INVITED SPEAKERS
(in alphabetical order)

CONFÉRENCIERS INVITÉS
(selon l'ordre alphabétique)


THIS PAGE IS A WORK IN PROGRESS AND WILL BE UPDATED TO REFLECT ALL DIVISIONS
AS THEIR LISTS ARE RECEIVED!

(as at May 5, 2004 / au 5 mai 2004)

AFFLECK, Ian (DTP /DPT)
University of British Columbia

Field-induced phase transition in anisotropic Haldane gap antiferromagnetic chains

ALVARADO-GIL, J.J. (DIMP /DPIM)
University of Guelph

Study of Blood Sedimentation by Photothermal and Optical Techniques

ANDREOIU, Corina (DNP / DPN)
University of Guelph

Doorway States in the Gamma Decay-Out of the Yrast Superdeformed Band in 59Cu

ANTONIOW, J-S. (DIMP /DPIM)
Reims University

(Photo)(Photo)Thermal Imaging Using a Modified Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) Combined with Pyroelectric Detection

ARKANI-HAMED, Nima (DTP /DPT)
Harvard University

The Crises Of Frontier Physics: From The Hubble Length To The Planck Length

BACHER, Andrew (DNP / DPN)
Indiana University/IUCF

Observation of Charge Symmetry Breaking in the Reaction d-d ? 4He-p0

BAESSO, M.L. (DIMP /DPIM)
Universidade Estadual de Maringa, Brazil

Time resolved thermal lens for thermo-optical measurements in transparent materials during phase modification

BARBER, Robert (CAP/COMP Peter Kirkby Memorial Medal winner - récipiendaire de la médaille de commémorative Peter Kirkby)
University of Manitoba

IUPAP - A Brief Introduction

BATTISTA, Jerry J. (DIAP / DPIA)
London Regional Cancer Centre / University of Western Ontario

On-Line CT Imaging for Precision Radiotherapy

BEAULIEU, Luc (DIAP-DIMP / DPIA-DPIM)
Université Laval

Scintillating Optical Fibers as High Precision, Small Area Dosimeters in Radiation Therapy

BEAULIEU, Luc (DNP / DPN)
Université Laval

The Dynamics of Neck Formation and its Isospin Dependence

BENSIMON, David (DCMMP / DPMCM)
École Normale Supérieure, France

The elastic behaviour of a real polymer: the case of ssDNA

BOCCARA, C. (DIMP /DPIM)
École Supérieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielles

Optical Imaging in turbid media: New Developments

BONN, Douglas (DCMMP / DPMCM)
University of British Columbia

Dying Gasps of a d-Wave Superconductor

BRIGGS, M. (DIMP /DPIM)
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Optical velocity-measurement techniques for supersonic surfaces

BRONSKILL, Michael (CCPM / CCPM)
Sunnybrook & Women's Institute/University of Toronto

Imaging Physics Meets Public Perception: Is Private MRI Bad?

BRONSKILL, Michael (DMBP /DPBM)
Sunnybrook & Women's Institute/University of Toronto

MRI Guidance for the New Sounds of Tumour Therapy

BROWN, Jeremy (DMBP /DPBM)
Queen's University

Development and Applications of High Frequency Ultrasound Imaging Systems

BROWN, Jo-Anne (CASCA / CASCA)
University of Calgary

The Magnetic Field in the Outer Galaxy

BUYERS, W.J.L. (DCMMP / DPMCM)
National Research Council

Spins and paired carriers in a superconductor that is nearly an antiferromagnet - who pushes who?

CALAMAI, Peter (CAP / ACP)
Toronto Star

Don't Overlook Images Created with Words

CARRINGTON, M. (DTP /DPT)
Brandon University

Transport Theory Beyond Binary Collisions

CHAKRABORTY, Tapash (DCMMP / DPMCM)
University of Manitoba

How to Probe a Fractionally-Charged Quasihole?

