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Meet The UofM
Extreme Astrophysics Group 

2026 Version

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Samar Safi-Harb

Principal Investigator

Professor, Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Extreme Astrophysics

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Nathan (Nate) Steinle

nathan.steinle AT umanitoba.ca

Researcher: Theoretical Astrophysics, Relativistic Astrophysics,  Gravitational Wave Astronomy, Multi-Messenger Modelling

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Cole Treyturik

treyturc AT myumanitoba.ca

Postdoc: Type Ia Supernova Remnants and their Progenitors (X-ray imaging and Spectroscopy)

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Lucas Da Conceição

daconcel AT myumanitoba.ca

PhD Candidate: Pulsar Wind Nebulae, IFU Spectroscopy, Gravitational Waves

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Brydyn Mac Intyre

macintyb AT myumanitoba.ca

PhD Candidate:  Microquasar W50/SS433, Accreting sources and their impact on the environment (using X-ray missions)​

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Austin MacMaster

macmasta AT myumanitoba.ca

PhD Candidate: Autonomous Modelling of X-ray Spectra, Robust Global Optimization Methods, X-ray sources

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Janette Suherli

suherlij AT myumanitoba.ca

PhD Candidate: Optical IFU Studies of Supernova Remnants (SNRs); the environments of Central Compact Objects in SNRs​

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Isabel Sander

sanderi AT myumanitoba.ca

PhD Student: Multi-wavelength PeVatron source investigations, Spectral Energy Distribution modelling 

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Lingxiao Dang

dangl AT myumanitoba.ca

Visiting PhD Student: High-Energy Astrophysics, specializing in X-ray studies of SNRs

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Neil Doerksen

umdoerk2 AT myumanitoba.ca

MSc Student and LSC fellow (Hanford): Gravitational Wave and Multi-Messenger Astrophysics; GW Instrumentation

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Tavlen Kainth

kaintht1 AT myumanitoba.ca

MSc Student: Continuous Gravitational Waves from Neutron Star Candidates in Supernova Remnants

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Steven Quill

quills AT myumanitoba.ca

Undergraduate Student:  Indigenous Astronomy Initiative, building pilot teachings and outreach resources grounded in Indigenous sky stories

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      SNR group--Summer 2026

Alumni:
(and collaborators): Gilles Ferrand,  Benson Guest, Jennifer West, Harsha Kumar (Blumer),  Adam Rogers, Chelsea Braun, 
Heather Matheson, Rebecca Danos,  Paul Edmon, Miranda Jackson, Ashish Asgekar, Alyssa Moldowan, Marjorie Gonzalez, Labani Mallick, and Arka Chatterjee.......

plus many enthusiastic high-school students and undergraduates including: Florent Thibault, Kelvin Au, Erica Franzmann, Yichen Zhan, Melissa Anderson, Alan Nguyen, Matthew Band, Ryan Wierckx, Skye Heiland, Becca Man, and Anish Madaan.


Visiting PhD students: Ping Zhou (Nanjing, China), Naomi Tsuji (Japan)

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For inquiries about job or training opportunities, please contact Prof. Safi-Harb using the Contact form.

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Dept of Physics & Astronomy

University of Manitoba

311 Allen Bldg.

Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2

Canada

samar.safi-harb AT umanitoba.ca

204 474-7104

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