Name: 2025 CAP Congress / Congrès de l'ACP 2025
Start: 2025-06-08T07:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-06-13T23:59:00-05:00
Location: No location set

2025 CAP Congress / Congrès de l'ACP 2025

from Sunday 8 June 2025 (07:00) to Friday 13 June 2025 (23:59)

Monday 2 June 2025
Tuesday 3 June 2025
Wednesday 4 June 2025
Thursday 5 June 2025
Friday 6 June 2025
Saturday 7 June 2025
Sunday 8 June 2025

12:00 Congress Registration | Inscription au congrès
Congress Registration | Inscription au congrès
12:00 - 21:00

15:00

15:00 - 18:00

16:00

16:00 - 17:30

18:00

18:00 - 21:00

18:00 - 20:00

Monday 9 June 2025

07:30 Congress Registration and Information (07h30-17h30) | Inscription au congrès et information (07h30-17h30)
Congress Registration and Information (07h30-17h30) | Inscription au congrès et information (07h30-17h30)
07:30 - 08:00

08:30 Registration/Tour sign-up for HS/Cegep Teachers Workshop
Registration/Tour sign-up for HS/Cegep Teachers Workshop
08:30 - 09:00

08:40

08:40 - 09:00
08:45
08:45 - 12:00
Contributions

10:40 Bringing SNOLAB science into your classroom - Blaire Flynn (SNOLAB) Juliette DeLoye (SNOLAB)
09:00
09:00 - 09:45
Contributions

09:00 “Two-Eyed Seeing”: Dynamical evolution across galactic scales and the future of big science - Kathryne Daniel (University of Arizona)
09:45 Health Break | Pause santé
Health Break | Pause santé
09:45 - 10:15
10:15
10:15 - 12:00
Contributions

10:15 Real Heights of SuperDARN Echoes Estimated From Electron Density Data - Sasha Koustov (U of Saskatchewan)

10:30 Comparison of sporadic E layers obtained via modeling and measured by CHAIN ionosondes - Dmytro Sydorenko

10:45 Observations of the ionospheric response to the April 2024 total solar eclipse over New Brunswick - Anton Kashcheyev (University of New Brunswick)

11:00 April 2024 Solar Eclipse Effects on Ionospheric Density and Radio Propagation - Gareth Perry (New Jersey Institute of Technology) Kuldeep Pandey (New Jersey Institute of Technology)

11:15 Density structures observed by the Radio Receiver Instrument on e-POP/Swarm-E - E. Ceren Kalafatoglu Eyiguler (University of Saskatchewan)

11:30 The new physics unveiled by the ICEBEAR radar in conjunction with with other auroral observations - Jean-Pierre St-Maurice

11:45 Variations of SuperDARN ground scatter occurrence rate in the polar cap - Mehdi Ghalamkarian Nejad (U of Saskatchewan)
10:15 - 12:00
Contributions

10:15 Indigenizing the Drake Equation. - Hilding Neilson (Dept of Physics & Physical Oceanography, Memorial University of Newfoundland & Labrador)

10:45 The Society of Indigenous Physicists - Kathryne Daniel (University of Arizona)
10:15 - 12:00
Contributions

10:15 Developing Canada’s First Transportable Quantum Gravimeter - Brynle Barrett (University of New Brunswick)

10:45 Photosynthetic Energy Transfer: Missing in Action (Detected Spectroscopy)? - Jennifer Ogilvie (University of Ottawa)
10:15 - 12:00
Contributions

10:15 Disordered Weyl semimetal as an array of coupled Hubbard chains - Anton Burkov (University of Waterloo)

10:45 A New Kind of Symmetry: Rethinking Anomalies in Quantum Systems - Wenjie Ji (McMaster University/Perimeter Institute)

11:15 Unveiling Berry curvature contributions to Hall current in $C_4K$ materials - Tohid Farajollahpour (Brock University)

11:30 Nanoscale defects as probes of time reversal symmetry breaking - Suman Jyoti De (McGill University, Canada)

11:45 Pressure Dependence of Spin Stripe Order in Nd-LSCO (x=0.125) - Patrick Clancy
10:15 - 12:00
Contributions

10:15 TUCAN developments toward first UCN production and nEDM experiment. - Alexis Brossard (TRIUMF)

11:00 Early Science Projections for Charged Pion Form Factor studies with ePIC at the Electron-Ion Collider - Garth Huber

11:15 BEAM ASYMMETRY FOR LIGHT MESON DECAYS IN GLUEX - Zisis Papandreou (University of Regina)

11:30 The KDK+ experiment: measuring the rare positron emission of 40K - Nicholas Swidinsky (Queen's University)
10:15 - 12:00
Contributions

10:15 Nuclear Astrophysics with Heavy-Ion Storage Rings - Iris Dillmann

10:45 Electromagnetic transition rate measurement of 36Ar and 37Ar - Hon Pan Tam (SFU Physics)

11:00 Position Sensitive Organic Glass Scintillator Bars for Neutron Time of Flight Spectroscopy - Greg Christian (Saint Mary's University)

11:15 Development of statistical tools for studies of the rapid neutron capture process - Yukiya Saito
10:15 - 12:00
Contributions

11:00 Quantum catastrophes - Duncan O'Dell (McMaster University)

11:30 Ultrastrong coupling, nonselective measurement and quantum Zeno dynamics - Marco Merkli

11:45 Form-preserving transformations of wave and Wigner functions - Mark Walton (University of Lethbridge)
10:15 - 12:00
Contributions

10:15 Exploring the Universe from Deep Below the Waves: The Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment - Patrick Krause (SFU)

10:45 The Icecube neutrino observatory: status and recent results - Daniel Durnford (University of Alberta)

11:15 Electron Neutrino Tagging in IceCube Using Graph Neural Networks - Akanksha Katil (University of Alberta)

11:30 The P-ONE Slow Control Framework - Nathan Molberg

11:45 SiPM optical modeling and optical crosstalk simulation for ARGO - Asish Moharana (Carleton University)
Emerging Order: Probing Nature Through Light, Motion, and Memory
Emerging Order: Probing Nature Through Light, Motion, and Memory
10:15 - 12:30
Contributions

10:30 Classification of Retinal TDP-43 and Amyloid beta Deposits as Biomarkers of Differing Neurodegenerative Diseases - Lyndsy Acheson (University of Waterloo)

10:45 Computational Analysis of Dioxin-Like Compounds: Investigating Interactions with AhR and Cytochrome P450 Enzymes - Ali Abdolahzadeh Ziabari (Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2)

11:00 Measuring Photosynthetic Health Through Delayed Fluorescence: a New Device and Biometric for Environmental Health - Elizabeth Allison (York University)

11:15 Avalanche dynamics in a 2D tumbling drum with frictionless, cohesive oil droplets - Simaya Rosenbloom (McMaster University)

11:30 Photon-to-Digital Converters – 3D Integrated Digital Single-Photon Detector Arrays Enabling Time-of-Flight PET and CT - Serge Charlebois (Université de Sherbrooke)

11:45 Accuracy of Hyperspectral Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Measuring Tissue Water Content - Mamadou Diop (Western University & The Lawson Health Research Institute)

12:00 Design of Gradient Coil Geometry for a Halbach-Based Ultra Low-Field MRI System - Jacob Beaudoin (Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, University of Calgary)

12:15 A Fast Method for Mapping pH using Magnetic Resonance Imaging - Nicole Lofroth (Dept. of Biomedical Engineering & Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary)
12:00 Break for Lunch (12h00-13h30) | Pause pour dîner (12h00-13h30)
Break for Lunch (12h00-13h30) | Pause pour dîner (12h00-13h30)
12:00 - 13:30
12:00 - 13:30
Contributions

12:00 Publishing Processes and Peer Review | Processus de publication et examen par les pairs - Jocelyn Sinclair (Canadian Science Publishing) Marco Merkli (Memorial University of Newfoundland) Zahra Yamani (Canadian Nuclear Laboratories)
12:00 - 13:00

