Department of Astronomy & Physics
Faculty and Staff
(photo courtesy D. Guenther)
| Full-Time Faculty Part-Time Faculty Adjunct Faculty |
Postdocs Staff Grad Students |
| Full-Time Faculty | ||
| Name | Position | Web Site/Email |
| Roby Austin | Associate Professor | Contact |
| David Clarke | Professor | Contact |
| Ivana Damjanov | Tier II Canada Research Chair, Assistant Professor | Ivana.Damjanov (at) smu.ca |
| Robert Deupree | Professor Emeritus | Contact |
| Luigi Gallo | Professor | Contact |
| David Guenther | Professor Emeritus | Contact |
| Rituparna Kanungo | Professor | Contact |
| George Mitchell | Professor Emeritus | Contact |
| Adam Sarty | Dean of Graduate Studies and Research; Associate Vice-President Research | adam.sarty(at) smu.ca |
| Marcin Sawicki | Tier I Canada Research Chair, Professor | Contact |
| Ian Short | Acting Department Chair, (1 July 2017-30 June 2018), Professor | Contact |
| Rob Thacker | Professor, ICA Acting Director, Graduate Program Coordinator | Contact |
| David Turner | Professor Emeritus | Contact |
| Gary Welch | Professor Emeritus | Contact |
| Aldona Wiacek | Assistant Professor; cross-appointment with Environmental Science (ENVS) | Contact |
| Part-Time Faculty | ||
| Email*All email addresses, except where noted, end with "@ap.smu.ca" | ||
| Name | Position | Contact |
| Jodi Asbell-Clarke | Part-time Instructor | jodi_asbell-clarke@terc.edu |
| Phil Bennett | Part-time instructor | pbennett |
| Kevin Brown | Part-time Instructor | kbrown |
| Richard Cisek | Part-time Instructor | Richard.cisek@smu.ca |
| John Gallant | Part-time Instructor | jgoahl@gmail.com |
| Anneya Golob | Part-time Instructor | agolob |
| Patrick Kelly | Part-time Instructor | patrick.kelly@dal.ca |
| Dan Majaess | Part-time Instructor | dmajaess |
| Doug Pitcairn | Part-time Instructor | douglas.pitcairn@smu.ca |
| Laura Stiles-Clarke | Part-time Instructor | lsclarke |
| Shruti Tripathi | Part-time Instructor | Shruti.Tripathi at smu.ca |
| Postdocs and Research Associates | ||
| Email*All email addresses, except where noted, end with "@ap.smu.ca" | ||
| Name | Position | Contact |
| Soumya Bagchi | Post Doctorial Fellow | S.Bagchi@gsi.de |
| Matthias Holl | Post Doctorial Fellow | mholl@triumf.ca |
| Dan Majaess | Post Doctorial Fellow | dmajaess |
| Thibaud Moutard | Post Doctorial Fellow | tmoutard |
| Shruti Tripathi | Post Doctorial Fellow | Shruti.Tripathi at smu.ca |
| Staff | ||
| Email*All email addresses, except where noted, end with "@ap.smu.ca" | ||
| Name | Position | Contact |
| Florence Woolaver | Secretary - Astronomy/Physics | fwoolaver |
| Dave Lane | Director, Burke-Gaffney Observatory and Systems Administrator, Astronomy & Physics | Contact |
| Michael Dunlavy | Science Technician - Physics | mdunlavy |
| Dr. Sergiy Khan | ACENET Computational Research Consultant | sergiy.khan at ace-net.ca |
| Phil Romkey | ACENET | phil.romkey at ace-net.ca |
| Graduate Students | ||
| Email*All email addresses, except where noted, end with "@ap.smu.ca" | ||
| Name | Position | Contact |
| Liz Arcila-Osejo | Ph.D. candidate | losejo |
| Kirsten Bonson | Ph.D. candidate | kbonson |
| Gurpreet Kaur Cheema | M.Sc. candidate | gcheema |
| Lingjian (Lejay) Chen | M.Sc. candidate | lchen |
| Daniel Cunningham | M.Sc. candidate | dcunningham |
| Hannah Ehler | M.Sc. candidate | hehler |
| Tiffany Fields | M.Sc. candidate | tfields |
| Anneya Golob | Ph.D. candidate | agolob |
| Adam Gonzalez | M.Sc. candidate | agonzalez |
| Preetinder Kaur Jassal | Ph.D. candidate | pjassal |
| Satbir Kaur | Ph.D. candidate (Dalhousie) | skaur |
| Jaspreet Singh Randhawa | Ph.D. candidate | randhawa |
| Nathalie Thibert | M.Sc. candidate | nthibert |
| Mitchell Young | Ph.D. candidate | myoung |
Astronomy graduate students 2007: D. Majaess, C. Lovekin, N. MacDonald, G. Geroux, J. Ramsey, B. Sorba, D. Williamson, K. Moncrieff, M. Casey (photo courtesy D. Guenther)