Name: Raneem Akel

MSc or PhD Candidate: PhD Candidate

Location of Undergraduate Education: HBSc.

Professor Semechah Lui, an expert in earthquake physics and fault processes, provides insights into the recent 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck Taiwan during an interview with CTV News. Viewers can catch the interview for further details and analysis on the seismic event here: CTV News

On Monday, April 8, a significant celestial event occurred in southern Ontario. UofT Mississauga astronomer Prof. Marta Bryan organized a sold-out eclipse event on-campus featuring public lectures and safe viewing opportunities to witness the rare solar eclipse, a great success for the CPS Department and larger UTM community. Read more here.

Name: Josh Wolpert

MSc or PhD Candidate: PhD Candidate

Location of Undergraduate Education: M.S. in Geology, Louisiana State University & B.A.

A collaborative survey led by postdoctorate fellow Scott Jess and Professor Lindsay Schoenbohm addresses the lack of representative stats in Canadian geoscience.

Name: Zheng Zhang

MSc or PhD Candidate: PhD Candidate

Location of Undergraduate Education: Beijing Normal University

Name of the Lab at CPS: Milstein Lab

Select Awards: CPS Teaching Fellowship Award

Selected Research Contributions: 

Z. Zhang and J. N. Milstein, Extending the photobleaching lifetime in the presence of an optical tweezers by wavefront engineering, 2020 J.Opt. 22 095301

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Professor of Physics, Kent Moore, was featured on the Global News article re: the rising temperatures. He was also interviewed by the Global radio re: how 2023 became the warmest year on record. 

Professor Emeritus John Percy was interviewed by the

Prof. Paul Ashwell was interviewed by the CBC News on the surprising volcanic eruption of Mount Merapi in Indonesia. Here is the link to the video.

Thousands of residents have been evacuated from their homes in Iceland, as officials believe there could be a forthcoming volcanic eruption. Professor Paul Ashwell, Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences at UTM, explains the impact of an imminent volcanic eruption in Iceland.