12:00 - 13:30

13:00

13:00 - 15:45
13:30
13:30 - 14:00
Contributions

13:30 The small-scale structure of dark-matter halos - Jo Bovy
14:00 Travel Time | Durée du voyage
Travel Time | Durée du voyage
14:00 - 14:15
14:15
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 CERN at 70 at the Crossroads: Future Directions for Particle Physics - Eliezer Rabinovici (Weizmann Institute of Science (IL))

14:45 TRIUMF - Canada's particle accelerator laboratory - Oliver Kester (TRIUMF)

15:00 Canada's involvement in the Electron Ion Collider - Robert Laxdal

15:15 The New Infrared Free Electron Laser at Waterloo: Progress and Future Applications - Scott Hopkins (University of Waterloo)
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 Non-Markovianity and entanglement in collision models with initial intra-environment correlations - Angel Neira (Memorial University of Newfoundland)

14:30 Simulating a superposition of spacetimes with optical media - María Rosa Preciado-Rivas (University of Waterloo)

14:45 Unravelling the mysteries of black holes and neutron stars with flashes, bursts and eruptions - Alexandra Tetarenko (University of Lethbridge)

15:15 Compact Stars and Extreme Compact Objects (ECOs) in 4D Einstein Gauss-Bonnet Gravity - Michael Gammon (University of Waterloo)

15:30 Resolving a Cosmological Tension with Galaxy Cluster Formation Histories - Rashaad Reid (University of Waterloo)
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 A Virtual Solar Wind Monitor at Mars to Enable Statistical and Comparative Magnetospheric Studies - Abigail Azari (University of Alberta, Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute)

14:45 Simulation-Based Evaluation of Crosslink Radio Occultation for Lunar Ionosphere Observations - Giacomo Radaelli

15:00 Moving to Learn to See - Kenny Nguyen (University of Waterloo)

15:15 Learning to See: Applying Inverse Recurrent Inference Machines to See through Refractive Scattering - Arvin Kouroshnia (University of Waterloo)

15:30 Resonant Vibrational Excitation and STEVE - Andrew Yau (University of Calgary)
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 Toward a high-accuracy quantum gravimeter using ultra-cold atoms - Timothy Hunt (University of New Brunswick)

14:30 Tunable domain-wall dynamics in multi-domain spin structures in an ultracold 87Rb gas - Olha Farion (Simon Fraser University)

14:45 Tri-Modal Mosquito Bite Needle Endoscopy (MBNE) for Breast Cancer Diagnostics - Kate Dingle

15:00 Confocal Microscopy and Tri-modal Optical Imaging for Breast and Thyroid Cancer Detection - Alex D'Ippolito (Toronto Metropolitan University)

15:15 Painted optical potentials for rapid evaporative cooling of neutral atoms - Cristian Ramirez Rodriguez (University of New Brunswick)
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 Chemical intercalation as a versatile technique for property tuning and production of layered materials - George Bepete (Concordia University)

14:45 Anomalous relaxation mechanism for rejuvenation of stable polystyrene glass - Saba Karimi (University of Waterloo)

15:00 Theoretical Insights into Hydrogen-Encapsulated Cage-like Structure and the Elusive High-Pressure Electride of Na-tl50 phase. - Akinwumi Akinpelu (University of Saskatchewan)

15:15 Machine Learning-Accelerated Study of Potential Energy Surfaces of Group 14 Elements - MANGLADEEP BHULLAR

15:30 Defect Engineering in 2D Materials for Enhanced Chemical Sensing - Ghazaleh Gholizadeh
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 Nonunitary operators in quantum information and distributed quantum computing - Steven Rayan (quanTA Centre / University of Saskatchewan)

14:45 Extracting Entangled Pulses from Continuous-Wave Photon Sources - Christopher Kallio (Simon Fraser University)

15:00 Discrete-Variable-Assisted Error Correction of Continuous-Variable Quantum Information - Neginossadat Razian (Simon Fraser University)

15:15 Continuous-Variable Analogue of Measurement-Based State Preparation for GKP Encoded States - Fariba Hosseinynejad (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary)

15:30 Survey of all additive quantum codes for small systems via graphs - Mohsen Mehrani (University of Calgary)
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 Radioactivity of Rare Isotopes - Gwen Grinyer

14:45 Mirror Symmetry in the f7/2 Shell below 56Ni: Excited States and Electromagnetic Transition Rates in 55Ni and 55Co - Heinz Asch (Simon Fraser University)

15:00 The 8pi BGO Ball Array and Its Application to 3-Gamma PET - Joshua Yu (Simon Fraser University)

15:15 Spectroscopic study of 114Sn following the beta decay of 114Sb using Gamma-Ray Infrastructure For Fundamental Investigations of Nuclei (GRIFFIN) - Madhu Madhu (Simon Fraser University)

15:30 Direct Measurement of Resonance Properties of 23Mg (p, γ)24Al reaction Occurring in Classical Novae using the DRAGON Recoil Separator and an optimized Array of LaBr3, CeBr3 and BGO Gamma Detector Array - Edwin Amanda Crystal (Saint Mary's University, Halifax)
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 Emergent Explicit Regulation in Science Classrooms - Pierre-Philippe Ouimet

14:45 Use of MathMatize website for in-class and post-class formative assessments in large classes - Ania Harlick (University of Toronto) Brian Wilson (University of Toronto)

15:00 Comparison of the experiences of Female and Male Students in taking Labatorials - Lydie Lachance (PhD student)

15:15 Mastery-Based Assignments for Large Enrolment Introductory Physics Courses - Mark Robert Baker (Western University)

15:30 Strengthening Math Foundations in PHYS 100: A Targeted Workshop Approach - Olha Farion (Simon Fraser University)
Magnetics, Molecules, and Measurements: Next-Gen Tools in Medical Physics
Magnetics, Molecules, and Measurements: Next-Gen Tools in Medical Physics
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

15:00 Advancing Surface-Enhanced Vibrational Spectroscopy for Molecular Detection - Janani Balasubramanian (Nano-imaging and Spectroscopy Laboratory, Faculty of Science, University of Ontario Institute of Technology)

15:15 Development of a fiber optic detector for temperature measurements of medical isotope production targets - Grace Dehnel

15:30 Splittable wireless resonator array for intraoperative MRI - Yujie Ren (University of Winnipeg)
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 Status of the SuperCDMS Experiment at SNOLAB - Tyler Reynolds (University of Toronto)

14:30 Modelling the electric field in SuperCDMS High Voltage Detectors - Souren Salehi (University of British Columbia)

14:45 Effect of electronegative impurities in NEWS-G's dark matter detector - Jon Clarke (Queen's University)

15:00 Thermal Simulations for the Scintillating Bubble Chamber Dark Matter Experiment - Ezri Wyman (Queen's University)

15:15 Energy and position reconstruction in the Light only Liquid Xenon (LoLX) experiment - Xiang Li (TRIUMF, Simon Fraser University)

15:30 DEAP-3600 Hardware Upgrades and Third Fill - Austin Murray
15:45 Health Break | Pause santé
Health Break | Pause santé
15:45 - 16:15

15:45 - 16:15
16:15
16:15 - 16:45
Contributions

16:15 Computational electronics: from classical to quantum devices - Hong Guo (McGill Univresity)
16:45 Travel Time | Durée du voyage
Travel Time | Durée du voyage
16:45 - 17:00

17:00

17:00 - 18:30

18:30 Travel Time
Travel Time
18:30 - 19:30

18:45

18:45 - 19:45
19:45
19:45 - 21:00
Contributions

20:00 Preparing for Quantum 2.0 - Shohini Ghose (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Tuesday 10 June 2025

07:30 Congress Registration and Information (07h30-17h00) | Inscription au congrès et information (07h30-17h00)
Congress Registration and Information (07h30-17h00) | Inscription au congrès et information (07h30-17h00)
07:30 - 07:50

08:45 Plenary hall opens | Ouverture de la salle plénière
Plenary hall opens | Ouverture de la salle plénière
08:45 - 09:00
09:00
09:00 - 09:45
Contributions

09:00 Design of lipid nanoparticles to enable gene therapies - Pieter Cullis (University of British Columbia)
09:45 Health Break | Pause santé
Health Break | Pause santé
09:45 - 10:15
10:15
10:15 - 12:00
Contributions

