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Bill Atkinson

M.Sc. (U. Alberta), Ph.D. (McMaster)
SC 222 ; 705-748-1011 ext.7716 ; billatkinson@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Computational and theoretical models of high temperature superconductors.

Bill Atkinson's website

 

 

 

 

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Carlo Bradac

M.Sc. (Polytechnic of Milan), Ph.D. (Macquarie University)
SC 221 ; 705-748-1011 ext.7682 ; carlobradac@trentu.ca
Research Interests: 2D and 3D Nanomaterials, quantum sensing.

Carlo's website

 

 

 

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Suresh Narine

M.Sc. (Trent), Ph.D. (Guelph)
SC 304 ; 705-748-1011 ext. 6105, 705-748-1652 ; sureshnarine@trentu.ca
Director, Trent Biomaterials Research Program
Research Interests: MTSC -Biomaterials, NSERC/OSG/ERS Senior Industrial Research Chair in Lipid Derived Biomaterials, Ontario Research Chair in Green Chemistry & Engineering.

Suresh Narine's website

 

 

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David Patton

B. Math (Waterloo), Ph.D. (Victoria)
SC 320 ; 705-748-1011 ext. 7462 ; dpatton@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Observational astronomy: galaxy evolution, galaxy mergers

David Patton's website

 

 

 

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Rayf Shiell

B.A. (Oxford), Ph.D. (Newcastle).
SC 213 ; 705-748-1011 ext. 7023 ; rayfshiell@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Atomic, molecular and optical physics. Optical and biomechanical properties of the cornea. Physics education.

Rayf Shiell's website

 

 

 

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Aaron Slepkov

Department Chair
Hon. B.Sc. (Brock), M.Sc., Ph.D. (U Alberta)
SC 212 ; 705-748-1011 ext. 6216 ; aaronslepkov@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Nonlinear photonics, Optical properties and characterization of organic and bio-materials, microscopy.

Aaron Slepkov's website

 

 

 

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Balaji Subramanian

M.Sc. (Madurai), Ph.D. (Indian Institute of Science)
SC 322 ; 705-748-1011 ext. 7155 ; balajisubramanian@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Optical properties of nanostructure LI-tungsten bronzes and graphene based transition metal oxide films for energy saving applications.

 

 

 

 

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Rachel Wortis

B.Sc. (Harvard), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Illinois)
SC 326 ; 705-748-1011 ext. 7714 ; rwortis@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Condensed matter theory: strongly correlated and disordered systems.

Rachel Wortis's website

 

 

Instructors
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Johann Beda

SC 326 ; 705-748-1011 ext. 7784 ; jbeda@trentu.ca

Johann Beda's website

 

 

 

 

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Stephen Armitage

SC 318 ; stephenarmitage@trentu.ca

 

 

 

 

 

Emeritus Faculty

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Peter Dawson

M.Sc. (Trent), Ph.D. (Victoria)
pdawson@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Stellar populations and galactic structure

 

 

 

 

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Alan J. Slavin

M.Sc.(Toronto), Ph.D.(Cambridge)
aslavin@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Metal surfaces: nanostructure and chemical interactions

 

 

 

 

Jim Jury

Research Interests: Photonuclear reactions and radiation detection

Ron Johnson

Research Interests: Galactic astronomy

John Earnshaw

Research Interests: Physics education research

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