@mcmasterphysics

Department of Physics & Astronomy @McMasterU @McMasterScience

 Hamilton ON
physics.mcmaster.ca
Joined October 2022
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Thanks so much to @YorkUPhysics and @UofTAstro for hosting a fantastic #CASCA2024! Special congratulations to P&A students Padraic & Jennifer for their poster awards and Blake & Claude for honourable mentions for best talks! @McMasterScience
From left to right: Claude Cournoyer-Cloutier Jennifer Laing Padraic Odesse

ALT From left to right: Claude Cournoyer-Cloutier Jennifer Laing Padraic Odesse

List of poster and talk winners at CASCA 2024 as chosen by the Graduate Student Committee

ALT List of poster and talk winners at CASCA 2024 as chosen by the Graduate Student Committee

List of poster and talk winners at CASCA 2024 as chosen by the CASCA Board

ALT List of poster and talk winners at CASCA 2024 as chosen by the CASCA Board

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Congrats to recent P&A PhD grad Dr. Evan Smith for winning the @APSphysics Outstanding Dissertation in Magnetism award! 🎉@MacSciResearch @MacSciGrad
Dr. Evan Smith receiving his best dissertation award

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P&A PhD students Jennifer Laing and @astrophysBlake presenting their research at the @almaobs ALMA 10-year conference in December in Puerto Varas, Chile. @McMasterScience @McMasteResearch
PhD student Jennifer Laing presenting her MSc research on gas in nearby barred galaxies

ALT PhD student Jennifer Laing presenting her MSc research on gas in nearby barred galaxies

PhD student Blake Ledger presenting his research on dense gas in nearby (ultra) luminous infrared galaxies. This work was recently published in MNRAS https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.17717

ALT PhD student Blake Ledger presenting his research on dense gas in nearby (ultra) luminous infrared galaxies. This work was recently published in MNRAS https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.17717

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This week we hosted our annual Symposium Day, a tradition in P&A going back for decades where 2nd year graduate students present their research projects to the department. Congratulations to all of the presenters; the quality of the talks was outstanding! @McMasterScience
A view of Nicole Gromek presenting her research at Symposium Day

ALT A view of Nicole Gromek presenting her research at Symposium Day

Thanks for the three session chairs (and judges) Hector Robinson, Steven Cheng, and Jury Radkovski

ALT Thanks for the three session chairs (and judges) Hector Robinson, Steven Cheng, and Jury Radkovski

Our three winning presenters: Nicole Gromek, Cameron Burns, and Daniel Dobrowolski

ALT Our three winning presenters: Nicole Gromek, Cameron Burns, and Daniel Dobrowolski

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The best poster presentation went to Sujit Patil for “Experimentally Determining Properties of Bacterial Motion” supervised by Prof. Cecile Fradin @CecileFradin 3/3
Best poster prize for Sujit Patil awarded by P&A chair Dr. Alison Sills

ALT Best poster prize for Sujit Patil awarded by P&A chair Dr. Alison Sills

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The best talk prize went to Mikolaj Gawkowski for “Caustics from quenches in two coupled 1D Bose gases” Supervisor: Prof. Duncan O’Dell 2/3
Best talk prize for Mikolaj Gawkowski awarded by P&A chair Dr. Alison Sills

ALT Best talk prize for Mikolaj Gawkowski awarded by P&A chair Dr. Alison Sills

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Last week we hosted our first summer student research symposium. The quality of talks and posters was outstanding. Congrats to all of the presenters! @McMasterScience 🧵 1/3
Summer student research symposium poster fair

ALT Summer student research symposium poster fair

Summer student research symposium poster fair

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And one more: Kate Hartman's poster "Comparing Globular Cluster System Properties with Host Galaxy Environment" was tied with Lauren's for best poster as selected by @casca_gsc #CASCA2023
Kate Hartman presenting her award-winning poster

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Wow best student poster for Lauren Foster and best talk for Veronika Dornan at #CASCA2023 from the @casca_gsc Congratulations!!!
Lauren Foster in front of her poster

ALT Lauren Foster in front of her poster

Veronika Dornan presenting her talk

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MSc student Jennifer Laing presenting her research on barred galaxies at #casca2023 @McMasterScience #astronomy
Jennifer Laing presented a talk at CASCA in Penticton

ALT Jennifer Laing presented a talk at CASCA in Penticton

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