10:15 The SNOLAB Low Background Measurement Program - Ian Lawson (SNOLAB)

10:45 Development and Future Prospects of ZnS Lucas cells - Peter Qin (SNOLAB)

11:00 Lucas Cell Simulation using Geant4 - Justin Suys (SNOLAB)

11:15 Vacuum Ultraviolet Stability Measurements of Silicon Photomultipliers at liquid Xenon Temperatures. - Riya Rai (McGill University)

11:30 Modernizing Canada’s radon guidance: Health Canada’s data-driven approaches for radon reduction to address rising radon levels - Pawel Mekarski (Health Canada)
10:15 - 12:00
Contributions

10:15 Cryptographic tests of complexity conjectures in holography - Chris Waddell (Perimeter Institute)

10:30 Unruh in Superposed Spacetimes - Everett Patterson (University of Waterloo)

10:45 Harvesting Mutual Information Behind a Black Hole Horizon - Sijia Wang (University of Waterloo)

11:00 Antisymmetric tensor portals to dark matter - Alexander Magnus (University of Saskatchewan)

11:15 A pathology in semiclassical gravity - Irfan Javed (University of New Brunswick)

11:30 The geometric trinity of gravity, an introduction to teleparallel and symmetric teleparallel gravity. - Josh Fenwick (University of Saskatchewan)

11:45 Non-geodesic timelike observers and the ultra-local limit - Valerio Faraoni
10:15 - 12:00
Contributions

10:15 Integrated silicon colour centre devices - Daniel Higginbottom (Simon Fraser University)

10:45 Optical depth and its relation to warm ensemble based quantum memories and communication rates - Connor Kupchak (Carleton University)

11:00 Passive relays for continental distance quantum communication - Wilson Wu (Simon Fraser University)

11:15 Surface Ion Trap System for Barium-Based Quantum Information Processing - Akbar Jahangiri Jozani (University of Waterloo)

11:30 Droplet creation in the walking droplet pilot wave system and in Bose-Einstein condensates: walking droplets, vortex molecules, and Faraday instability - Vicky Howse (University of Saskatchewan)

11:45 The Relativistic Origin of Quantum Indeterminacy - Jonathan Sharp (University of Alberta)
10:15 - 12:00
Contributions

10:15 New insights into thermal switching kinetics of molecular photoswitches revealed by protonation and metal coordination - Coral Hillel (York University)
10:15 - 12:00
Contributions

10:15 Advancing Research through Modular Instrumentation - Philippe Trottier (University of New Brunswick) Torsten Reuschel (University of New Brunswick)

10:45 Improved ionospheric observations of E-Region radar aurora through calibration of the ICEBEAR radar - Remington Rohel (University of Saskatchewan)

11:00 Near Real-Time Riometer Data Processing - Kyle Reiter (Natural Resources Canada)

11:15 The many discoveries of the ICEBEAR-3D E-region coherent radar - Glenn Hussey (University of Saskatchewan)

11:30 An analysis of WWV’s 10 MHz signal received in New Jersey - Gareth Perry (New Jersey Institute of Technology)

11:45 Doppler shift of transionospheric HF radio waves - Donald Danskin (University of Saskatchewan)
10:15 - 12:00
Contributions

10:15 Interatomic Coulombic decay in ion-impact collisions: a theoretical perspective - Tom Kirchner (York University)

10:45 Trapped-ion quantum simulations with mid-circuit measurements and resets - Kazi Rajibul Islam (University of Waterloo)

11:15 Analytical Models for Crossing-Beam Backward Stimulated Brillouin Scattering Amplifiers - John Gjevre (University of Alberta)

11:30 Portable Anemia analysis using photovoltaic devices: Precision on the go! - Sergio Majluf Suárez (Nano-imaging and Spectroscopy Laboratory, Faculty of Science, University of Ontario Institute of Technology)
10:15 - 12:00
Contributions

10:15 Characterizing Neuromorphic Nanowire Networks via a Unified Computational Framework - Marcus Kasdorf

10:30 Exploring Collapsed Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as Quasi-1D Electronic Systems - Zachary Ireland (University of Toronto)

10:45 Ising Spin-Orbit Coupling and Electronic Band Structures of t2g Electrons at Charged Ferroelectric Domain Walls - Maryam Nasir

11:00 DFT studies of the effect of magnetic ordering and Hubbard U on the properties of UN - Barbara Szpunar (University of Saskatchewan)

11:15 Capillary-Driven Coalescence of Bidisperse Particle Rafts with Tunable Cohesion - Cameron Burns (McMaster Univ.)

11:30 Memory formation using local deformations in a disordered aggregate of droplets - Marzuk Gazi
10:15 - 12:00
Contributions

10:15 Improv-phys-ation | Atelier d'improvisation - Carolyn Sealfon (Minerva University)
10:15 - 12:00
Contributions

10:15 The Barrel Imaging Calorimeter for the ePIC Experiment at EIC - Tegan Beattie

10:45 Measurement of Charged Pion Form Factor at Jefferson Lab - Muhammad Junaid (University of Regina)

11:00 A New Angle Into the Proton: Backward-Angle Meson Electroproduction - Alicia Postuma (University of Regina)

11:15 Shim coils and their importance in measuring the neutron electric dipole moment for the TUCAN EDM experiment - Modeste Katotoka (The University of Winnipeg)

11:30 Study of the b1(1235) meson decay via the omega+pi^0 channel at GlueX - Harsimran Singh (University of Regina)

11:45 Probing Hadron Structure through $e ~ + ~ p ~ \to ~ e^{'} ~ + ~ \pi^{+} ~ + ~ \Delta^{0}$ reaction at Jefferson Lab - Ali Usman
10:15 - 12:00
Contributions

10:45 Dynamics of nanosecond discharges in air in-contact with water - Ahmad Hamdan

11:15 Atmospheric Pressure Streamer-Spark Discharge on Water Droplets: Production of silver Nanomaterials - Lyes Sebih (Université de Montréal)

11:30 Cold Plasma Targeted Redox Therapy for Breast Cancer Bone Metastasis - Laura Bouret (Polytechnique Montréal)
10:15 - 12:00
Contributions

10:15 IC443 3D Gammapy Analysis with VERITAS - Bryan Owens (Queen's University)

10:30 The MoEDAL-MAPP Facility - Expanding the LHC's Discovery Horizon - James Pinfold (University of Alberta (CA))

11:00 The Forward Liquid Argon Experiment at the Forward Physics Facility for High Energy Neutrino and Dark Matter Searches at LHC - Milind Vaman Diwan (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))

11:15 ATLAS ITk upgrade for the HL-LHC - HOANG DAI NGHIA NGUYEN (University of Montreal)

11:45 Characterizing the pre-production petals for the ATLAS Inner Tracker strip detector - Matthew Basso (TRIUMF (CA))
10:15 - 12:00
Contributions

10:15 Exploring the Nature of Neutrinos with the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) - Bruce Howard (York University & Fermilab)

10:45 Testing DUNE's Near Detector Strategy - Noe Roy (York University)

11:00 Water assays as a radon monitoring tool for the SNO+ experiment - Juliette DeLoye (SNOLAB)

11:15 Temperature Dependent Scintillation of Plastic Scintillators between 300 K and 4 K - Nicholas Swidinsky (Queen's University)

11:30 The Ricochet Reactor CEνNS Experiment: First Light and Experiment Progress - Elspeth Cudmore (University of Toronto)

11:45 Response of the 20” Super-K PMT in Magnetic fields of up to 250mG - Benjamin Randolph Smithers (TRIUMF (CA))
12:00 Break for Lunch (12h00-13h30) | Pause pour dîner (12h00-13h30)
Break for Lunch (12h00-13h30) | Pause pour dîner (12h00-13h30)
12:00 - 13:30

12:00 - 13:30

12:00 - 13:30
13:30
13:30 - 14:00
Contributions

13:30 Teaching Physics to a diverse student base - Nancy Forde
14:00 Travel Time | Durée du voyage
Travel Time | Durée du voyage
14:00 - 14:15
14:15
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 Photon-to-Digital Converters – A 3D Integrated Digital SPAD Array Sensor for Photon Counting with High Timing Precision - Serge Charlebois (Université de Sherbrooke)

