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Today, the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport, announced more than $39 million for state-of-the-art research labs and equipment through the John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF). This investment will support 251 researchers leading 186 projects at 43 universities across Canada, including three Waterloo chemists.

University Professor and WIN member Linda Nazar, from the Department of Chemistry, has been awarded the Chemical Institute of Canada's (CIC) highest honour - the 2019 CIC Medal for her outstanding contribution to the science of chemistry in Canada.

Professor Pavle Radovanovic, a member of WIN, has been named the winner of the 2019 Keith Laidler Award for his outstanding early-career contributions to physical chemistry in Canada.

Waterloo chemistry Professor and WIN member Linda Nazar, postdoctoral fellow Chun Xia and PhD student Chun Yuen Kwok were named a finalist in the Energy (individual) category of the 2018 World Technology Awards. Annual award winners and finalists become Fellows of the World Technology Network.

Ryan Moreira and Jacob Soley, two doctoral students with Chemistry professor and WIN member Scott Taylor, were awarded the 2018 Dr. J. Leopold Koppel Graduate Scholarship for scholastic excellence in biochemistry and/or molecular biology.

Researchers at Waterloo Engineering have created a powder that could be used to reduce greenhouse gases at factories and power plants that burn fossil fuels.

The advanced carbon powder, developed using a novel process in the lab of chemical engineering professor and WIN member Zhongwei Chen, could filter and remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from emissions with almost twice the efficiency of conventional materials. 

A startup company co-founded by Waterloo Engineering professor and WIN member Michael Pope recently won $25,000 in seed funding in a pitch competition meant to encourage Canadian innovation.

Evercloak, a cleantech startup that specializes in manufacturing ultra-thin graphene and other 2D nanomaterial films, took first place in the environment and electrification development category of the Ontario Power Generation Ignite contest.

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is making it possible to discover new drugs faster, cheaper and more efficiently.

WIN member Shirley Tang recently received the Outstanding Mid-Career Award in Nanoscience from Nano Ontario for her contributions to the field of nanotechnology.

Tang was given the honour for her leadership in the field. She has an h-index of 19 and her 39 peer-reviewed research papers have been published in prestigious journals such as Nature Nanotechnology and Nature Biotechnology - which have received more than 3600 citations.

There are many researchers searching for new and clean sources of energy. However, few are conducting research at the intersection of nanotechnology and quantum phenomenon. Professor Dayan Ban, from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is conducting seminal research in the area of quantum photonics and nanoelectronics.