics and Neural Network Event Classifier for Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
Dalnoki-Veress, Kari	Dutcher, J.	Confinement Effects on Thin Polymer Films
Qian, Jin	Davis, J.H.	The Dynamics of Peptide-16 DMPC Bilayer Membranes
Richardson, Allan	Leibbrandt, G.	Noncovariant Gauges in Non-Abelian Field Theory
Tomberli, Bruno	Gray, C.G./Goldman, S.	Supercritical Solubility in Carbon Dioxide: A Comparison of Theory and Simulation

1997

Name	Supervisor	Thesis Title
Alexander, Marcela	Hallett, F.R.	Design of a Small Angle Spectrometer: Application to Food Systems
Andersen, Tom	Simpson, J.J.	Development of Systems for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
Belohorec, Peter	Nickel, B.G.	Renormalization Group Calculation of the Universal Critical Exponents of a Polymer Molecule
Linhananta, Apichart	Sullivan, D.E.	Statistical Physics of Surfactant-Water Binary Mixtures

1996

Name	Supervisor	Thesis Title
Wang, Zihuang	Dutcher, J.	Brillouin Light Scattering Studies of Anisotropies in Magnetic Thin Films and Bulk Crystals

1995

Name	Supervisor	Thesis Title
Chung, Songho	Stevens, J.R.	7Li and 23Na NMR Studies of Cation Dynamics in Polymer Electrolytes
Kao, Rowland	Smith, W.R.	Computer Simulation Studies of Simple Fluids with Applications to Hormone-Receptor Binding
Langlais, Denis	Davis, J.H.	Internuclear Distance Measurements Using Rotational Resonance
Staley, Mark	Leibbrandt, G.	Finite Temperature Q.C.D. in the Temporal Gauge

1994

Name	Supervisor	Thesis Title
Forrest, Jamie	Brooks, R.L.	Spectroscopic Studies of Proton-Irradiated Solid Deuterium
Strawbridge, Kevin	Hallett, F.R.	Particle Size Analysis Using an Integrated Light Scattering Spectrometer

1992

Name	Supervisor	Thesis Title
Matsen, M.W.	Sullivan, D.E.	Lattice model for water-oil-surfactant mixtures
Miller, J.J.	Brooks, R.L.	Raman spectroscopy of solid hydrogen deuteride
Prosser, R.S.	Davis, J.H.	Structural dynamics of an integral membrane peptide: A deuterium NMR relaxation study
Tokaryk, D.	Brooks, R.L.	Reaction dynamics of metastable helium molecules and atoms at 4.2 K
Youden, J.P.	Egelstaff, P.A.	Neutron scattering studies of collective effects in the dynamic and static structure of dense fluids

1991

Name	Supervisor	Thesis Title
Murray, Dan	Nickel, B.G.	Cases of two-independent variable scaling: The ising model critical point and the probability of a coin landing on edge
Teare, S.	Fischer, C.W.	Determination of the energy levels in heterojunction quantum wells using capacitance voltage profiling

1990

Name	Supervisor	Thesis Title
Shanes, F.	Nickel, B.G.	Calculation of the radius of gyration for a linear flexible polymer chain with excluded volume interaction

1989

Name	Supervisor	Thesis Title
King, D.G.	Karl, G.	Quark model matrix elements with an arbitrary number of colours
Mcghee, P.L.	Campbell, J.L.	Transition probabilities in the L shell of heavy atoms
Tjipto Margo, B.	Sullivan, D.E.	Molecular theories of nematic liquid crystals: Bulk and interface

1988

Name	Supervisor	Thesis Title
Roberts, W.	Karl, G.	Spin effects in Fermion pair annihilation

1987

Name	Supervisor	Thesis Title
Perujo. A.	Campbell, J.L.	Advances in elemental analysis by proton-induced X-ray emission

1986

Name	Supervisor	Thesis Title
Ansari, R.R.	Hallett, F.R.	Quasi‑elastic laser light scattering study of polymeric flocculant systems
Nyeo , Su Long	Egelstaff, P.A.
Root, J.H.	Egelstaff, P.A.

1983

Name	Supervisor	Thesis Title
Canaday, J.	Fischer, C.W.	Ionic Transport Studies of Anodic GaAs and Ga/As/Metal Layer Oxides
Jackman, J.A.	MacKenzie, I.K. /Buyers, W. , A.E.C.L.	Spin and Lattice Dynamics in Uranium Rocksalt Compounds
Sullivan, J.D.	Egelstaff, P.A.	The Structure of the Fluid States of Chlorine

1982

Name	Supervisor	Thesis Title
Maxwell, J.A.	Renninger, G.H.	Theoretical Studies of the Visual Responses of the Lateral Compound Eye of Limulus polyphemus
Racey, T.J.	Hallett, F.R.	An Oscillating‑Translational Analysis of the Quasi‑Elastic Light Scattering Spectrum of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Siminovitch, D.J.	Jeffrey, K.R.	Nitrogen‑14 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Model Membranes

1981

Name	Supervisor	Thesis Title
Jorch, H.H.	MacKenzie, I.K.	The Temperature Dependence of Positron Diffusion in Ge and Si
Schultz, P.J.	MacKenzie, I.K.	Evidence for Shallow Positron Traps