PHAS Profile Jo-Anne Brown

Jo-Anne Brown

Positions

Professor

Faculty of Science, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Associate Head - Graduate

Faculty of Science, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Instructor

Faculty of Science, Natural Sciences Program

Contact information

Email

jocat@ucalgary.ca

Phone number

Office: +1 (403) 220-8014

Location

Office: SB527

Background

Educational Background

PhD Radio Astronomy, University of Calgary, 2002

MSc Optical Communications, Queen's University, 1993

BSc (Hons) Physics, University of Alberta, 1991

Research

Areas of Research

Galactic Magnetism, Radio Astronomy

Courses

Course number Course title Semester
PHYS 691.12 Grad Seminar MSc Students I Winter
PHYS 691.14 Graduate Seminar for MSc Students II Winter
PHYS 691.22 Graduate Seminar for PhD Students I Winter
PHYS 691.24 Graduate Seminar for PhD Students II Winter

Awards

  • Students' Union Teaching Excellence Award, Students' Union, University of Calgary. 2018
  • Students' Union Teaching Excellence Award, Students' Union, University of Calgary. 2019
  • Students' Union Teaching Excellence Award, Students' Union, University of Calgary. 2016
  • Engineering Students Society 1st and 2nd Year Teaching Excellence Award (Block 4), 2014
  • Faculty of Science Award of Excellence in Teaching, 2013
  • Students' Union Teaching Excellence Award (Honorable Mention), 2013
  • *NOMINATED* for a Students' Union Teaching Excellence Award, 2011

Publications

  • The Line-of-Sight Magnetic Field Structure in Molecular Clouds. Mehrnoosh Tahani; Jo-Anne Brown; Rene Plume. XXX IAU General Assembly. (2018)
  • Development of a Female LeadershipProgram for Graduate Students in Engineering and Science. Alexander Miekleham; Laleh Behjat; Jo-Anne Brown; Karen Canon Rubio; Leanne Dawson; Qiao Sun. Gender Summit 11 North America. (2017)