CHAPMAN, Dean (BSC / SBC)
University of Saskatchewan

New Sources of X-ray Imaging Contrast

CHRISTIAN, Carol (CASCA / CASCA)
STSci

Public Impact of Scientific Images: Examples from Space Science

CHRISTIAN, Carol (CAP / ACP)
STSci

Putting Research Science and Education Together: Lessons Learned from HST

CLARKE, Robert (DMBP /DPBM)
Carleton University

High Intensity Focused Ultrasound for Non-invasive Therapy

CORRIVEAU, Francois (PPD / PPD)
IPP/McGill University

Recent ZEUS Results at HERA

CÔTÉ, Michel (DCMMP / DPMCM)
Université de Montréal

Virtual experiments: applications of density functional theory on large-scale computational facilities

DAS, S. (DTP /DPT)
University of Lethbridge

Black Holes in Future Colliders

DASGUPTA, Arundhati (DTP /DPT)
Université Libre de Bruxelles

Entropy of a Black Hole Apparent Horizon

DATTA, A. (DTP /DPT)
University of Toronto

Getting CP Violating Phase Information from b → d Penguins

DAVIDGE, Tim (CASCA / CASCA)
National Research Council

Adaptive Optics Systems on Canadian Telescopes

DENNISTON, Colin (DCMMP / DPMCM)
University of Western Ontario

Dynamic Boundaries in Complex Fluids

DICK, R. (DTP /DPT)
University of Saskatchewan

Theoretical Aspects of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays

DILLING, Jans (DNP / DPN)
TRIUMF

Ion Traps in Nuclear Physics: the Ultimate Tool for Precision Experiments

DRAKE, Gordon (DAMP / DPAM)
University of Windsor

Exotic Nuclear Size Measurements from High Precision Atomic Theory

DUBINSKI, John (CASCA / CASCA)
University of Toronto

A Universe in Motion : Dynamical Evolution of Galaxies in the New Cosmological Paradigm

DUTTA, Bhaskar ((DTP /DPT)
University of Regina

Minimal SO(10) Model for Neutrinos and Its Implications

EDERY, A. (DTP /DPT)
Bishop's University

Compact formulas for Casimir energies in D-dimensions via operator technique

ELIAS, Victor (DTP / DPT)
University of Western Ontario

Revised Radiative Electroweak Symmetry Breaking: Further Results

EMBERLY, Eldon (DCMMP / DPMCM)
Simon Fraser University

The Smallest Molecular Switch

FENSTER, Aaron (DIAP / DPIA)
Robarts Research Institute

From Concept to product: 3D Ultrasound Imaging for Diagnosis and Treatment

FENSTER, Aaron (DMBP /DPBM)
Robarts Research Institute

Use of 3D Ultrasound Imaging in Diagnosis, Treatment and Research: Advances and Opportunities

FORDE, Nancy (DCMMP / DPMCM)
UC Berkeley

Using Optical Tweezers to Study Single-Molecule Reactions in Real Time*

FORTIER, Tara (DAMP / DPAM)
JILA, University of Colorado at Boulder

Carrier-envelope phase stabilized modelocked lasers

FRANZ, Marcel (DCMMP / DPMCM)
University of British Columbia

Nodal Protectorate in Underdoped Cuprates

GALE, C. (DTP /DPT)
McGill University

Electromagnetic Signals From Matter Under Extreme Conditions

GALINDO-URIBARRI, Alfredo (DNP / DPN)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Nuclear Spectroscopy with Radioactive Ion Beams: Latest Results from HRIBF

GARCIA, J. (DIMP /DPIM)
PTD Inc.

Photo-Carrier Radiometry of semiconductors: Instrumentation and ion-implantation studies

GRAHAM, Kevin (PPD / PPD)
Queen's University

Recent Results from the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

GRÉGOIRE, T. (DTP /DPT)
CERN

Little Higgs models and electroweak precision measurements

GRIFFIN, Allan (DAMP / DPAM)
University of Toronto

Molecular BEC Condensate vs a BCS Superfluid in a Trapped Atomic Fermi Gas

GUREVICH, Y. (DIMP /DPIM)
CINVESTAV

The transport of nonequilibrium carriers in semiconductor structures (New point of view)

