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    2025-2026

    Date
    2025-2026
    Course Code Supervisor Project Title Number of Students
    2025 Summer PHY372H Zhang, Haibo Geometric and Scientific Machine Learning for Critical Healthcare
    2025 Summer PHY378H Braverman, Boris Nonreciprocal Optical Cavities
    2025 Summer PHY378H Hlozek, Renee Small-Scale Connections Between Axions and Baryons
    2025 Summer PHY378H Segal, Dvira Open Quantum Systems: Nonperturbative Approaches
    2025 Summer PHY379Y Hong, Ziqing Data Quality Monitoring for the Ricochet Experiment
    2025 Summer PHY379Y Narciso, Lucas Assessment of a k-means Clustering Algorithm to Group Time-Activity Curves
    2025 Summer PHY379Y Sinervo, Pekka Study of Dilepton Production in Pb-Pb Collisions at the Large Hadron Collider
    2025 Summer PHY472H Kee, Hae-Young Exploring Superconductors in Strongly Correlated Electron Systems
    2025 Summer PHY478H Kim, Young-June Magnetic Properties of a Kagome Semiconductor
    2025 Summer PHY479Y Hong, Ziqing Data Quality Monitoring for the Ricochet Experiment
    2025 Summer PHY479Y Hong, Ziqing Software Containerization for the Ricochet Experiment
    2025 Summer PHY479Y Jacobsen, Arno/Jones, Grier Optimizing Quantum Chemistry Calculations using Quantum Machine Learning Methods
    2025 Summer PHY479Y Kim, Young-June Quantum Magnetism in Square-Lattice Materials
    2025 Summer PHY479Y Li, Xiang Unveiling Optical Signatures in Nanocrystalline Materials

    2024-2025

    Date
    2024-2025
    Course Code Supervisor Project Title Number of Students
    2024 Summer PHY371Y Narciso, Lucas Validating the Arterial Input Function Corrections for External Delay and Dispersion
    2024 Summer PHY372H Leibovich, Nava/Goyal, Sid Cellular Population Dynamics in 2D and 3D Systems Describing hPSC Growth
    2024 Summer PHY478H Braverman, Boris Optimal Filtering of Spatial Modes of Light
    2024 Summer PHY478H Diamond, Miriam Validation of Detector Response Simulations for the SuperCDMS Experiment
    2024 Summer PHY478H Harlick, Ania CMP Magnetic Susceptibility - Experiment Development
    2024 Summer PHY478H Miller, Dwayne Development and Characterization of a Two-Stage Optical Parametric Amplifier for Application in Ultrafast Spectroscopy
    2024 Summer PHY478H Wei, John Cryogenic Spectroscopy Using Superconducting Single Crystals
    2024 Summer PHY479Y de la Barrera, Sergio Assembly and Programming of a Signal Generator for Cryogenic Measurements
    2024 Summer PHY479Y Hong, Ziqing SuperCDMS Detector Characterization 2
    2024 Summer PHY479Y Jones, Dylan Characterizing the Impact of Horizontal Resolution on Vertical Transport in the GEOS-Chem Model
    2024 Summer PHY479Y Steinberg, Aephraim Optical Control Systems for Quantum Metrology and Ultracold Atoms Experiment
    2024 Fall PHY372H Fernandes, Dennis Exploring Computational Methods and Model Protein Systems for Validation of Proteomic Large Language Models for Drug Discovery
    2024 Fall PHY378H Li, Xiang Understanding New van der Waals Magnets using Magnetic Circular Dichroism (MCD)
    2024 Fall PHY378H Li, Xiang Exploring Novel van der Waals Magnets using Magneto-Optic Kerr Effect (MOKE)
    2024 Fall PHY378H Sinervo, Pekka Use of Machine Learning in SuperCDMS Data Analysis
    2024 Fall PHY472H Kushner, Paul Understanding and Applying Statistical Downscaling Using the University of Toronto Climate Downscaling Workflow
