Education
University of Saskatchewan (UofS)
- Bachelor of Engineering Physics and 3yr Computer Science Dual Degree. Sept 2019 - Dec 2024
- Master of Physics. Jan 2025 - Present
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
- Exchange Student: August 2023 – June 2024
Research Publications
- The importance of lone pairs to structure and bonding of the novel germanium nitridophosphate GeP2N4. T. de Boer, C. Somers, T. Boyko, S. J. Ambach, L. Eisenburger, W. Schnick, A. Moewes. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1039/D3TA00436H
- Structural Influence of Lone Pairs in GeP2N4, a Germanium(II) Nitridophosphate. S. J. Ambach, C. Somers, T. de Boer, L. Eisenburger, A. Moewes, W. Schnick, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, e202215393; Angew. Chem. 2022, e202215393. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202215393
Academic Awards
- NSERC – CREATE to INSPIRE Fellowship 2025 – present
- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics Scholarship 2025 – present
- Saskatchewan Innovation Opportunity Scholarship 2025
- NSERC USRA 2022 – 2023
- Morrel Bachynski Memorial Award in Engineering Physics 2020 – 2023
- Chancellors’ Scholarship 2019 – 2023
- James F. Memorial Scholarship 2020 – 2021
Research Projects
- Studying high entropy spinel oxides (HESO) using X-ray absorption and emission spectroscopy collected from the Canadian Light Source as well as Density Functional Theory calculations with WIEN2k.
- Automating WIEN2k to allow it to run with minimal inputs from a jupyter notebook with the goal of allowing more users to easily use the program. Github: https://github.com/Cody-Somers
About Me
Minttu and hiking enthusiast :)