14:30 Development of a Portable Mobile X-ray System with Carbon Nanotube (CNT) Technology for Improved Diagnostic Imaging in ICU Settings - Gavin Lyda

14:45 Consumer grade CMOS cameras as energy dispersive soft x-ray detectors - Zachary Arthur (Canadian Light Source)

15:00 Radial TRASE: A 2D Slice-Selective RF Encoding MRI System - Christopher Sedlock (University of Alberta) Jonathan Sharp (University of Alberta)

15:15 Leveraging Water-Cherenkov Experiment Experience for Drinking Water Monitoring - Benjamin Randolph Smithers (TRIUMF (CA))
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 Black Holes and Wave Equations - Turkuler Durgut (Mount Allison University)

14:45 Black Hole Dissolution via External Fields - Ivan Booth (Memorial University)

15:00 Spacetime Penrose Inequality for Cohomogeneity One Initial Data - Hari Kunduri (McMaster University, Mathematics and Physics)

15:15 General Formalism of the Quantum Equivalence Principle - Mitja Fridman

15:30 A New Look at Quark Stars - Robert Mann
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 Biophysics of neurodegeneration: molecular mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease, towards prevention and cure - Zoya Leonenko (Depts. of Physics & Astronomy and Biology, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, U. Waterloo)

15:00 The Aurora-RT – the Canadian Home-Grown Linac-MR Treatment Platform at the Cross Cancer Institute - Eugene Yip (Dept. of Oncology, University of Alberta)
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 The effect of auroral absorption events on HF propagation links over Canada - Rob Gillies (University of Calgary)

14:30 Canadian High Arctic Scintillation Model (CHASM): Status Update - Melika Bazargani (Graduate student (MSc in physics) at physics department of University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada)

14:45 The RADICALS High Energy Particle Telescope (RADHEPT) Instrument Suite - Robert Fedosejevs (University of Alberta)

15:00 Robust electron density inferences with multivariate regression - Richard Marchand (University of Alberta)

15:15 Enhanced operation of SuperDARN radars with the Borealis radar system - Remington Rohel (University of Saskatchewan)

15:30 Investigating Space Radiation and Atmospheric Climate Impacts with the Canadian RADICALS Mission - Ian Mann (University of Alberta)
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 A Quantum Structural Phase Transition in Trapped Ion Crystals - Paul C Haljan (Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University)

14:45 Qutrits and geometric phase via quantum control in ultracold spin-1 systems - Lindsay LeBlanc (University of Alberta)

15:15 Quantum quenches in the two-component Bose-Hubbard model - Florian Baer (Simon Fraser University)
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 A strategic approach for Canada to achieving carbon neutrality - Normand Mousseau (Université de Montréal)

14:45 Roles for materials physicists in carbon dioxide removal strategies - Kristin Poduska

15:15 SLO/GO Degradation-Loss Sensitivity in Climate-Human System Coupling - Greg van Anders

15:30 Effects of Hillslope Geomorphology on Water Track Pattern Formation - Grace Johnson (Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University)
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:45 Strategies for Improving Gender Diversity in Physics - Laura McCullough (University of Wisconsin-Stout (USA))

15:15 A novel approach to reaching gender parity in physics - Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo (Université de Montréal)
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 First principles theory for nuclear structure, astrophysics, and new-physics searches - Jason Holt

14:45 Ab initio calculations of nuclear parity-violating moments and nuclear structure corrections for tests of fundamental symmetries - Petr Navratil

15:00 Modelling electroweak processes in light nuclei: Nuclear Fermi decays and $ V_{ud} $ - Michael Gennari

15:15 Studying nuclear matter under extreme conditions using supercomputing - Gojko Vujanovic (University of Regina)

15:30 Jet broadening and photon production in a viscous Quark-Gluon Plasma - Hemanth Regi (University of Regina)
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 Quantum algorithm for the gradient of the logarithm-determinant - Thomas Baker (Department of Physics & Astronomy and also of Chemistry, University of Victoria)

14:30 Introducing the Partial Strassen Algorithm for entanglement renormalization - Aaron Dayton (University of Victoria)

14:45 Quantum-assisted generative AI for simulating high-energy calorimetry - J. Quetzalcoatl Toledo-Marin (TRIUMF)

15:00 Quantum entanglement in symmetric spin systems - Stephanie Curnoe (Memorial Unversity of Newfoundland)

15:15 Invited Talk by Fabrice Retiere - Fabrice Retiere (TRIUMF)
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 PLASMA DENSITY ENHANCEMENT EFFECTS DURING PLASMA IMMERSION ION IMPLANTATION - Michael Bradley

14:45 Optimization of Target Utilization in Planar Circular Sputtering Magnetron Using PIC-MCC Modeling - Noureddine Oudini (Plasmionique Inc)

15:00 Azimuthal and axial structures in 3D Particle-in-Cell simulation of Penning discharge - Mina Papahn Zadeh (Ph.D. candidate of Department of Physics of university of Saskatchewan)

15:15 Extended Materials Science look at MPCVD NV centers - William Davis (University of Saskatchewan)

15:30 Partial Equatorward Closure of Region 2 Birkeland Currents - Yihenew Getu (University of Calgary)
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 Recent Highlights in Higgs Physics with the ATLAS Experiment - Jiayi Chen (Simon Fraser University (CA))

14:45 Effectively Exploring New Physics: EFT interpretation of ATLAS Run-2 data on the WZ → llνl channel - Maheyer Jamshed Shroff (University of Victoria (CA))

15:00 Machine learning techniques for mass-independent event classification in a search for singly- and doubly-charged Higgs bosons with ATLAS at the LHC - Adrienne Jean Scott (University of Victoria (CA))

15:15 Low mass visible dark photon search at Belle II - Ijeong Na (University of Manitoba)

15:30 Shining (Dark)Light on Interactions with the Dark Sector - Gabby Gelinas (UBC/TRIUMF)
15:45 Health Break with Exhibitors | Pause santé avec les exposants
Health Break with Exhibitors | Pause santé avec les exposants
15:45 - 16:15

16:15

16:15 - 17:45
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:15 Feynman symmetries and graph invariants - Karen Yeats (University of Waterloo)

16:45 Classical Hilbert space, statistical mechanics and gauge freedom - Mustafa Amin (University of Lethbridge)

17:00 Probing quark-gluon plasma using photons - AMIT KUMAR (Department of Physics, University of Regina Canada)

17:15 Sufficient is better than optimal for training neural networks - Greg van Anders (Queen's University)
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:15 The Keystone Mission: Concept and Objectives - William Ward (University of New Brunswick)

16:30 Modulation of Terrestrial Lightning Rates by Solar Sector Crossings: Evidence of 14 Day Periodicity of Lightning Rates in the Continental United States - Jennifer Peterson (University of Alberta)

16:45 Simulated Changes in Large-scale Atmospheric Circulation Energetics from Volcanic Aerosol Forcing - Anatoly Poroshenko (University of Saskatchewan)

17:00 The feasibility of a CubeSat-sized ozone-profiling satellite instrument - Waseem Tannous (University of Saskatchewan)

17:15 Investigating Microwave Emission Variability in Snow using Artificial Neural Network Retrievals and the Improved Born Approximation - Colleen Henschel (Dalhousie University)
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:15 High precision theory for the Rydberg states of helium up to n = 30: a critical test of QED - Gordon Drake (University of Windsor)

16:45 Superradiance and Subradiance in Astrophysics: Rethinking Light-Matter Interactions - Fereshteh Rajabi (McMaster University)
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:15 Clouds in a warmer climate - Lisa Schielicke (Western University)

16:45 Global Environmental Measurement and Monitoring - Donna Strickland (U Waterloo)
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:15 Study of solid to plasma transition of Warm Dense Matter generated by ultrashort laser pulses - Ying Tsui (University of Alberta)