    2024 Fall PHY472H Peet, A.W. Introduction to String Theory 2
    2024 Fall PHY478H Bagherimehrab, Mohsen Exploration of Enhanced Randomized Quantum Simulation Techniques
    2024 Fall PHY478H Lindell, David/Kutulakos, Kyros Simultaneous Visualization of Multi-Laser Light Propagation Using Ultra-Wideband 2D Single-Photon Imaging
    2024 Fall PHY478H Miller, Dwayne Characterization of Photocathodes for Ultrafast Electron Diffraction
    2024 Fall PHY478H O’Neill, Morgan Modeling the Seasonal Dependence of Polar Cyclones on Giant Planets
    2024 Fall PHY478H Ruda, Harry Nanowire-Based Spintronic Devices for Biochemical Sensing
    2024 Fall PHY478H Stinchcombe, Adam Development of an Experimental Apparatus for Electrical Impedance Tomography
    2024 Fall PHY478H Vutha, Amar A Cryogenic Optical System for Magnetometry
    2024 Fall PHY478H Wunch, Debra Investigating Post-Fire SIF Changes and Carbon Sequestration in Canadian Boreal Forests
    2024 Fall-2025 Winter PHY371Y Grisouard, Nico Internal Wave Dynamics
    2024 Fall-2025 Winter PHY371Y Kushner, Paul Exploring and Extending the University of Toronto Climate Downscaling Workflow
    2024 Fall-2025 Winter PHY379Y Da Silva Neto, Manoel Implementation of an RF Pulse Compressor for Applications on Ultrafast Structural Dynamics
    2024 Fall-2025 Winter PHY379Y de la Barrera, Sergio Exploring Collapsed Carbon Nanotubes as Quasi-2D Electronic Systems
    2024 Fall-2025 Winter PHY379Y de la Barrera, Sergio Preparing Layered Two-Dimensional Materials for Scanning Probe Measurements
    2024 Fall-2025 Winter PHY379Y de la Barrera, Sergio Electrical Characterization of Multilayer Twisted Graphene
    2024 Fall-2025 Winter PHY379Y de la Barrera, Sergio Demonstration of Quantum Capacitance Measurements
    2024 Fall-2025 Winter PHY379Y Ilic, Nikolina Characterize DUNE’s Sensitivity to Non-Standard Neutrino Interactions
    2024 Fall-2025 Winter PHY379Y Julian, Stephen Investigating Stirling Engines for High Efficiency Renewable Energy Converter
    2024 Fall-2025 Winter PHY379Y Julian, Stephen Growth and Characterization of Palladate Compounds
    2024 Fall-2025 Winter PHY379Y Menou, Kristen AI-Driven Dynamical Packing
    2024 Fall-2025 Winter PHY379Y Miller, Dwayne Comparative Study of Ablations by Nanosecond and Femtosecond Lasers for Determining Ratios of Carbon Isotopes via Mass Spectrometry
    2024 Fall-2025 Winter PHY379Y Narciso, Lucas Exploring Non-Invasive Alternatives to Arterial Sampling 2
    2024 Fall-2025 Winter PHY379Y Vutha, Amar Developing an Optical Magnetometer Using Ruby
    2024 Fall-2025 Winter PHY379Y Vutha, Amar Laser Cooling of Solids
    2024 Fall-2025 Winter PHY379Y Zrenner, Christoph Comparing the Use of Scalp-Surface vs. Cortical Source-Localized Oscillatory EEG Activity to Discriminate Between Different Brain-States
    2024 Fall-2025 Winter PHY479Y Braverman, Boris Ultracold Atom Transport for Optical Clocks
    2024 Fall-2025 Winter PHY479Y de la Barrera, Sergio Calculating the Electronic Properties of Two-Dimensional Moiré Materials 2
    2024 Fall-2025 Winter PHY479Y Hayes, Madeline In Vivo Characterization of Patient-Specific Chek2 Variants in High-Risk Neuroblastoma
    2024 Fall-2025 Winter PHY479Y Herman, Peter Tailoring Diffractive Elements to Control Responses in Multimode Fiber Bragg Gratings
