Remarkable students
Already on their way to becoming great scientists, our students have found ways of applying their knowledge to hands-on experiences.
Undergraduate
Chemistry and Biomolecular Sc.
Chemistry and Biomolecular Sc.
The Secret Life of Proteins: Identifying the First Substrates of the Protease C鈥
Taylor Lanosky 鈥 an undergraduate student supervised by Professor Christopher Boddy 鈥 is investigating a particular protease known as ClpYQ.
Biology
Biology
Into the Budding Field of Cannabis Research
Since its legalization in Canada, cannabis has quickly become a popular plant in the research world. Latifa Coulibaly and Allaa Halabi 鈥 both undergra鈥
Mathematics and statistics
Mathematics and statistics
Honours project sparks passion for Mathematics
Katarina Spasojevic joined the research group of Professor Monica Nevins to complete an honours project using an unusual number system called the p-ad鈥
Master's
Earth and Environment
Earth and Environment
Exploring Carbon Storage in Baffin Bay Deep Water
Baffin Bay has been the primary target of numerous studies conducted by oceanographers and environmental scientists, including Sara Zeidan, a MSc grad鈥
Mathematics and statistics
Mathematics and statistics
Graph it up! Making abstract algebra less 鈥渁bstract鈥
Math may not be everyone鈥檚 cup of tea, but to Saima Samchuck-Schnarch 鈥 an MSc graduate under the supervision of Professor Alistair Savage 鈥 it is his鈥
Biology
Biology
Conquering space travel and stage fright
Master鈥檚 student Tatiana Kozbenko, who is passionate about exploring the progression of health problems seen in space travelers, participated in a mul鈥
Doctorate
Biology
Biology
Tracking the migration of butterfly wings
Megan Reich, a PhD candidate supervised by Professor Cl茅ment Bataille, used strontium isotope (87Sr/86Sr) ratio analysis to study monarch butterflies鈥欌
Chemistry and Biomolecular Sc.
Chemistry and Biomolecular Sc.
Unveiling the culture of the mysterious Shigella bacteria
Navoun Silu茅, a PhD candidate working with Professor Fran莽ois-Xavier Campbell-Valois, spent most of his doctoral studies unravelling and characterizin鈥
Earth and Environment
Earth and Environment
Revealing Earth鈥檚 Deepest Secrets with the Power of Geology!
Renelle Dubosq, a recent PhD graduate who worked with Professor David Schneider, utilized field work and state-of-the-art high spatial resolution micr鈥
Biology
Biology
When in Doubt, Stay Out! Investigating Harmful Algal Blooms
Have you ever been to a lake where you were warned not to swim? Was the water green and slimy, and did it have an unpleasant smell? If so, the water w鈥
Biology
Biology
Understanding animals and making science more accessible
Why does my dog chase squirrels? Is my cat scared of the vacuum cleaner? You鈥檝e likely looked at your pet and wondered what it was thinking. Scientist鈥
Chemistry and Biomolecular Sc.
Chemistry and Biomolecular Sc.
Catalysis for a Brighter Industry and a Greener Future
Catalysts play an integral role in the modern manufacturing industry. They are used in numerous processes, such as plastic production, ammonia synthes鈥
Multidisciplinary
Multidisciplinary
Cryptographic Security and Averting the Quantum Apocalypse
Felix Hufnagel and Rabib Islam, graduate students in the Departments of Physics and Mathematics & Statistics, respectively, are both striving to comba鈥
Postdoctoral fellow
Physics
Physics
Innovation in nanofabrication 鈥 a launchpad towards employment in the high-tech鈥
During his time as a postdoctoral fellow in Professor Jean-Michel M茅nard鈥檚 lab, Mohammad Bashirpour developed a novel nanofabrication technique to pat鈥
Biology
Biology
Larger than the Milky Way: Exploring Hidden Functions of the Nervous System
Alex Lalibert茅, a Postdoctoral Fellow supervised by Professor Tuan Bui, studies the nervous system by breaking it down into more digestible population鈥