GWINNER, Gerald (DNP / DPN)
University of Manitoba

A New Test of the Special Theory of Relativity with the Heidelberg Test Storage Ring

HA, Bae-Yeun (DCMMP / DPMCM)
University of Waterloo

Statics and dynamics of biopolymers: theory and biological relevance

HACKMAN, Greg (DNP / DPN)
TRIUMF

TRIUMF-ISAC Gamma-Ray Escape Suppressed Spectrometer (TIGRESS)

HALLEN, H. (DIMP /DPIM)
North Carolina State University

Electric field effects in nanoscale Raman spectroscopy

HALLEN, H. (DIMP /DPIM)
North Carolina State University

Electron-induced motion of atoms: mechanisms and insights about hot electron transport

HALLIN, Emil (DIAP / DPIA)
Canadian Light Source

The Applied Science Program at the Canadian Light Source

HARRIS, Gretchen (CASCA / CASCA)
University of Waterloo

CASCA 1971-2004: The Story So Far

HASINOFF, Michael (DNP / DPN)
University of British Columbia

A Test of Time Reversal Invariance in Stopped Kaon Decay

HAUGEN, Harold (DAMP / DPAM)
McMaster University

Selected Studies of Femtosecond Laser Ablation and Modification of Semiconductors*

HEPBURN, John (DAMP / DPAM)
University of British Columbia

Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Threshold Ionization of Clusters and Small Molecules

HERBUT, I. (DTP /DPT)
Simon Fraser University

Theory of underdoped cuprates as fluctuating d-wave superconductors

HIGGS, Paul (DMBP-DCMMP /DPBM-DPMCM)
McMaster University

Bacterial Phylogenetics and Horizontal Gene Transfer

HILL, Ian (DCMMP / DPMCM)
Dalhousie University

Contact Resistance in Organic Thin-Film Transistors

HIROSE, Akira (DPP / DPP)
University of Saskatchewan

Anomalous Electron Thermal Conductivity in Tokamaks

HOEKSTRA, Henk (CASCA / CASCA)
CITA

Astrophysical Evidence for Dark Matter

HOLDOM, Bob (DTP /DPT)
University of Toronto

Ghostly Tales

HUSAIN, Viqar (DTP /DPT)
University of New Brunswick

Singularly Resolution in Quantum Gravity

HWANG, Una (CASCA / CASCA)
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Windows into Nucleosynthesis from X-ray Observations of Supernova Remnants

JAEGER, Nicolas (CAP-INO Medal winner / récipiendaire de la médaille l'ACP-INO)
University of British Columbia

Optical Sensors for Power Utility Applications

JAEGER, Wolfgang (DAMP / DPAM)
University of Alberta

Spectroscopy of HeN-Molecule Clusters: A Probe of the Onset of Superfluidity?

JALILEHVAND, Farideh (BSC / SBC)
University of Calgary

X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy in Natural Sciences; Exploring New Possibilities

KAERN, Mads (DMBP-DCMMP /DPBM-DPMCM)
Boston University

Gene Regulatory Systems: Roles of Physics in Post-Genomic Biology

KARLEN, Dean (PPD / PPD
University of Victoria

The Future Linear Collider Project

KASPI, Victoria (CAP Herzberg Medal winner / récipiendaire de la médaille ACP Herzberg)
McGill University

Revolutions in Neutron Star Astrophysics

KEMPF, A. (DTP /DPT)
University of Waterloo

Towards a Notion of Qubit Density for Quantum Fields in Curved Spacetime

KILFOIL, Maria (DCMMP / DPMCM)
McGill University

Consequences of Being Soft: Equilibrium Concepts in Nonequilibrium, Soft Materials Using Real Space Imaging

KNOBEL, Robert (DCMMP / DPMCM)
Queen's University

Integrated Mechanics and Electronics at the Nanoscale

KOBES, R. (DTP /DPT)
University of Winnipeg

Exploring Paths in Adiabatic Quantum Computing

KOLIOS, M. (DIMP /DPIM)
Ryerson University

Micrometer particle sizing using high frequency ultrasound with biological applications

