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2021 research grants competition - results by peer review committee
| Applicant name | Institution | Program | Title | Term | Amount awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrett, Brynle Department Physics |
New Brunswick | RGPIN | A Next-Generation Absolute Quantum Gyroscope using Ultra-Cold Atoms | 5 | $33,000.00 |
| Bazalova, Magdalena Department Physics and Astronomy |
University of Victoria | RGPIN | Facilitation ultRahigh dOse-rate aNd spaTIally-fractionatEd Radiotherapy (FRONTIER) | 5 | $50,000.00 |
| Bechhoefer, John Department Physics |
Simon Fraser University | RGPIN | Information, work, and heat in small systems | 5 | $61,000.00 |
| Bernier, Jean-Sébastien Department Physics |
University of Northern British Columbia | RGPIN | Non-equilibrium dynamics of correlated quantum materials | 5 | $33,000.00 |
| Beyerlein, Kenneth Department Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications, Centre |
Institut national de la recherche scientifique | RGPIN | Real-time imaging of light-induced transformations in phase-change materials | 5 | $29,000.00 |
| Bhardwaj, Ravi Department Physics |
University of Ottawa | RGPIN | Structured light-matter interactions: from fundamentals to applications | 5 | $41,000.00 |
| Boettcher, Igor Department Physics |
University of Alberta | RGPIN | Solid State Quantum Simulation: From Hyperbolic Space to Emergent Spin-3/2 Fermions | 5 | $33,000.00 |
| Boschini, Fabio Department Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications, Centre |
Institut national de la recherche scientifique | RGPIN | Light-manipulation of quantum matter in an ultrafast fashion | 5 | $29,000.00 |
| Bouchard, Hugo Department Physique |
Université de Montréal | RGPIN | Simulation of physical processes with Monte Carlo methods in the keV and MeV energy range | 5 | $34,000.00 |
| Bradac, Carlo Department Physics and Astronomy |
Trent University | RGPIN | Nanoscale sensing and actuation with quantum emitters in 2D and 3D semiconductors | 5 | $33,000.00 |
| Bradley, Michael Department Physics and Engineering Physics |
University of Saskatchewan | RGPIN | Plasmas for Growth and Processing of Advanced Materials | 5 | $24,000.00 |
| Brewer, Kimberly Department Diagnostic Radiology |
Dalhousie | RGPIN | Development of Quantitative Multi-Contrast Molecular Imaging | 5 | $34,000.00 |
| Brown, Aidan Department Physics |
Ryerson University | RGPIN | Nonequilibrium physics of signaling and spatial organization at the cellular scale | 5 | $24,000.00 |
| Cami, Jan Department Physics and Astronomy |
The University of Western Ontario | RGPIN | The interaction of cosmic fullerenes with their environment:confronting models with observations | 5 | $34,000.00 |
| Carbone, Emile Department Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications, Centre |
Institut national de la recherche scientifique | RGPIN | Exploration of non-equilibrium phenomena at a reactive surface induced by a plasma | 5 | $29,000.00 |
| Charlebois, Maxime Department Chimie, biochimie et physique |
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières | RGPIN | Quantum impurity solvers for quantum materials | 5 | $24,000.00 |
| Chau, Kenneth Department Okanagan |
The University of British Columbia | RGPIN | Multi-scale computational nanophotonics | 5 | $28,000.00 |
| Costantino, Santiago Department Ophtalmologie |
Université de Montréal | RGPIN | Single Cell Optical Manipulations | 5 | $41,000.00 |
| Cowan, Nicolas Department Physics |
McGill University | RGPIN | The Surfaces and Atmospheres of Exoplanets | 5 | $75,000.00 |
| Crites, Abigail Department Astronomy and Astrophysics (St. George Campus) |
University of Toronto | RGPIN | Novel Millimeter-Wavelength Spectrometers for Studying the Epoch of Reionization | 5 | $24,000.00 |
| Fleischauer, Michael Department Physics |
University of Alberta | RGPIN | Dynamic alkali metal alloys for low cost, high performance energy storage | 5 | $29,000.00 |
| Frayne, Richard Department Radiology |
University of Calgary | RGPIN | Advanced Deep Learning Approaches to Enhance Magnetic Resonance Tomography | 5 | $50,000.00 |
| Freeman, Mark Department Physics |
University of Alberta | RGPIN | Einstein-de Haas probes of equilibrium and nonequilibrium magnetism and superconductivity | 5 | $50,000.00 |
| Gagné, Jonathan Department Physique |
Université de Montréal | RGPIN | Disentangling the Kinematics of the Solar Neighborhood to Calibrate the Ages of Stars and Exoplanets | 5 | $39,000.00 |
| Gallagher, Sarah Department Physics and Astronomy |
The University of Western Ontario | RGPIN | Quasar Winds and Black Hole Growth at Cosmic Noon | 5 | $34,000.00 |
