A professor at Waterloo Engineering is one step closer to her dream of establishing a world-leading carbon nanotechnology centre after winning a prestigious award for highly promising researchers.
Chemical engineering professor Aiping Yu is one of six nation-wide recipients of 2020 E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowships announced today by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
Winners receive $250,000 in research grants over two years and, via payments of up to $90,000 a year to their universities, are freed from teaching and administrative duties so they can concentrate on research full-time.
“As a female researcher, it is difficult to balance family life and career development,” Yu said. “I appreciate this award because it gives me two years of teaching relief so I can really take off and fly.”
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