Principle Investigator
Jacob Burgess
Jacob Burgess received his PhD from the University of Alberta in 2013 where he studied magnetic vortices, torsional magnetometry, and time-resolved scanning tunnelling microscopy under the supervision of Mark Freeman. He then joined the group of Sebastian Loth at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter as a postdoctoral fellow where he studied the dynamics of few-atom magnetic structures using time-resolved scanning tunnelling microscopy. In 2017 he started the Ultrafast Microscopy and Magnetism Research Group at the University of Manitoba which focuses on observing magnetic dynamics at the atomic scale in quantum materials.
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Manitoba
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Manitoba
jacob.burgess
(at) umanitoba (dot) ca
Graduate Students
Akif Ahmed
Akif completed his BSc in physics in 2016 at the University of Dhaka, the most prestigious University in Bangladesh . He has constructed a THz spectrometer along with custom THz optics and is applying these to study coupling of light and magnetism using THz light and complex metal oxides. He started his MSc at the University of Manitoba in Fall 2017 and won a Manitoba Graduate Scholarship in Fall 2018.
MSc Student
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Manitoba
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Manitoba
Christina Balanduk
Christie is an MSc candidate who joined the UMMRG in September 2019. She holds an Honours degree from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manitoba. She is studying ultrafast magnetodynamics in magnetic thin films stimulated by light.
MSc Student
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Manitoba
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Manitoba
Aimé (A.J.) Braconnier
Aimé is an MSc candidate who graduated with an Honours degree from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manitoba. Aimé joined the UMMRG in September 2018. Aimé is working on enhancing quality factors of electromagnetic cavities for trapping THz radiation.
MSc Student
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Manitoba
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Manitoba
Josh Gibbs
Josh is an MSc candidate who joined the UMMRG in January 2019. He holds a degree in Chemistry from the University of British Columbia and is working on the study of emission of THz radiation from complex oxides and nanostructured films.
MSc Student
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Manitoba
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Manitoba
Undergraduate Researchers
August Mendelsohn
August is a 3rd year Honours Physics student in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manitoba. He is working on automation and efficiency applied in optical experiments through the deployment of microcontrollers and motion control solutions.
Undergraduate Researcher
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Manitoba
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Manitoba
Nils Refvik
Nils is a 4th year Honours Physics student at the University of Manitoba and an active member in the Organization of Physics Undergraduate Students (OPUS). Nils has received an NSERC Undergraduate Research Award for 2018 and a University of Manitoba Undergraduate Research Award for 2019. He has continued on as an Honours Thesis student in 2019. He is working on development of analysis routines and theoretical models describing the interaction of THz light with magnetic materials.
Honours Thesis Student
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Manitoba
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Manitoba
Sangeev Selvaratnam
Sangeev is a 4th year Honours Physics and Astronomy student, and active member of the Organization of Physics Undergraduate Students (OPUS), and an avid user of 3D printers. Sangeev received a University of Manitoba Undergraduate Research Award for Summer 2018 and Summmer 2019 and has continued on as an Honours Thesis student in 2019. He is working on the design and construction of a custom scanning tunneling microscope head. This includes printing fully functional prototypes using the University of Manitoba Faculty of Science MakerSpace and machining final versions.
Honours Thesis Student
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Manitoba
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Manitoba
Group Alumni
Brydyn Mac Intyre
Brydyn was a 4th year Honours Physics and Astronomy student, an active member of the Organization of Physics Undergraduate Students (OPUS), and a 3D printing aficionado. He won an NSERC Undergradaute Student Research Award for 2018 summer research. He is working on the design and fabrication of optical components including fast change sample holders and 3D printing optics for mm wavelength light out of specialized plastics. He enjoys things maximally when they proceed according to a well defined schedule. This includes website updates and timely placing of orders. Brydyn left to study telescope maintenance.
Undergraduate Researcher
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Manitoba
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Manitoba
Ryan Shaski
Ryan was a 3rd year Honours Physics student enrolled in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manitoba. He has received an NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award for the summer of 2018 and worked on the design of THz antenna structures and performing high frequency electromagnetic simulations.
Undergraduate Researcher
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Manitoba
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Manitoba
Shu Lin Wang
Shu Lin was a 4th year Honours physics student enrolled in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manitoba. Shu Lin completed his honours thesis studying studying micromagnetic behaviour of magnetic vortices using micromagnetic simulations and analytical calculations in the Ultrafast Microscopy and Magnetism Research Group between September 2017 and April 2018.
Honours Thesis Student
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Manitoba
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Manitoba