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2019 research grants competition - results by peer review committee

Chemistry
Applicant name Institution Program Title Term Amount awarded
Back, Thomas
Department
Chemistry
University of Calgary RGPIN Organic Synthesis of Biologically Interesting Compounds and Organosulfur/Selenium Chemistry 5 $48,000.00
Badia, Antonella
Department
Chimie
Université de Montréal RGPIN Electroactive Self-Assembled Monolayers: Putting Surface-Confined Redox Reactions to Work 5 $36,000.00
Baker, Ralph
Department
Chemistry
University of Ottawa RGPIN Base Metal Bifunctional Catalysis 5 $94,000.00
Bandrauk, Andre
Department
Chimie
Université de Sherbrooke RGPIN Ultrafast Intense Molecular Photonics-from Femto to Attosecond Laser Chemistry 5 $36,000.00
Barrett, Christopher
Department
Chemistry
McGill University RGPIN Developing New Soft-Bonded Light-Reversible Polymer Bio-Materials 5 $79,000.00
Barry, Sean
Department
Chemistry
Carleton University RGPIN New Metallization Precursors for Microelectronic applications 5 $48,000.00
Batey, Robert
Department
Chemistry (St. George Campus)
University of Toronto RGPIN Advances in the Development of Synthetic Methods for Complex Molecule Synthesis 5 $79,000.00
Baumgartner, Thomas
Department
Chemistry
York University RGPIN Development of new organophosphorus materials for sustainable energy applications 5 $94,000.00
Boddy, Christopher
Department
Chemistry
University of Ottawa RGPIN Harnessing synthesis and biosynthesis to access complex molecules 5 $64,000.00
bohle, david
Department
Chemistry
McGill University RGPIN New Chemistry from Biology with Bioinorganic Chemistry 5 $48,000.00
Borchers, Christoph
Department
Biochemistry and Microbiology
University of Victoria RGPIN Research Program in Structural Proteomics to Characterize Misfolded Proteins 1 $36,000.00
Bowles, Richard
Department
Chemistry
University of Saskatchewan RGPIN Theory and simulation of soft condensed matter. 5 $36,000.00
Briand, Glen
Department
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Mount Allison University RGPIN Redox Active Heavy Main Group Metal Compounds 5 $29,000.00
Britton, Robert
Department
Chemistry
Simon Fraser University RGPIN Discovery and Development of Enabling Tools for the Synthesis and Late-Stage Modification of Natural Products and Pharmaceuticals 5 $105,000.00
Burgess, Ian
Department
Chemistry
University of Saskatchewan RGPIN Advanced Infrared Spectroscopy and Imaging of Electrochemical and Chemical Reactions 5 $48,000.00
Buriak, Jillian
Department
Chemistry
University of Alberta RGPIN Precision Silicon Surface Chemistry for Energy Storage Applications 5 $105,000.00
Carrington, Tucker
Department
Chemistry
Queen's University RGPIN New iterative, tensor, and collocation methods for computing ro-vibrational spectra and inelastic rate constants 5 $105,000.00
Cecioni, Samy
Department
Chimie
Université de Montréal RGPIN Chemical biology strategies for discovery and profiling of glycan-protein interactions. 5 $24,000.00
Chan, Arthur
Department
Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
University of Toronto RGPIN Characterizing Emerging Sources of Organic Aerosol 5 $29,000.00
Charette, Andre
Department
Chimie
Université de Montréal RGPIN New Methods for the Stereoselective Synthesis of Organic Compounds 5 $105,000.00
Chou, Keng-Chang
Department
Chemistry
The University of British Columbia RGPIN Nonlinear optical spectroscopy and super-resolution microscopy 5 $36,000.00
Cosa, Gonzalo
Department
Chemistry
McGill University RGPIN Unravelling chemical and biological processes with advanced probes and enhanced resolution 5 $105,000.00
Cramb, David
Department
Chemistry and Biology
Toronto Metropolitan University RGPIN The biophysical chemistry of nanoparticle-biosystem interactions 5 $24,000.00
Cuccia, Louis
Department
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Concordia RGPIN Chiral Systems Chemistry 5 $29,000.00
Dee, Derek
Department
Land and Food Systems, Faculty of
The University of British Columbia RGPIN Control and functionalization of protein nanofibrils using genetic and chemical modification to define assembly mechanisms and design principles 5 $24,000.00
