Monday, March 12, 2018
Eleven University of Waterloo researchers have received Early Researcher Awards worth over $2 million.
The announcement is part of a larger investment by the Government of Ontario aimed at supporting research and innovative discoveries across Ontario. Each researcher will receive $140,000 over five years as well as an additional $50,000 from the University. They are:
Applied Health Sciences
- Sharon Kirkpatrick (School of Public Health and Health Systems): Enhancing our capacity to inform strategies to support healthy eating
- Laura Middleton (Kinesiology): Creating exercise opportunities for people with/at-risk for dementia
Engineering
- Wojciech Golab (Electrical and Computer Engineering): Software techniques for emerging memory technologies
- Ning Jiang (System Design Engineering): Brain-computer interfacing: Where artificial intelligence meets human intelligence
- Youngki Yoon (Electrical and Computer Engineering): Flexible photo sensors based on 2D nanomaterials for internet of things and wearable electronic applications
Mathematics
- Jun Liu (Applied Math): Robust synthesis of cyber-physical systems: bridging the gaps between control theory and formal methods
- Peter Nelson (Combinatorics and Optimization): Emergent structure in matroid theory
Science
- Rebecca Rooney (Biology): Pesticides and invasive species restoration
- Heidi Swanson (Biology): Understanding ecology, life history, and mercury levels in fish
- Wei Tsen (Chemistry): Engineering quantum devices with two-dimensional materials and heterostructures
- William Wong (Pharmacy): Developing policy methods for viral hepatitis: integrating best evidence of effectiveness, safety, cost, and patient preferences