| Goyal, Sidhartha Department Physics (St. George Campus) |
University of Toronto | RGPIN | Phenomenological models of large complex populations of cells: from microbes to tissues | 5 | $34,000.00 |
| Grutter, Peter Department Physics |
McGill University | RGPIN | Scanning Probe Microscopy development and applications for time resolved structure-function studies | 5 | $61,000.00 |
| Guidolin, Leila Department Systems and Computer Engineering |
Carleton University | RGPIN | Deconstructing the extracellular matrix: imaging 3D-bioprinted models to understand the effect of abnormal mechano-environment on collagen remodeling | 5 | $33,000.00 |
| Haggard, Daryl Department Physics |
McGill University | RGPIN | Physics at the Black Hole Frontier: The McGill Extreme Gravity and Accretion Group | 5 | $50,000.00 |
| Hébert, Alain Department Génie mécanique |
École Polytechnique de Montréal | RGPIN | Application of Boltzmann Transport Equation solutions to nuclear reactor physics and radiotherapy applications | 5 | $24,000.00 |
| Hilke, Michael Department Physics |
McGill University | RGPIN | Quantum Low Dimensional Materials and their Topological and Collective Properties | 5 | $28,000.00 |
| Hilts, Michelle Department Okanagan |
The University of British Columbia | RGPIN | The development of advanced imaging and dosimetry for permanent breast seed implant radiation therapy | 5 | $41,000.00 |
| Huberman, Samuel Department Chemical and Biological Engineering |
University of Ottawa | RGPIN | Probing phonon hydrodynamics in 2D materials | 5 | $29,000.00 |
| Hussein, Amina Department Electrical and Computer Engineering |
University of Alberta | RGPIN | New frontiers in intense laser-matter interactions | 5 | $24,000.00 |
| Irwin, Judith Department Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy |
Queen's University | RGPIN | From Galaxy to Intergalactic Medium -- the Magnetic Connection in the Age of the Square Kilometre Array | 5 | $28,000.00 |
| Jamison, Alan Department Physics and Astronomy |
University of Waterloo | RGPIN | Quantum Simulation and Chemistry with Ultracold Mixtures and Molecules | 5 | $29,000.00 |
| Jensen, Kristan Department Physics and Astronomy |
University of Victoria | RGPIN | Quantum gravity and hydrodynamics: a surprising partnership | 5 | $39,000.00 |
| Karimi, Ebrahim Department Physics |
University of Ottawa | RGPIN | Structured Quantum Waves: From Quantum Cryptography to Extreme Quantum Microscopy | 5 | $61,000.00 |
| Kildea, John Department Oncology |
McGill University | RGPIN | Neutron-induced Carcinogenic Effects (NICE)-an examination of the biophysics underlying radiation carcinogenesis using neutrons | 5 | $34,000.00 |
| Kojima, Kenji Department Science Division |
TRIUMF | RGPIN | Investigation of Quantum Matter by Quantum Point Magnetic Probes | 5 | $24,000.00 |
| Kupchak, Connor Department Electronics |
Carleton University | RGPIN | Transitioning Quantum Communication Devices into Telecommunication Infrastructures | 5 | $29,000.00 |
| Lau, Hoi-Kwan Department Physics |
Simon Fraser University | RGPIN | Quantum Information Processing with Bosonic Systems | 5 | $29,000.00 |
| LeBlanc, Lindsay Department Physics |
University of Alberta | RGPIN | Atomic quantum technologies: from foundations to applications | 5 | $34,000.00 |
| Lepage, Martin Department Médecine nucléaire et radiobiologie |
Université de Sherbrooke | RGPIN | Methods for ultrasensitive and quantitative multimodal molecular imaging of vascular inflammation | 5 | $41,000.00 |
| Li, Ruohong Department Physics |
University of Windsor | RGPIN | collinear laser quantum control of nuclear spins | 5 | $33,000.00 |
| MacRae, Andrew Department Physics and Astronomy |
University of Victoria | RGPIN | Collective Spin Excitations in an Atomic Vapour for Quantum Information | 5 | $29,000.00 |
| Malac, Marek Department Physics |
University of Alberta | RGPIN | Exploring physics of electron microscopy | 5 | $28,000.00 |
| Man, Allison Department Physics and Astronomy |
The University of British Columbia | RGPIN | The Rise and Fall of Star Formation in Galaxies | 5 | $39,000.00 |
| Mansbach, Rachael Department Physics |
Concordia | RGPIN | A physics-based approach to artificial intelligence for understanding of biophysical search spaces | 5 | $39,000.00 |
| Metzger, Michael Department Physics and Atmospheric Science |
Dalhousie | RGPIN | Advanced Battery Research for a Future with Sustainable Energy, Mobility, and Water | 5 | $24,000.00 |
| Monajemi, Thalat Theresa Department Radiation Oncology |
Dalhousie | RGPIN | Illuminating the future of radiotherapy: 3D printed scintillation detectors | 5 | $24,000.00 |
