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Competition Results for the Discovery Accelerator Supplements Program 2018
NSERC is pleased to announce the 2018 competition results for the Discovery Accelerator Supplements Program (DAS).
The DAS Program aims to provide substantial and timely additional resources to accelerate progress and maximize the impact of outstanding research programs. In 2018, NSERC awarded $15 million to 125 applications in the DAS competition. These supplements are valued at $120,000 over three years.
The winners are listed below:
| Researcher | Research title | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| Holt, Jason | Nuclear theory for fundamental symmetries | TRIUMF |
| Galea, Liisa | Hormones and Learning and Memory | The University of British Columbia |
| Scott, Graham | Evolved mechanisms of hypoxia resistance in high-altitude natives | McMaster University |
| Hawke, Thomas | Unravelling the Impact of Adipokines on Muscle Satellite Cell Regulation | McMaster University |
| Moorhead, Gregory | Dissecting the function of Arabidopsis chloroplast, mitochondrial and cytosolic bacterial-like protein phosphatases | University of Calgary |
| Spering, Miriam | Human eye movements as a model of visual prediction | The University of British Columbia |
| Danckert, James | Behavioural, psychophysical, genetic and neuroimaging investigations of boredom. | University of Waterloo |
| Castelhano, Monica | Scene Structure and Surfaces: Viewing strategies effects on attention, learning, and memory | Queen's University |
| Donini, Andrew | Ion, water and ammonia regulation in aquatic insects | York University |
| Gribble, Paul | Somatosensory Basis of Human Motor Learning | The University of Western Ontario |
| Holmes, Melissa | Neuroendocrine regulation of individual differences in social phenotype | University of Toronto |
| Winters, Boyer | Neural mechanisms underlying memory destabilization and modification | University of Guelph |
| Boire, Denis | Linking cortical circuits to subcortical output structure | Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières |
| Cutter, Asher | Sperm, speciation and gene drives in evolution | University of Toronto |
| Baum, Julia | Illuminating Mechanisms of Resilience to Climate Change in Marine Ecosystems | University of Victoria |
| O'Connor, Mary | Developing a Metabolic Scaling and Biodiversity Framework to estimate Ecosystem Adaptive Capacity | The University of British Columbia |
| Maherali, Hafiz | Ecology and evolution of the mycorrhizal mutualism in a changing environment | University of Guelph |
| Richards, Miriam | Long-term studies of bee social behaviour, ecology, and evolution | Brock University |
| Krkosek, Martin | Marine Epidemiology | University of Toronto |
| Mideo, Nicole | Causes and consequences of variation in parasite traits | University of Toronto |
| Algar, W Russ | Developing New Tools for Bioanalysis and Imaging Using Advanced Fluorescent Materials | The University of British Columbia |
| Goussev, Dmitri | Advanced sustainable and clean all-in-one catalytic technologies for the dehydrogenative coupling of alcohols and reduction of carbonyl functionalities | Wilfrid Laurier University |
| Murugesu, Muralee | Inorganic Materials for Transformative Technologies | University of Ottawa |
| Harrington, Matthew | Generation and Self-Assembly of Novel Polymeric Materials Inspired by Nature | McGill University |
| Young, Cora | Development and application of new analytical approaches to understand the chemistry of the atmospheric condensed phase | York University |
| Broderick, Avery | Resolving Black Holes: Black Hole Astrophysics in the Era of the Event Horizon Telescope | University of Waterloo |
| Burkov, Anton | Topological metals | University of Waterloo |
| Garate, Ion | Topological materials: from fundamentals to applications | Université de Sherbrooke |
| Yang, Huan | Strong-gravity compact objects and fundamental gravity tests in the era of gravitational-wave astronomy | University of Guelph |
| Hawthorn, David | Probing Intertwined Order in Quantum Materials | University of Waterloo |
| Myatt, Jason | Development of multi-scale simulation tools for laser-plasma interactions and their validation against fusion experiments | University of Alberta |
| Liu, Yajing | Earthquake source processes of natural and anthropogenic origins | McGill University |
| Currie, Claire | Geodynamics of continents and convergent plate margins | University of Alberta |
| Steele-MacInnis, Matthew | Hydrothermal properties of complex aqueous solutions, and applications to ore-forming systems | University of Alberta |
| Secco, Richard | Experimental Studies of Earth and Planetary Materials at Extreme Conditions of Pressure and Temperature | The University of Western Ontario |
| Dufour, Carolina | Uptake, transport and subduction of heat and carbon in the Southern Ocean | McGill University |
| Jensen, Britta | Building volcanic ash records to date and correlate paleoenvironmental archives and improve volcanic histories | University of Alberta |
| Sarkar, Anoop | Structured Attention in Neural Networks for Natural Language Processing | Simon Fraser University |
| Pekhimenko, Gennady | Exploiting Hardware Heterogeneity for Efficient Execution of Emerging Applications | University of Toronto |
