People of the Physics Department
  • Keeping in touch
    • Retired Professors
      • Recent Staff
        • Elizabeth Horvath, Administrative Assistant, 2005-2022
          Currently: Retired
          E-mail: elizabeththorvath@hotmail.com
        • Frank Benko, Senior Lab Instructor, 1977-2018
          Currently: Retired
          E-mail: fbenko@gmail.com
        • Fran Meffe, Administrative Assistant, 2003-2005
          Currently: Retired
        • Alice Witvoet, Administrative Assistant, 1989-2003
          Currently: Retired
          E-mail: awitv15@gmail.com
        • Ronald Snelgrove, Hon BSc '91; Lab Demonstrator 1991-2000
          Currently:
          E-mail: ronaldsnelgrove@hotmail.com
      • Recent MSc Graduates
        • Sara Monfared - PhD '22
          Currently: Graduate Laboratory Supervisor
          E-mail: smonfared@brocku.ca
        • Mike Cosco - MSc '21
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Tahereh Afsharvosoughi - PhD '21
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Biljana Indovski - PhD '21
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Wenjing Yang - MSc '20
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Amandeep Dhindsa - MSc '20
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Anjali James - MSc '20
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Xin Min - MSc '20
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Linhan Shao - MSc '20
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Cong Yu - MSc '20
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Harpreet Punni - MSc '20
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Yize Li - MSc '20
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • HamidReza Nayeri - MSc '20
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Kurtis Bauer - MSc '20
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • S Parisa Torabi - MSc '20
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • James Frank - MSc '20
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Huriyyah Albandri - MSc '20
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Priyanka Ghai - MSc '19
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Jordan Fazio - MSc '19
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Siwei Yu - MSc '19
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Yaqi Zheng - MSc '19
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Qiang Zhang - MSc '19
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Mathew Pula - MSc '19
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Zainab Amir - MSc '19
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Laila Obied - PhD '19
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Dana Xu - MSc '18
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Talo Hoda - MSc '18
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Samin Tajik - MSc '18
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Navpreet Gill - MSc '18
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Yifeng Li - MSc '18
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Michelle Przedborski - PhD '17
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Darren Hicks - MSc '17
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Thomas Beniac - MSc '17
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Samia Ibrahim - MSc '17
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Colin Vendromin - MSc '17
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Susan Yee - MSc '17
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Bradley Van Oosten - PhD '16
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Dmitry Pshenitsin - PhD '16
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Jory Korobanik - PhD '16
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Egor Ospadov - PhD '16
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Maryam Taheri - PhD '16
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Andrew Cheesman - MSc '16
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Kevin Caslin - PhD '15
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Drew Marquardt - PhD '15
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Aistis Januszko - MSc '14
          Currently: Process Engineer at Unitron Hearing, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
        • Reza Siavashi - MSc '14
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Jason Iwachow - MSc '14
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Peng Xiao - MSc '13
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Yousef Rohanizadegan - MSc '13
          Currently: Pursuing BSc in Computer Science at Brock University
          E-mail: yr10xr@brocku.ca
        • Jason Manson - MSc '12
          Currently: Pursuing BED at Brock University
          E-mail: jm04rr@brocku.ca
        • Yang Pan - MSc '12
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Sepiedeh Pirasteh - MSc '12
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Ivana Komljenovic - MSc '11
          Currently: Pursuing Ph.D. at University of Guelph
          E-mail: ikomljen@uguelph.ca
        • Brad Dempsie - MSc '10
          Currently: Datat analysis/field engineer at Pure Technologies, Inc.
