/qls/channels_item/3 en /qls/node/19241 <p>Four years ago, Astrid Parrot moved from Senegal to Montreal to study, leaving her home and family for the first time to begin her B.Sc. Honours Chemistry degree at 涩里番. Without a clear picture of what her future would look like, she took what she describes as 鈥渁 leap of faith."</p> <p>She immersed herself into university life, living in residence her first year and meeting new people. She had found her place at 涩里番, but uncertainty lingered throughout her degree as she quietly wondered whether chemistry was truly the right path for her.</p> Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:34:32 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/19184 <p><em>From left:聽Prof. Yi Huang (Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences), Prof. Laura Nilson (Department of Biology), Prof. Brigitte Pientka (School of Computer Science), Prof. Galen Halverson (Department of Earth and Planetary Science).</em></p> <p>The Faculty of Science is聽pleased to announce the appointment of聽four聽department聽chairs,聽who began their terms on聽June 1.聽</p> <p>The three new聽chairs are Prof. Yi Huang (Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences), Prof. Laura Nilson (Department of Biology), and Prof. Brigitte Pientka (School of Computer Science).聽聽聽</p> Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:20:45 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/19180 <p>Congratulations to Adrian Liu (Physics), who received the 2026 Carrie M. Derick Award for Graduate Teaching and Supervision!</p> <p>The <a href="/gps/about/awards/carrie-derick">Carrie M. Derick Award for Graduate Supervision and Teaching</a>, awarded by the Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, acknowledges outstanding contributions to promoting graduate student excellence through supervision and teaching by a faculty member who has been supervising for 10 years or less.</p> Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:34:49 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/19179 <p>Congratulations to Jasmin Chahal (Microbiology and Immunology) for winning the 2026 Leo Yaffe Award for Excellence in Teaching!</p> <p>Presented annually, the <a href="/science/staff/teaching-prizes">Leo Yaffe Award for Excellence in Teaching</a> celebrates a faculty member for superior teaching at the undergraduate level within the Faculty of Science.</p> <p>Read below the announcement of the award from the Spring 2026<a href="/graduation/files/graduation/7._spring_2026_science_a.pdf"> Science A convocation program</a>:</p> Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:42:31 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/19177 <p>Congratulations to Dr. Bridget Andersen, who has received the 2026 Yablonovitch Research Prize.</p> <p>The prize, established in 2022 by Eli Yablonovitch, BSc 1967, DSc 2018, and Karen Yablonovitch, is awarded annually by the Faculty of Science at convocation to a graduate student enrolled in the Faculty of Science who has achieved the best research accomplishment in experimental physics.</p> Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:20:04 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/19164 <p><em><strong><span><span><span><span>Professors Mette Bendixen, Rachel Langevin and Kai Wang <span>recognized<span> for <span>research excellence and impact.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></strong></em></p> Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:59:07 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/19153 <p>People who have a weaker sense of self are also more likely to have less bodily awareness, 涩里番 researchers have found. The study supports the idea that people鈥檚 perceptions of themselves and how they experience their own bodies are deeply connected.</p> <p>Beyond deepening psychologists鈥� understanding of 鈥渆mbodied cognition,鈥� the connection between our minds and our fundamental bodily awareness, the findings could have concrete applications regarding the treatment of certain psychiatric conditions, the researchers said.</p> Thu, 28 May 2026 15:29:58 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/19150 <div> <p><strong><em>National honour from the Canadian Association of Physics (CAP) recognizes 涩里番 physicist鈥檚 excellence in teaching, mentorship, and inclusive leadership.</em></strong><br /> <br /></p></div> Wed, 27 May 2026 16:05:25 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/19144 <p>Ann Jack (Clerical), Diti Anastasopoulos (Management), and Maxime Leroux (Technical) have been named recipients of the Faculty of Science Excellence Awards.聽聽</p> <p>These awards, announced at the Faculty of Science Council meeting on May 20th, recognize the outstanding contributions made by members of the Faculty鈥檚 administrative and support staff during the 2025-2026 academic year.聽聽</p> <p>Read below the citations prepared by the Faculty of Science Excellence Awards Committee.