| Zhu, Xiaodan | Exploring Better Distributed Representation and Composition Models for Semantics | Queen's University |
| Jiang, Hui | Exploring New Neural Computing Models for Natural Language Understanding | York University |
| McIlraith, Sheila | New Directions in AI Planning and Decision Making | University of Toronto |
| Sigal, Leonid | Web-Scale Semantic Image and Video Understanding | The University of British Columbia |
| Wildes, Richard | Hierarchical Representation and Analysis of Visual Spacetime | York University |
| Aïmeur, Esma | A Quest for Harmony between Privacy and Personalization: A User-Centric Approach | Université de Montréal |
| Wood, Frank | Advanced Probabilistic Programming | The University of British Columbia |
| Delgrande, James | Belief change in knowledge-based agents | Simon Fraser University |
| Siddiqi, Kaleem | Diffusion and Geometry in Modeling Biological Tissue | McGill University |
| Vogel, Daniel | Human-Computer Interaction in Spatial Augmented Reality | University of Waterloo |
| White, Martha | Sparse representations for reinforcement learning | University of Alberta |
| Bachmann, Sven | Interacting dynamics and exotic phases of quantum lattice systems | The University of British Columbia |
| Kamnitzer, Joel | Geometric representation theory and crystals | University of Toronto |
| Wang, Ruodu | Model uncertainty and robustness in risk management | University of Waterloo |
| Lessard, Jean-Philippe | Rigorously Verified Numerics for High Dimensional Dynamics | McGill University |
| Marcolli, Matilde | New Geometric Models for Theoretical Physics and for Computational Linguistics | University of Toronto |
| Sun, Lei | Robust and set-based association analyses of complex genetic data | University of Toronto |
| Heffernan, Jane | New and enhanced models in disease modelling: The trade-off between biological detail and mathematical complexity | York University |
| Gagnon, Graham | Optimizing Biofilm Processes for Drinking Water Treatment | Dalhousie University |
| Christopoulos, Constantin | Wind and Earthquake Resilience of High-Rise Buildings | University of Toronto |
| Bitsuamlak, Girma | Novel computational and experimental wind engineering approaches for community level performance assessment | The University of Western Ontario |
| Lake, Craig | Transport of Dioxins and Furans Through Geotextiles During Sediment Dewatering | Dalhousie University |
| Zhang, Baiyu | Biosurfactants as Agents of Marine Oil Spill Response in the North: Production, Mechanism, Effectiveness and Impact | Memorial University of Newfoundland |
| Gerhard, Jason | Environmentally-Beneficial Smouldering for Converting Organic Wastes and Pollutants to Energy and Resources | The University of Western Ontario |
| Liu, Jinxia | Enhancing the understanding of microbial transformation of polyfluoroalkyl chemicals and microbial defluorination | McGill University |
| Razavi, Saiedeh | Smarter Work Zone: Advancing Situation Management for Work Zone Safety and Mobility | McMaster University |
| Yuksel, Serdar | Stochastic control: Decentralization, robustness and learning, and information constraints | Queen's University |
| Dong, Xiaodai | Wireless Connectivity Fabric for Internet of Things | University of Victoria |
| Belostotski, Leonid | Integrated Circuits for Radio-Frequency Multi-Beam Beamformers and Receivers | University of Calgary |
| Fear, Elise | Microwave imaging and sensing for biomedical applications | University of Calgary |
| Hum, Sean | Material-Centric Design of Advanced Electromagnetic Surfaces | University of Toronto |
| LaPierre, Ray | Nanowire Frontiers: Materials and Devices | McMaster University |
| Chin, Ya-Huei (Cathy) | Atomic Efficient Catalytic Technology for Sustainable Chemical and Fuel Syntheses Enabled by Active Site Coupling and Kinetic Property Tuning | University of Toronto |
| Mequanint, Kibret | Instructive Biomaterials-based Platforms for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine | The University of Western Ontario |
| Ricardez-Sandoval, Luis | Optimal design, scheduling and control of chemical processes and emerging energy systems for sustainable and flexible operations under uncertainty | University of Waterloo |
| Singh, Chandra Veer | Probabilistic Machine Learning Driven Discovery and Design of New Materials for Sustainable Energy and Transport | University of Toronto |
| Vetrone, Fiorenzo | Luminescent Nanostructures: Controlling Nanoscale Architecture for Multifunctionality | Institut national de la recherche scientifique |
| Wang, Xiaolei | Advanced Materials for Novel Energy Storage Technologies Beyond Lithium-Ion Batteries | Concordia University |
| Ramchandran, Arun | Tailoring emulsions of complex fluids for precise wetting and coalescence rates | University of Toronto |
| Johansen, Craig | Adverse Effects of Using Laser Diagnostics in High-Speed Compressible Flows | University of Calgary |
| Daun, Kyle | Laser-Based Diagnostics for Aerosolized Nanoparticles | University of Waterloo |
| Tang, Tian | Fundamentals and Applications of Adhesion in Soft Matter | University of Alberta |
| Brouillette, Martin | Towards high-power density microsystems - Vers des microsystèmes à haute densité de puissance | Université de Sherbrooke |