    2024 Fall-2025 Winter PHY479Y Hlozek, Renee Constraining the Axion With the Kinetic Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect
    2024 Fall-2025 Winter PHY479Y Hong, Ziqing SuperCDMS Detector Characterization
    2024 Fall-2025 Winter PHY479Y Julian, Stephen Optimising a Tunnel Diode Oscillator Circuit for Contactless Resistivity Measurements and Crystal Synthesis via Flux Growth
    2024 Fall-2025 Winter PHY479Y Lee, Chiwon Temperature Calculation of Liquid Water Near Nanoscale Objects Upon Pulsed Laser Excitation
    2024 Fall-2025 Winter PHY479Y Miller, Dwayne Theoretical Study and Numerical Analysis of Convection-Enhanced Drug Delivery to the Brain
    2024 Fall-2025 Winter PHY479Y Poppitz, Erich The Feynman Path Integral and Global Anomalies in Quantum Mechanics
    2024 Fall-2025 Winter PHY479Y Ripperda, Bart/Beattie, James Supersonic Vortices - Understanding the Building Blocks of Supersonic, Sub-Alfvenic Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence
    2024 Fall-2025 Winter PHY479Y Ripperda, Bart/Beattie, James A Cole-Hopf Transform for the Magnetohydrodynamics Equations: Application to Plasma Turbulence
    2024 Fall-2025 Winter PHY479Y Ruda, Harry Characterization of Tin Telluride Nanowires
    2024 Fall-2025 Winter PHY479Y Ruda, Harry Low-temperature Photoluminescence and Electroluminescence from Semiconductor Nanowires
    2024 Fall-2025 Winter PHY479Y Sipe, John Decomposition of Photon Hilbert Spaces
    2024 Fall-2025 Winter PHY479Y Swidinsky, Andrei Using Machine Learning for Volcanic Feature Detection on Venus through Multi-Source Geophysical Data Integration
    2024 Fall-2025 Winter PHY479Y Wei, John Search for Superconducting Phases of Layered Nickelites Using Hyperbaric Oxygen Synthesis
    2025 Winter PHY378H Jacobsen, Arno Application of Graph Partitioning and Circuit Cutting in Training a Distributed Quantum Binary Classifier
    2025 Winter PHY378H Li, Xiang Construction of an Automated Gas Manifold System for In-Situ Diamond Anvil Cell Experiment
    2025 Winter PHY378H Sinervo, Pekka Use of Machine Learning in SuperCDMS Data Analysis
    2025 Winter PHY472H Ryu, William Physics of Cellular Systems 3
    2025 Winter PHY478H Hong, Ziqing SuperCDMS Detector Characterization
    2025 Winter PHY478H Menou, Kristen Evaluating Large Language Models for Physics Reasoning
    2025 Winter PHY478H Savard, Pierre The Determination of the Higgs Boson's Mass with ATLAS
    2025 Winter PHY478H Sinervo, Pekka Use of Machine Learning in SuperCDMS Data Analysis

    2023-2024

    Date
    2023-2024
    Course Code Supervisor Project Title Number of Students
    2023 Summer PHY371Y Diamond, Miriam Search for Low-Mass Dark Matter with Solid-State Direct Detection Experiments
    2023 Summer PHY372H Lo, Hoi-Kwong Quantum Cryptography and Quantum Network Applications
    2023 Summer PHY372H McMillen David Physical Approaches to Aggregation in Biology
    2023 Summer PHY372H Miller, Dwayne Femtosecond Transient Absorption Analysis
    2023 Summer PHY372H Miller, Dwayne "Genesis of Life" Project
    2023 Summer PHY478H Diamond, Miriam MATHUSLA Simulations
    2023 Summer PHY478H Miller, Dwayne Serial Nano Electron Diffraction
    2023 Summer PHY479Y Hong, Ziqing Background Simulation for the Ricochet Experiment 2
    2023 Summer PHY479Y Hong, Ziqing SuperCDMS Detector Simulation
