Research in Professor Momose’s group is focused on the spectroscopy and dynamics of cold molecules, atoms, and exotic particles in both ultra-high vacuum and cryogenic environments. His group’s research spans a wide range of interdisciplinary fields in chemistry and physics. Their interests lie in the understanding of quantum processes of atoms and molecules specific to very low temperatures, where pronounced quantum effects emerge from thermal averages, especially those related to astrochemistry and atmospheric chemistry.
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Takamasa MomosePrincipal Investigator |
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Pavle Djuricanin Technical Staff |
Colin Noort Technical Staff |
Tony Mittertreiner Technical Staff |
Eric Miller
Research Associate
TUCAN
Reza Akbari
Postdoctoral Fellow
ALPHA
Brendan Moore
Postdoctoral Fellow
Parahydrogen
Chris Ye
Graduate Student
TUCAN
Qianqian Zhang
Graduate Student
ALPHA
Amirhossein Rashidi
Graduate Student
Stark, Parahydrogen
Linda Zeng
Graduate Student
Parahydrogen
Sam McGrath
Graduate Student
Parahydrogen
Chie Nakayama
Graduate Student
HeDL, Dualcomb
Jiahong Hu
Graduate Student
Zeeman
Chloe Yan
Graduate Student
Zeeman
Charles Mao
Undergraduate Student
TUCAN
Alistair Pavlik
Undergraduate Student
TUCAN
Urvi Mukherjee
Undergraduate Student
ALPHA
Adam De Paolis
Undergraduate Student
Dualcomb
Aditya-Dhariwal
Volunteer
Parahydrogen
Renee Hui
Volunteer
Parahydrogen
Chuqiao Liu
Volunteer
Stark
Sharon Lam
Volunteer
Zeeman
Felix Chan
Volunteer
Zeeman
Collaboration with the University of Freiburg
(RTG DynCAM, funded by the DFG German Research Foundation)
The annual convention is held every year in Canada/Germany to present the progress of projects and for social networking. Through the collaboration, PhDs are offered dual supervision by researchers from both UBC and the University of Freiburg, access to regular seminars on related research, and exchange visit opportunities.
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Annual Convention 2023 (Excursion)
Alumni & Former Members
Graduate Students | |
Haruka Goto | Cindy Toh (MSc 2016) |
Shiori Watanabe | Thomas Prescott (MSc 2016) |
Yuki Miyamoto | Fumika Suzuki (PhD 2017) |
Hiroko Nakahara | Manish Vashishta (PhD 2020) |
Eric Vyskocil | Colton Carlson (MSc 2021) |
Susumu Kuma | Brendan Moore (PhD 2023) |
Wei Zhong (MSc 2013) | Hatsuki Otani (PhD 2024) |
Sida Zhou (PhD 2014) | |
Omid Nourbakhsh (PhD 2015) |
Undergraduate Students | |
Termeh Bashiri | Ahmad Mohammed Kamal |
Alexandra McKinnon | |
Dentii Deng | |
Janice Zeng | |
Vicky Xie | |
Jordan Dang | |
Jenny Park | |
Jenny Shim | |
Andrea Majic |