Jenny Zhu, a UBC fourth-year honours physics student, is helping improve outcomes for breast cancer patients. Through the university’s co-op program, she has been working with the radiation oncology team at BC Cancer on exciting research with the potential to change lives.“Currently, I’m… read more
Shawna Narayan (BSc ‘18) is the founder of Empower the Future, a non-profit that helps marginalized youth overcome post-secondary challenges. Empower the Future recently won Surrey's Civic Distinction Award. She discusses how her own experiences shaped her efforts to reach out to inner-city… read more
One of the most exciting things about my research is that it’s taking us into a new frontier.ProfileResearch FocusHigh radio frequency emissions from stars and the potential habitability of surrounding planetsPassionate AboutScience outreachHobbiesSnowboarding in the winter or hiking in the… read more
I took a course on exoplanets and astrobiology, which was taught by Dr. Jaymie Matthews. I loved the course so much that when I applied for an NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award last summer, I listed Dr. Matthews as my top choice for a research supervisor and “exoplanets” as my main… read more
Physicists study the material world and the energy that drives it, from the smallest particles like neutrinos and Higgs bosons, to the largest structures in the universe. They design and perform experiments with lasers, cyclotrons, telescopes, mass spectrometers and other equipment. UBC's first… read more
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