16:45 Canada’s Magnetic Confinement Fusion (MCF) Devices – MU Z-pinch and STOR-M tokamak - Brad Dempsie (University of Saskatchewan - PhD Candidate)

17:00 MHD Modeling of Plasma Flow and Acceleration in the Magnetic Nozzle - Nishka Sheth (University of Saskatchewan)

17:15 RARE ETA AND ETA-PRIME DECAY PROGRAM AT HALL D/JEFFERSON LAB* - MacQuarrie Thomson (University of Regina)

17:30 Dust Injection in STOR-M - Nathan Nelson (University of Saskatchewan)
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:15 Direct Measurements of Key Nuclear Reactions for Astrophysics Using DRAGON - Ben Reed (TRIUMF & Saint Mary's University)

16:45 Simulations to Determine the Material Properties of Diamond-like-carbon Coated UCN Guides - Thomas Hepworth (The University of Winnipeg)

17:00 Higher-Order Leptonic Corrections Using Covariant Approach - Mahumm Ghaffar (Memorial University of Newfoundland)

17:15 A Measurement of the Neutron Spin-Polarization in Deuterium Photodisintegration - Tanner Polischuk (University of Hawaii at Manoa)
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:15 Making the Quantum Leap: Experiments in Quantum Physics Education - Patrick Clancy

16:45 Quantum PER: A Brief Review - Carolyn Sealfon (Minerva University)

17:00 Qubits vs Waves - what works better for introductory quantum mechanics? - Daria Ahrensmeier

17:15 Targeted Crowdsourcing as a PER tool - an Experiment - Daria Ahrensmeier Shania Smagh (Simon Fraser University)
From Code to Communities: Advancing Medical Imaging Through AI and Infrastructure
From Code to Communities: Advancing Medical Imaging Through AI and Infrastructure
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:15 Big Data and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging - Ethan MacDonald (Biomedical Engineering, University of Calgary)

17:00 Building Infrastructure for Building MRIs in Remote Communities - Gordon Sarty (University of Saskatchewan)
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:15 The Canadian search for neutrinoless double beta decay in xenon - Thomas Brunner (McGill University)

16:45 PMT Test Facility for nEXO - Teena Vallivilayil John (Postdoctoral Fellow)

17:00 Development of Photon-to-Digital Converters – A 3D Integrated Digital Single-Photon Detector for Large Scale Photodetection Systems - Serge Charlebois (Université de Sherbrooke)

17:15 Time-of-flight monitoring techniques for the Water Cherenkov Test Experiment - Jasmine Jinyin Zhang (TRIUMF (CA))

17:30 R&D and Status of the LED System for Hyper-K’s LED-mPMT Module - Luan Koerich
17:45 Travel Time | Durée du voyage
Travel Time | Durée du voyage
17:45 - 18:00

18:00

18:00 - 19:30
18:00 - 19:30
Contributions

18:00 (POS-2) Studying Advanced Materials using X-ray Emission Spectroscopy at the REIXS Beamline - Teak Boyko (Canadian Light Source)

18:02 (POS-1) Absement Adventures: Mapping Motion in a Relational Universe - Steven Moore

18:04 (POS-5) Effects of Positioning Errors on Ptychographic Imaging - Nicholas Simonson (University of Saskatchewan)

18:06 (POS-4) Non-linear Optics Corrections for the Future Circular Collider Electron-Positron Collider Ring - Patrick Hunchak (University of Saskatchewan (CA))

18:08 (POS-3) Watching the Watchers: Monitoring the nEXO's Muon Veto System - Samin Majidi
18:00 - 19:30
Contributions

18:00 (POS-8) Observations of traveling ionospheric disturbances driven by gravity waves generated in extratropical cyclones - Paul Prikryl (University of New Brunswick)

18:02 (POS-6) An Electron Microburst detector for the RADICALS Space Mission - Caleb Guthrie

18:06 (POS-9) Occurrence of tornado outbreaks in the context of solar wind coupling to magnetosphere-ionosphere-atmosphere - Paul Prikryl (University of New Brunswick)
18:00 - 19:30
Contributions

18:00 (POS-18) A molecular dynamics simulation study of glassy dynamics in supercooled glycerol. - Shreya Tiwary (University of Saskatchewan)

18:02 (POS-10) Extending the Mean First-Passage Time Formalism to the Reconstruction of High Free Energy Barriers - Ying Jiang (Memorial University of Newfoundland)

18:04 (POS-12) The influence of dynamic/tetrahedral correlations on the ice/water interface - Mathieu Muise (Memorial University)

18:06 (POS-13) Resonant Soft X-ray Scattering and Reflectometry for Quantum Materials at the REIXS beamline - Ronny Sutarto (Canadian Light Source)

18:08 (POS-14) Band gap and electronic structure of oxygen-containing Ca5Sb2(NH)2: A soft X-ray spectroscopy and DFT - Saloni Saloni (University of Saskatchewan)

18:10 (POS-15) Resonant X-ray Reflectometry of a Mn₃Ge-based Quantum Heterostructure - Meemansha Bahuguna (Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, University of Saskatchewan, Canada.)

18:12 (POS-16) Revealing Graphene Oxide Structure using Synchrotron and DFT techniques - Sakshi Sakshi (PhD Student)

18:14 (POS-17) A Large-Scale Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Compressed Ice - Rielly Castle

18:16 (POS-19) The effect of quasi-one-dimensional confinement on dynamical heterogeneities in glass forming liquids. - Josh Gramlich

18:18 (POS-20) Probing the Electronic Structure and Luminescence Mechanisms of BaSiP₃N₇:Eu²⁺ Using DFT and Synchrotron-Based Spectroscopy. - Osebi Daudu (university of Saskatchewan)

18:20 (POS-21) Unraveling $e_g$ Orbital Splitting in TiO$_2$: The Role of Local Distortion in Ligand Field Multiplet Theory - Peter Ufondu (University of Saskatchewan)

18:22 (POS-22) Uncovering the Electronic Environment of a Novel Nitridophosphate: GeP2N4 - Cody Somers (University of Saskatchewan)

18:24 (POS-23) Group Theory and Energies of a Cornerless Two Dimensional Su-Schrieffer-Heeger Model - Ilya Iakoub (Université de Montréal)

18:26 (POS-11) Calculation of angle-dependent magnetoresistance with magnetic breakdown for temperature dependent anisotropic scattering - Sepideh Mirabi (Simon Fraser University)
18:00 - 19:30
18:00 - 19:30
Contributions

18:00 (POS-24) From Spin to Structure: Beam Spin Asymmetry and the Strong Force - Alicia Postuma (University of Regina)

18:02 (POS-25) Jets as a probe of dissipative processes in the Quark-Gluon Plasma - Lukas Opitz
18:00 - 19:30
Contributions

18:00 (POS-26) Understanding Chaos in the Double Pendulum: Visualizing KAM Theory and Orbit Dynamics - Jaiden Dahlke (Brock University)

18:02 (POS-27) Exploring cloud dynamics with Cloud Model 1 – insights from a university modeling workshop - Lisa Schielicke (Western University)
18:00 - 19:30
Contributions

18:00 (POS-28) Evaluation of AirLink Multi-Resonator Array for Animal Imaging: A Preclinical Study - Yujie Ren (University of Winnipeg)

18:02 (POS-29) Development of a High Power, Fast-Switching Radio Frequency Switch for TRASE MRI - Micheal Hogue

18:04 (POS-31) A simulation study of peptides confined in aqueous nanodroplets and nanofilms - Yiming Huang (Memorial University of Newfoundland)

18:06 (POS-30) Central Venous Pressure Optical Sensing in the Internal Jugular Vein: A Case Study - Faraz Sadrzadeh-Afsharazar (Toronto Metropolitan University)

18:08 (POS-32) Spatial Angle Filtering (SAF) Imaging Device for Deep Interrogation of Scattering Media - Alexandre Douplik (Toronto Metropolitan University) Fiona Zerai (Toronto Metropolitan University) Mina Bagheri (Toronto Metropolitan University)

18:10 (POS-33 Withdrawn) Back projection of image reconstruction - Melissa Anderson