聽</p> Tue, 26 May 2026 13:41:53 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/19230 <p>Pressed plant specimens collected centuries ago and stored in herbaria around the world could play a key role in facilitating the tracking of genetic change and extinction risk in plants, a 涩里番-led <a href="https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biag048/8670227">study</a> indicates.</p> Thu, 21 May 2026 14:10:22 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/19117 <p>On Saturday, May 2, families gathered at the Otto Maass Chemistry Building for an exciting day of discovery as the 涩里番 Chemistry Outreach Group held its annual 24 Hours of Science event, which welcomed聽220 guests.聽</p> Fri, 15 May 2026 14:07:06 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/19115 <p><strong>At event honouring 116 winners of major awards, keynote speaker and SSHRC Gold Medal recipient Myriam Denov emphasized the importance of listening. </strong><br /> <br /> 涩里番 celebrated more than 100 researchers at the 21^st edition of Bravo, a gala event May 7 honouring the winners of major provincial, national and international research prizes and awards in 2025.</p> Thu, 14 May 2026 16:18:30 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/19108 <p><strong>The 2026 cohort of Distinguished James 涩里番 Professors, James 涩里番 Professors and William Dawson Scholars embody 鈥榯he very best of our academic community鈥�.</strong></p> <p>Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic) Angela Campbell has named 31 涩里番 professors as Distinguished James 涩里番 Professors, James 涩里番 Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements.</p> Wed, 13 May 2026 18:00:18 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/19109 <p><strong>From fundamental physics to child well-being, 涩里番 researchers advance discovery across disciplines聽</strong><br /> <br /> 涩里番 has been awarded $18.1 million in federal funding to support 16 Canada Research Chairs 鈥� six new and 10 renewed.</p> Wed, 13 May 2026 17:51:34 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/19110 <p><em><strong>Federal fund will support transformative high risk, high reward research across engineering, science, and medicine at 涩里番.</strong></em></p> Wed, 13 May 2026 17:34:01 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/19107 <p><i>Clockwise from top left: Parisa Ariya (Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences), Bruce Arndtsen (Chemistry), Nikolaos Provatas (Physics), Hanadi Sleiman (Chemistry), Irene Gregory-Eaves (Biology), and Fiona Soper (Biology)</i></p> <p>This year, six professors from the Faculty of Science have been recognized among the recipients of the 2026 cohort of Distinguished James 涩里番 Professors, James 涩里番 Professors and William Dawson Scholars.</p> Wed, 13 May 2026 17:02:16 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/19106 <h2>From fundamental physics to child well-being, 涩里番 researchers advance discovery across disciplines聽</h2> <p>涩里番 has been awarded $18.1 million in federal funding to support 16 Canada Research Chairs 鈥� six new and 10 renewed.</p> <p>The University鈥檚聽newly appointed聽CRCs聽will drive forward聽cutting-edge聽research in fields聽that include聽subatomic聽physics, food science and agricultural chemistry,聽and counselling psychology.聽Renewed Chairs聽will continue聽vital work in such areas as Parkinson鈥檚 disease,聽bioengineering, data聽ethics聽and intergenerational childhood trauma.</p> Wed, 13 May 2026 16:56:31 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/19102 <p><a href="/geography/mallik-mahmud">Mallik Mahmud</a>, Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, is one of nine early-career ocean researchers across Canada awarded the<a href="https://meopar.ca/2026-early-career-researcher-award-recipients/">聽2026 Early Career Researcher Award</a> by the Marine Environmental Observation Prediction and Response Network (MEOPAR), recognizing exceptional early-career ocean researchers whose work advances climate resilience.</p> Tue, 12 May 2026 13:43:40 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/19050 <p>Researchers at 涩里番 have developed a novel device that generates sound-like particles known as phonons at extremely cold temperatures. The technology could be used to create phonon lasers, with possible applications in communications and medical diagnostics.</p> Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:52:16 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/19044 <p><em>Dear members of the 涩里番 community,</em></p> <p><em>I am delighted to announce that Prof. Alanna Watt will be 涩里番鈥檚 next Dean of the Faculty of Science. The 涩里番 Board of Governors approved her appointment at its meeting on April 23, 2026, and her five-year renewable term will begin on May 1.