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:
In 2026 I received the CAP Herzberg Medal in Physics for my work on frustrated magnetism and altermagnetism. See coverage from the University of Windsor and the Windsor Star
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:
Lucas Montcalm
(2023 - present)
Master of Science (Physics)
NSERC CGS-M (2023)
OGS (2024)
Christian Ruiz
(2024 - present)
Bachelor of Science (Honours Physics)
Outstanding Scholars (2024)
NSERC USRA (2026)
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.
Tara Searcy
(2026)
Visiting Undergraduate Student (Queen's University)
Zach Touma
(2024 - 2025)
Bachelor of Science (Honours Physics and Mathematics)
MSc. student at the University of Toronto (with Y. B. Kim)
Sareen Sabra
(2022 - 2025)
Bachelor of Science (Honours Physics)
Ph.D. student at Khalifa University
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)
José Garavito
(2024)
Visiting Undergraduate Student (UIS, Colombia)
MITACS (2024)
Hiroki Nakai
(2024)
Visiting Graduate Student (University of Tokyo)
Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto
Trevor J. MacIntosh
(2021 - 2023)
Master of Science (Physics)
Non-Hermitian physics achieved via non-local Gilbert damping
Griffin C. 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)
Ruairidh Sutcliffe
(2020 - 2022)
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)
Shubham Kurkeja
(2020 - 2021)
Bachelor of Science (Honours Physics)
Ph.D. student at McMaster University (with S. S. Lee)