18:12 (POS-34) Kinetic Approaches to Nucleation - Richard Bowles (University of Saskatchewan)

18:14 (POS-33) Multi-Directional Myelinated Axon Sizes in a Female Mouse - Jessica de Kort (Physics Department, the University of Winnipeg)
18:00 - 19:30
Contributions

18:00 (POS-35) Development of a High Intensity Laser Source of MeV Electrons Based on Ponderomotive Acceleration of Electrons - Caleb Guthrie

18:02 (POS-37) Comprehensive Modeling of Ion Source Physics - Jasmin Deguire (D-Pace, University of Victoria)

18:04 (POS-36) Rotational and Electromagnetic Effects on Plasma Acceleration in the Magnetic Nozzle - Andy Sabo (University of Saskatchewan)

18:06 (POS-38) Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF) investigations of inductively coupled plasma used for plasma immersion ion implantation (PIII) - Marilyn Jimenez Jimenez

18:08 (POS-39) Diamagnetic Dynamo Driven Current Transport In EAST Tokamak - Wenzhe Mao (University of Science and Technology of China)

18:10 (POS-40) The stationary ELM-free H-mode with quasi-coherent mode on EAST - Chu Zhou (University of Science and Technology of China)

18:12 (POS-41) Towards Controlled Plasma-Wall Interaction Studies: Pre-Ionization in the USASK 2 kJ DPF - Jeisson Vanegas (PhD candidate)
18:00 - 19:30
Contributions

18:00 (POS-42) Measurements of various magnetic field strengths using an NV centers in Diamond - William Davis (University of Saskatchewan)
18:00 - 19:30
Contributions

18:00 (POS-43) Vertical Beam Size Correction at the Canadian Lightsouce - Melissa Ratzlaff (Canadian Lightsouce)

18:02 (POS-44) Understanding Chaos in the Double Pendulum: Visualizing KAM Theory and Orbit Dynamics - Jaiden Dahlke (Brock University)

18:04 (POS-45) Hydrogenic entanglement as a test for ER = EPR - Irfan Javed (University of New Brunswick)
18:00 - 19:30
Contributions

18:00 (POS-51) Preliminary Data Transfer Integration Tests for ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter Upgrade - Laura Gonzalez Escudero (McGill University, (CA))

18:02 (POS-46) Measuring Temperature dependent Drift Times for the HELIX experiment - Gabrielle Barsky-Giles

18:04 (POS-47) SPEARS – A Scalable Library for Spectral Line Retrieval in DESI-EDR - Justin Domagala-Tang (Western Univeristy)

18:06 (POS-48) Improving the efficiency of SuperCDMS background simulations with Geant4's Importance Biasing - Birgit Zatschler (Laurentian University, SNOLAB, University of Toronto)

18:12 (POS-50) Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Bubble Formation in Liquid Scintillators - Jack Walker (Queen's University)

18:14 (POS-49) Detection of Cosmic Ray Muons with Teachspin and Cosmic Watch Muon Detectors - Maxwell MacNeil (St. Francis Xavier University)
19:45 CJP Editorial Board Dinner
CJP Editorial Board Dinner
19:45 - 21:45

Departmental Leaders Meeting (by invitation only) / Réunion des directeurs(directrices) de département (sur invitation seulement)
Departmental Leaders Meeting (by invitation only) / Réunion des directeurs(directrices) de département (sur invitation seulement)
19:45 - 21:45

Open Forum with Student Advisory Council followed by possible student networking event
Open Forum with Student Advisory Council followed by possible student networking event
19:45 - 22:45
Wednesday 11 June 2025

07:30 Congress Registration and Information (07h30-17h00) | Inscription au congrès et information (07h30-17h00)
Congress Registration and Information (07h30-17h00) | Inscription au congrès et information (07h30-17h00)
07:30 - 07:50

08:45 Plenary hall opens | Ouverture de la salle plénière
Plenary hall opens | Ouverture de la salle plénière
08:45 - 09:00

09:00

09:00 - 09:45

09:45 Health Break with Exhibitors | Pause santé avec les exposants
Health Break with Exhibitors | Pause santé avec les exposants
09:45 - 10:15

10:15 Celebrating Canadian Women and Gender Minorities in Physics | Célébration des femmes canadiennes et des minorités de genre dans le domaine de la physique
Celebrating Canadian Women and Gender Minorities in Physics | Célébration des femmes canadiennes et des minorités de genre dans le domaine de la physique
10:15 - 12:00
10:15 - 12:00
Contributions

10:15 Workshop with Benjamin MacLellan

11:00 Panel Discussion: Open Source Quantum Information and Ethical Quantum Innovation
10:15 - 12:00
Contributions

10:15 Building better biomolecular physics models with differentiable simulation - Megan Engel (University of Calgary)

10:45 Bridging nano- and mesoscale nuclear organization with correlative single molecule lattice light sheet microscopy - Yu Shi (Western University, Physics and Astronomy)

11:15 A molecular dynamics study of peptides confined in aqueous nanodroplets and nanofilms - Yiming Huang (Memorial University of Newfoundland)

11:30 The dynamics of particles with ligand-receptor contacts - Miranda Holmes-Cerfon (UBC, Department of Mathematics)
10:15 - 12:00
Contributions

10:15 The high latitude ionospheric response to the major May 2024 geomagnetic storm - David Themens (University of New Brunswick)

10:30 The Fast Borealis Ionosphere: New observations and insights from mapping the polar ionosphere every four seconds - Daniel Billett (University of Saskatchewan)

10:45 Geomagnetically induced currents in Alberta, Canada during the May 10-12, 2024 Gannon storm - Hannah Parry (University of Alberta)

11:00 Progress towards a polar-cap patch detection algorithm using SuperDARN data - Gareth Perry (New Jersey Institute of Technology)

11:15 The new capabilities of the SuperDARN Canada Borealis Radar System - Draven Galeschuk (University of Saskatchewan)

11:30 Space Weather Ionospheric Network Canada - Christopher Watson (University of New Brunswick)

11:45 Statistical assessment of the risk of ionospheric absorption to high frequency communications at high latitudes - Robyn Fiori (Natural Resources Canada)
10:15 - 12:00
10:15 - 12:00
Contributions

10:15 Flavor and the Baryon Asymmetry of the Universe - Seyda Ipek

10:45 Recent results and future prospects with the Belle II experiment - Steven Robertson (IPP / University of Alberta)

11:15 Recent results from the LHCb experiment - Thomas Blake (University of Victoria)

11:45 Probing New Physics: The Role of Vector-Like Quarks in Rare B-Decays - Maryam Bibi (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
Black Holes, Gravitational Waves and Neutron Stars | Trous noirs, ondes gravitationnelles et étoiles à neutrons
Black Holes, Gravitational Waves and Neutron Stars | Trous noirs, ondes gravitationnelles et étoiles à neutrons
10:15 - 12:15
Contributions

10:15 Gravitational Self-Lensing of X-rays Emitted by Neutron Stars - Sharon Morsink (University of Alberta)

10:45 New Frontiers in Black Hole Astrophysics - Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo (Université de Montréal)

11:15 Multi-messenger modeling of isolated neutron star binary mergers in the era of third generation gravitational-wave detectors - Nathan Steinle (University of Manitoba)

11:45 The interface of theory and observation in gravitational waves - Heather Fong
Isotopes in Medicine | Les isotopes en médecine
Isotopes in Medicine | Les isotopes en médecine
10:15 - 12:00
Contributions

10:15 Applying principles of radioimmunotherapy to cancer, infections and autoimmune disease - Ekaterina Dadachova

10:45 Towards Availability, Safety, and Efficacy of Targeted Radiopharmaceutical Therapy - Svetlana V Selivanova (Canadian Nuclear Laboratories)

11:15 Use of the Woodchuck (Marmota Monax) to Investigate Theranostics for Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Monique Mayer (University of Saskatchewan)

11:45 Nuclear Physics: The Unsung Hero of Medical Diagnostics - Momina Mateen (The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa)
10:15 - 12:00
10:15 - 12:00
Contributions

10:30 Advancing X-Ray Pair Distribution Function and Diffraction Capabilities at the Canadian Light Source - Stefan Kycia (University of Guelph)

