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Rachael Alexandroff
Post Doctoral Fellow
Multi-wavelength astronomy; extragalactic astronomy, galaxy evolution, quasar feedback
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AB 205
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Ariel Amaral
Graduate Student
Astronomy
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MP 1318
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Daniel Baker
Graduate Student
Pulsar Scintillation and Black Holes as testing grounds for Quantum Gravity
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MP 1305
Work Phone: (416) 978 5946
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Antoine Beauchamp
Graduate Student
Early Universe Cosmology
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MP 1201B
Work Phone: N/A
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Morgan Bennett
Graduate Student
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Philippe Berger
Graduate Student
Cosmology, large scale structure, and non-gaussianity with the 21 cm line
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MP 1405
Work Phone: (416) 978-5794
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Paolo Bianchini
National Fellow
The study of the structure and internal dynamic of quasi-relaxed stellar systems, in particular the formation and evolution of globular clusters, using a combination of dynamical modeling, simulations and observations.
J. Richard Bond
Professor
Astrophysics & Cosmology – Physics of the Very Early Universe; Origin and Evolution of Cosmic Structure; Cosmic Radiation Backgrounds; The Dark Matter & Dark Energy Problems; Particle and Gravitational Theory
Patrick Breysse
Post Doctoral Fellow
Cosmology, intensity mapping, large-scale structure, galaxy evolution
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MP 1302
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Katerina Chatziioannou
Post Doctoral Fellow
Gravitational Wave Astrophysics, General Relativity, Bayesian Data Analysis and Information Extraction
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John Dubinski
Computing Manager
Candace Duong
Business Officer
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MP 1404B
Work Phone: 416-978-1980
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Heather Fong
Graduate Student
General relativity, gravitational waves, and cosmology
Simon Foreman
Post Doctoral Fellow
Cosmology: large scale structure, weak lensing, testing fundamental physics
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Carl-Johan Haster
Post Doctoral Fellow
Formation, evolution and analysis of compact binary objects, observable with gravitational waves. Development of computationally efficient analysis techniques for gravitational wave data analysis.
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Sarah Hunter
Administrative Assistant
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MP 1403
Work Phone: 416-978-6879
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Shenglin Jing
Graduate Student
High-energy astrophysics, cosmology
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MP 1212
Work Phone: (416) 978-6259
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Laura Keating
Post Doctoral Fellow
Cosmology, Intergalactic Medium, Reionization, Numerical Simulations
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MP 1421
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Yevgeni Kissin
Graduate Student
How does angular momentum impact the observable properties of stars?
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MP 1416
Work Phone: (416) 978-5759
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Alexander Kostenko
Graduate Student
Neutron stars, magnetars, post-Newtonian physics, dark sector physics, cosmology
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AB 127
Work Phone: (416) 884-5188
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Gunjan Lakhlani
Graduate Student
Astrophysics, Galaxy Formation
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MP 1305
Work Phone: (416) 978-5946
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Jason Leung
Grad Student
Early universe and axion cosmology
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MP1318
Adam Lewis
Graduate Student
How are the behaviours of merging and of isolated black holes related? How can very fast computing hardware developed for video games be applied to black hole science?
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MP 1416
Work Phone: (416) 978- 5759
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Dongzi Li
Graduate Student
Cosmology
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MP 1405
Work Phone: (416) 978-5794
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Fei Li
Graduate student
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MP 1416
Work Phone: (416) 978-5759
Fang Xi Lin
Graduate Student
Pulsars
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Robert Main
Graduate Student
Pulsar Scintillation
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MP 1203A
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Viswesh Marthi
Post Doctoral Fellow
Techniques for 21-cm cosmology, VLBI Scintillometry
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MP 1415
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Peter Martin
Professor
Galactic Ecology, Star Formation, Dust Evolution, Gaseous Nebulae; using BLAST, Planck, Herschel Space Observatory (SPIRE and HIFI), JWST/ NIRCAM, International Galactic Plane Survey
Kiyo Masui
National Fellow
Cosmology, large-scale structure of the Universe, radio astronomy, data analysis
James Mertens
National Fellow
Numerical relativity, cosmology
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York University
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Joel Meyers
Research Associate
Early Universe Cosmology, Inflation, High Energy Physics, Particle Physics
Norman Murray
Professor
Nonlinear Dynamics, Solar System Dynamics, Solar Physics, Active Galactic Nuclei
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Quang Nguyen Luong
Post Doctoral Fellow
High mass and low mass star formation, molecular cloud structure, Galactic Plane survey
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Alysa Obertas
Graduate Student
Planetary astronomy: dynamics and stability, formation, atmospheres, interior structure
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AB 203
Work Phone: (416) 978-7104
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Ue-Li Pen
Interim Director
What are the initial conditions for the universe? How can we improve astrophysics measurement techniques by orders of magnitude to answer precise questions, e.g. neutrino mass, gravitational waves, pulsar emission?
