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PhD Students
Perimeter’s PhD program continues to grow, with 39 PhD students in residence at the
Institute in 2012/13. As Perimeter is not a degree-granting institution, doctoral students
ultimately receive their degrees from a partnering university where their faculty supervisor
has an affiliation. Perimeter’s collaborative environment offers students unparalleled
opportunities to interact with scientific leaders from around the world and develop
their careers. Of this year’s six graduates, for example, two founded Canadian start-
up companies, while the others obtained highly competitive postdoctoral positions at
institutions around the world.
VISITING GRADUATE FELLOWS
Perimeter’s innovative Visiting Graduate Fellows program, which brings advanced
PhD students from around the world to work for several months at the Institute,
hosted 19 fellows for a total of 22 visits in 2012/13. The program gives students
the invaluable opportunity, at a pivotal time in their training, to work among and
collaborate with leading researchers in their field. At any given time, the Institute
hosts six to eight Visiting Graduate Fellows, who greatly benefit from and enrich
Perimeter’s research ecosystem.
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
The Undergraduate Student program exposes promising young science
undergraduates to high-level research by pairing them on research projects
with Perimeter postdoctoral researchers. It’s a valuable experience for all
involved: a mentorship opportunity for postdoctoral researchers, a learning
experience without equal for the undergraduates, and a means of recruitment
for the Institute (
Emily Adlam
, for example, first came to Perimeter as an
undergraduate for a summer project and later returned as a master’s
student in Perimeter Scholars International).
PSI 2012/13
FACULTY
John Berlinsky
(Director),
Perimeter Institute
Dmitry Abanin
, Perimeter Institute
Assa Auerbach
, Technion – Israel
Institute of Technology
Latham Boyle
, Perimeter Institute
Andrew Childs
, University of
Waterloo/Institute for Quantum
Computing (IQC)
David Cory
, Perimeter Institute and
University of Waterloo/IQC
François David
, CEA-Saclay/Institute
of Theoretical Physics
Bianca Dittrich
, Perimeter Institute
Michael Duff
, Imperial College London
Joseph Emerson
, University
of Waterloo/IQC
Ruth Gregory
, Durham University
Alioscia Hamma
, Perimeter Institute
Matthew Johnson
, Perimeter Institute
and York University
David Morrissey
, TRIUMF
Robert Spekkens
, Perimeter Institute
Natalia Toro
, Perimeter Institute
Guifre Vidal
, Perimeter Institute
Pedro Vieira
, Perimeter Institute
Xiao-Gang Wen
, BMO Financial Group
Isaac Newton Chair in Theoretical Physics at
Perimeter Institute
Mark Wise
, California Institute of
Technology (Caltech)
Itay Yavin
, Perimeter Institute and
McMaster University
Konstantin Zarembo
, NORDITA (Nordic
Institute for Theoretical Physics)
Barton Zwiebach
, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology (MIT)
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