Area of Study

Particle Astrophysics

Supervisor: Prof. K. Clark

About Ezri

Ezri works on the Scintillating Bubble Chamber experiment dealing primarily with modelling and control systems for the thermodynamics and fluid dynamics of the detector. They're passionate about gender equity in physics and co-chair the gender minorities in physics group (GEMINI-P) here at Queen's. When they're not in the lab they love knitting, reading, running, and hanging out with their cat.

Area of Study

Engineering and Applied physics, Photonics

Supervisors: Prof. B. Shastri

About Ammar

Ammar received his BSc. in Electrical Engineering (Electronics and Communications) with a focus on Electromagnetics and Photonics in 2024: grade excellent with highest honors. He is interested in researching how to use photonics for signal processing and computing, specifically looking for novel architectures that can create breakthroughs.

Ammar's CV

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Area of Study

Particle Astrophysics

Supervisor: Prof. K. Clark

Area of Study

Condensed Matter Physics & Optics

Supervisor: Prof. N. Rotenberg

About Ivanna

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Area of Study

Particle Astrophysics

Supervisor: Prof. S. Sekula

About Shane

I am a new member of the PICO collaboration, searching for Dark Matter. I was an architect for ~9 years before switching to Physics. I'm from the US, and a massive fan of the Colorado Avalanche, reading (mostly hard sci-fi), music (mostly metal), and I like to compete in sports, video games, board games, etc.

Area of Study

Condensed Matter Physics & Optics

Supervisor: Prof. J. Gao

Area of Study

Condensed Matter Physics & Optics, Theoretical and Computational Physics

Supervisor: Prof. S. Hughes

Research Interests

My research is focused on direct search for dark matter, primarily working with cryogenic detectors being developed for SuperCDMS (Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search). I am very interested in understanding the physics of the detectors which is essential for understanding the data as well as for improving the detectors or finding new operational modes. I am also involved in data analysis, Monte Carlo simulations and background reduction. As leader of the Canadian involvement in SuperCDMS I am pushing forward with the next phase of the experiment to be installed at SNOLAB.