2011 CAP Congress - Memorial University of Newfoundland (St. John's, Newfoundland)

2011 Invited Speaker List

ADAMS, Carl    (DCMMP/DPMCM)
     St. Francis Xavier University
     Spin Waves in the Ferromagnetic Ground State of the Kagome Staircase System Co3V2O8

ALEKSEJEVS, Aleksandrs    (DTP-DNP-PPD/DPT-DPN-PPD)
     Sir Wilfred Grenfell College
     Dynamical Structure of Baryons

BARCLAY, Paul    (DCMMP-DAMOPC-DTP-DSS/DPMCM-DPAMPC-DPT-DSS)
     University of Calgary
     Diamond Nanophotonics and Quantum Optics

BERG, Peter    (DCMMP-DIMP/DPMCM-DPIM)
     University of Ontario Institute of Technology
     Challenges of the Renewable Energy Transition

BIGIONI, Terry    (DCMMP/DPMCM)
     University of Toledo
     Magic-Numbered Colloidal Silver Clusters

BLAIN, Isabelle    (Plenary Speaker/Conférenciers Plénières)
     NSERC / CRSNG
     News from NSERC / Nouvelles du CRSNG

BLAIS, Alexandre    (Medal Winner Talk/Présentation de lauréat de l'ACP)
     Université de Sherbrooke
     Quantum optics and quantum information processing with superconducting circuits

BLUNDEN, Peter    (DTP-PPD/DPT-PPD)
     University of Manitoba
     Electroweak corrections to the weak charge of the proton

BOOTH, Ivan    (DTP/DPT)
     Memorial University of Newfoundland
     Dynamical black holes: lessons from the fluid-gravity correspondence

BROWN, Edward    (DNP/DPN)
     Michigan State University
     Probing the dense matter equation of state with accreting neutron stars

CARRINGTON, Margaret    (DTP/DPT)
     Brandon University
     nPI Effective Theories - Techniques and Applications

CHEN, Mark    (PPD/PPD)
     Queen's University
     SNO+

CHIN, See-Leang    (Medal Winner Talk/Présentation de lauréat de l'ACP)
     Centre d’Optique, Photonique et Laser (COPL), Université Laval
     Population trapping in ultrafast laser filaments in air

CHETTLE, David    (DMBP/DPMB)
     McMaster University
     Applying physics techniques to measuring elemental content non invasively in humans: making a difference?

CHITOV, Gennady    (DTP-DCMMP/DPT-DPMCM)
     Laurentian University
     Quantum Critical Properties and Hidden Orders in Dimerized Spin Ladders

CIURYLO, Roman    (DAMOPC/DPAMPC)
     Instytut Fizyki, Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika, Torun, Poland
     Precise spectroscopy of molecular line shapes, theory and experiment

COEY, Michael    (Plenary Speaker/Conférenciers Plénières)
     Trinity College, Dublin
     Magnetism and Electrochemistry

COISH, Bill    (DCMMP-DAMOPC-DTP-DSS/DPMCM-DPAMPC-DPT-DSS)
     McGill University
     Single-spin coherence for quantum information processing

CORRIVEAU, François    (PPD/PPD)
     IPP/McGill University
     International Linear Collider R&D Work in Canada

CORRIVEAU, Robert    (CAP-DPE/ACP-DEP)
     ICIP
     La trousse photonique de l’ICIP pour rejoindre les étudiants du secondaire

CÔTÉ, Michel    (DCMMP/DPMCM)
     University of Montréal
     Electronic properties of polymers for photovoltaic applications

CURNOE, Stephanie    (DCMMP/DPMCM)
     Memorial University
     Unconventional superconductivity in rare earth skutterudites

DAHN, Jeff    (DCMMP-DIMP/DPMCM-DPIM)
     Dalhousie University
     How Physicists can tell if a Li-ion Battery will last for 30 years in experiments that last 3 weeks

DALNOKI-VERESS, Kari    (DCMMP-DMBP/DPMCM-DPMB)
     McMaster University
     Complex pattern formation of an anisotropic liquid under confinement

DONEV, Jason    (DCMMP-DIMP/DPMCM-DPIM)
     University of Calgary
     Teaching about Energy issues as a physicist

DRAKE, Gordon    (DAMOPC/DPAMPC)
     University of Windsor
     Precision Measurement: Shining New Light on Fundamental Atomic Systems