KOLIOS, M. (DMBP /DPBM)
Ryerson University

High frequency ultrasound imaging and spectroscopy for the imaging of cell damage and death

KORDAS, Kostas (PPD / PPD
University of Toronto

Recent results from the Collider Detector at Fermilab

KOTLICKI, Andrzej (DIAP / DPIA)
University of British Columbia

Applied Research at the Structured Surface Physics Laboratory at UBC

KREUZER, Jurgen (DCMMP / DPMCM)
Dalhousie University

Stretching and confinement of single polymer molecules and the growth of a polymer brush: a first principles theory

KRIEGER, P. (PPD / PPD
University of Toronto

The ATLAS Detector at the Large Hadron Collider

KRULL, U.J. (DIMP /DPIM)
University of Toronto at Mississauga

Genomic target identification using imaging of distributed gradients of oligonucleotide probes in conjunction with microfluidics

KUNSTATTER, Gabor (DTP /DPT)
University of Winnipeg

Vibrational Modes of Black Holes and their Quantum Gravitational Microstates

LAFLAMME, Ray (DTP /DPT)
University of Waterloo

NMR And Quantum Information Processing

LAKE, Kayll (DTP /DPT)
Queen's University

Recent Developments in Computer Algebra Applied to General Relativity

LEE, T. (DTP /DPT)
University of British Columbia

Free Field Representation of Rolling Tachyon

LEWIS, Randy (DTP /DPT)
University of Regina

Lattice QCD phenomenology and its limits

LOLY, Peter/STINNER, Arthur (DPE / DEP)
University of Manitoba

Using the History of Science to Present the Evolution of Major Concepts in Physics

MANDELIS, A. (DIMP /DPIM)
University of Toronto

Laser Photo-thermo-acoustic Frequency Swept Heterodyned Lock-in Depth Profilometry \for Three-Dimensional Sub-surface Tissue Imaging

MANN, Robert (DTP /DPT)
University of Waterloo

Mass Conjectures, Entropy Bounds and the dS/CFT Correspondence

MANOGUE, Corinne (DPE / DEP)
Orgeon State University

Revitalizing the Upper-Division Physics Curriculum

MARKO, John (DCMMP / DPMCM)
University of Illinois at Chicago

Micromanipulation Study of Chromatin Fibers and Whole Chromosomes

MARLEAU, L. (DTP /DPT)
Université de Laval

Revisiting the Skyrme model

MARTIN, James (DAMP / DPAM)
University of Waterloo

Dipole-Dipole Interactions between Ultracold Rydberg Atoms

MARZIALI, A. (DCMMP / DPMCM)
University of British Columbia

A Single-Molecule Nanosensor For Oligonucleotide Identification

MATTHEWS, Jaymie (CASCA / CASCA)
University of British Columbia

Distance learning from 820 km straight up:The educational potential of the MOST space telescope

MATTHEWS, Jaymie (CASCA / CASCA)
University of British Columbia

Space Science in a Suitcase: Early Results from MOST

MATZNER, Chris (CASCA / CASCA)
University of Toronto

Energy Feedback in Core-Collapse Supernovae

MAZINI, Rachid (PPD / PPD
University of Toronto

The ATLAS Detector Physics Potential

MICHAELIAN, K. (DIMP /DPIM)
CANMET Energy Technology Centre-Devon

Dispersive Photoacoustic Spectroscopy of Hydrocarbons

MILDENBERGER, J. (PPD / PPD)
TRIUMF

Latest Results from the Search for K+→ π+νν

MOORE, G. (DTP /DPT)
McGill University

Strong Bounds on Lorentz Symmetry Violation

MUNGER, Rejean (DOP / CASCA)
University of Ottawa Eye Institute

Adaptive Optics: Implications to Optical Correction of the Eye

NG, Kenneth (BSC / SBC)
University of Calgary

Protein Crystallography and Antiviral Drug Design

NOIREAUX, Vincent (DMBP-DCMMP /DPBM-DPMCM)
Rockefeller

From In Vitro Genetic Circuits to an Artificial Cell

OELERT, Walter (DNP / DPN)
Forschungszentrum Juelich

Observation of Cold Antihydrogen - Perspectives for Testing Fundamental Symmetries

