Physical sciences

This group comprises research and experimental development in physical sciences.

Parent Category

Natural sciences

Sub-Categories

Astronomical and space sciences

Subatomic physics

Atomic, molecular, and optical physics

Classical physics

Condensed matter physics

Quantum physics

Other physical sciences

Open Research Positions in Physical sciences

Graduate Student in Soft Matter Physics [Doctoral student]

Graduate Degree Programs in Physical sciences

Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy (PhD)

UBC research in astronomy and astrophysics covers most areas of current interest in this broad field, including a wide range of theoretical and observational studies in astronomy, and also experimental and theoretical studies in cosmology. Research at optical wavelengths includes searches and...

Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Physics (PhD)

Medical physicists are health care professionals with specialized training in the medical applications of physics. Their work often involves the use of x-rays and accelerated charged particles, radioactive substances, ultrasound, magnetic and electric fields, infra-red and ultraviolet light, heat...

Doctor of Philosophy in Physics (PhD)

The Department of Physics and Astronomy is a broad-based department with a wide range of research interests covering many key topics in contemporary physics, astronomy, and applied physics. We are a vibrant community that engages in a wide range of research directions, from probing the origin of...

Master of Applied Science in Engineering Physics (MASc)

UBC Engineering Physics is the ideal program for those who strive to invent new devices, advance science, and pursue careers at the leading edge of high-technology, both locally and internationally.

Master of Science in Astronomy (MSc)

Master of Science in Medical Physics (MSc)

Master of Science in Physics (MSc)

The Department of Physics & Astronomy at UBC is noted for the excellence of its research and its high academic standards and integrity. We are constantly rated as one of the top Physics & Astronomy programs in the world. Each year, we offer 20 to 30 graduate level Physics and Astronomy...

UBC Researchers conducting research in Physical sciences

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Berciu, Mona

Department of Physics & Astronomy, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Electronic and magnetic properties of condensed matter and supraconductivity; Physical sciences; condensed matter theory; polarons, bipolarons; strongly correlated systems

Bryman, Douglas

Department of Physics & Astronomy, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Particle physics, experimental; Experimental Particle Physics; Applied physics; physics

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Coombs, Daniel

Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Mathematical biology; Cellular immunology; Complex physical systems; Epidemiology (except nutritional and veterinary epidemiology); Cell Signaling and Infectious and Immune Diseases; Cell biophysics; Disease models; Epidemiology; Immune cell signalling; Mathematics

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Di Matteo, Olivia

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Quantum information, computation and communication; Quantum computing: compilation, circuits and algorithms; Tomography and characterization; Open-source quantum software

Dierker, Steve

Department of Physics & Astronomy, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Physical sciences; Collective dynamics of condensed matter systems; Dependence on reduced dimensionality, strong interactions, disorder, and mesoscale structure

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Eshkevarvakili, Aref

Faculty of Science

Postdoctoral Fellow

Physical sciences; Chemical sciences; Nuclear Physics; particle physics; experimental physics; plasma physics; radiation detectors; nuclear fusion; aerospace; High energy physics; low energy physics; particle accelerators

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Folk, Joshua

Department of Physics & Astronomy, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Physical sciences; 2D materials and Vanderwaals heterostructures; Quantum electronics; Thermodynamics of quantum systems; Strongly correlated phenomena; Topological phenomena; Quantum transport

Ford, Nancy

Department of Oral Biological & Medical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Medical physics; Medical biotechnology diagnostics (including biosensors); Dental materials and equipment; micro-computed tomography; physiological gating; contrast agents; models of respiratory disease; image-based measurements; dental imaging; x-ray imaging

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Ge, Zhouyang

Faculty of Applied Science

Postdoctoral Fellow

Mechanical engineering; Physical sciences; Fluid mechanics; active matter; Soft Matter

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Hallas, Alannah

Department of Physics & Astronomy, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Physical sciences; quantum phenomena; magnetism; Materials design and discovery; Quantum materials

Hassan, Marwan

Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Other physical sciences, n.e.c.; Earth and related environmental sciences; Geological and Geomorphological Processes; Channel Stability,; Fluvial geomorphology; Landscape evolution; Sediment transport; Surface hydrology

Hearty, Christopher

Department of Physics & Astronomy, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Particle physics, experimental; Experimental Particle Physics; e+e- collider; Physics beyond the Standard Model; Dark sector; dark matter

Heyl, Jeremy

Department of Physics & Astronomy, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Astronomical and space sciences; Physical sciences; Astrophysics; Black Holes; Neutron Stars; quantum phenomena; Quantum-Field Theory; Stellar; Stellar Physics

Hofer, Christina

Faculty of Science

Postdoctoral Fellow

Condensed matter characterization technique development; Nonlinear optics and spectroscopy; Atomic and molecular spectroscopy; Dual-comb spectroscopy; Field-resolved spectroscopy; Nonlinear optics; 2D materials; Atomic spectroscopy

Holmes-Cerfon, Miranda

Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Mathematical modelling and simulation; Computational methods in statistics; Numerical analysis; Thermodynamics and statistical physics