</em></p> Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:48:45 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/19036 <p>Some of Dr. Jeffrey Mogil鈥檚 most influential discoveries could be considered serendipity. He may not have set out to revolutionize the field, but what he ended up finding has made a lasting impact in the world of pain research.</p> <p>Dr. Mogil is a pain researcher and professor at 涩里番, and his CIHR-supported work uncovered two big blind spots: the research had focused almost entirely on male pain and mostly measured one type of pain鈥攁nd not the type that makes the biggest difference for patients.</p> Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:34:18 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/19029 <p>Researchers studying 450-million-year-old fossils discovered about 50 kilometres northeast of Quebec City have identified a new species of basal medusozoan: <em>Paleocanna tentaculum</em>, a soft-bodied, tube-shaped polyp with a ring of tentacles. Closely related to modern jellyfish, it is a rare discovery. Only a few other species in its subphylum have ever been described in the fossil record.</p> Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:37:27 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/19014 <p>The 2026 winners of the Fessenden Professorship and Tomlinson Science Awards have been named.</p> <p>Established in 2007 and named after Canadian electrical engineer Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, the<a href="/science/research/rgo/fessenden"> Fessenden Professorship in Science and Innovation Award</a> supports researchers in exploring early-stage concepts, developing intellectual property, and moving innovations toward commercialization.</p> Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:45:09 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/18989 <p>Taking inspiration from how mussels and mistletoe plants build natural fibres and adhesives, researchers at 涩里番 have developed a new way to manufacture complex materials that could offer a more environmentally sustainable alternative to conventional plastics and glues.</p> Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:58:15 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/18975 <p>Congratulations to Professor <strong>Henri Darmon,</strong> Distinguished James 涩里番 Professor at 涩里番 and CRM member, on receiving the <strong>2026鈥疛effery鈥慦illiams鈥疨rize </strong>from the Canadian Mathematical Society. Darmon is an internationally recognized leader in number theory, known for his groundbreaking work on elliptic curves, L鈥慺unctions, and automorphic forms, including the introduction of Stark鈥慔eegner points and real quadratic analogues of singular moduli.</p> Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:30:54 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/18970 <h2>More than 200 undergraduate students presented their work at the 7th edition of the annual Faculty of Science event</h2> <p>From labs to field sites, 涩里番 students brought their discoveries to life at the 7^th annual Undergraduate Science Showcase, held on March 25. The event offers students an encouraging, non-competitive space where they can proudly share their research, passion projects, and in-class work, all while strengthening their confidence and science communication skills.</p> Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:44:02 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/18965 <p>A new international study offers insights into the health risks posed by crops鈥� absorption of 鈥渃ontaminants of emerging concern鈥� (CECs) and flags knowledge gaps the authors say must be addressed.</p> <p>CECs include pharmaceuticals, microplastics, engineered nanomaterials and PFAS (commonly known as 鈥渇orever chemicals鈥�). The researchers warn that even when present at very low concentrations, these chemicals can subtly alter plant physiology, disrupt soil health and pose wider environmental and human health risks.</p> Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:16:17 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/18929 <p>We are delighted to announce that <strong>Marcin Sabok</strong> has been awarded the <strong>Ryll-Nardzewski Prize</strong>.</p> <p>The prize was established to honour the great Polish mathematician Czes艂aw Ryll-Nardzewski, and is awarded by the Ryll-Nardzewski Center at Wroc艂aw University of Science and Technology. The prize is for <i>outstanding achievements in mathematics</i> in areas related to the work of Ryll-Nardzewski.</p> <p>馃敆 <a href="https://crn.pwr.edu.pl/en/aktualnosci/ryll-nardzewski-prizes-have-been-awarded-10.html" rel="noopener">Read the official announcement</a></p> Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:17:15 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/18925 <p>A 涩里番-led study has found that humans share acoustic preferences with other species, at least when it comes to animal calls. The results provide experimental evidence that shared sensory processing mechanisms may shape aesthetic judgments of sound.