Contact
Professor, Faculty of Science - Physics
- morsink@ualberta.ca
Overview
About
1991 BSc (Honours Physics) University of Waterloo
1997 PhD (Theoretical Physics) University of Alberta
1997 - 1999 Postdoc, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
1999 - 2005 Assistant Professor, University of Alberta
2005 - 2020 Associate Professor, University of Alberta
2020 - present Professor, University of Alberta
Research
Neutron stars; Relativistic astrophysics
Courses
ASTRO 430 - Physical Cosmology
Observational cosmology; geometry and matter content of the Universe; physical processes in the early stages of the Universe; inflation, Big Bang nucleosynthesis and the cosmic microwave background radiation; cosmological aspects of galaxy formation and the growth of large-scale structure. Prerequisites: PHYS 310, MA PH 251 or MATH 334. Pre- or corequisite: PHYS 458.