Our faculty
Faculty members in our department have established international reputations as researchers.
Chair of the department
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Valter Zazubovits- Professor, Physics
- Chair, Physics
Research areas: Photosynthesis research using optical methods. Energy and charge transfer. Protein dynamics. Tunneling in biological systems. Explosives detection. Novel microscopy and single-molecule imaging techniques.
Full-time faculty
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Abhijeet Alase- Assistant Professor, Physics
Research areas: Topological phases, topological quantum computation, quantum algorithms, quantum sensing, non-Hermitian physics -
George Bepete- Assistant Professor, Physics
- Assistant Professor, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Research areas: Nanomaterials for sustainable energy and next-generation electronics -
Pablo Bianucci- Associate Professor, Physics
Research areas: Micro- and nano-photonics, semiconductor nanostructures, optics -
Alexandre Champagne- Professor, Physics
Research areas: Quantum Materials, Graphene, Nanoelectronics, Experimental Physics -
Mariana Frank- Professor, Physics
Research areas: Theoretical Particle Physics: Beyond The Standard Model and Dark Matter -
Claudine Gauthier- Associate Professor, Physics
- Co-op Director, Physics
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Brandon Helfield- Tier II Canada Research Chair in Molecular Biophysics in Human Health
- Assistant Professor, Physics
- Assistant Professor, Biology
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Laszlo Kalman- Associate Professor, Physics
- Undergraduate Program Director, Physics
- Co-op Academic Director, Physics
Research areas: molecular biophysics; bioenergetics; photosynthesis -
Saurabh Maiti- Associate Professor, Physics
Research areas: Collective phenomena and light-matter interaction, Spin-orbit coupled systems, Unconventional superconductors, Engineered 2D lattices -
Rachael (Ré) A Mansbach- Tier II Canada Research Chair in Computational Biophysics
- Assistant Professor, Physics
Research areas: Computational biophysics, statistical physics, deep learning, molecular dynamics -
Sushil K. Misra- Professor, Physics
Research areas: Experimental and Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, with specialization to Electron paramagnetic Resonance (EPR; also known as ESR(Electron Spin resonance)/EMR (Electron mganetic resonance)) -
Ingo Salzmann- Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Associate Professor, Physics
Research areas: Conjugated organic molecules and polymers employed as organic (semi-)conductors; their structural, electronic and optical properties; applications in organic electronics -
Gilles Peslherbe- Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Centre for Research in Molecular Modeling (CERMM)
- Professor (cross-appointed), Physics
- Professor (cross-appointed), Chemical and Materials Engineering
Research areas: Computational Chemistry, Molecular and Reaction Dynamics, Nanomaterials and Materials Engineering, Chemical Biology, Therapeutics, Photochemistry, Ultrasfast Spectroscopy, Chemical Physics, Environmental Chemistry, Machine Learning, Quantum Computing -
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Valter Zazubovits
- Professor, Physics
- Chair, Physics
Research areas: Photosynthesis research using optical methods. Energy and charge transfer. Protein dynamics. Tunneling in biological systems. Explosives detection. Novel microscopy and single-molecule imaging techniques.
Part-time faculty
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Nima Nateghi
- Part-Time Faculty, Physics
Research areas: Growth and characterization of thin films and nanostructures, Hybrid 2D/Semiconductor systems