EL-BIALY, Tarek    (DIMP-DMBP/DPIM-DPMB)
     University of Alberta
     Craniofacial regeneration by therapeutic ultrasound: Current facts and future applications

FALLIS, Jennifer    (DNP/DPN)
     TRIUMF
     Constraining Nova Observables: Direct Measurement of 33S(p,γ)34Cl with DRAGON

FANCHINI, Giovanni    (DCMMP/DPMCM)
     University of Western Ontario
     Transparent and conducting carbon films: How to make puzzles with grapheme nanoplatelets

FARINE, Jacques    (PPD/PPD)
     Laurentian University
     Status of EXO

FORD, Nancy    (DMBP/DPMB)
     Ryerson University
     Optimization of a retrospective respiratory-gated micro-computed tomography technique for studying respiratory function in freebreathing and altered respiratory patterns in rodents

FORREST, James    (DCMMP/DPMCM)
     University of Waterloo
     Dynamics in Complex Fluids

FRISKEN, Barbara    (DCMMP/DPMCM)
     Simon Fraser University
     Scattering studies of fluorous copolymers bearing ionic grafts

FUJIWARA, Makoto    (DNP-PPD/DPN-PPD)
     University of Calgary/TRIUMF
     Trapped Antihydrogen

GALSTIAN, Tigran    (DAMOPC-DCMMP/DPAMPC-DPMCM)
     University of Laval
     Advanced Liquid Crystal Polymer Materials for OptoElectronic Applications

GERICKE, Michael    (DNP-PPD/DPN-PPD)
     University of Manitoba
     The Qweak Experiment: A search for physics beyond the Standard Model via a precision measurement of the weak charge of the proton

GUCLU, Devrim    (DCMMP/DPMCM)
     National Research Council
     Controlling spin in triangular graphene quantum dots

GULAM RAZUL, Mohamed Shajahan    (DCMMP/DPMCM)
     St. Francis Xavier University
     Dynamic Propensity of the Binary Lennard-Jones Liquid

HALL, Kimberley    (DCMMP/DPMCM)
     Dalhousie University
     Ultrafast Carrier Response in GaMnAs

HARDEN, James    (DMBP-DCMMP/DPMB-DPMCM)
     University of Ottawa
     Building biomimetic materials from modular amphiphilic protein polymers

HARDY, John    (DHP-DNP/DHP-DPN)
     Texas A&M University
     Ernest Rutherford and the origins of nuclear physics

HARTZ, Mark    (PPD/PPD)
     University of Toronto/York University
     Results and Prospects for the T2K Neutrino Oscillation Experiment

HEUER, Rolf    (Herzberg Public Lecturer/Conférence Commémorative Publique Herzberg)
     Director-General, CERN
     The Large Hadron Collider LHC: Entering a new era of fundamental science

HILL, Ian    (DCMMP/DPMCM)
     Dalhousie University
     Optimizing Organic Thin-Film Transistor Performance Using Phosphonic Acid-Based Self-Assembled Monolayers

HILLEBRANDS, Burkard    (DCMMP/DPMCM)
     Technische Universitaet Kaiserslautern
     Magnonic crystals

HOCKING, Wayne    (Medal Winner Talk/Présentation de lauréat de l'ACP)
     University of Western Ontario
     Some Aspects of Atmospheric-, Defence-, and Space-Radar Physics in Canada

HUSAIN, Vigar    (DTP/DPT)
     University of New Brunswick – Fredericton
     Background independent quantization: field theory and cosmology

HUTCHINSON, David    (DCMMP-DAMOPC/DPMCM-DPAMPC)
     Otago University, New Zealand
     Ottawa to St John's: A 15 year journey in BEC research

HUTTER, Jeff    (DCMMP/DPMCM)
     University of Western Ontario
     Small and Ultra-Small Angle Neutron Scattering Studies of Hydrogels

JARVIS, Dale    (Banquet and after dinner speaker / Banquet et conférencier)
     Newfoundland Storyteller
     Here be Monsters!