Cristobal Petrovich
Post Doctoral Fellow
Gravitational dynamics, exoplanets, and accretion disks
Harald Pfeiffer
Associate Director
numerical relativity, computational astrophysics
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Matt Russo
Post Doctoral Fellow
How do protoplanetary disks accrete onto protostars, allowing planets to form? How do newly formed black holes accelerate the jets that cause gamma ray bursts?
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MP 1302
Work Phone: (416) 978-8801
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Jamil Shariff
Post Doctoral Fellow
Cosmology: Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization. Instrumentation including bolometric arrays and balloon-borne astrophysical experiments. Analysis of large CMB data sets.
Dana Simard
Graduate Student
Pulsar scintillation and the interstellar medium. Can we predict pulsar scintillation?
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MP 1318
Work Phone: (416) 978-5861
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Ayushi Singh
Graduate Student
Interstellar medium and early stages of star formation
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AB 125
Work Phone: (416) 978-3148
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George Stein
Graduate Student
Cosmology, Large Scale Structure, High Performance Computing
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Dan Tamayo
Post Doctoral Fellow
How can we use analytical theories and numerical integrations of the dynamical evolution of planets and satellites to learn about their formation and subsequent history?
Chris Thompson
Professor
high-energy astrophysics, neutron stars, magnetars
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MP 1316
Work Phone: (416) 978-8784
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Terrence Tricco
Post Doctoral Fellow
Star formation, computational astrophysics, magnetohydrodynamics
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Alex Van Engelen
Post Doctoral Fellow
Cosmic structure formation and cosmic microwave background
Trevor Vincent
Graduate Student
Numerical Relativity, Gravitational Waves, N-body simulations, High Performance Computing
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MP 1416
Home Phone: (416) 978-5759
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Xin Wang
Post Doctoral Fellow
Large-scale structure, cosmological perturbation theory, modified gravity, early universe
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MP 1304
Home Phone: 416-978-6852
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Matthew Wilson
Graduate Student
Early Universe Cosmology
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MP 1201B
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Catherine Woodford
Graduate Student
Binary Black Holes, Numerical Relativity
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MP 1416
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Hanbo Wu
Graduate Student
Planetary Physics, Atmospherical Thermal Tides
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MP 1405
Work Phone: (416) 978-5794
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Almog Yalinewich
Post Doctoral Fellow
Self Similar Solutions to the hydrodynamic equations, galactic centre, supernovae, tidal disruption events, gamma ray bursts and plasma physics.
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MP 1302
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I-Sheng Yang
Post Doctoral Fellow
Gravity, cosmology
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MP1304
Work Phone: 416-978-8494
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Tova Yoast-Hull
Post Doctoral Fellow
Cosmic Rays & Gamma-Rays & Neutrinos, Star-Forming Galaxies, Active Galactic Nuclei, Galactic Outflows
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Website: http://www.tovayoasthull.com
Claire Sun Woo Yoon
Project Assistant
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Claire Yu
HPC Specialist & System Administrator
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MP 1410
Work Phone: 419-978-1261
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Haoran Yu
Post Doctoral Fellow
Cosmological structure formation, high performance cosmological simulation
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Jielai Zhang
Graduate Student
Galaxy evolution
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AB 206A
Home Phone: (416) 978-7123
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Chenchong Charles Zhu
Post Doctoral Fellow
Research Interests: machine learning, software development, distributed computing, computational hydrodynamics, compact objects
Wei Zhu
Post Doctoral Fellow
Gravitational microlensing, planet detections and charaterization, planet-star correlations, dynamics
Aaron Zimmerman
Research Associate
What will the impending detection of gravitational waves tell us about black holes? What can analytical methods reveal about black holes and gravitational waves?