I am an MIT-trained physicist and a former Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Condensed matter physics is my primary area of research, and my work straddles the line between theory and numerics. I joined the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Mississippi in August 2014. I previously held an academic appointment at the University of Alberta.

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Work history

August 2014+
Faculty member in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Mississippi

January 2008–June 2014
Faculty member in the Department of Physics at University of Alberta

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

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 La2-xSrxCuO4,” 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