SNR group, from left to right: Harsha Kumar, Heather Matheson, Gilles Ferrand, Jennifer West, Samar Safi-Harb, Paul Edmon, Erica Franzmann, Adam Rogers. Picture taken on top of University College on campus, inside the Ewan telescope.
Current SNR group members:
- Dr. Samar Safi-Harb: Professor, Canada Research Chair
- Dr. Rebecca Danos (CITA national fellow, effective March 2012-): Joint Postdoc with Prof. Andreas Shalchi: Cosmic Ray Acceleration in SNRs.
- Adam Rogers (Feb. 2012-): XFIT project for X-ray spectroscopy, Neutron Stars and Magnetars
- Dr. Gilles Ferrand (Postdoc Sep 2010-, and CITA national fellow Sep 2011-): Numerical Simulations to study particle acceleration in SNRs, SNRs catalogue
- Ms. Ping Zhou (China Scholarship Council exchange PhD student 2011-): Multi-wavelength studies of SNRs interacting with molecular clouds; co-supervised with Dr. Yang Chen (Nanjing U.)
- Ms. Jennifer West (PhD candidate 2010-, NSERC CGS fellow 2011-2013): Modeling SNRs using radio and X-ray data, GALFACTS
- Ms. Heather Matheson (PhD candidate 2008-, former NSERC PGS fellow 2009-2011) Pulsar Wind Nebulae: X-ray observations and modeling
- Ms. Harsha Kumar (PhD candidate, 2006-): The environs of high-magnetic field pulsars and magnetars. To defend May 2013.
Some former members at U. of Manitoba:
- Dr. Paul Edmon (postdoc 2010-2011): Numerical simulations of PWNe. Effective Nov. (2011), at Harvard CfA.
- Dr. Miranda Jackson (postdoc), now in Stockhom
- Dr. Ashish Asgekar (postdoc), now in the Netherlands
- Ms. Heather Matheson (M.Sc., 2006), now PhD candidate at UofM
- Ms. Alyssa Moldowan (M.Sc., 2005), now at UWO
- Ms. Marjorie Gonzalez (M.Sc., 2003), now at UBC
- Ms. Erica Franzmann (undergraduate), now MSc candidate at UofM
- Mr. Matt Scholte (undergraduate), now at UBC
- Mr. Adam Rogers (undergraduate), now PhD candidate at UofM
- Mr. Tal Letourneau (undergraduate from UWO)
- Ms. Laura Kasian (undergraduate), now at UBC
The astronomy group at UofM:
UofM Astro group:
Back (Left to Right): Jason Fiege, Miranda Jackson (alumnus, now in Sweden), Gilles Ferrand, Rebecca Danos, Paul Edmon, Erica Franzmann, Jennifer West, Ian Cameron
Front (Left to Right): Jayanne English, Samar Safi-Harb, Harsha Kumar, Ping Zhou, Heather Matheson
(missing): Andreas Shalchi, Adam Rogers
Last updated: 10 Feb. 2012