{"id":202,"date":"2015-01-30T10:49:18","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T15:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.nipissingu.ca\/alih\/?page_id=202"},"modified":"2025-08-27T10:08:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T14:08:12","slug":"group-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.nipissingu.ca\/alih\/group-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Group members"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Physics Lab Technician:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.nipissingu.ca\/alih\/files\/2015\/01\/0011318.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-305 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.nipissingu.ca\/alih\/files\/2015\/01\/0011318.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"77\" height=\"95\" \/><\/a>William Johnston: <\/strong>Room A121<br \/>\n<strong>Email: <\/strong>williamj[at]nipissingu.ca<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Graduate Students:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Elizabeth Primeau: <\/strong>M.Sc. student &#8211; <strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1317\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.nipissingu.ca\/alih\/files\/2023\/02\/Elizabeth-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"88\" height=\"88\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.nipissingu.ca\/alih\/files\/2023\/02\/Elizabeth-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/faculty.nipissingu.ca\/alih\/files\/2023\/02\/Elizabeth-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.nipissingu.ca\/alih\/files\/2023\/02\/Elizabeth.jpeg 368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 88px) 100vw, 88px\" \/><\/strong>Nipissing University &#8211; Sep. 2024 &#8211; Present<br \/>\n<strong>Project: <\/strong>Fundamental and theoretical study of photodynamic therapy using smart phase transition nanoparticles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1317\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.nipissingu.ca\/alih\/files\/2025\/05\/Jordan.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"88\" height=\"88\" \/>Jordan Nicksy: <\/strong>M.Sc. student &#8211; Nipissing University &#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Sep. 2025 &#8211; Present<br \/>\n<strong>Project: <\/strong>Computational analysis of photothermal dynamics in tissue spectroscopy using phase-change nanoparticles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Undergraduate Research Students:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Former Members (Supervised\/Co-supervised):<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jordan Nicksy: <\/strong>Undergraduate Research Students &#8211; Nipissing University\n<ul>\n<li>Spring-Summer 2025 &#8211; NSERC &#8211; Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) holder<br \/>\n<strong>Project: <\/strong>Computational Modeling of Radiative Heat Transfer in Tissue Spectroscopy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Elizabeth Primeau<\/strong> &#8211; Undergraduate Research Students &#8211; Nipissing University\n<ul>\n<li>Spring-Summer 2023<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Spring-Summer 2024 &#8211; NSERC &#8211; Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) holder<br \/>\n<strong>Project: <\/strong>Survey of research and diagnostic photonics in biology and medicine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/opg.optica.org\/ao\/abstract.cfm?uri=ao-63-18-4793\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amin Sabzevari <\/a><\/strong>&#8211; M.Sc. student &#8211; Nipissing University &#8211; Sep. 2021 &#8211; Jul. 2024<br \/>\n<strong>Project: <\/strong>Inverse design and optimization of a one-dimensional metagrating beam deflector by smart pattern search.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/megan-pulford\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Megan Pulford<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; M.Sc. Student and Undergraduate Research Students &#8211; Nipissing University\n<ul>\n<li>Summer research student \u2013 2019 and 2020<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Senior research student \u2013 Fall 2020 and Winter 2021<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baytoday.ca\/local-news\/new-nipissing-partnership-should-offer-high-quality-internships-for-students-2868121\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mitacs Research Training Award (RTA) holder<\/a> &#8211; November 2020<br \/>\n<strong>Project:<\/strong> Numerical Investigation of the Thermo-Optical Switching Mechanism of Metal-Insulator Transition Materials<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/utoronto.scholaris.ca\/items\/19aa3fef-fa0e-4e0c-ad79-348963b99c8b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">M.Sc. Student &#8211; Sep 2021 &#8211; Aug 2023<\/a><br \/>\nOntario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) award holder-2021-2023<br \/>\n<strong>Project:<\/strong> Analytical study coupling partial differential equations using Green&#8217;s function method with numerical validation: photo thermal response of a multilayer structure<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nipissingu.ca\/departments\/student-development-and-services\/dmla\/2023-award-recipients#pulford\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dave Marshall Leadership Award &#8211; 2023<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/acs.jpcc.2c05163\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Neda Amjadi <\/strong><\/a>&#8211; Ph.D. student &#8211; Tarbiat Modares University &#8211; Feb. 2020 &#8211; Jan. 2023<br \/>\n<strong>Project:<\/strong> Photothermal and Photoacoustic Response of a VO2@Au Nanoshell Irradiated by a Nanosecond Laser Pulse.