          E-mail: bd03nm@brocku.ca
        • Brandon DesRoches - MSc '10
          Currently: Pursuing
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        • Michael Potalivo - MSc '10
          Currently: Pursuing
          E-mail: mp04jb@brocku.ca
        • Mojtaba Hajialamdari - MSc '10
          Currently: Pursuing his Ph.D. at University of Waterloo
          E-mail: mhajiala@uwaterloo.ca
        • M Sedigh Ghamari - MSc '10
          Currently: Pursuing his Ph.D. at McMaster University
          E-mail: mohammad.ghamary@gmail.com
        • Patrick Reuvekamp - MSc '09
          Currently: Pursuing his Ph.D. at Max Planck Institute, Stuttgart, Germany
          E-mail: p.reuvekamp@fkf.mgp.de
        • Panteha Razavi - MSc '09
          Currently: Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest Centre, Toronto, ON
          E-mail: atash.p@gmail.com
        • Anthony Madubuonu - MSc '09
          Currently:
          E-mail: tmadubuonu@yahoo.com
        • Sarah Kefayati - MSc '08
          Currently: Pursuing her Ph.D. at University of Western Ontario
          E-mail: skefayati@uwo.ca
        • Mojtaba Hajialamdari - MSc '08
          Currently: Pursuing his Ph.D. at University of Waterloo
          E-mail: mhajiala@uwaterloo.ca
        • Bao Chang Liu - MSc '08
          Currently: Pursuing his Ph.D. at McMaster University
          E-mail: liub27@mcmaster.ca
        • Shahab Jamali Gharetape - MSc '08
          Currently: Pursuing his Ph.D. at the University of Toronto
          E-mail: sh.jamaligharetape@utoronto.ca
        • Gary Fekete - MSc '08
          Currently:
          E-mail: gfekete@brocku.ca
        • Sara Sadeghi - MSc '07
          Currently: Pursuing her Ph.D. at Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
          E-mail: ssadeghi@sfu.ca
        • Nazanin Hossein-Khah - MSc '06
          Currently: Pursuing her Ph.D. at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
          E-mail: nazanin.h@gmail.com
        • Fatemeh Eftekhari - MSc '06
          Currently: Pursuing her Ph.D. at the University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
          E-mail: z.eftekhari@gmail.com
        • Yu Li - MSc '06
          Currently: Pursuing his Ph.D. at the McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
          E-mail: yl04qm@brocku.ca
        • Wenqi Ran - MSc '06
          Currently: Pursuing his Ph.D. at the McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
          E-mail: wenqi.ran@gmail.com
        • Talayeh Hezareh - MSc '05
          Currently: Pursuing her Ph.D. at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
          E-mail: thezareh@uwo.ca
        • Qiuping Bian - MSc '05
          Currently: Pursuing his Ph.D. at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
          E-mail: bianq2@univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca
        • Avid Farhoodfar - MSc '05
          Currently: Pursuing her Ph.D. at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
          E-mail: avid@physics.queensu.ca
        • Helia Jalali - MSc '05
          Currently: Pursuing her Ph.D. at University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario
          E-mail: hjalili@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca
        • Amir Keyvanloo - MSc '04
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        • Graeme Wardlaw - MSc '04
          Currently: Pursuing his Ph.D. at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
          E-mail: wardlagm@mcmaster.ca
        • J. Robert Klassen - MSc '04
          Currently: At Brock University doing qualifying work for Medical School
          E-mail: jk98ah@newton.physics.brocku.ca
        • M. Mehdi Yazdanian - MSc '04
          Currently: Pursuing his Master in Mechanical, Automotive & Materials Engineering at the University of Windsor
          E-mail: yazdan2@uwindsor.ca
        • Zuzana Trskova - MSc '04
          Currently: Living in Bratislava, Slovakia
          E-mail: trskova@pobox.sk
        • Stanislav Ocadlik - MSc '04
          Currently: Living in Ruzindol, Slovakia
          E-mail: neoyano@pobox.sk
        • Ivana Bosa - MSc '04
          Currently: Pursuing her Ph.D. at University College, Cork, Ireland
          E-mail: ibosa@nmrc.ie
        • Roshanak Teymoori - MSc '03
          Currently: Pursuing her Ph.D. at the University of Alberta
          E-mail: roshanak_teymoori@yahoo.ca
        • Adan Brown Holden - MSc '02
          Currently:Senior Software Analyst, Win Win Solutions, Inc.
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        • Rodica Ellison - MSc '01, BEd '02
          Currently: Teaching high school Mathematics and Physics in Niagara
          E-mail: rodimica@yahoo.com
        • Miroslav Hornik - MSc '01; recipient of the 2001 Governor-General's Gold Medal
          Currently: Slovak branch of Swiss software company
          E-mail: miroslavhornik@centrum.cz
        • Sarkis Jacob - MSc '00
          Currently: Researcher at Industry Canada: Optoelectronics Materials and Components
          E-mail:sarkis.jacob@crc.ca
        • Melissa A. Castle - MSc '99
          Currently: Product Engineer at JDS Uniphase Corp.
