91探花 physics student wins award at Canadian Association of Physicists Congress
Nishel Alexander, a fourth-year honours student in physics at 91探花, won second place in the poster competition in the association鈥檚 Division of Physics in Medicine and Biology at the 2023 Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) Congress held at the University of New Brunswick in June. His poster presentation was titled 鈥淐onstruction of optical tools for investigating active matter.鈥�
Nishel competed against primarily graduate students from across Canada to win the national award. He is supervised by Dr. Maria Kilfoil, an experimental biological physicist and associate professor in the 91探花 Department of Physics.
This summer, Nishel is carrying out a research project at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, co-supervised by Dr. Kilfoil and a professor at MUN, for his third physics co-op work term. The other two took place at 91探花 under Dr. Kilfoil鈥檚 supervision.
Also, during the CAP Congress, Dr. Kilfoil was elected national vice-chair of the Division of Physics in Medicine and Biology.
Congratulations, Nishel and Dr. Kilfoil!