11:00 An Overview of X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy - Mark Sutton (McGill University)

11:30 Research examples from the inelastic scattering endstation of the REIXS beamline at CLS - Alexander Moewes (University of Saskatchewan)
10:15 - 12:00
Contributions

10:15 Splitting of Carbon Dioxide in Barrier Discharge: Influence of Discharge Geometry and Scalability Approaches - Ronny Brandenburg

10:45 TPD - Emile Carbon

11:15 TBD - Jacopo Profili

11:45 DPP - Announcements - Stephan Reuter (Polytechnique Montreal)
12:00 BSPC Judges Meeting
BSPC Judges Meeting
12:00 - 13:30

Break for Lunch (12h00-13h30) | Pause pour dîner (12h00-13h30)
Break for Lunch (12h00-13h30) | Pause pour dîner (12h00-13h30)
12:00 - 13:30

12:00 - 13:30

12:00 - 13:30

13:30

13:30 - 14:00
13:30 - 14:00
Contributions

13:30 Physics as a Bridge: Biomimicry, Nanomaterials, and Innovation for Global Water Resilience - Richard Boudreault (Université de Sherbrooke)
14:00 Travel Time | Durée du voyage
Travel Time | Durée du voyage
14:00 - 14:15
14:15
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 Single-molecule analysis of collagen’s metastability - Nancy Forde

14:45 Hallmark of a liquid-liquid transition in supercooled water nanodroplets - Shahrazad Malek (University of the Fraser Valley)

15:00 Mechanically informed identification of shear instabilities in disordered covalent network glass - Somar Shekh Alshabab (RWTH Aachen, Chair and Institute of General Mechanics)

15:15 Mucosal rheology in disease transmission - Caroline Wagner (Dept. of Bioengineering, McGill University)
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 Statistical and Machine Learning Methods for Quantum Sensing - Carlo Bradac (Trent University)

14:45 Quantum Sensing Platforms for Real-World Applications - Brynle Barrett (UNB)

15:15 Antimatter Meets Gravity — A Frontier in Quantum Sensing - Makoto Fujiwara (TRIUMF)
14:15 - 15:45

14:15 - 15:45
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 New physics searches with the PIONEER experiment - Chloe Malbrunot (TRIUMF)

14:45 Progress towards a liquid xenon calorimeter for the PIONEER experiment - Benjamin Davis-Purcell (TRIUMF)

15:00 The Chiral Belle Upgrade: Polarized Beams at SuperKEKB/Belle II - Savino Longo (University of Manitoba)

15:30 Design and Construction of a Polarized Electron Source for the Chiral Belle Upgrade to the SuperKEKB Collider - Alexandre Beaubien
Quantum Gravity and Information | Gravité quantique et information
Quantum Gravity and Information | Gravité quantique et information
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 Cosmology from Holography - Mark Van Raamsdonk (The University of British Columbia)

14:45 Quantum gravity meets quantum cryptography - Alex May (University of British Columbia)

15:15 A singularity free classical theory of gravity - Saurya Das (University of Lethbridge)
Isotopes in Environment | Isotopes dans l'environnement
Isotopes in Environment | Isotopes dans l'environnement
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 From Theory to Practice: Nuclear Safety in High-Grade Uranium Mines - Jason Sadowski (Cameco Corporation)

14:45 Advanced Fission Reactors in Canada - Esam Hussein (University of Regina)

15:15 Power System Simulations to Analyze the Flexible Operation of Small Modular Reactor-Based Nuclear Power Plants for Electricity and Energy Applications (Heating and Hydrogen Production) - Deepa Upadhyaya Subedi (University of Saskatchewan) Ramakrishna Gokaraju (University of Saskatchewan)

15:30 Intermediate-Level Waste Disposal from Small Modular Nuclear Reactors in Saskatchewan - S. Hakan Armagan (College of Engineering, University of Saskatchewan)
14:15 - 15:45
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 Synchrotron X-ray Scattering studies of alpha-RuCl3 - Young-June Kim (University of Toronto)

14:45 X-Ray Diffractive Optics for Imaging and Other Applications - Dean Chapman (University of Saskatchewan)

15:15 Insights into High-Density Intermetallic Solid Solutions Using Synchrotron Radiation - Serge Desgreniers
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 Design of Collective Thomson Scattering system on Keda Torus eXperiment (Reverse Field Pinch machine in China) - Jinlin Xie (University of Science and Technology of China)

14:45 Synchrotron Grazing Incidence X-ray Analysis of PIII Implanted Helium and Deuterium Tungsten, Tungsten-Nickel-Copper, and Tungsten-Tantalum as Plasma-facing Components - tahreem yousaf

15:00 High-speed vacuum ultraviolet imaging system for edge plasma in EAST - Tingfeng Ming (Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

15:15 Acceleration Dynamics of KTX-CTI Compact Torus Plasma - Tao Lan (University of Science and Technology of China)

15:30 Development of KTX reversed field pinch facility in China - Ge Zhuang (University of Science and Technology of China)
15:45 Health Break with Exhibitors | Pause santé avec les exposants
Health Break with Exhibitors | Pause santé avec les exposants
15:45 - 16:15
16:15
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:15 A helical fluid in confined quasi-one-dimensional hard spheres - Richard Bowles (Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan)

16:45 Liquid-liquid phase transition in supercooled water: Recent progress from simulations and experiments - Peter Poole (St. Francis Xavier University)

17:15 Droplets as cohesive granular materials at the edge of stability - Kari Dalnoki-Veress (Department of Physics & Astronomy, McMaster University and Gulliver Laboratory, ESPCI Paris)
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:15 Invited Talk by Connor Kupchak on Quantum Networks

16:45 Talk and Workshop with Thomas Jennewein and Ian D'Souza: QKD and beyond
16:15 - 17:45
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:15 Communicating optics using a multimodal, textbook centered, approach - Rayf Shiell (Trent University)

16:45 Developments in antihydrogen laser cooling and future high-precision studies - Andrew Evans (University of British Columbia (CA))

17:15 Measuring the Schiff Moment with 227ThF+ - Kia Boon Ng (TRIUMF)
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:15 New Measurement of the K⁺ → π⁺νν̅ Branching Ratio by the CERN NA62 Experiment - Bob Velghe (TRIUMF (CA))

16:45 The Flavour of High-Energy Neutrinos - Aaron Vincent (Queen's University)

17:15 X17 – or the Search for New Physics in Nuclear Transitions - Viktor Zacek (University of Montreal)
16:15 - 17:45
Evolving Landscapes of nuclear technology | Évolution des paysages de la technologie nucléaire
Evolving Landscapes of nuclear technology | Évolution des paysages de la technologie nucléaire
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:15 Proton Therapy and Beyond - Defining Future Accelerator Technology for Medical Applications in Canada - Alexander Gottberg (TRIUMF (CA))

16:45 Nuclear physics detection solution, from double beta decay to forest fires - Fabrice Retiere (TRIUMF)

17:15 Efficacy of Radiation Hardening by Design Techniques on an ASIC 32-bit RISC-V Microcontroller - Christopher Elash (University of Saskatchewan)
16:15 - 17:45
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:15 The Far-IR beamline: applications of long-wavelength synchrotron light at the CLS - Dennis Tokaryk (University of New Brunswick)

16:45 Soft x-ray absorption and scattering studies of quantum materials - Robert Green (University of Saskatchewan)
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:15 STOR-M tokamak research program—A four-decade long Journey - Chijin Xiao (University of Saskatchewan)

16:45 Interaction between ELM and ITB on EAST tokamak - Xiang Gao (Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

17:00 Final Announcements and Plenary Talk Announcement - Stephan Reuter (Polytechnique Montreal)
18:00

18:00 - 19:30

19:30

19:30 - 20:30

19:30 - 21:00
Thursday 12 June 2025

07:00 Congress Registration and Information (07h30-17h00) | Inscription au congrès et information (07h30-17h00)
Congress Registration and Information (07h30-17h00) | Inscription au congrès et information (07h30-17h00)
07:00 - 07:20