KENNETT, Malcolm    (DTP-DCMMP/DPT-DPMCM)
     Simon Fraser University
     Birefringent break up of Dirac fermions in a square optical lattice

KHERANI, Nazir    (DCMMP-DIMP/DPMCM-DPIM)
     University of Toronto
     Silicon Photovoltaics: Opportunities and Challenges

KIEFFER, Jean-Claude    (DAMOPC/DPAMPC)
     INRS
     Attosecond science

KOTLICKI, Andrzej    (DPE/DEP)
     University of British Columbia
     Physics Teaching for the 21st Century - how do we help educators with introducing real life issues and problems to the physics teaching

KRAUSS, Carsten    (PPD/PPD)
     University of Alberta
     News from the Dark Matter Search with PICASSO at SNOLAB

KRIEGER, Peter    (DNP/DPN)
     University of Toronto
     First ATLAS results from lead-lead collisions at the Large Hadron Collider

KRUECKEN, Reiner    (DNP/DPN)
     TRIUMF
     Probing shell structure in exotic nuclei

KUZNIAK, Marcin    (PPD/PPD)
     Queen's University
     DEAP-3600: Dark Matter Search at SNOLAB

LEBLANC, Lindsay    (DAMOPC/DPAMPC)
     NIST
     Using ultracold atoms to study many-body physics

LESAGE, Frederic    (DIMP-DMBP/DPIM-DPMB)
     École Polytechnique
     Fast diffuse optical imaging using digital micromirrors

LIN, Francis    (DMBP/DPMB)
     University of Manitoba
     Cell Migration in Complex Guiding Environments

LINDL, John D.    (Plenary Speaker/Conférenciers Plénières)
     Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
     Progress Towards Ignition on the National Ignition Facility

LOGAN, Heather    (PPD/PPD)
     Carleton University
     Higgs phenomenology beyond the Standard Model

LYNCH, William    (DNP/DPN)
     NSCL and the Department of Physics and Astronomy
     Probing the EoS of asymmetric matter

MAJOR, Arkady    (DMBP-DIMP-DIAP-DAMOPC/DPMD-DPIM-DPIA-DPAMPC)
     University of Manitoba
     Behind the scenes: advanced laser sources for biomedical nonlinear microscopy

MANDELIS, Andreas    (DIMP/DPIM)
     University of Toronto
     High-frequency direct and heterodyne lock-in carrierographic imaging of microcrystalline silicon solar cells

MANN, Robert    (DTP-DHP/DPT-DHP)
     University of Waterloo
     Recent Developments in Understanding Quantum Spacetime

MARKS, Ann    (CEWIP/CEFEP)
     University of Liverpool, UK
     Girls into physics: cultural change?

MARKS, Ann    (DPE/DEP)
     University of Liverpool
     PIPS: UK Physicists provide free fun physics for children

MARSIGLIO, Frank    (DCMMP-DHP/DPMCM-DHP)
     University of Alberta
     A century of discoveries and superconductivity continues to surprise

MATHIEU, Pierre    (DHP-DTP/DHP-DPT)
     Université Laval
     Einstein and Poincaré at Solvay 1911: a nonmeeting

MCCANN, Andrew    (PPD/PPD)
     McGill University
     Recent scientific highlights from the VERITAS gamma-ray telescope

MCFARLAND, Ernie    (DPE/DEP)
     University of Guelph
     Engaging Students with Demonstrations, Props and other Neat Stuff

MITCHLER, Patricia    (DPE/DEP)
     Kelvin High School
     The Role of Assessment in Physics Education

MITTLER, Silvia    (DMBP-DIMP-DIAP-DAMOPC/DPMD-DPIM-DPIA-DPAMPC)
     University of Western Ontario
     Waveguide Evanescent Field Fluorescence (WEFF) Microscopy

MORROW, Michael    (DMBP/DPMB)
     Memorial University
     Perturbing lipid bilayers with proteins, pressure, and short chains

NOBES, David    (DIMP/DPIM)
     University of Alberta
     In Vitro Testing of Orthodontic Brackets using Imaging Techinques

O'MEARA, Joanne    (Medal Winner Talk/Présentation de lauréat de l'ACP)
     University of Guelph
     The importance of science education at all levels: improving public understanding and public attitudes

PARANJAPE, Manu    (DTP/DPT)
     Université de Montréal
     Tunneling in Quantum Spin Systems

PELTIER, Richard    (Medal Winner Talk/Présentation de lauréat de l'ACP)
     University of Toronto
     Angular Momentum of the Warming Earth: Implications of GRACE

PICKUP, Peter    (DCMMP-DIMP/DPMCM-DPIM)
     Memorial University
     The formic acid – carbon dioxide system for electrochemical storage and release of renewable energy