| Ouriadov, Alexei Department Physics and Astronomy |
The University of Western Ontario | RGPIN | Hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI: Development of hardware, software and its PET-based validation. | 5 | $24,000.00 |
| Paramekanti, Arun Department Physics (St. George Campus) |
University of Toronto | RGPIN | Controlling Quantum Materials: Exotic Orders and Light-Induced Dynamics | 5 | $41,000.00 |
| Plume, Rene Department Physics and Astronomy |
University of Calgary | RGPIN | Magnetic Fields and Carbon Chemistry in Star Forming Regions | 5 | $24,000.00 |
| Rastgoo, Saeed Department Physics and Astronomy |
York University | RGPIN | Probing the quantum gravitational structure of spacetime via black holes and gravitational waves | 5 | $24,000.00 |
| Rauscher, Alexander Department Pediatrics |
The University of British Columbia | RGPIN | Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Anisotropic Biological Tissues | 5 | $41,000.00 |
| Rheinstadter, Maikel Department Physics and Astronomy |
McMaster University | RGPIN | Functional and functionalized membranes | 5 | $41,000.00 |
| Rotenberg, Nir Department Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy |
Queen's University | RGPIN | Frontiers of nonlinear quantum optics: from fundamentals to technology | 5 | $33,000.00 |
| Ruan, John Department Physics |
Bishop's | RGPIN | The Next Breakthrough Multi-Messenger Gravitational-Wave Discoveries | 5 | $29,000.00 |
| SADAF, SHARIF Department Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications, Centre |
Institut national de la recherche scientifique | RGPIN | III-nitride selective epitaxial nanostructures: From full-color light sources to solid-state single photon sources | 5 | $24,000.00 |
| Samokhin, Kirill Department Physics |
Brock University | RGPIN | Theory of noncentrosymmetric and other unconventional superconductors | 5 | $28,000.00 |
| Seymour, Colin Department Biology |
McMaster University | RGPIN | Physical mechanisms involved in the generation of radiation-induced signalling events | 5 | $24,000.00 |
| Simmons, Stephanie Department Physics |
Simon Fraser University | RGPIN | Telecom colour centres in silicon: an all-silicon quantum computing and communications platform | 5 | $61,000.00 |
| Sivakoff, Gregory Department Physics |
University of Alberta | RGPIN | Probing Accretion and Relativistic Jet Physics with the Dynamic Multimessenger Universe | 5 | $50,000.00 |
| Sivanandam, Suresh Department Astronomy and Astrophysics (St. George Campus) |
University of Toronto | RGPIN | Infrared Diagnostics of Galaxy Formation and Evolution | 5 | $50,000.00 |
| Soddu, Andrea Department Physics and Astronomy |
The University of Western Ontario | RGPIN | Role of brain dimensionality in altered states of consciousness. | 5 | $24,000.00 |
| Spencer, Locke Department Physics & Astronomy |
University of Lethbridge | RGPIN | Far-Infrared TNT: [T]ech[N]ology and [T]echniques for Experimental Astrophysics in the Far-Infrared | 5 | $34,000.00 |
| Syme, Alasdair Department Radiation Oncology |
Dalhousie | RGPIN | Organic Electronics and Organic Scintillators in Radiation Detection Applications | 5 | $24,000.00 |
| Tabard-Cossa, Vincent Department Physics |
University of Ottawa | RGPIN | Elucidating and Manipulating Polymer Transport through Nanopores | 5 | $61,000.00 |
| Uribe, Carlos Department Radiology |
The University of British Columbia | RGPIN | Towards personalized medicine with theranostics: quantitative molecular imaging and artificial intelligence | 5 | $24,000.00 |
| Valencia, Diana Department Physical & Environmental Sciences (Scarborough) |
University of Toronto | RGPIN | Thermo-chemical Evolution and Formation of Super-Earths and Mini-Neptunes | 5 | $34,000.00 |
| van den Hoogen, Robert Department Math & Statistics |
St. Francis Xavier University | RGPIN | Alternative and Averaged Theories of Gravity | 5 | $24,000.00 |
| Vidal, François Department Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications, Centre |
Institut national de la recherche scientifique | RGPIN | Numerical simulations of plasmas for applications | 5 | $28,000.00 |
| Villemain, Olivier Department Medical Biophysics |
University of Toronto | RGPIN | Towards 3D ultrafast Doppler imaging with a portable ultrasound scanner | 5 | $24,000.00 |
| Wallman, Joel Department Applied Mathematics |
University of Waterloo | RGPIN | Correcting realistic quantum errors | 5 | $39,000.00 |
| Yang, Chongyin Department Physics and Atmospheric Science |
Dalhousie | RGPIN | Structure and Properties of Halogen-Graphite Intercalation Electrodes for Low-Cost and High-energy Li-ion Batteries | 5 | $39,000.00 |