Queen's 2015 Nobel Prize in PhysicsCongratulations to Dr. Corning, Dr. Rochfort and three master's students for successfully defending their theses!
Below is the list of graduate students who successfully defended their theses between January and April 2026, together with their thesis titles and their supervisors’ names.
PhD
| Name | Thesis Title | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|
| Jasmine Corning | The Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background and Pre-Supernova Neutrinos in the SNO+ Liquid Scintillator Detector | Prof. Chen |
| Dominic Rochfort | Conic Sections of (anti)-de Sitter and Weyl Spacetimes | Prof. Lake |
Masters
| Name | Degree | Thesis Title | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Courtman | MASc | Design of rotating magnetic field current drive and magnetic confinement system for Q-REX | Prof. Morelli |
| Julian Caza | MSc | Dynamics of Dense Gas Filaments in the Serpens South Star-Forming Region | Prof. Fissel |
| Loic Remolif | MSc | Chiral Cavity-Induced Ground State Crossing in a Quantum Ring | Prof. Iorsh |