2023 Cross-Disciplinary Internship Recipients
The McDonald Institute’s Cross-Disciplinary Internship (CDI) program offers students and young researchers unique opportunities to connect their unique and diverse research to astroparticle physics.
Previous Interns
Sharleen Chebet (she/her)
CDI 2023 - Undergraduate, Math and Computer Science
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharleenchebet/
Undergraduate student in Math and Computer Science at Carleton University
Cross-Disciplinary Project: Laser Ablation ICP-MS Analysis of Olivine and Galina as Potential Paleo Detectors with Dr. Matthew Leybourne and Dr. Hom Nath Gharti (Queen’s University). Read more.
Cross-Disciplinary Project: Laser Ablation ICP-MS Analysis of Olivine and Galina as Potential Paleo Detectors with Dr. Matthew Leybourne and Dr. Hom Nath Gharti (Queen’s University). Read more.
Elvira Hufschmid (she/her)
CDI 2023 - PhD Candidate, Cultural Studies
https://www.queensu.ca/culturalstudies/people-search/elvira-hufschmid
18eh7@queensu.ca
Doctoral Candidate in Cultural Studies at Queen’s University
Cross-Disciplinary Project: The Role of Metaphor in Art & Science Collaborations with Dr. Renée Hlozek (University of Toronto, Dunlap Institute). Read more.
Cross-Disciplinary Project: The Role of Metaphor in Art & Science Collaborations with Dr. Renée Hlozek (University of Toronto, Dunlap Institute). Read more.
Danika Watson (she/her)
MSc Candidate, Geography and Planning
https://www.linkedin.com/in/danika-watson-37593628b/?originalSubdomain=ca
danika.watson@queensu.ca
Masters Candidate in Geography and Planning at Queen’s University
Cross-Disciplinary Project: Silicon Avalanche Photon Detector Characterization for Astro-particle Physics and Beyond with Dr. Fabrice Retière (TRIUMF). Read more.
Cross-Disciplinary Project: Silicon Avalanche Photon Detector Characterization for Astro-particle Physics and Beyond with Dr. Fabrice Retière (TRIUMF). Read more.
Undergraduate Student, Chemical Engineering at the University of Alberta
Cross-Disciplinary Project: Radon removal by distillation and stripping for rare-event experiments with Dr. Marie-Cécile Piro (University of Alberta). Read more
Cross-Disciplinary Project: Radon removal by distillation and stripping for rare-event experiments with Dr. Marie-Cécile Piro (University of Alberta). Read more
PhD student, Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta
Cross-Disciplinary Project: Development of teaching tools for high school particle physics projects with Dr. Marie-Cécile Piro (University of Alberta). Read more
Cross-Disciplinary Project: Development of teaching tools for high school particle physics projects with Dr. Marie-Cécile Piro (University of Alberta). Read more
Abhisha Rathod (she/her)
CDI 2021 - BSc Hons Candidate, Neuroscience
linkedin.com/in/abhisha-rathod-she-her-1852501b4/
abhisha@ualberta.ca |
Undergraduate student, Neuroscience at the University of Alberta
Cross-Disciplinary Project: Development of novel techniques in analyzing airborne particulates and low-background in support of astroparticle physics with Dr. Matthew Leybourne (Queen’s University). Read more
Cross-Disciplinary Project: Development of novel techniques in analyzing airborne particulates and low-background in support of astroparticle physics with Dr. Matthew Leybourne (Queen’s University). Read more
Raveen Sidhu (she/her)
CDI 2021 - BSc Hons Candidate, Microbiology and Oceanography
raveen.sidhu@hotmail.com |
Undergraduate student, Microbiology and Immunology; Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of British Columbia
Cross-Disciplinary Project: Artificial Intelligence applied to improving the search for dark matter with upgraded DEAP-3600 experiment with Dr. Simon Viel (Carleton University). Read more
Cross-Disciplinary Project: Artificial Intelligence applied to improving the search for dark matter with upgraded DEAP-3600 experiment with Dr. Simon Viel (Carleton University). Read more
Emily Darling (she/her)
CDI 2020 - BSc (Hons.) Candidate, Geology and Particle Astrophysics
linkedin.com/in/emily-darling/
emily.darling@queensu.ca |
Undergraduate student, Geological Sciences at Queen’s University
Cross-Disciplinary Project: Muon flux characterization in the DEAP-3600 water Cherenkov muon veto with Dr. Simon Viel (Carleton University). Read more
Cross-Disciplinary Project: Muon flux characterization in the DEAP-3600 water Cherenkov muon veto with Dr. Simon Viel (Carleton University). Read more
Lucas Fenaux (he/him)
CDI 2020 - BSc Candidate, Mathematics & Computer Science
linkedin.com/in/lucas-fenaux-50404910a/
lucas.fenaux@mail.utoronto.ca |
Undergraduate student, Computer Science at the University of Toronto
Cross-Disciplinary Project: Applying Machine Learning to Event Reconstruction for the SuperCDMS SNOLAB Experiment with Dr. Miriam Diamond (University of Toronto). Read more
Georges Kanaan (he/him)
CDI 2020 - BSc Candidate, Computer & Cognitive Science
georges.kanaan@mail.utoronto.ca |
Undergraduate student, Computer Science at the University of Toronto
Cross-Disciplinary Project: Applying Machine Learning to Event Reconstruction for the SuperCDMS SNOLAB Experiment with Dr. Miriam Diamond (University of Toronto). Read more
Sidney Leggett, Wápiskisiw Pinésiw Iskwéw (she/her)
CDI 2020 - BSc Candidate, Statistics & Data Science
linkedin.com/in/sidney-leggett-3139991b4
sidneyleggs@gmail.com |
Undergraduate Student, Computer Science specialization in Health Informatics at The University of Winnipeg
Cross-Disciplinary Project: Development of novel isotopic techniques in neutrinoless double beta decay and low-background in support of Astroparticle physics with Dr. Matthew Leybourne (Queen’s University). Read more
Kaelan Renault (he/him)
CDI 2020 - MSc Candidate, Computational Sciences
linkedin.com/in/kaelan-renault/
krenault@laurentian.ca |
Master’s student in Computational Sciences at Laurentian University
Cross-Disciplinary Project: Modelling of the Neutron Detector Characterization Facility for Supernova Physics with Dr. Clarence Virtue (Laurentian University). Read more