OSHIKAWA, M. (DTP /DPT)
University of Tokyo

Junctions of three quantum wires and the dissipative Hofstadter model

OSER, Scott (PPD / PPD
University of British Columbia

Long-baseline Neutrino Oscillations at K2K and J-PARC

OTTENSMEYER, Peter (BSC / SBC)
University of Toronto

Images of the Invisibly Small: from Atoms to Biomacromolecular Structure and Function

PAGE, Don (DTP /DPT)
University of Alberta

Particle Production in a Tunneling Universe

PATERA, Jiri (CAP-CRM Prize winner /récipiendaire du prix ACP-CRM)
Université de Montréal

Deterministic Aperiodic Multidimensional Point Sets, Their Properties And Exploitation

PATERA, Jiri (DTP /DPT)
Université de Montréal

Orbit Functions of Compact Lie Groups and their Applications

PEARSON, Mathew (DNP / DPN)
TRIUMF

Nuclear Physics from cold, trapped atoms

PEEBLES, P. James E. (CASCA-CAP / CASCA-ACP)
Princeton University

A Cosmic Picture Show: Images from Astronomy

PERCY, John (CASCA / CASCA)
University of Toronto

Variable Stars: Dynamic Tools for Hands-On Astronomy and Physics Education

POISSON, Eric (DTP /DPT)
University of Guelph

The Gravitational Self-Force

POSPELOV, M. (DTP /DPT)
University of Victoria

Search for Dark Matter in b → s Transition with Missing Energy

QUIRION, Guy (DCMMP / DPMCM)
Memorial University of Newfoundland

Investigation of the phase diagram of UNi2Si2

RAGAN, Ken (PPD / PPD
McGill University

STACEE continues, VERITAS lives !

RICKEY, Daniel (COMP /OCPM )
CancerCare Manitoba

Medical Physics at the Undergraduate and High School Levels

ROGERS, David (COMP /OCPM )
Carleton University

Monte Carlo Simulation of Electron-Photon Transport: from Particle Physics to Cancer Radiotherapy

RONEY, Michael (PPD / PPD)
University of Victoria

Recent Results from the BaBar Experiment

ROORDA, Austin (DOP / CASCA)
University of Houston College of Optometry

From Telescope to Ophthalmoscopes: Adaptive Optics for Microscopic Imaging of the Living Eye

ROSEI, Federico (DCMMP / DPMCM)
INRS-EMT, Université du Québec

Critical issues in Ge/Si nanostructures: positioning, intermixing and ripening

ROWE, David J. (DTP /DPT)
University of Toronto

Quasi-dynamical symmetry in the approach to a second-order phase transition

RUTH, Thomas (DIAP / DPIA)
TRIUMF

Production of Radioisotopes for Research in Bioscience and Physical Science

SAINT-AUBIN, Y. (DTP /DPT)
Université de Montréal

Behavior of the two-dimensional Ising model at the boundary of a half- infinite cylinder

SANDERS, B. (DTP /DPT)
University of Calgary

Quantum Information Processing with Continuous Variables

SCHADE, David (CASCA / CASCA)
NRC/CADC

Data Mining and the Virtual Observatory

SCHATZ, Hendrik (DNP / DPN)
Michigan State University

Nuclear Physics on Accreting Neutron Stars - from X-Ray Bursts to Superbursts

SEAQUIST, Ernie (CASCA / CASCA)
University of Toronto

The Galaxy M82 - a Rosetta Stone for the Starburst Phenomenon

SEVICK, Edit (DCMMP / DPMCM)
Australian National University

The Fluctuation Theorem as a Generalised Second-Law for Nanomachines and Single Biopolymer Manipulations: Optical Tweezers Experiments and Beyond

SHAPIRO, Evgeny (DAMP / DPAM)
NRC Canada

Arbitrary shaping of molecular wavepackets by AC Stark shifts

SHAPIRO, M. (DTP /DPT)
University of British Columbia

Quantum Control: New Insights and New Scenarios

SHEN, J. (DIMP /DPIM)
National Research Council Canada

Photothermal beam deflection techniques applied to the non-destructive measurements of thermophysical properties

SHEPARD, S.M. (DIMP /DPIM)
Thermal Wave Imaging Inc.

