Congratulations to Professor Zoya Leonenko from the department of physics and astronomy for her appointment as University Research Chair!
The University of Waterloo recognizes the exceptional achievement and pre-eminence of faculty members and professors in their particular field of knowledge with the designation 'University Research Chair'. Faculty members with this title receive either an annual stipend of $10,000 or a teaching reduction of one course per year, in order to pursue their research goals.
Zoya joins Science faculty members Nandita Basu, Jeff Chen, Andrew Doxy, Juewen Liu, Qing-Bin Lu, Colleen Maxwell, Brian McNamara, Josh Neufeld, Carol Ptacek, and Heidi Swanson as current University Research Chairs.
Zoya Leonenko leads a nanoscale biophysics research group which uses advanced scanning probe microscopy methods to study biophysics of lipids and lipid-protein interactions, interactions of nanoparticles with lipid membrane and monolayers, and to develop novel application of lipid films in biomedical nanotechnology and biosensing.