About

BASc (Engineering Science) Univ of Toronto, 1983

MSc McMaster University, 1984

PhD McMaster University, 1988

NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1988-1990, Univ. of California, San Diego

Research Scientist, 1990-1997, Chalk River Laboratories

Adjunct Professor of Physics, 1991-1997, McMaster University

Associate Professor, 1997-2001, University of Alberta

Professor, 2001-present, University of Alberta 

Director of the Theoretical Physics Institute, 2001-2008, University of Alberta

Acting Chair, 2009, Dept. of Physics, University of Alberta

Associate Chair, Research, 2013-2015, Dept. of Physics, University of Alberta

Acting Chair, 2015-2016, Dept. of Physics, University of Alberta

Associate Chair, Graduate Studies, 2017-Oct. 2018., Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Alberta

Interim Dean of Science, Oct. 2018-June 2019, University of Alberta

Research

Theory of high-temperature superconductivity

Polaron Physics

Nanoscale superconductivity

Strong electron correlations in solids

The Electron-phonon Interaction in Solids

Spin current-induced Spin-flip interactions

Teaching

Significant development of Undergraduate Quantum Mechanics through research topics --- see publications on my research website (under links) or on the ArXiv.

PHYS 415 - Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics I

Lattice structure and binding; lattice vibrations; electrons in solids, band structure of metals, Fermi surface; semiconductors and junctions; paramagnetism and diamagnetism; introduction to lattice defects. Prerequisites: PHYS 311 and 372, and MATH 337 or ECE 341 or equivalent.

PHYS 472 - Quantum Mechanics B

Review of the postulates of quantum mechanics; quantization of angular momentum; matrix representations, spin and parity; approximation methods; perturbation theory; variational and other methods; applications; scattering theory; systems of identical particles. Prerequisites: PHYS 372, and MATH 337 or ECE 341 or equivalent, and MATH 311 or 411 or MA PH 351.

PHYS 541 - Condensed Matter Physics I

Crystal structure and symmetries; electrons and band structure; semiconductors and heterostructures; lattice vibrations and thermal properties.

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