Pulsed Thermography: Perspectives on the Evolution from Qualitative to Quantitative Application

SHERIF, Helmy (Excellence in Teaching Medal winner - récipiendaire de la médaille de l'ACP pour l'excellence en enseignement de la physique)
University of Alberta

A Discussion of Spin: From Teaching to Research

SIPE, John (DAMP / DPAM)
University of Toronto

Optically Injected Spin Currents in Semiconductors

SLATER, Gary (DCMMP / DPMCM)
University of Ottawa

Single-Molecule Polymer Physics: The Role of Molecular Dynamics Simulations

SNIATYCKI, J. (DTP /DPT)
University of Calgary

Gauge Symmetries in Yang-Mills Theory

SORENSEN, Erik (DCMMP / DPMCM)
McMaster University

Kondo Effect and Persistent Currents in Quantum Dot Systems

STAMP, P. (DTP /DPT)
University of British Columbia

Decoherence Mechanisms and the Dynamics of Decoherence in Qubit Networks

STINNER, Arthur/LOLY, Peter (DPE / DEP)
University of Manitoba

Using the History of Science to Present the Evolution of Major Concepts in Physics

SUTHERLAND, Michael (DCMMP / DPMCM)
University of Toronto

Nodal Metallic Phase in Underdoped Cuprates

SWAIN, Peter (DMBP-DCMMP /DPBM-DPMCM)
McGill University

Stochastic Gene Expression in Single Cells

THEWALT, Michael (CAP Medal of Achievement winner - récipiendaire de la médaille de l'ACP pour contributions exceptionnelles à la physique)
Simon Fraser University

Optical Spectroscopy in Semiconductors

THEWALT, Michael (Brockhouse Medal winner / récipiendaire de la médaille Brockhouse)
Simon Fraser University

Redefining the Limits of Semiconductor Spectroscopy

THOMLINSON, William (BSC / SBC)
Canadian Light Source

The Canadian Light Source: Opportunities in Biomedical Research

TREMBLAY, A.-M. (DTP /DPT)
Université de Sherbrooke

Two ways to destroy a Fermi liquid

TROTTIER, H. (DTP /DPT)
Simon Fraser University

Perturbation Theory for High-Precision Lattice QCD

UNRUH, W. (DTP /DPT)
University of British Columbia

Dumb Holes-- Black holes in the Lab?

VAN WIJNGAARDEN, William (DAMP / DPAM)
York University

Bose Einstein Condensation in a QUIC Trap

WADE, Gregg (CASCA / CASCA)
Royal Military College

Imaging the Surfaces of Stars

WALTON, M. (DTP /DPT)
University of Lethbridge

Finding NIM-Reps

WESTWOOD, Tim (DMBP-DCMMP /DPBM-DPMCM)
University of Toronto

Using DNA Microarrays for Functional Genomic Studies

WHITMORE, Mark (DCMMP / DPMCM)
Memorial University of Newfoundland

High Performance Computing: The New and Growing Environment in Canada

WHITTEN, Barbara (CEWIP / CEFEP)
Colorado College

What Works for Women in Undergraduate Physics?

WICHOSKI, Ubi (PPD / PPD
Université de Montréal

Status of the Dark Matter Search

WICKHAM, Robert (DCMMP / DPMCM)
St. Francis Xavier University

Kinetics of Self-Assembly in Block Copolymer Melts

WIEGERT, Paul (CASCA / CASCA)
University of Western Ontario

Visualizing dynamics in the Solar System

WOOLGAR, E. (DTP /DPT)
University of Alberta

The Poincaré conjecture, Ricci flow, and the renormalization group

ZETNER, Peter (DAMP / DPAM)
University of Manitoba

Progress in the Investigation of Electron Collisions with Laser Excited Atoms

ZHOU, Fei (DCMMP / DPMCM)
University of British Columbia

Spin Correlated Ultra Cold Atoms