The Department of Physics and Astronomy is saying goodbye to two long-serving faculty members. Robert Mann and Guenter Scholz retire January 1. Both have been with the department for more than 37 years. To mark the occasion, Robb and Guenter reflect on their careers and time at Waterloo.
It has been an exciting year in Chemistry, with the department welcoming several new faces to its dynamic team. As we close the year, we are also saying goodbye to some beloved colleagues who are taking on their next challenge: retirement!
Dr. Travis Craddock aims to find new insights into our scientific understanding and potential treatments of Neuroinflammatory diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. During the latest installment of Science’s New Faculty Lecture Series, Craddock shared his research goals with alumni, students, faculty, and members of the Waterloo community.
Along with collaborators from the University of Guelph, Dr. Dale Martin, biology professor, was awarded $150,000 from the Navigator Research funding program from the Huntington Society of Canada (HSC) for their research project DLK as a novel therapeutic target to treat Huntington Disease.
Dr. Abiola Olaitan, who joined the Faculty of Science as a biology professor in 2023, has received $150,000 from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund (CFI-JELF). This funding will aid in Olaitan’s work to develop a high-throughput genome-wide screening system to study stress defence mechanisms in Clostridioides difficile, also known as C. difficile.
The Biology department is pleased to introduce two new faculty members, Michael Bording-Jorgensen and Travis Craddock. With their expertise in health and diagnostics, both Bording-Jorgensen and Craddock are helping to build on our leadership and expertise as we work toward the future of healthcare. Take a moment to say hello if you see them on campus this fall.
Dr. Dale Martin is a recipient of Brain Canada’s 2023 Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research program, which supports emerging brain researchers working to develop cures for anything from depression to Alzheimer’s disease to brain injury.
The Faculty of Science would like to congratulate Will Percival on his election to co-spokesperson for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI).
Congratulations to Natoya Peart on her first anniversary as a Biology Faculty member in the Faculty of Science! Peart is an RNA and molecular biologist conducting research in the Department of Biology. Join us as she reflects on her first year at university and looks ahead to what’s to come.
The Faculty of Science is proud to announce the award of a Learning Innovation and Teaching Enhancement (LITE) Grant to Dr. Vivian Dayeh (Biology), Dr. Brenda Lee (Physics), and Savannah Sloat, Manager, Science Indigenous Initiatives. This grant will support their innovative project aimed at supporting STEM education through the implementation of Indigenous Learning Circles as a pedagogical approach to learning in large-scale STEM classes.