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Research Areas

• Development of radio and optical techniques and instrumentations for probing the Earth's upper atmosphere
• Solar wind – Magnetosphere – Ionosphere coupling
• Ionospheric irregularities and structures
• Electrodynamical coupling between different regions of upper atmosphere

Research Group

Research Group Members

Current:

• Dr. A. Kascheev – Research Scientist
• Dr. P. Prikryl – Research Scientist
• Dr. K. Meziane – Research Scientist
• Dr. D. R. Themens – Post Doctoral Fellow
• Dr. A. McCaffrey – Programming Scientist
• Dr. C. Watson – Research Scientist
• Dr. J. Langille – Balloon Satellite Payload Specialist
• Mr. T. Kelly – Chief Operating Officer
• Mr. A. Farnham – HF Radio Systems Engineer
• Mr. R. Chadwick – Research Technician
• Mr. J. Bernard – Computational Research Consultant
• Mr. B. Reid – Ph.D. Student
• Ms. K. Song – M.Sc. Student
• Mr. E. Braden – M.Sc. Student
• Ms. E. Farid – M.Sc. Student
• Mr. M. K. Mahith – M.Sc. Student
• Mr. N. Labuschagne – M.Sc. Student
• Mr. M. Nguyen – B.Sc.E. Student
• Mr. P. Kennedy – B.Eng. Student
• Mr. T. Boyle – B.Eng. Student
• Mr. R. Meredith – B.Sc. Student
• Ms. H. Holland – B.Eng. Student

Former Members of the Group:

• Dr. S. Patra – Post Doctoral Fellow (2018-2020)
• Mr. C. Flynn – B.Sc. Student (2015-2019)
• Ms. V. M. Sreedevi – M.Sc. Student (2016-2018)
• Dr. A. Seif – Post Doctoral Fellow (2018-2019)
• Ms. S. Ripley – B.Sc. Student (2018)
• Mr. K. Khuong Anh Huynh – B.Sc. Student (2017-2018)
• Dr. D. R. Themens – Ph.D. Student (2013-2018)
  – Currently Post Doctoral Fellow in my group
• Dr. A. McCaffrey – Ph.D. Student (2014-2018)
  – Currently Programming Scientist in my group
• Dr. H. Mezaoui – Ph.D. Student (2012-2017)
  – Currently Data Scientist at Avrij Canada in Fredericton, NB
• Dr. R. Athieno – Ph.D. Student (2012-2017)
• Mr. E. Brewster – Undergraduate summer student (2016-2017)
• Mr. Z. Hanzal – Undergraduate summer student (2017)
• Dr. C. Watson – Ph.D. Student (2011-2015)
  – Currently post-doctoral fellow at UCAR - University Corporation of Atmospheric Research, Colorado
• Mr. I. Smith – Undergraduate summer student (2014-2015)
• Ms. S. Graham – Undergraduate summer student (2015)
• Ms. V. Jain – Senior System Analyst (2014-2015) – Currently Programmer/Analyst at CGI
• Mr. S. Goudreau – Undergraduate summer student (2014)
• Mr. J. Manley – Undergraduate summer student (2014)
• Mr. A. Nadeau – Undergraduate summer student (2014)
• Dr. R. Burston – Research Scientist (2011-2012)
• Dr S.C. Mushini – Ph.D. Student (2007-2012)
  – Currently "Eyes High" post-doctoral fellow at University of Calgary, Canada
• Mr. J. Adams – Undergraduate summer student (2012-2013)
• Mr. D. Themens – Undergraduate summer student (2009-2011) – Currently Post Doctoral Fellow at UNB
• Ms. E. Vickers-Drennan – Undergraduate summer student (2011)
• Mr, N. Hetherington; Research Assistant (2010-2011) – Currently Ph.D. student at UofT
• Dr. D. Pokhotelov – Research Scientist (2008-2010)
  – Currently Scientist at Finnish Meteorological Institute
• Mr. L. Tymowski – System Analyst (2009-2010) – Currently System Administrator at Cybera Inc.
• Mr. E. Webster – Undergraduate summer student (2009)
• Ms. S. Sadighi – M.Sc. Student (2007-2009) – Currently working in the industry
• Mr. B. Wood – Undergraduate summer student (2008)
• Mr. R. Brideau – Undergraduate summer student (2007)
• Mr. Z. Hamza – Undergraduate summer student (2006 and 2007) – Currently working in the industry
• Mr. M. Gill – Undergraduate summer student (2006)
• Mr. J. Langille – Undergraduate summer student (2006) – Currently Ph.D. student at UNB

