Work Address
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive N.W.
Calgary, Alberta
T2N 1N4
ph. (403) 220-7192 FAX (403) 289-3331
Professional Experience
- Professor, Dept. of Physics, University of Calgary (July 1993 to present)
- Associate Professor (July 1990 to June 1993)
- Assistant Professor (July 1988 to June 1990)
- Assistant Professor (N.S.E.R.C. University Research
Fellow) (July 1983 to June 1988)
- Postdoctoral Fellow (May. 1983 to June 1983)
- Sessional Instructor (Sept. 1982 to April 1983)
- N.A.S./N.R.C Research Associate at Marshall Space
Flight Center in X-Ray Astronomy (Oct. 1980 to Aug. 1982)
Research Interests
- X-ray Astronomy, X-ray Binaries, Supernova Remnants
- High Energy Astrophysics
Education
- Ph.D. 1976-1980, University of British Columbia, Department of Physics
Thesis "Topics in Black Hole Evaporation"
- M.Sc. 1975-1976, University of British Columbia, Department of Physics
Thesis "A Steady State Self-Consistent Model for Pulsar Magnetospheres"
- B.Sc. 1970-1975, University of Waterloo, Dept. of Physics: Honours
Cooperative Applied Physics (alternate 4 month study and work terms).
Professional and Academic Societies:
- Canadian Astronomical Society
- American Astronomical Society
- International Astronomical Union
- Sigma Xi

Denis Leahy (leahy@iras.ucalgary.ca)