Lucas Montcalm
(2023 - present)
Master of Science (Physics)
NSERC CGS-M (2023) OGS (2024)
Master of Science (Physics)
NSERC CGS-M (2023) OGS (2024)
Group
I'm currently an associate professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Windsor. My brief academic and professional history is below:| 2025- | Associate Professor | University of Windsor |
| 2019-2025 | Assistant Professor | University of Windsor |
| 2017-2019 | Post-doctoral Fellow (with R. Moessner) |
Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems |
| 2014-2017 | Post-doctoral Fellow (with M. Gingras) |
University of Waterloo |
| 2008-2014 | Doctor of Philosophy (with H. Y. Kee) |
University of Toronto |
| 2005-2008 | Bachelor of Science (Physics and Mathematics) |
University of Windsor |
The University of Windsor is located in Windsor, Ontario at the southernmost tip of Canada, just across the river from Detroit, Michigan.
Our group is located in the Department of Physics in Essex Hall.
My office is on the second floor,
Room 289-1 and students from all theoretical physics groups sit in the Theory
Office just down the hall.
Current Members
I'm always looking for motivated undergraduate and graduate students to join my group. If you're interested, please get in touch and I'd be happy to discuss potential projects and opportunities. Below are the current members of the group:
Christian Ruiz
(2024 - present)
Bachelor of Science (Honours Physics)
Outstanding Scholars (2024)
Bachelor of Science (Honours Physics)
Outstanding Scholars (2024)
Past Members
A number of undergraduate and graduate students have worked in the group over the past few years, along with a few visitors and post-docs. I've listed them below, along with where they are now and any awards they received while in the group.
Zach Touma
(2024 - 2025)
Bachelor of Science (Honours Physics and Mathematics)
MSc. at the University of Toronto
Bachelor of Science (Honours Physics and Mathematics)
MSc. at the University of Toronto
Sareen Sabra
(2022 - 2025)
Bachelor of Science (Honours Physics)
NSERC USRA (2023) NSERC USRA (2024) NSERC USRA (2025)
Bachelor of Science (Honours Physics)
NSERC USRA (2023) NSERC USRA (2024) NSERC USRA (2025)
Subhankar Khatua
(2022 - 2024)
Post-doctoral Fellow (joint with M. Gingras)
Hallwachs-Röntgen Post-doctoral Fellow, U. Würzburg and TU Dresden (with F. Assaad and J. van den Brink)
Post-doctoral Fellow (joint with M. Gingras)
Hallwachs-Röntgen Post-doctoral Fellow, U. Würzburg and TU Dresden (with F. Assaad and J. van den Brink)
José Garavito
(2024)
Visiting Undergraduate Student (UIS, Colombia)
MITACS (2024)
Visiting Undergraduate Student (UIS, Colombia)
MITACS (2024)
Hiroki Nakai
(2024)
Visiting Graduate Student
Ph.D. student at the University of Tokyo
Visiting Graduate Student
Ph.D. student at the University of Tokyo
Trevor MacIntosh
(2021 - 2023)
Master of Science (Physics)
Non-Hermitian physics achieved via non-local Gilbert damping
Master of Science (Physics)
Non-Hermitian physics achieved via non-local Gilbert damping
Griffin Howson
(2021 - 2023)
Bachelor of Science (Honours Physics and Mathematics)
Ph.D. student at the University of Waterloo (with M. Gingras) NSERC USRA (2022) NSERC USRA (2023)
Bachelor of Science (Honours Physics and Mathematics)
Ph.D. student at the University of Waterloo (with M. Gingras) NSERC USRA (2022) NSERC USRA (2023)
Rory Sutcliffe
(2020 - 2022)
Bachelor of Science (Honours Physics)
Ph.D. student at University of Toronto (with A. Paramekanti)
Bachelor of Science (Honours Physics)
Ph.D. student at University of Toronto (with A. Paramekanti)
Luca Colangeli
(2021 - 2022)
Bachelor of Science (Honours Physics)
NSERC USRA (2022)
Bachelor of Science (Honours Physics)
NSERC USRA (2022)
Shubham Kurkeja
(2020 - 2021)
Bachelor of Science (Honours Physics)
Ph.D. student at McMaster University (with S. S. Lee)
Bachelor of Science (Honours Physics)
Ph.D. student at McMaster University (with S. S. Lee)