Council – Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics

Shantanu Basu

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Areas of Study

formation of collapsed objects in the early universe, i.e., the first stars and black holes in the universe

Contact Info

519-661-2111 x86706

basu@uwo.ca

Jay Pratt

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Contact Info

vicedeanresearch.artsci@utoronto.ca
416-978-7897
Executive Assistant: Christine Yarish
Office: SS2005, Office of the Dean, Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George Street

James Wadsley

citaadmin — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 13:19:36 +0000

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Areas of Study

Computation models, Computational fluid mechanics, Cosmology and extragalactic astronomy, Fluid physics, Galactic astronomy, Numerical computation, Parallel systems, Stellar astronomy and planetary systems

Contact Info

wadsley@mcmaster.ca

(905) 525-9140 ext. 27106

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Samar Safi-Harb

citaadmin — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 13:16:19 +0000

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Areas of Study

High-energy astrophysics, Multi-messenger astronomy, Nucleosynthesis, Particle acceleration, Physics of the extreme, X-ray telescopes

Contact Info

Samar.Safi-Harb@umanitoba.ca
204-474-7104

Will Percival

citaadmin — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 13:12:26 +0000

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Areas of Study

Observational cosmology, Cosmological structure formation, Cosmological models, Large-Scale structure, Galaxy surveys, Galaxy formation & evolution, Astrophysics and Gravitation

Contact Info

will.percival@uwaterloo.ca

519-888-4567 x43108

Publications

W.J. Percival, (+26 co-authors), The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: The power spectrum and the matter content of the universe, 2001, MNRAS, 327, 1297 [arXiv:0105252]

S. Cole, W.J. Percival, (+27 co-authors), The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: power spectrum, 2005, MNRAS, 362, 505 [arXiv:0501174]

W.J. Percival, (+27 co-authors), Baryon Acoustic Oscillations in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7 Galaxy Sample, 2010, MNRAS, 401, 2148 [arXiv:0907.1660]

K.S. Dawson, J.-P. Kneib,W.J. Percival, (+142 co-authors), The SDSS-IV extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: Overview and Early Data, 2016, AJ 151, 44 [arXiv:1508.04473]

D. Bianchi, W.J. Percival, Unbiased clustering estimation in the presence of missing observations, 2017, MNRAS 472, 1106 [arXiv:1703.02070]

Evan McDonough

citaadmin — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 13:06:38 +0000

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Areas of Study

high energy theoretical physics, astrophysics, cosmology, and particle physics

Contact Info

204-258-3021
e.mcdonough@uwinnipeg.ca

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Doug Johnstone

citaadmin — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 16:58:05 +0000

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Areas of Study

millimetre-wave astronomy (single dish/interferometry), star formation, molecular clouds, pre-stellar cores, proto-stars, circumstellar disks.

Bio

B.Sc., 1989, University of Toronto
Ph.D., 1995, University of California, Berkeley

Doug Johnstone received his Ph.D. degree in 1995 from Berkeley. He held an NSERC Fellowship at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics and then moved up a floor to become a professor at the University of Toronto. In 2001, he joined the National Research Council’s Herzberg Institute of Astronomy as a research astronomer.

Doug took a two year secondment to the Joint Astronomy Centre in Hilo, Hawaii from 2012 through 2014 where he was the Associate Director for the .

Contact Info

+1 250-363-8108

Doug.Johnstone@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca