Professor
Condensed Matter / Experiment
Office Location
Department of Physics & Astronomy
Hennings 407
6224 Agricultural Rd., Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1
Lab Location
TRIUMF
4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3
Tel (lab): (604) 222-7511
Phone: (604) 822-3037
E-mail: kiefl@triumf.ca
Education
Bachelors Degree Carleton University (1976)
Masters Degree University of British Columbia (1978)
Doctoral Degree University of British Columbia (1982)
Employment History
1982 TRIUMF Research Associate, University of British Columbia
1982 – 1984 NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Zurich
1984 – 1987 TRIUMF Research Scientist, University of British Columbia
1987 – 1990 Research Fellow, University of British Columbia
1990 – 1992 Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
1992 – 1995 Associate Professor, University of British Columbia
1995 – Present Professor
Awards & Honours
1990Fellow in the Canadian Institute of Advanced Res. Superconductivity Program
1992Awarded the Herzberg Medal by the Canadian Association of Physicists
1993UBC Killam Research Prize
1993UBC McDowell Medal
2004Fellow of the American Physical Society
2017Yamazaki Prize, International Society for µSR Spectroscopy (ISMS)
Committees & Service
1986 - 1993 Member of TRIUMF experimental evaluation Committee
1991 - 1992 Organizing the Condensed Matter Seminar
1994 Alternate member of TRIUMF operations Committee
1994 - 1996 Committee for Initial Appointments
1995 - 1997 UBC representative on TRIUMF Operations Committee
1999 Search Committee for new director of TRIUMF
2000 - 2003 NSERC Grant Selection Committee
2001 - 2002 Promotion and Tenure Committee
2001 - 2004 Chair Committee for Initial Appointments
2003 Chair of NSERC Grant Selection Committee
2004 - 2006 Undergraduate Advisor/Chair
2007 - 2009 Chair of the Japanese RIKEN lab Experimental Evaluation Committee for Materials Science
2008 - Present Chair of the Curriculum Committee
2008 - Present Faculty of Science Curriculum Committee
2009 - Present UBC representative on TRIUMF PPAC Committee
2010 Search Committee for New TRIUMF Science Director