Faculty and Staff
| Full-Time Faculty Part-Time Faculty Adjunct Faculty |
Staff Grad Students |
| Full-Time Faculty | ||
| Name | Position | Web Site/Email |
| Roby Austin | Associate Professor, Associate Dean of Science — Curriculum | |
| Malcolm Butler | Professor | Contact |
| Gregory Christian | Associate Professor | Contact |
| Ivana Damjanov | Tier II Canada Research Chair, Associate Professor | Contact |
| Luigi Gallo | Professor, Chairperson | Contact |
| Vincent Henault-Brunet | Associate Professor | Contact |
| Marcin Sawicki | ICA Director, Professor | Contact |
| Ian Short | Professor, Undergrad Advisor | Contact |
| Rob Thacker | Professor, Graduate Advisor | Contact |
| Aldona Wiacek | Associate Professor; cross-appointment with Environmental Science (ENVS) | Contact |
| Part-Time Faculty | ||
| Name | Position | Contact |
| Jodi Asbell-Clarke | Part-time Instructor | Contact |
| Kevin Brown | Part-time Instructor | Contact |
| Richard Cisek | Part-time Instructor | Contact |
| John Gallant | Part-time Instructor | Contact |
| Patrick Kelly | Part-time Instructor | Contact |
| Shahideh Kiehbadroudinezhad | Part-time Instructor | Contact |
| Doug Pitcairn | Part-time Instructor | Contact |
| Cameron Reed | Part-time Instructor | Contact |
| Laura Stiles-Clarke | Part-time Instructor | Contact |
| Shruti Tripathi | Part-time Instructor | Contact |
| Emeritus | ||
| Name | Position | Contact |
| Robert Deupree | Professor Emeritus | |
| David Guenther | Professor Emeritus | |
| George Mitchell | Professor Emeritus | |
| David Turner | Professor Emeritus | |
| Gary Welch | Professor Emeritus | |
| Adjunct Faculty | ||
| Name | Position | Contact |
| Friedhelm Ames | Adjunct Professor | Contact |
| Phil Bennett | Adjunct Professor | Contact |
| Ruohong Li | Adjunct Professor | Contact |
| Postdocs | ||
| Name | Position | Contact |
| Dr. Gaia Gaspar | Studies of galaxy formation and evolution | Contact |
| Dr. Adam Gonzalez | Studies X-ray emission from active galactic nuclei | Contact |
| Dr. Rosa María Mérida | Studies of galaxy formation and evolution | Contact |
| Dr. Kiyoaki Omori | Studies of galaxy formation and evolution | Contact |
| Dr. Michele Pizzardo | Studies of galaxy formation and evolution | Contact |
| Dr. Rinku K. Prajapat | Experimental nuclear physics - rare isotope studies with radioactive ion beams | |
| Dr. Jennifer Sanchez Rojo | Experimental nuclear physics - rare isotope studies with radioactive ion beams | |
| Dr. Yerong Xu | Studies X-ray emission from active galactic nuclei | Contact |
| Staff | ||
| Name | Position | Contact |
| Shannon Rhode | Department Assistant - Astronomy/Physics | Contact |
| Tiffany Fields | Astronomy Technician | Contact |
| Michael Dunlavy | Science Technician - Physics | Contact |
| Dr. Sergiy Khan | ACENET Computational Research Consultant | Contact |
| Phil Romkey | ACENET Systems Administrator | Contact |
| Graduate Students | ||
| Name | Position | Contact - Shannon Rhode |
| Jordan Adamski | M.Sc. candidate | |
| Abigail Battson | M.Sc. candidate | |
| Margaret Buhariwalla | Ph.D. candidate | |
| Lingjian (Lejay) Chen | Ph.D. candidate | |
| Eloise Desmarais | M.Sc. candidate | |
| Nolan Dickson | Ph.D. candidate | |
| Amanda Edwin | Ph.D. candidate | |
| Jeremy Favaro | Ph.D. Candidate | |
| Angelo George | M.Sc. candidate | |
| Thomas Hodd | M.Sc. candidate | |
| Sora Ishida | M.Sc. candidate | |
| Kavinda Liyanage | M.Sc. candidate | |
| Nikhil Nikhil | Ph.D. candidate | |
| Divyang Prajapati | Ph.D. candidate | |
| Aritra Roy | Ph.D. candidate | |
| Saurabh Sawant | Ph.D. candidate | |
| Cameron Semenchuck | M.Sc. candidate | |
| Mukhwinder Singh | Ph.D. candidate | |
| Fraser Smith | Ph.D. candidate | |
| Devin Williams | Ph.D. candidate | |
(Photo courtesy Danielle Boudreau)
Astronomy & Applied Science graduate students 2019-2020:
Back row: A. George, P. Mungara, D. Blue, O. Workman, M. Hellmich
Front row: P. Jassal, A. Gonzalez, L. Chen, M. Buhariwalla, K. Kaur,
Missing: M. Cavenaile, M. Singh, P. Subramaniyam
Contact us
Department of Astronomy and Physics
902-496-8218
Offices: Atrium, 3rd floor, Main Office: AT 319
Mailing address:
Saint Mary's University
Halifax Nova Scotia
B3H 3C3