Congratulations to Maddi Donohoe on place fourth in the GRADflix video competition.
The Externship and Career Experiential Learning (ExCEL) initiative was launched this term with a series of externships, bringing students on tours of science-focused companies in the community.
Awarded $250,000 from the Cancer Digital Intelligence’s Grand Challenge, Hopkins aims to improve treatment options for brain and spine cancers.
In the ten short years since graduating from the University of Waterloo, Dr. Cicely Shillingford, BSc ’15 (Biochemistry), has successfully merged her passion for pursuing personally relevant science with her commitment to advocating for equity and inclusion.
A well-rounded education goes beyond just textbooks and lectures, it’s about finding yourself in the unexpected. For Charlotte Doyle, a third-year Medicinal Chemistry student at the University of Waterloo, that journey took her from the lab to the vineyards of Dijon, France, to learn about the chemistry of wine making.
Congratulations to Dr. Germán Sciaini and Dr. Tonya DelSontro who have received funding through the Ontario Research Fund-Research Infrastructure (ORF-RI).
Linda Nazar and Chang Li have made a key breakthrough in developing next-generation batteries that use magnesium instead of lithium.
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. Juewen Liu is a newly named Tier 1 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Biosensors and Bionanotechnology. He and his team are developing DNA-based biosensors for detecting things like heavy metal ions in environmental water and lactate in blood.
Roy’s Tier 1 Canada Research Chair has just been renewed, and he’s looking forward to digging deeper into his team’s most recent discoveries, keeping Waterloo at the top of the quantum field.