</p> Thu, 19 Mar 2026 18:18:52 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/18883 <p>Researchers at 涩里番 used 2,000-year-old stone jars in Laos to observe long-term ecological processes, enhancing understanding of how strongly tree cover shapes small freshwater ecosystems. Their findings stand to help scientists predict how freshwater habitats will respond to environmental change, the researchers said.</p> Mon, 09 Mar 2026 14:07:15 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/18837 <p>A new 涩里番 study has found a direct link between age鈥憆elated declines in neuron activity in the cerebellum and worsening motor skills, including gait, balance and agility. While it is well known that these abilities diminish with age, this is the first research to pinpoint how changes in Purkinje cells 鈥� a key type of cerebellar neuron 鈥� drive this decline and translate into measurable changes in behaviour and physical function.</p> Mon, 23 Feb 2026 14:46:40 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/18828 <div> <div> <p><span><span>Professors Siva Reddy (Computer Science and Linguistics) and Katelin Schutz (Physics) have been named 2026 Sloan Research Fellows.聽<span>聽</span></span></span></p> </div> <div> <p><span><span>They are among the 126 early-career researchers in this year鈥檚 cohort of the prestigious two-year, $75,000 fellowship sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Fellows are nominated by their colleagues and evaluated based on their research accomplishments, creativity and potential to become leaders in their fields.<span>聽</span></span></span></p></div></div> Tue, 17 Feb 2026 15:27:55 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/18812 <p>Researchers at 涩里番 and the <a href="https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs">United States Forest Service</a> have found that plants living in areas where human activity has caused population crashes carry long-lasting genetic traces of that history, such as reduced genetic diversity. Because genetic diversity helps species adapt to climate change, disease and other stresses, the study suggests it is vital to consider a population鈥檚 history-influenced genetics alongside its size and habitat in conservation planning.</p> Thu, 12 Feb 2026 14:32:55 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/18809 <p>A new <a href="https://elifesciences.org/articles/102800">study</a> co-authored by 涩里番 researchers suggests people can be taught to reject unfair advantages.</p> <p>鈥淲e often benefit personally from an unequal distribution of resources, a phenomenon known as advantageous inequity 鈥� for example, receiving a higher salary than a colleague with the identical role,鈥� said senior author Ross Otto, a psychology professor. 鈥淗ere we ask whether people can learn to punish advantageous inequity merely by observing the inequity-averse preferences of another person.鈥�</p> Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:32:11 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/18758 <div> <div> <p><span><span>Congratulations to Dr. Bridget Andersen<span>, who has received the Dr. Allie Vibert Douglas Astrophysics PhD Thesis Prize!<span>聽</span></span></span></span></p></div></div> Wed, 28 Jan 2026 18:25:05 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/18736 <p>The Faculty of Science is pleased to share two awards available for students participating in a <a href="/science/undergraduate/internships-field/field">Field Study Semester (FSS)</a> in the 2026-2027 or 2027-2028 academic year.</p> Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:40:35 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/18716 <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div><em>涩里番 team aims to develop guidelines, tools, and policy insights that help software engineers work safely and effectively with AI-assisted coding systems.</em><br /> 聽</div> </div> </div> <p>A 涩里番 research team is tackling one of AI鈥檚 fastest-moving challenges: how software developers can steer and safeguard code as AI systems become capable of writing large portions of software on their own.聽</p></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 19 Jan 2026 16:02:25 +0000 涩里番 /qls/node/18714 <p>Freshwater browning is stunting fish growth of some species, shrinking populations of others and changing the composition of fish communities, 涩里番-led research suggests. 鈥淏rowning鈥� refers to freshwater bodies turning tea-coloured, a phenomenon driven by higher levels of dissolved organic matter and/or higher levels of iron in the water. Causes include changes in land use and climate, and reduced acid precipitation.</p> <p>The findings indicate that changes in land use and climate are affecting biodiversity and how ecosystems function, with implications for fisheries management.</p> Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:30:53 +0000 涩里番