Dr. Doyon’s research programs are focused on developing new state-of-the-art astronomical instruments designed to detect and study extrasolar planets, in particular rocky ones like our own. The ultimate goal of this endeavor is to find evidence of biological activity outside the solar system.
With the dwindling of fossil resources, under-utilized plant-based biomass waste could potentially provide alternative raw materials for future sustainable chemical products. This can be done through the process of biorefinery.
Dr. Yong Baek Kim is a theoretical physicist studying quantum materials, where quantum mechanical motions of electrons are responsible for new electrical and magnetic properties.
This project seeks to develop structures made from the molecule DNA that deliver chemotherapy drugs to cancer cells without entering normal cells.
Dr. Werker’s research examines the foundations of language acquisition in infants growing up in both monolingual and bilingual environments. Her discoveries have had influence around the world.
Dr. Pinfold is an internationally renowned particle physicist who, in 1997, became the youngest ever leader of an international collider experiment.