In celebration of Black History Month, the University of Waterloo is shining a light on some of the inspirational Black researchers among the institution’s community.
With funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Dr. David Hammond is leading a new five-year study to determine how often Canadian youth are vaping and how the ingredients in vapes might be affecting lung health. The study will provide data on vaping behaviour, products, and biomarkers of exposure and potential harm, to help understand the impacts of youth vaping.
$1.3 million in funding for Waterloo researchers will support international collaboration between Waterloo and United Kingdom-based researchers to advance quantum communications and quantum sensing.
Waterloo Climate Institute at the University of Waterloo received $1.2 million from Natural Resources Canada to support two transformative projects integrating climate change adaptation into professional degree programs and developing tools to build resilient supply chains.
Thirteen University of Waterloo researchers have received $16.2 million for 16 projects advancing quantum science and technology.
Twenty-two researchers at the University of Waterloo have been awarded more than $10 million to support their research from the Ontario Research Fund (ORF).
Waterloo has been designated by Research Infosource as Canada’s top research institution in the comprehensive category for 17 straight years.
Matthew Kennedy, a Professor in the Department of Pure Mathematics, has been awarded the 2025 Ciprian Foias Prize in Operator Theory by the American Mathematical Society (AMS).
More than 100 University of Waterloo researchers spanning all six Faculties have been recognized over the past year for their achievements by being honoured with a prestigious award. The President’s Reception for Excellence in Research celebrated these Waterloo researchers for their impressive accomplishments.
Waterloo graduate Kiyoumars Zarshenas (PhD ’23) has been named a winner of the Science Exposed 2024 Jury Prize sponsored by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) with a striking image captured with a scanning electron microscope.