07:30

07:30 - 08:15

08:45 Plenary hall opens | Ouverture de la salle plénière
Plenary hall opens | Ouverture de la salle plénière
08:45 - 09:00
09:00
09:00 - 09:45
Contributions

09:00 Accelerating commercial fusion energy with high magnetic fields and technology innovation - Dennis Whyte (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
09:45 Health Break with Exhibitors | Pause santé avec les exposants
Health Break with Exhibitors | Pause santé avec les exposants
09:45 - 10:00

10:00

10:00 - 12:00

12:00 Break for Lunch (12h00-13h30) | Pause pour dîner (12h00-13h30)
Break for Lunch (12h00-13h30) | Pause pour dîner (12h00-13h30)
12:00 - 13:30

12:00 - 13:30

12:00 - 13:30

12:00 - 13:30

13:30

13:30 - 15:30

13:30 - 15:00
13:30 - 15:00
Contributions

13:30 Entanglement growth in the disordered Fermi Hubbard model - Rachel Wortis

14:00 2PI strong coupling approach to out of equilibrium dynamics of the clean and disordered Bose Hubbard model - Malcolm Kennett (Simon Fraser University)

14:15 Properties of Holstein polarons at finite temperature - Jeet Shannigrahi (University of British Columbia, Vancouver)

14:30 Towards an ab initio theory of high-temperature superconductors: a study of multilayer cuprates - André-Marie Tremblay (Université de Sherbrooke)
13:30 - 15:00
Contributions

13:30 Bringing Makerspace Pedagogy Into The Studio Physics Classroom: A Case Study at Fraser International College - Peter Smith (Fraser International College)

14:15 Transitions to University Physics: Observations About Students and Their Needs - Murray Guest (Saskatoon Public Schools)
Accessible Imaging, Adaptive Care: Innovations in Women’s Cancer Treatment
Accessible Imaging, Adaptive Care: Innovations in Women’s Cancer Treatment
13:30 - 15:00
Contributions

13:30 Advancing Image-Guided Gynecologic Brachytherapy: Enabling Adaptive Treatment with Ultrasound Technologies - Jessica Rodgers (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba)

14:15 Progress in Developing a Portable Microwave Breast Cancer Sensing System for Resource-Limited Settings - Stephen Pistorius (Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba)
13:30 - 15:00
Contributions

13:30 Title: The (Really) Small Scale Structure of Dark Matter - Nikita Blinov (York University)

14:00 No static black hole horizons in the expanding universe - Valerio Faraoni

14:15 A Novel Vacuum Cosmological Model - Patrick Kelly (University of Mary)
15:00 Health Break with Exhibitors | Pause santé avec les exposants
Health Break with Exhibitors | Pause santé avec les exposants
15:00 - 15:30

15:30

15:30 - 16:00
16:00
16:00 - 16:30
Contributions

16:00 Quantum dots, dopants, defects - measuring properties using atomic force microscopy - Peter Grutter (Dep. of Physics)
16:00 - 16:30
16:30
16:30 - 18:00
Contributions

16:30 Heavy-Light Diquark Mass Splitting from QCD Sum-Rules and Diagrammatic Renormalization Methods - Thamirys de Oliveira (University of Saskatchewan)

17:00 Theory for electron-phonon systems at high levels of Joule heating: Spontaneous symmetry breaking with possible applications to chemical systems. - Steve Patitsas (University of Lethbridge)

17:15 Superselection in gauge theory - Aldo Riello (Perimeter Institute / University of Waterloo)

17:45 Theoretical analysis of non-linear dynamics response of a bridge pier under two-phase turbulent flow - Loïc NGOU ZEUFO (Cégep Beauce-Appalaches)
16:30 - 18:00
16:30 - 18:00
Contributions

16:30 Particle Physics On the Cosmic Frontier: Higgs Inflation Revisited - Evan McDonough

17:00 The global search for weakly-interacting dark matter using liquid argon - Simon Viel (Carleton University)

17:15 Latest Results from the SuperCDMS-HVeV Program - Ziqing Hong (University of Toronto)

17:30 First operation and assessment of SuperCDMS SNOLAB detectors at the CUTE facility - Ariel Zuniga Reyes (University of Toronto)

17:45 Simulation of radiation impact on qubits operated deep underground at SNOLAB - Stefan Zatschler (Laurentian University, SNOLAB, University of Toronto)
16:30 - 18:00
Contributions

16:30 Exotic pairing in multiband superconductors - Kirill Samokhin (Brock)

17:00 Gapless superconductivity and its real-space topology in quasicrystals - K. Tanaka (University of Saskatchewan)

17:15 Noncollinear magnetic random access memory - Erol Girt (Simon Fraser University)

17:45 Characterizing qubit decoherence deep underground at SNOLAB - Tyler Reynolds (University of Toronto)
16:30 - 18:00
Contributions

16:30 Comparison of Competence-Based Assessment and Traditional Assessment for Lab Activities in Physics for Engineers. - Sarah Purdy (University of Saskatchewan)

17:00 Supporting Early Career Researchers at TRIUMF: A Review of the Mentorship Pilot Program - Benjamin Davis-Purcell (TRIUMF) Gabby Gelinas (UBC/TRIUMF)

17:15 Challenges and Opportunities in Graduate Physics Education - Chitra Rangan
16:30 - 18:00
Contributions

16:30 The origin of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos - Nahee Park

17:00 MOLLER Experiment - Juliette Mammei

17:15 Deep Exclusive Kaon Electroproduction at Jefferson Lab - Abdennacer Hamdi (University of Regina)

17:30 Glueballs in QCD sum rules - Wei Chen

17:45 Microwave spectroscopy of antihydrogen in the ALPHA experiment - Timothy Friesen (University of Calgary)
Bright Beams, Broad Impact: Synchrotron Innovations in Medicine and Food
Bright Beams, Broad Impact: Synchrotron Innovations in Medicine and Food
16:30 - 18:00
Contributions

16:30 The Biomedical Beamlines at the Canadian Light Source – A Bit of History and Diffractive X-Ray Optics Development for Biomedical Application - Dean Chapman (University of Saskatchewan)

17:15 Photons for Food and Medicine - Chary Rangacharyulu (Dept. of Physics and Engineering Physics, University of Saskatchewan)
18:00 Break Before Banquet | Pause avant le banquet
Break Before Banquet | Pause avant le banquet
18:00 - 19:00

19:00

19:00 - 22:30
Friday 13 June 2025

08:00

08:00 - 09:00

09:00

09:00 - 17:00
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 High Energy Physics at Low(er) Energies: Precision Measurements in Top Quark Physics at $\sqrt{s}$ = 5.02 TeV - Sahibjeet Singh (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))

09:30 Measurement of 𝐻 → 𝑍𝑍∗ → 4l and H → μμ using the ATLAS detector at the LHC - Magda Diamantopoulou (Carleton University (CA))

10:00 Not So Straightforward: Linear Fits in Real Life - Caleb Miller

10:15 Inequality-based QCD Constraints on the Hadronic Vacuum Polarization Contribution to Muon $g-2$ - Siyuan Li
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 Statistical studies of polarisation and propagation characteristics of Pc5 ULF waves observed by SuperDARN Radars at mid latitudes - Pasha Ponomarenko (University of Saskatchewan)

09:15 Comparison of two-stream and kinetic methods of calculation of photoelectron effects - Dmytro Sydorenko

09:30 Unexpected Field-Aligned Structure in Equatorial Plasma Bubbles - Bizuayehu Beyene (University of Calgary)

09:45 Validation of plasma drift velocity calculation algorithm - Oleksandr Koloskov (University of New Brunswick)

10:00 Electron Density Variations in the Ionosphere Over Poker Flat (Alaska) - Hayden Fast (U of Saskatchewan)
09:00 - 10:30
10:45
10:45 - 11:30
Contributions

10:45 The Milky Way In High-Energy Neutrinos - From the Intersection of Astrophysics and High-Energy Particle Physics - Naoko Kurahashi Neilson
11:30

11:30 - 12:00

12:15

12:15 - 16:15

16:15

16:15 - 19:15