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Neda-Daliran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Neda Daliran <\/strong><\/a>&#8211; Ph.D. student\u00a0 ( Jul. 2020 &#8211; Nov. 2022) and Visiting PhD Student (Apr. 2022 &#8211; Nov. 2022) &#8211; from University of Kurdistan<br \/>\n<strong>Project: <\/strong>Study of tunable photothermal response of nanostructures mediate by phase change materials: computational modeling and applications.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=r7dyokkAAAAJ&amp;view_op=list_works&amp;sortby=pubdate\">Dr. Naser Zamani<\/a><\/strong>-Postdoctoral fellow-Shiraz University &#8211; May. 2020 &#8211; Jun. 2022<br \/>\n<strong>Project:<\/strong> Temporal Analysis of Photo-Thermally Induced Reconfigurability in a 1D Gold Grating filled with Phase Change Materials.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Alireza_Keshavarz3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Alireza Keshavarz,<\/a><\/strong> Visiting researchers,\u00a0 Shiraz University of Technology, July 2019 &#8211; July 2021.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=MV9uuVYAAAAJ&amp;view_op=list_works&amp;alert_preview_top_rm=2&amp;citft=1&amp;citft=2&amp;email_for_op=ahatef54%40gmail.com&amp;gmla=AJsN-F78OAgluac5rjdbR0rAbs3fF3dWzx9yuZ4c6orFH4n-wU8UzlfpezYc7mq6XUFVmwnkCUMVliuMVGuRRuZBrj01EdyktpOb_61K3hRX6euMJnJ7fGuvU4QCdnPihC4eMg8hCFLV9N9-UwumGrZnU3kpHYgoHN72bMuSi31_4Zo3AfgT1HRnW8RiKA5RIRUJCiHQVpYnGxT2kqyn9GyX6ToJskI57vASJmg_xbl8wU71McHRTn31-mgDXmCIxLX6D_CPV-kB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Zahra Ebtehaj<\/strong><\/a>&#8211; Ph.D. student &#8211; University of Isfahan &#8211; June 2016 &#8211; August 2021<br \/>\n<strong>Project:<\/strong> Numerical Simulation of Ultrashort Laser Irradiation Effects in Plasmonic Nanoparticle Mediated Neural Stimulation<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Tara Moradi<\/strong> &#8211; Postdoctoral fellow &#8211; Nipissing University &#8211; Aprl 2019 &#8211; July 2020<br \/>\n<strong>Project:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/aip.scitation.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1063\/5.0004366%40jap.2020.PHOTOTHERMICS2020.issue-1?journalCode=jap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thermal tracing of a highly reconfigurable and wideband infrared heat sensor based on vanadium dioxide.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=MElRtCYAAAAJ&amp;view_op=list_works&amp;sortby=pubdate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Dr. Arezou Rashidi<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Visiting PhD student and Postdoctoral fellow &#8211; Tabriz University &#8211; March 2018 &#8211; December\u00a02019<br \/>\n<strong>Project:<\/strong> Thermal Induced Tuning of Absorption in Phase Change Material -Based 1D Multilayer Nanostructures.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Daynen Murphy<\/strong> &#8211; USRA-NSERC student &#8211; Nipissing University &#8211; Summer 2018 and 2019<br \/>\n<strong>Project:<\/strong> Transfer Matrix Techniques for Electromagnetic Waves in 1D Multilayer Nanostructures.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Benjamin Cook:<\/strong> Nipissing University \u2013 Undergraduate Research Student &#8211; Fall 2019<br \/>\n<strong>Project: <\/strong>Quantum Wells: Applications and Solutions<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Naser_Zamani2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Naser Zamani<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Ph.D student &#8211; Shiraz University &#8211; Advisor &#8211; June 2016<br \/>\n<strong>Project:<\/strong> Optimization of optical properties of quantum dot-metal nanoparticle systems.<\/li>\n<li><strong>William Johnston<\/strong> &#8211; Master student &#8211; Nipissing University &#8211; February 2016 &#8211; November 2017<br \/>\n<strong>Project:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.1088\/1361-648X\/aa61ee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coherent Control of Optical Absorption and the Energy Transfer Pathway of an Infrared Quantum Dot Hybridized with a VO2 Nanoparticle.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/behafarid-darvish-46336559\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Behafarid Darvish<\/strong><\/a> -Research Assistant &#8211; September 2014 \u2013 December 2015 <strong>Project:<\/strong> Photoacoustic response from gold nanostructures irradiated by a femtosecond pulsed laser.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Adam Burke<\/strong> &#8211; Undergraduate Student &#8211; Nipissing University &#8211; October 2014 &#8211; August 2015<br \/>\nProject: Plasma-mediated effects in ultrafast laser irradiation of gold nanoshells in water.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/parismoaf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Parastoo Moaf<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Research Assistant &#8211; November 2014 &#8211; May 2015<br \/>\n<strong>Project:<\/strong> Study of gold nanoparticle assisted stimulation of neurons in degenerative diseases in infrared regime.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Quinlan McParland:<\/strong> Nipissing University &#8211; Undergraduate Research Student &#8211; September 2016<br \/>\n<strong>Project:<\/strong> Optical excitation of collective resonances in metallic nanostructure arrays.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Calvin Bailey:<\/strong> Nipissing University &#8211; Research Undergraduate Student &#8211; September 2016<br \/>\n<strong>Project:<\/strong> Photothermal study of phase change nanostructure (vanadium dioxide) for thermosensing application of nanoscale targets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Physics Lab Technician: William Johnston: Room A121 Email: williamj[at]nipissingu.ca Graduate Students: \u00a0Elizabeth Primeau: M.Sc. student &#8211; Nipissing University &#8211; 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