Location: PHY 355
Phone: 519-888-4567 x42219
Biography
Dr. Thompson works with self-consistent field theory and density functional theory.
Research Interests
- Self-assembled nanostructures
- Nanocomposite materials
- Theory of block copolymers
- Self-consistent field theory
- Polymer surface tension
- Biomaterials and Polymers
- Quantum Science
- Nanomaterials
- Density functional theory
Education
- 1998, Doctorate Theoretical Physics and Applied Mathematics, University of Western Ontario, Canada
- 1994, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Honours Physics, University of Ottawa, Canada
- 1994, Master of Science Physics, University of Regina, Canada
Affiliations and Volunteer Work
- Cross appointed faculty, Chemical Engineering
- Member, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology
Teaching*
- NE 216 - Advanced Calculus and Numerical Methods 1
- Taught in 2019, 2020, 2021
- NE 217 - Advanced Calculus and Numerical Methods 2
- Taught in 2019, 2020, 2021
- PHYS 234 - Quantum Physics 1
- PHYS 239 - Computational Physics 2
- PHYS 364 - Mathematical Physics 1
* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.
Selected/Recent Publications
- "An alternative derivation of orbital-free density functional theory" R. B. Thompson, Journal of Chemical Physics 150, 204109 (2019)
- Please see Dr. Thompson's research website for a complete list of his publications.
