For local students: Physics 499 projects are courses where the student gains experience with research and presentation, required for honours degrees in physics. I also occasionally have funding for paid summer research opportunities, via the physics department; see Undergrad Research Opportunities. To apply for summer research spots, visit or email me by mid-January at the latest.
For undergraduates at foreign institutions; Some programs have funded students to do summer internships at the U of Alberta. This page: Visiting Student Research Internships gives details. Note that the deadlines are early, in September to mid-October for Mitacs and UARE.
For fall 2027, I am likely to have a new grad student position available , at either the MSc or PhD level (depending on acceptance to the U of Alberta, which I can't guarantee). Please see my list of refereed publications (lists linked on my home page) to get an idea of the topics which I can supervise. Typical projects generally involve observations of neutron stars and/or X-ray binaries using observatories operating in the X-ray (my specialty), optical, infrared, ultraviolet, or radio regimes. Please email me to discuss this possibility; identifying the possibility of working in a particular professor's group in one's research statement generally helps graduate school applications. The initial deadline will be around Dec. 7, 2026, for Physics department applications, but we continue to review applications submitted until March (I would recommend getting applications in by Jan. 10th or so for astrophysics).
Occasionally the stellar astrophysics group may be able to fund postdoctoral researchers; typically we advertise this on the AAS Job Register. If interested, please contact myself or the other group members: Prof. Nassim Bozorgnia, Prof. Saeed Rastgoo, Prof. Rodrigo Fernandez, Prof. Natalia Ivanova, Prof. Sharon Morsink, Prof. Prof. Dmitri Pogosian, Prof. Erik Rosolowsky, or Prof. Gregory Sivakoff.