| Goluskin, David | Estimating turbulence and chaos using semidefinite programming | University of Victoria |
| Johnson, Matthew | Quantification and Mitigation of Air Pollutant Emissions in the Upstream Oil and Gas Sector | Carleton University |
| Sparrey, Carolyn | Modeling Humans: Defining In Vivo Joint and Contact Characteristics | Simon Fraser University |
| Ingalls, Brian | Model-based design for synthetic (micro)biology | University of Waterloo |
| Hanington, Patrick | Characterization of the determinants of snail-schistosome compatibility | University of Alberta |
| McFarlane, Sarah | Environmental control of neural crest cell migration and proliferation | University of Calgary |
| Howe, LeAnn | Inheritance of histone post-translational modifications | The University of British Columbia |
| Schild-Poulter, Caroline | Molecular events regulated by the Ku heterodimer in non-homologous end-joining and DNA damage signaling pathways | The University of Western Ontario |
| Johnson, Philip | Functional and structural characterization of aptamers and their applications in DNA assemblies | York University |
| Matsubara, Joanne | Regulation of inflammasome activity by a classic anti-apoptotic protein, XIAP. | The University of British Columbia |
| Karas, Bogumil | Designer cells controlled by synthetic genomes. | The University of Western Ontario |
| Thompson, Roger | Pannexin-1 channels as facilitators of anandamide membrane transpor | University of Calgary |
| Shapiro, Rebecca | Dissecting complex genetic interaction networks mediating the fungal stress response | University of Guelph |
| Le Ny, Jerome | Sensing Strategies for Autonomous and Large-Scale Control Systems | École Polytechnique de Montréal |
| Parent, Martin | Etude comparée de lòrganization anatomique et neurochimique de la vois striatofuge chez les rongeurs et le primates | Université Laval |
| Reinke, Aaron | Mechanisms of Transgenerational immunity in Caenhabdoritis elegans in response to microsporidia infection | University of Toronto |
| Terebiznik, Mauricio | Phagocytosis of filamentous fungi by macrophages | University of Toronto |
| Jonz, Michael | Respiratory epithelia in vertebrates: sites of chemosensing and neurogenesis | University of Ottawa |
| Girouard, Hélène | Mechanisms underlying neurovascular coupling | Université de Montréal |
| Choleris, Elena | Neuroendocrinology of Social Cognition | University of Guelph |
| Novales Flamarique, Inigo | Colour and polarization visual pathways of the northern anchovy: from neuroethology to machine sensor technology | Simon Fraser University |
| Barrett, Louise | Behavioural Flexibility, Fertility and Social Network Influences in Human and Non-Human Primates | University of Lethbridge |
| Luyt, Leonard | Chemical Technology for Imaging Agent Discovery | The University of Western Ontario |
| Moores, Audrey | Sustainable Nanoparticles: Plasmonic Photocatalysis and Solid-State Synthesis of Nanomaterials | McGill University |
| Zhao, Yaoyao | Function-driven design and simulation methods for hierarchical multi-material structures fabricated via additive manufacturing processes | McGill University |
| Zhu, Zheng Hong | Dynamics and Control of Tethered Spacecraft Systems | York University |
| Marquez, Horacio | Event-Triggered Approach to Control of Nonlinear Systems | University of Alberta |
| Maggiore, Manfredi | New motion control tools for robotics and rehabilitation | University of Toronto |
| Boulon, Loïc | Démarrage adaptatif des systèmes piles à combustible pour les conditions hivernales du Canada | Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières |
| Hashisho, Zaher | VOC emission control using novel adsorbents and their regeneration | University of Alberta |
| Siemens, Greg | Integrated studies on soil-structure-climate interactions in susceptible environments to limit effects of climate change on at-risk Canadian infrastructure | Royal Military College of Canada |
| Jaimungal, Sebastian | Control and Games in Intraday Markets | University of Toronto |
| Kennedy, Matthew | Operator algebras associated to groups and noncommutative convexity | University of Waterloo |
| Gao, Xin | Statistical Methods for Model Selection and Model Comparison | York University |
| Fritz, Thomas | Task detection and support for software developers | The University of British Columbia |
| Schulte, Oliver | Hierarchical Machine Learning for Information Networks | Simon Fraser University |
| Yin, KangKang | Advanced Modeling of Human Movement for Computer Animation | Simon Fraser University |
| Peak, John | Linking the field and the atomic scales: Soft x-ray spectroscopy of soil chemical processes | University of Saskatchewan |
| Zickfeld, Kirsten | Earth system response to atmospheric carbon dioxide removal | Simon Fraser University |
| McIlroy, Duncan | The evolution of organism sediment interactions in the early benthos | Memorial University of Newfoundland |
| Boland, Mark | Low Emittance Electron Beam Generation for Ultra Brilliant Synchrotron Radiation Sources | University of Saskatchewan |
| van Kerkwijk, Marten | Probing Extreme (Astro)Physics with Neutron Stars | University of Toronto |
| Clark, Kenneth | Characterization of Crustacean Innate Immune Response | Mount Allison University |