Projects

• Radiophysics Laboratory, Physics Department, UNB
• Canadian Geospace Monitoring Program
• Canadian High Arctic Ionospheric Network (CHAIN)
• Development of Emprical Canadian High Arctic Ionospheric Model (E-CHAIM)
• SuperDARN
• e-POP Satellite Mission
• SWARM Satellite Mission
• Canadian Space Science Data Portal (CSSDP)
• Cloud-Enabled Space Weather Platform (CESWP)

Research Collaborators

• Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) – Space weather forecast group and Geodetic Survey Division
• Department of National Defence. Ottawa, Canada – Dr. R. Riddols
• Communications Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada – Dr. P. Prikryl
• University of Alberta, Edmonton – Dr. R. Rankin and Dr. I. R. Mann
• University of Calgary – Dr. E. F. Donovan, Dr. B. Jackel, Dr. D. Knudsen, and Dr. A. Yau
• University of Saskatchewan – SuperDARN group
• University of Western Ontario – Dr. J. W. MacDougall
• MIT Haystack observatory – Dr. A. J. Coster
• JHU/APL – Dr. P. T. Newell and Dr. K. Liou
• National Institute for Polar Research – Dr. Sato and his group
• Augsburg College, USA – Dr. D. Murr
• HANSCOM Air Force Research Lab – Dr. T. Pedersen
• Boston College, Dr. C. S. Carrano
• University of Bath, U.K. – Dr. C. N. Mitchell
• Shandong University, China

Industrial Collaborators

• SIL, Saskatoon
• NavCanada
• Trimble Geomatics and Engineering group

• PHYS 2327 – Circuits and Elementary Electronics – Winter 2020
• PHYS 4348 – Advanced research project – Winter 2019, 2020
• PHYS 1081 – Introductory Physics for Engineers – Fall 2018
• PHYS 1062 – Introductory Physics - II (Physical Science Interest) – Winter 2017
• PHYS 1091 – Experiments in Introductory Physics -I – Fall 2016
• PHYS 1071 – Introductory Physics - I (Health & Life Science Interest) – Fall 2015
• PHYS 2351 – Quantum Physics – Fall 2013 – 2014
• PHYS 3322 – Electromagnetism I – Winter 2013
• PHYS 4823 – Advanced Electronics – Fall 2013
• PHYS 1062 – Introductory Physics – Intersession 2011
• PHYS 2051 – Survey of Modern Physics – Fall 2009
• PHYS 2052 – Survey of Modern Physics – Winter 2006 – 2008
• PHYS 2327 – Circuits and Elementary Electronics – Winter 2011 – 2014
• PHYS 3023 – Electromagnetic fields – Fall 2005 – 2010
• PHYS 3122 – Digital Electronics – Winter 2009, Winter 2011
• PHYS 4122 – Instrumentation in Physics – Winter 2008, Winter 2011
• PHYS 6021 – Electromagnetic theory (shared with Dr. Tokaryk) – Fall 2007 – 2008
• PHYS 6121 – Selected topics in advanced physics – Winter 2009, Winter 2011

• Chair - Commission G&H, Canadian National Committee (CNC) of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI) – 2011 – 2018
• Member – Canadian Committee on Antarctic Research – 2013 – 2019
• Member – Space and Atmospheric Environment Advisory Committee (SAEAC) of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) – 2006 – 2011
• Chair – Division of Atmospheric and Space Physics (DASP) of the Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) – 2007 – 2010
• Vice Chair – Division of Atmospheric and Space Physics (DASP) of the Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) – 2006 – 2007