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Directory — Physics

Maria Kilfoil

Associate Professor | Physics

902-620-5291

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Derek Lawther

Associate Professor | Physics

902-566-0338

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Sheldon B Opps

Professor | Physics

902-566-0421

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James Polson

Professor | Physics

902-566-0335

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William Mark Whelan

Professor | Physics

902-566-0419

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William Scott

Sessional Instructor | Physics

Saniya Abdul Nasir Shaikh

Member of Technical Staff | Physics

Lisa Dawn Steele

Lab Technician | Physics

902-566-0745

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