    2023 Summer PHY479Y Izmaylov, Artur Alternative Frameworks for Solving Electronic Structure Problem
    2023 Summer PHY479Y Speagle, Joshua Improving Unsupervised Clustering of Stellar Chemodynamics
    2023 Summer PHY479Y Wei, John Cryomagnetic Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy on Unconventional Superconductors
    2023 Summer PHY479Y Zilman, Anton Investigating and Evaluating the Design of DNA Molecules for Programmable Multicomponent Liquids
    2023 Fall PHY372H Engels, Steve The Mineral/Chemical Composition-Crystal Lattice Project
    2023 Fall PHY372H Gradinaru, Claudiu Probing the Structural Dynamics of GPCRs
    2023 Fall PHY372H Wilson, Brian Active Learning in Physics Education Research
    2023 Fall PHY472H Poppitz, Erich The Feynman Path Integral: Reading Course
    2023 Fall PHY478H Essick, Reed Determining Characteristics of Stable Stars
    2023 Fall PHY478H Fishbach, Maya/Landry, Phil Testing the Common Radius Assumption for Binary Neutron Stars
    2023 Fall PHY478H Franklin, Daniel Millimeter-Scale Wireless Electronics for Biomedical Applications
    2023 Fall PHY478H Helmy, Amr Q-Switching and Mode Locking to Achieve Pulsed Laser Output
    2023 Fall PHY478H Jones, Dylan Determining the Depth of the Mixing Region in the Upper Troposphere/Lower Stratosphere
    2023 Fall PHY478H Li, Xiang Building Optical Probing Systems to Study Quantum Materials
    2023 Fall PHY478H Lim, Andrew Assessment of the ANNE One Platform for Sleep Staging
    2023 Fall PHY478H Vanderlinde, Keith Frontend Resonant Filters to Mitigate Radio Antenna RFI
    2023 Fall PHY478H Vutha, Amar Seeking to Build a High Precision Magnetometer for Axion Detection
    2023 Fall PHY478H Wunch, Debra Design, Calibration and Implementation of an In-Home Methane Alarm System
    2023 Fall-2024 Winter PHY371Y Kushner, Paul Understanding and Applying Statistical Downscaling Using the University of Toronto Climate Downscaling Workflow
    2023 Fall-2024 Winter PHY371Y Sipe, John Two-Photon Absorption of Squeezed Light by Semiconductors
    2023 Fall-2024 Winter PHY371Y Vutha, Amar Precision Atomic Physics
    2023 Fall-2024 Winter PHY471Y Braverman, Boris Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics with Few-Mode Cavities
    2023 Fall-2024 Winter PHY471Y Kushner, Paul Understanding and Applying Statistical Downscaling Using the University of Toronto Climate Downscaling Workflow
    2023 Fall-2024 Winter PHY471Y Sinervo, Pekka Search for Dark Matter
    2023 Fall-2024 Winter PHY471Y Sinervo, Pekka Failures of the Standard Model and Efforts to Reconcile Them
    2023 Fall-2024 Winter PHY479Y Braverman, Boris Precision Measurement with Disordered, Low-loss Cavities
    2023 Fall-2024 Winter PHY479Y de la Barrera, Sergio Engineering Quantum Systems with Layered Two-Dimensional Materials 2
    2023 Fall-2024 Winter PHY479Y Diamond, Miriam Detector Simulations for SuperCDMS 2
    2023 Fall-2024 Winter PHY479Y Grisouard, Nicolas/Rosenblum, Erica Impact of Rotation and Salinity on Sea Ice Melt
    2023 Fall-2024 Winter PHY479Y Herman, Peter Gas Detection with Fiber Bragg Gratings and Few-Mode Fiber Gratings
    2023 Fall-2024 Winter PHY479Y Hlozek, Renée Simulation of Stellar Streams
    2023 Fall-2024 Winter PHY479Y Hong, Ziqing Analysis of TES Detectors for SuperCDMS 2
    2023 Fall-2024 Winter PHY479Y Ilic, Nicolina Machine Learning Algorithms to Determine the Sensitivity of the DUNE Detector to Detect Tau Neutrinos 3
