The following Faculty members are available to supervise students wishing to apply to Trent University's Materials Science Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Igor M. Svishchev, Professor *unable to supervise students at this time
Theoretical and experimental investigation of supercritical water and its many applications including SCW-oxidation technology.
Email: isvishchev@trentu.ca
Andrew Vreugdenhil, Associate Professor
Development and characterization of hybrid organic-inorganic materials for applications in sensors, coatings and interface modification.
Email: avreugdenhil@trentu.ca
Eric Keske, Assistant Professor
Organic Synthesis, Organometallic Chemistry, Homogeneous Catalysis, and Reaction Mechanism Elucidation. Development of Efficient Synthetic Methods for Conjugated Organic Materials. Ligand Design for Asymmetric Catalysis.
Email: erickeske@trentu.ca
Steven Rafferty, Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry
Bioinorganic chemistry, especially heme proteins of the parasitic protist Giardia intestinalis
Email: srafferty@trentu.ca
Mark Parnis, Full Professor, Chemistry *unable to supervise students at this time
Methods for stimating, evaluating and applying partitioning in the determination of chemical fates in complex media such as soils, plastics, and polymeric media
Email: mparnis@trentu.ca
Kate Stewart-Abernethy, Assistant Professor, Chemistry *unable to supervise students at this time
Tailoring polymeric materials for target applications including gas and aqueous sensor; understanding the mechanisms by which sensing materials and analytes interact
Email: kstewartabernethy@trentu.ca
Physics and Astronomy
Bill Atkinson, Professor, Condensed Matter Physics
Theoretical and computational studies of quantum materials: superconductors, ferroelectric metals, and oxide interfaces.
Email: billatkinson@trentu.ca
Carlo Bradac, Assistant Professor, Quantum Nanomaterials
Study of 2D and 3D nanomaterials for quantum-enabled sensing and metrology
Email: carlobradac@trentu.ca
Suresh Narine, Professor, Biomaterial Physics
Biomaterials precursor synthesis, formulation and materials characterization.
Email: sureshnarine@trentu.ca
Rayf Shiell, Associate Professor, Ocular biomechanics
Optical and physical properties of the cornea, development of devices for ophthalmology.
Email: rayfshiell@trentu.ca
Aaron Slepkov, Associate Professor, Biomaterial Physics
Nonlinear photonics, optical properties and characterization of organic and biomaterials, microscopy, microwave photonics.
Email: aaronslepkov@trentu.ca
Balaji Subramanian, Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Optical properties of nanostructure LI-tungsten bronzes and graphene based transition metal oxide films for energy saving applications.
Email: balajisubramanian@trentu.ca
Rachel Wortis, Associate Professor, Condensed Matter Physics
Condensed matter theory: strongly correlated and disordered systems.
Email: rwortis@trentu.ca
Mathematics
Wesley Burr, Assistant Professor, Mathematics *unable to supervise students at this time
Applied Statistics: Time Series, Spectrum Estimation, and Statistical Modelling.
Research projects in environmental epidemiology, physics, statistics education, and forensic science.
Email: wesleyburr@trentu.ca
Forensic Science
Sanela Martic, Assistant Professor, Forensic Science
biological biomarker identification, detection and toxicology screening using a variety of bioanalytical and biochemical tools.
Email: sanelamartic@trentu.ca