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Jeremy Heyl<\/a>: Professor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Harvey Richer: Professor (deceased)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Graduate Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Dave Miller<\/a>: Doctoral Student<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Finding White Dwarfs in Open Clusters with Harvey Richer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alumni Postdoctoral Fellows<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Denis <\/a>Gonz\u00e1lez Caniulef<\/a>: CNES Fellow
at IRAP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Radiative transfer, X-ray polarimetry, neutron stars<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Doctoral Alumni<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Demet Kirmizibayrak<\/a>: Postdoctoral
Scholar at Caltech<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

New tricks for old stars : studying compact objects through novel methodologies in timing, energy and imaging<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leesa Fleury: Researcher at UBC<\/a>:<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

White dwarfs as probes of novel physical phenomena<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paul Ripoche<\/a>: Lecturer at UBC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Studies of evolved stellar populations : from giants to remnants<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Javiera Parada<\/a>: Researcher at UBC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Red giant stars as standard candles<\/a> with Harvey Richer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ilaria Caiazzo<\/a>: Professor at ISTA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

QED and X-ray polarization from neutron stars and black holes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ramandeep Gill<\/a>: Professor at UNAM
Morelia
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Astrophysical plasmas near strongly magnetized compact objects<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ryan Goldsbury<\/a>: Chief Technology Officer
at 3vGeomatics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

White dwarf populations in globular clusters<\/a> with Harvey Richer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kelsey Hoffman<\/a>: Research Scientist at
Bishop’s University<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Neutron star metallurgy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alain Prat<\/a>: Instructor at Douglas College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Merging black hole and cosmological horizons<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dan Mazur<\/a>: Staff Data Scientist at SSENSE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Nonperturbative quantum field theory in astrophysics<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anand Thirumalai<\/a>: Professor at
DigiPen Institute of Technology<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Aspects of magnetic fields in the late stages of stellar evolution<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Masters Alumni<\/h2>\n\n\n\n