    2023 Fall-2024 Winter PHY479Y James, Daniel 'Blind' Quantum State Tomography (QST) for General Quantum States
    2023 Fall-2024 Winter PHY479Y James, Daniel Theoretical Analysis of Quantum Entanglement
    2023 Fall-2024 Winter PHY479Y Jones, Dylan Sensitivity of Long-Range Wildfire Emissions Transport to Injection Height
    2023 Fall-2024 Winter PHY479Y Kherani, Nazir Self-Powered Miniature Sensor for an Energy-Efficient Window System
    2023 Fall-2024 Winter PHY479Y Kushner, Paul Understanding, Applying, and Extending the University of Toronto Climate Downscaling Workflow
    2023 Fall-2024 Winter PHY479Y Lankarany, Milad/Skinner, Frances Developing a Novel Generic Conductance-Based Model to Track Behaviors of Single (Biological) Neurons
    2023 Fall-2024 Winter PHY479Y Li, Xiang Experimental Platform for Growth of 2D Material Samples
    2023 Fall-2024 Winter PHY479Y Miller, Dwayne Mechanisms of Femtosecond Laser Induced Cavitation Bubbles
    2023 Fall-2024 Winter PHY479Y Miller, Dwayne Simulation of a Streak Camera to Reconstruct Diffraction Patterns from the Streaked Signal Plus Making a GUI for Experimental Control
    2023 Fall-2024 Winter PHY479Y Miller, Dwayne Modeling Cancerous Tumor Eradication using the PIRL
    2023 Fall-2024 Winter PHY479Y Miller, Dwayne Thin Crystal Design for Steady State Electron Diffraction Studies on Photosystem II
    2023 Fall-2024 Winter PHY479Y Milstein, Joshua Landscape for Bacterial Competition 2
    2023 Fall-2024 Winter PHY479Y Murray, Norman Revisiting a Disk-Wind Model for Active Galactic Nuclei Broad Line Regions
    2023 Fall-2024 Winter PHY479Y Ruda, Harry/Austin, Aaron Spintronic in Nanowires
    2023 Fall-2024 Winter PHY479Y Sinervo, Pekka Use of Machine Learning in SuperCDMS Data Analysis 2
    2023 Fall-2024 Winter PHY479Y Sipe, John Squeezed Light in Integrated Photonics and in its Interaction with Matter
    2023 Fall-2024 Winter PHY479Y Strong, Kim Investigation of Arctic Cloud Properties
    2023 Fall-2024 Winter PHY479Y Thywissen, Joseph Towards Bose-Einstein Condensation of 39K
    2023 Fall-2024 Winter PHY479Y Vutha, Amar Dynamics of Optical Transitions of Rare Earth Ions in Liquids and Ice
    2023 Fall-2024 Winter PHY479Y Zou, Yu Microstructural Characterization of HEA (High-Energy Alloy) Superconductors Using EBSD (Electron Backscatter Diffraction) Technique
    2024 Winter PHY372H Peet, A.W. Introduction to String Theory
    2024 Winter PHY372H Vutha, Amar Precision Atomic Physics
    2024 Winter PHY472H Peet, A.W. Introduction to String Theory 8
    2024 Winter PHY478H de la Barrera, Sergio Assembly and Characterization of Low-Noise Cryogenic Amplifier Circuits
    2024 Winter PHY478H Grisouard, Nicolas/Rosenblum, Erica Water Salinity's Impact on Ice Cubes' Melting Process in Rotating Tanks
    2024 Winter PHY478H Hong, Ziqing Background Simulation for the Ricochet Experiment
    2024 Winter PHY478H Hong, Ziqing Transition-Edge Sensors for SuperCDMS
    2024 Winter PHY478H Jones, Dylan Examining the Relationship Between Mid-Troposphere Synoptic Variability and Wildfires in Canada
    2024 Winter PHY478H Kim, Young June Spin and Orbital Physics in Transition Metal Oxides
    2024 Winter PHY478H Li, Xiang Gas Manifold for DAC High Pressure Experiments
    2024 Winter PHY478H Sipe, John Two-Level Optical Systems Interacting with Waveguide Structures

