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We have MSc and PhD positions available in our Biophysics and Physics programs. 

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Investigations into the properties of cadium nuclei have yielded some exciting results!

Nature: Squashed nuclei undermine long-held doctrine of nuclear structure

American Physical Society: Nuclear Spectroscopy Reveals New Shapes of Excited Nuclei

The University of Guelph Physics and Astronomy Club have been successful in their Guinness World Record attempt for the World’s Largest Elephant’s Toothpaste! The Physics Department is now considered ‘Officially Amazing’ after receiving confirmation from Guinness World Records in London England that their record has been approved.

Phys Phest Best presentation awards

MSc

• First prize: Sylvia Luyben, Electrostatic interactions in polymeric dynamical self-consistent field theory

Beau Greaves successfully defended his MSc thesis on August 30, 2019: Investigation of High-Lying (alpha,gamma) Resonances in ²²Ne through One-Neutron Transfer in Inverse Kinematics at TIGRESS