PINK, David    (DCMMP/DPMCM)
     St. Francis Xavier University
     Modelling Bacterial Surfaces for Knowledge and Profit

POPOV, Konstanin    (DPP/DPP)
     University of Ottawa
     Morphology of femtosecond laser modification of bulk dielectrics

RAU, Wolfgang    (PPD/PPD)
     Queen's University
     The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search

ROBERTSON, Steven    (PPD/PPD)
     IPP/McGill University
     SuperB

ROGERS, David W O    (DMBP/DPMB)
     Carleton University
     The value of (W/e) air and its importance to ion chamber dosimetry

RUTH, Tom    (DIAP/DPIA)
     TRIUMF
     Can accelerator technologies solve Canada's Medical Isotope Crisis?

RYU, Will    (DMBP/DPMB)
     University of Toronto
     Thermal impulse response and the temperature preference of Escherichia coli

SABSABI, Mohamad    (DIMP/DPIM)
     NRC Industrial Materials Institute
     Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy: Challenges and Future

SINCLAIR, David    (Medal Winner Talk/Présentation de lauréat de l'ACP)
     Carleton University/TRIUMF
     Pushing the Technology Frontier for Fundamental Science

SKOROBOGATIY, Maksim    (DIAP/DPIA)
     École Polytechnique de Montréal
     Developing a living, breathing t-shirt - overview of the recent advances in wearable light generation, energy harvesting and computing

STEELE, Tom    (DTP-PPD/DPT-PPD)
     University of Saskatchewan
     Chiral-Violating Effects and the Mixing of Glueballs and Quark Mesons

STELZER-CHILTON, Oliver    (PPD/PPD)
     TRUIMF
     Beyond the Standard Model with ATLAS at the LHC

TREMBLAY, André-Marie    (DTP-DCMMP/DPT-DPMCM)
     University of Sherbrooke
     Strongly correlated superconductivity

VAN DRIEL, Henry    (Plenary Speaker/Conférenciers Plénières)
     University of Toronto/CAP President
     The CAP: Retrospective and Perspective

VAN DRIEL, Henry    (DIAP/DPIA)
     University of Toronto
     Professional Engineering Acts: Opportunities and Challenges for the CAP

VETTERLI, Michel    (PPD/PPD)
     Simon Fraser University/TRUIMF
     Latest Standard Model Results from ATLAS

WHEELDON, Jeff    (DCMMP-DIMP/DPMCM-DPIM)
     University of Ottawa
     Modelling and Characterization of Nanostructured Concentrated Multi-Junction Solar Cells

WHITEHEAD, John    (DTP/DPT)
     Memorial University of Newfoundland
     Microdomain formation in Ultra-Thin Magnetic Films

WHITEHEAD, Lorne    (DIAP/DPIA)
     University of British Columbia
     Innovation in Pasteur's Quadrant and the Role of University Research

WHITMORE, Mark    (DCMMP/DPMCM)
     University of Manitoba
     End-Anchored Polymers: From Mushrooms to Brushes

WICKHAM, Robert    (DCMMP/DPMCM)
     Guelph University
     Dynamics of Microstructural Transitions in Block Copolymer Melts

WOODSIDE, Michael    (DMBP/DPMB)
     University of Alberta
     Direct observation of prion protein misfolding using singlemolecule force spectroscopy

WUOSMAA, Alan H    (DNP/DPN)
     Western Michigan University
     Transfer reactions in inverse kinematics with HELIOS

XIAO, Chijin    (DPP/DPP)
     University of Saskatchewan
     Ion Temperature Measurement - Collaboration between Canadian and Chinese Tokamak Research Teams

XU, Li-hong    (DAMOPC/DPAMPC)
     University of New Brunswick
     Weeding the Cosmos - High-resolution spectroscopy of molecules with large amplitude vibrations

YANG, Victor    (DIMP-DMBP/DPIM-DPMB)
     Ryerson University
     Progress in Multi-channel Optical Coherence Tomography: Improving Laser Power and Digital Signal Processing for Biomedical Imaging

YETHIRAJ, Anand    (DCMMP-DMBP/DPMCM-DPMB)
     Memorial University
     Void and Cluster Phases: Low-density ordered equilibrium phases in colloid and protein solutions

ZAREMBA, Eugene    (DCMMP-DAMOPC/DPMCM-DPAMPC)
     Queen's University
     Dissipative Dynamics of a Harmonically Confined Bose-Einstein Condensate