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Karczmarek, Joanna

Department of Physics & Astronomy, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Physical sciences; Emergent spacetime and gravity; Matrix models; Noncommutative geometry; String theory

Kolind, Shannon

Division of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Medical physics; Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; brain; Imaging; MRI; medical physics; multiple sclerosis; myelin; Neurological Disease; spinal cord

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Laule, Cornelia

Department of Radiology, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Medical physics; Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Pathology (except oral pathology); Auto-Immune Diseases; Axons; brain; Central Nervous System Inflammatory Diseases; Cerebral Atrophy; Histology; image analysis; Imaging; Inflammation; magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; multiple sclerosis; myelin; Nervous System Development; Neurodegenerative diseases; Neurological diseases; Neuronal Systems; pain; Pathology; Schizophrenia; Spinal Cord Diseases; spinal cord; Spinal cord injury

Lister, Alison

Department of Physics & Astronomy, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Particle physics, experimental; Large Hadron Collier (LHC); ATLAS experiment; Search for physics beyond the standard model; top quarks; dark matter; Machine Learning; Long-lived particles

Lloyd, Samantha

Faculty of Science

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Medical physics; Automation in external beam and brachytherapy treatment planning and delivery; Application of optical surface guidance for radiation therapy setup and motion monitoring; Machine learning for cancer outcomes prediction; Systems design for safety and quality control; Clinical trials

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Man, Allison

Department of Physics & Astronomy, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Cosmology and extragalactic astronomy; galaxy formation and evolution

McIver, Jess

Department of Physics & Astronomy, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

General relativity and gravitational waves in astronomical and space sciences; Gravitational wave astrophysics; Multi-messenger astronomy; Characterization of large-scale physics instrumentation; data science

McKenna, Janis

Department of Physics & Astronomy, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Physical sciences

Michal, Carl

Department of Physics & Astronomy, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Soft condensed matter; Development and applications of spectroscopic and structural techniques; Solid-state NMR; NMR and MRI of brain tissue; NMR methods and instrumentation; Biological and functional materials

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Ortner, Christoph

Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Numerical analysis; Mathematical modelling and simulation; Partial and ordinary differential equations; Computational chemistry; Condensed matter modelling and density functional theory; Numerical modelling and mechanical characterisation; Numerical Analysis & Scientific Computing; Applied Analysis; Multi-scale Modelling and Coarse-graining; Molecular Simulation; Scientific Machine-learning, in particular for applications in multi-scale modelling

Oser, Scott

Department of Physics & Astronomy, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Physical sciences; dark matter; Elementary Particles; neutrinos; particle physics; statistical methods for physics; gravitational wave astronomy; LISA

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Rahmim, Arman

Department of Radiology, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Clinical oncology; Medical physics; Physical sciences; Image Reconstruction; Machine learning and radiomics; medical physics; Molecular imaging; Quantitative Imaging; Theranostics

Rauscher, Alexander

Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Physical sciences; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; magnetic resonance imaging; physics; quantitative susceptibility mapping; myelin water imaging; brain; maschine learning

Rottler, Joerg

Department of Physics & Astronomy, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Physical sciences; Condensed Matter and Materials Physics; Nanomaterials; Polymers; Soft Matter; Solids

Russell, Kelly

Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Physical sciences; volcanology; petrology; magma rheology; geochemical thermodynamics

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Scott, Douglas

Department of Physics & Astronomy, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Astronomical and space sciences; Physical sciences; Cosmology; Science and Knowledge

Semenoff, Gordon Walter

Department of Physics & Astronomy, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Particle physics theory (including aspects of field theory and string theory); Physical sciences; Moedal experiment, Large Hadron Collider, CERN; String theory, quantum field theory, statistical mechanics; Theoretical and mathematical physics, the physics of elementary particles, condensed matter physics

Sharma, Abhishek

Faculty of Science

Postdoctoral Fellow

Particle physics, experimental; particle physics

Singh, Ashutosh

Faculty of Science

Postdoctoral Fellow

Electronic and magnetic properties of condensed matter and supraconductivity; condensed matter physics; Solid State Chemistry; Magentism

Speak, Thomas

Faculty of Science

Postdoctoral Fellow

Astrochemistry; Development and applications of spectroscopic and structural techniques; Reaction kinetics and dynamics; Chemical thermodynamics and energetics; Computational chemistry; atmospheric chemistry; combustion chemistry; astrochemistry; origins of life; reaction kinetics; energetic materials

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Waltham, Christopher

Department of Physics & Astronomy, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Physical sciences; Musical Acoustics

Whitehead, Lorne

Department of Physics & Astronomy, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Atomic, molecular, and optical physics; Education; Economics and business administration; Applied optics; Applied physics, especially novel geometrical approaches; Illuminating engineering and display technology; Optimizing innovation and enhancing learning within higher education

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Ye, Ziliang

Department of Physics & Astronomy, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Physical sciences; Nanomaterials; Optics and Photonics

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