Dr. Colin Bradley
LACIR Director

cbr(at)engr(dot)uvic(dot)ca

Colin enjoys working on the challenging projects currently underway and being part of a talented and hard working group. Colin has been a faculty member at UVic since 1992 and is currently a Canada Research Chair in Computational Modeling and Design.

Dr. Panajotis Agathoklis

pan(at)ece(dot)uvic(dot)ca
web:www.ece.uvic.ca/~pan/

• Multidimensional Signal Processing
• Image and Video Compression
• Stability and Robustness Analysis
• Control Systems

Dr. Andrew Rowe

arowe(at)me(dot)uvic(dot)ca
web:www.me.uvic.ca/~arowe/

• Thermodynamics
• Energy Systems
• Cryogenics
• Heat Transfer

Dr. David Crampton

david(dot)crampton(at)nrc(dot)ca
web:hia-iha.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/staff/ crampton_e.html

• Research into the origin and evolution of galaxies
• Research on X-ray binaries
• Experience in conceptual design of astronomical instruments
• Experience in integration and testing of astronomical instruments

Dr. Sara Ellison

sarae(at)uvic(dot)ca
web:orca.phys.uvic.ca/~sara/

• Abundance ratios in Damped Lyman Alpha Systems (DLAs), particularly Co, N, O and Mn
• A survey for DLAs free from dust bias (CORALS)
• Using DLAs near the QSO's redshift (PDLAs) to probe galaxy clustering
• The metal enrichment of the Lyman Alpha Forest
• The metallicity evolution of DLAs
• Resolved spectroscopy of multiple QSO sightlines (with HST)
• Clustering of DLAs at high redshift - abundances and kinematics compared with 'field' DLAs.
• Radial velocity follow-ups of transit planet search candidates
• Gamma ray bursts

Dr. Chris Pritchet

pritchet(at)uvic(dot)ca
web:astrowww.phys.uvic.ca/ ~pritchet/cjp.html

• Supernovae
• Galaxy formation and evolution
• High velocity clouds
• Image processing and data handling
• Stellar populations in nearby and distant galaxies
• Chemical evolution of galaxies
• Galaxy interactions and kinematics
• Galaxy luminosity functions
• Stellar coalescence and the blue straggler phenomenon

Dr. Kim Venn

kvenn(at)uvic(dot)ca
web:www.astro.uvic.ca/~venn/

• Stellar Spectroscopy and Chemical Abundances
• First Stars
  
• Galaxy Formation and Evolution
• Local Group Galaxies
• Massive Star Evolution
• Formation of Light Elements (Boron)

Dr. Jean-Pierre Veran

jean(hyphen)pierre(dot)veran(at)nrc(dot) cnrc)dot)gc(dot)ca
web:www.hia-iha.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/atrgv/ veran_e.html

• AO systems modelling and design of advanced AO control algorithms
• AO data / AO image processing such as PSF reconstruction and image deconvolution

Dr. Rodolphe Conan

rconan(at)uvic(dot)ca

Rodolphe joined us this year and has been making remarkable progress on the adaptive optics research here at LACIR.

Peter Hampton

phampton(at)engr(dot)uvic(dot)ca

Peter is our local math genius who has been putting together controller designs with Rodolphe for the new woofer tweeter bench.

Aaron Hilton

otri(at)uvic(dot)ca

Aaron works all the programming magic here in the lab. Between creating hardware drivers and real-time software Aaron also produces the occasional video.

Onur Keskin

okeskin(at)engr(dot)uvic(dot)ca

Onur has been focusing a lot of his researching in building the turbulence generators for our adaptive optics bench. Onur also does most of the EDM work here at LACIR.

Mike Fischer

mfischer(at)engr(dot)uvic(dot)ca

Mike is the newest member of the LACIR team and has already been making good progress designing the next generation of Adaptive Optics architecture and computer technology.