Physics Department

Department Chair

Carl Adams

Department

Role

Chair

Campus Location

Nasso Family Science Centre 1006/1070 (Lab)

Phone

902-867-5337/3727 (Lab)

Email

Email

Faculty

Hossain Ahmed

Department

Role

Associate Professor

Campus Location

Nasso Family Science Centre 1009

Phone

Email

Email

Peter Marzlin

Department

Role

Professor

Campus Location

Nasso Family Science Centre 1007

Phone

Email

Email

Peter Poole

Department

Role

Professor

Campus Location

Nasso Family Science Centre 1008/PS 1095

Phone

902-867-2428/867-5550

Email

Email

Nafisa Tasneem

Department

Role

Assistant Professor

Campus Location

Nasso Family Science Centre 1011

Phone

Email

Email

Lab Instructors

Casey Marjerrison

Department

Role

Laboratory Instructor

Campus Location

Nasso Family Science Centre 1006

Phone

Email

Email

Jamie Powell

Department

Role

Senior Lab Instructor

Campus Location

Nasso Family Science Centre 1017

Phone

Email

Email

Professors Emeriti

Doug Hunter

Department

Role

Professor Emeritus

Campus Location

Nasso Family Science Centre 1017

Phone

Email

Email

Michael Steinitz

Department

Role

Professor Emeritis

Campus Location

Nasso Family Science Centre 1030 / Lab: 1070

Phone

902-867-3909/867-3727

Email

Email

Staff

Lisa Sampson

Department

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Role

Administrative Assistant

Campus Location

Nasso Family Science Centre Rm 2052

Phone

Email

Email

The L'nu symbol. L’nu is a word the Mi’kmaq use to describe themselves, meaning “human being” or “the people.”

StFX espi-kina’matno’kuom etek Mi’kma’ki, wejkwa’taqanik Mi’kmaq maqamikewmuew mna’q iknmuetu’tik. Nalikitquniejk na Mi’kmawey wisun wjit Antigonish teluek Aklasie’w-iktuk, ‘place where branches are torn off.’

StFX is located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded ancestral territory of the Mi'kmaw people. The Mi'kmaw name for Antigonish is Nalikitquniejk, meaning ‘place where branches are torn off.’

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