          E-mail: mel_castle@hotmail.com
        • Mylo G. Hildebrand - MSc '99
          Currently: Teaching science in Palm Desert, California
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        • Martin Snajdr - MSc '99; recipient of the 1999 Governor-General's Gold Medal
          Currently: Pursuing PhD studies at University of Alberta
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        • Tatiana Zaraiskaya - MSc '99
          Currently: Pursuing PhD studies at University of Guelph
          E-mail: tz@physics.uoguelph.ca
        • Tomas Roch - MSc '98
          Currently: PDF at Institute for Solid State Electronics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
          E-mail: troch@fkeserver.fke.tuwien.ac.at
        • Stephanie Recker - MSc '98
          Currently:
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        • Peter Langfelder - MSc '97; recipient of the 1997 Governor-General's Gold Medal
          Currently: A postdoctoral fellow at the University of Waterloo
          E-mail: plangfel@uwaterloo.ca
      • Former Associates and Post-Doctoral Fellows
        • Reza Mohammadizadeh Research associate with F. Razavi, Feb 15, 2010 - January 14, 2011
          Currently:Department of Physics, University of Tehran
          E-mail: zadeh@ut.ac.ir
        • Sushi Wu Research Associate with K. Samokhin, May 15, 2008 - August 31, 2010
        • Yong Liu Research Associate with S. Bose, June 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010
          Currently:College of Science, Yanshan university, China
        • Josef Kudrnovsky Research Associate with S. Bose, June 14, 2010 - August 29, 2010
          Currently:Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences, Prague
        • Mohamed Said Al-Busaidi Research Associate with F. Razavi, June 1, 2007 - August 31, 2008
        • Abdussallam EldewikResearch Associate with F. Razavi, June 1, 2008 - August 31, 2008
        • G.V. Sudhakar Rao - Postdoctoral Fellow with M. Reedyk, March 1, 2002 - August 31, 2006
          Currently: Blue Sky Spectroscopy Inc., Lethbridge, Alberta
          E-mail: sudhakar.gunuganti@blueskyinc.ca
        • Maxim Marenko - Postdoctoral Fellow with K. Samokhin, April 1, 2005 - February 14, 2006
          Currently: Dept of Physics and Astronomy, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, USA
          E-mail: Maxim.Marienko@hofstra.edu
        • Eeuwe Zijlstra - Postdoctoral Fellow with S.K. Bose, January 1, 2003 - December 31, 2004 and May 1, 2005 - August 31, 2005
          Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Theoretical Physics, University Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Strass 40, 34132 Kassel, Germany
          E-mail: zijlstra@physik.uni-kassel.de
        • Christopher Wiebe - Assistant Professor , August 1, 2004 - July 31, 2005
          Currently:Assistant Professor, Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
          E-mail: cwiebe@mailer.fsu.edu
        • Parviz Kameli - PhD student, Aug. 01 - July '02, with F.S. Razavi
          Currently:
        • Biplab Sanyal - Postdoctoral Fellow with S.K. Bose, July '99 - May '00
          Currently: Assistant Professor, Uppsala University, Dept of Physics, Cond. Matter Theory Grp., Box 530, S75 121 Uppsala, Sweden
          E-mail: Biplab.Sanyal@fysik.uu.se
        • Dr. Gerald R. Moran - Research Associate, Jan '99 - July '99
          Currently: Health and Radiation Sciences Unit, McMaster University
          E-mail: morang@mcmaster.ca
        • Dr. Guy Quirion - Research Associate, 1994-1998
          Currently: Department of Physics, Memorial University, St. John's, NF
          E-mail: gquirion@kelvin.physics.mun.ca
        • Hartmut Schäfer - 1994-95, PDF with Prof. Sternin
          Currently: Bruker Spectrospin, Germany
          E-mail: Hartmut.Schaefer@bruker.de
        • Vladimir Kostur - 1992-94, PDF with Prof. Mitrovic
          Currently: American International Insurance
          E-mail: vkostur@netcom.ca
        • Thorsten Höhn - 1989-91, PDF with Prof. Mitrovic
          Currently: ORACLE Germany
          Riesstr. 25
          D-80992 Muenchen, Germany
          E-mail: dr.thorsten.hoehn@oracle.com
        • Josef Kudrnovsky - 1992, PDF with Prof. Bose
          Currently: Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
          E-mail: kudrnov@fzu.cz
        • Renat Sabiryanov - 1993-94, PDF with Prof. Bose
          Currently: Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE
          E-mail: rsabirianov@mail.unomaha.edu
        • Zeng-Ju Tian - 1992-94, PDF with Prof. Black
          Currently: Northern Telecommunications, Ottawa, ON
          E-mail: tian@nortel.ca

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