    2022-2023

    Date
    2022-2023
    Course Code Supervisor Project Title Number of Students
    2022 Summer PHY371Y Diamond, Miriam/Webb, Jeremy Search for Dark Matter
    2022 Summer PHY372H Diamond, Miriam Search for Dark Matter 9
    2022 Summer PHY478H Grisouard, Nico Artic Ocean Density Staircases
    2022 Summer PHY478H Liu, Qinya Study of SESAME data
    2022 Fall PHY372H Harlick, Ania Review of Collagen-Based Biomaterials
    2022 Fall PHY372H Hong, Ziqing Modelling of Transition Edge Sensors
    2022 Fall PHY478H Izmaylov, Artur Implementing Generators for Unitary Coupled Cluster (UCC) that Conserve Point Group and S^2 Symmetries
    2022 Fall PHY478H James, Daniel Quantum Information
    2022 Fall PHY478H Trischuk, William ATLAS Detector Module Studies
    2022 Fall PHY478H Wei, John Pulsed Laser Deposition Synthesis of Infinite-Layer Perovskite Superconductors
    2022 Fall-2023 Winter PHY471Y Zilman, Anton Modeling Cytokine Signaling in the Immune System
    2022 Fall-2023 Winter PHY479Y Carlberg, Ray The Distribution of Globular Clusters in a Galaxy Over Time
    2022 Fall-2023 Winter PHY479Y Deber, Charles Peptide-based Inhibitors of a Bacterial Drug Efflux Pump
    2022 Fall-2023 Winter PHY479Y Diamond, Miriam SuperCDMS Detector Simulation 2
    2022 Fall-2023 Winter PHY479Y Diamond, Miriam SuperCDMS Data Analysis
    2022 Fall-2023 Winter PHY479Y Eleftheriades, George Overcoming the Fundamental Limits of Small Antennas Using Time Modulation
    2022 Fall-2023 Winter PHY479Y Harlick, Ania Efficacy of the WIT Program
    2022 Fall-2023 Winter PHY479Y Helmy, Amr Efficient Distributed Feedback Lasers Implemented in Bragg Reflection Waveguide
    2022 Fall-2023 Winter PHY479Y Ilic, Nikolina DUNE Detector Simulation 2
    2022 Fall-2023 Winter PHY479Y Jones, Dylan Influence of Model Resolution on Atmospheric Chemical Transport
    2022 Fall-2023 Winter PHY479Y Julian, Stephen Growth and Characterization of Some Strongly Correlated Materials
    2022 Fall-2023 Winter PHY479Y Kim, Young-June Quantum Magnetism in Materials with Strong Spin-Orbit Coupling
    2022 Fall-2023 Winter PHY479Y Kushner, Paul Climate Downscaling Workflow for Engineering Analysis 3
    2022 Fall-2023 Winter PHY479Y Miller, Dwayne Observation of Structural Dynamics in a Crystal by Ultrafast Electron Diffraction (UED)
    2022 Fall-2023 Winter PHY479Y Murray, Norm Hamiltonian Chaos in Multiplanet Systems
    2022 Fall-2023 Winter PHY479Y Paramekanti, Arun Electronic States Coupled to Complex Magnetic Orders
    2022 Fall-2023 Winter PHY479Y Rubinstein, John Streptavidin Crystal Grids for cryo-EM
    2022 Fall-2023 Winter PHY479Y Segal, Dvira Quantum Simulations of Open Quantum Systems on Quantum Hardware
    2022 Fall-2023 Winter PHY479Y Trischuk, William ATLAS Run II Data Analysis
    2022 Fall-2023 Winter PHY479Y Walker, Kaley Studying Polar Atmospheric Chemistry Using the ACE-FTS and BRAM
    2022 Fall-2023 Winter PHY479Y Zingg, David Study of Relaxation Runge-Kutte Methods
    2023 Winter PHY372H Julian, Stephen Superfluid
    2023 Winter PHY372H Sealfon, Carolyn Physics Communication and Ethics 2
    2023 Winter PHY372H Vutha, Amar Basics of Atomic Clocks
    2023 Winter PHY472H Luke, Michael Effects and Detection of Dark Matter
    2023 Winter PHY478H Valencia, Diana Exploration and Analysis of Inner Core Compositions of Rocky Planets