Curriculum vitae

Work history

January 2008+
Assistant professor at the University of Alberta

January 2007 – December 2007
Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the Universität Würzburg, hosted by Fakher Assaad

• Postdoctoral Fellowship, NSERC of Canada (declined)

September 2004 – December 2006
Research Associate at Boston University with Anders Sandvik

Education

Ph.D. in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under the supervision of Patrick A. Lee

• “Magnetic-field-induced Antiferromagnetism in the Kondo Lattice,” Doctoral Thesis (2004).
• Walter A. Rosenblith Graduate Fellowship
• Post Graduate Scholarship (PGS B), NSERC of Canada

M.Sc. in Physics from Queen's University under the supervision of Robert J. Gooding

• “Self-consistent T-Matrix Theories of the Attractive Hubbard Model,” Master's Thesis (1999).
• G. Nelson White Memorial Fellowship
• Post Graduate Scholarship (PGS A), NSERC of Canada

B.Sc.H. in Theoretical Physics from Queen's University at Kingston

• “Inhomogeneous spin arrangements and the cluster spin glass phase of La_2-xSr_xCuO₄,” Undergraduate Thesis (1997).
• Physics Medallist (for passing highest in fourth year physics)
• Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) Prize Exam (ranked 6th place nationally)
• Dean's Honour List (awarded to top 3% of students by standing)
• Susan Near Prize in Physics (for passing highest in third year physics)
• Harold M. Cave Scholarship in Experimental Physics
• Annie Bentley Lillie Prize for Calculus
• Lilias Kathleen Dolan Entrance Scholarship

O.S.S.D. and UTS diploma from the University of Toronto Schools