Linda Nazar, professor in the Department of Chemistry and Canada Research Chair in Solid State Energy Materials, has been awarded a prestigious Royal Society U.K. Hughes Medal. The highly coveted medal is awarded to an outstanding researcher in the field of energy.
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.
From working for a clean energy incubator in Uganda to analyzing sales data in Munich, and monitoring biodiversity in Germany’s Black Forest, Samantha Kremer's co-op experiences have been nothing short of extraordinary.
The Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) has announced that the 2024 Boris P. Stoicheff Memorial Graduate Scholarship is awarded to Everett Patterson, University of Waterloo, in recognition of creative insights into the application of relativistic quantum information to determine the temperature of black holes.
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.
A group of Science students embarked on an enriching educational journey across Italy, earning a field course credit along the way! Their travels led them to breathtaking beaches, the historic streets of Rome, the enchanting canals of Venice, the ancient ruins of Pompeii, and the Isle of Capri. Read more about their adventure!
Kevin Shen (BCS ’24) and Rikard Saqe’s idea to apply computational modelling to understand how fish cells grow and transform, has earned them more than $700,000 in grants from the Good Food Institute (GFI), Mitacs and New Harvest to scale their research efforts.
Daniel Dudziak and Olivia Clay explored lush rainforests and sandy beaches, zipped through the treetops, and trekked the trails around a volcano while studying emerging issues in ecology, hydrology, and geology. Learn more about their adventure as part of a Global Skills Opportunity!
Nithin Aaron is a theorist at heart, currently studying quantum computing as a Master of Science in Physics (Quantum Information) student at the University of Waterloo. Aaron knew he excelled at math, physics, and chemistry, and particularly enjoyed physics, but it wasn’t until he took an introductory quantum mechanics course in his second year that he discovered quantum computing and was instantly fascinated. This realization led him to focus most of his upper-year electives on math and physics courses and to eventually pursue his education further in graduate school.
Toronto was buzzing as the University of Waterloo’s Science and Business Program made a big splash at the 2024 Collision Conference, held from June 24-27. Collision, one of North America’s premier tech gatherings, brought together the best and brightest in tech, startups, and innovation.