Desaulniers, Jean-Paul
Department
Science, Faculty of
University of Ontario Institute of Technology RGPIN Synthesis and Applications of Chemically-Modified Oligonucleotides 5 $29,000.00
DeWolf, Christine
Department
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Concordia RGPIN How Interfacial Structure and Organization Govern Biological and Material Functionality 5 $29,000.00
Donaldson, D. James
Department
Chemistry (St. George Campus)
University of Toronto RGPIN Atmosperic and interfacial reaction dynamics 5 $48,000.00
Dudding, Travis
Department
Chemistry
Brock University RGPIN Applications of Cyclopropenylidene Metal Complexes and Thioureas in Catalysis 5 $36,000.00
Duhamel, Jean
Department
Chemistry
University of Waterloo RGPIN Probing Macromolecules at the Molecular Level by Pyrene Excimer Fluorescence 5 $48,000.00
Eichhorn, Stephan
Department
Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Windsor RGPIN Materials Chemistry of Self-Assembling Dyes 5 $36,000.00
Forbes, Shari
Department
Chimie, biochimie et physique
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières RGPIN Characterising chemical markers of decomposition to advance death investigations 5 $48,000.00
Freund, Michael
Department
Chemistry
Dalhousie RGPIN Conjugated Polymers and Composites for Energy, Electronics and Sensing 5 $48,000.00
Fridgen, Travis
Department
Chemistry
Memorial University of Newfoundland RGPIN The Physical Chemistry-Structures, Energetics, and Reactions-of Self Assembled Metal Cationized Complexes in the Gas Phase 5 $24,000.00
Fryzuk, Michael
Department
Chemistry
The University of British Columbia RGPIN New Ligand Designs for Homogeneous Catalytic Nitrogen Fixation 1 $24,000.00
George, Graham
Department
Geological Sciences
University of Saskatchewan RGPIN Advanced X-ray Spectroscopy for Biological Chemistry 5 $48,000.00
Ghandi, Khashayar
Department
Chemistry
University of Guelph RGPIN Intermediates and interfaces in materials and energy technologies probed by beta decayed spin spectroscopy and other physical methods 5 $29,000.00
Godin, Robert
Department
Okanagan
The University of British Columbia RGPIN Spectroscopy-led Development of Organic Photocatalysts for Sustainable Energy Production 5 $24,000.00
Gorecki, Tadeusz
Department
Chemistry
University of Waterloo RGPIN Advanced Techniques for Organic Analysis 5 $29,000.00
Grant, Edward
Department
Chemistry
The University of British Columbia RGPIN Laser Spectroscopy of Isolated Molecules and Complex Systems: Structure, Dynamics and Analysis 5 $48,000.00
Gray, Christopher
Department
Biology (Saint John)
New Brunswick RGPIN Exploring the endophytic parvome for the discovery of novel biologically active molecular scaffolds 5 $29,000.00
Guérin, Brigitte
Department
Médecine nucléaire et radiobiologie
Université de Sherbrooke RGPIN Tools for the preparation of peptide-based radioligands 5 $29,000.00
Gunning, Patrick
Department
Chemical and Physical Sciences (Mississauga)
University of Toronto RGPIN Novel Chemical Approaches to Protein Targeting and Detection 5 $64,000.00
Harvey, Pierre
Department
Chimie
Université de Sherbrooke RGPIN High performance near-IR-active macro- and nano-Metal-Organic-Frameworks using organic dyes 5 $48,000.00
Hicks, Robin
Department
Chemistry
University of Victoria RGPIN Discovery-based dye chemistry: synthesis and properties of new functional molecules, ligands, and coordination complexes 5 $29,000.00
Hof, Fraser
Department
Chemistry
University of Victoria RGPIN Diversity-driven supramolecular and systems chemistry for biological applications 5 $94,000.00
Horton, Joseph
Department
Chemistry
Queen's University RGPIN Fabrication, characterization and application of novel, highly stable, carbene-based self-assembled monolayers 5 $24,000.00
Hou, Jinqiang
Department
Chemistry
Lakehead University RGPIN Development of Radio-Fluorination Methods and Novel Molecular Imaging Agents 5 $24,000.00
Johnson, Samuel
Department
Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Windsor RGPIN Cooperative Reactivity and Catalysis using Abundant Metal Clusters. 5 $29,000.00
Kahan, Tara
Department
Chemistry
University of Saskatchewan RGPIN Chemistry of Pollutants at Air-Ice Interfaces 5 $36,000.00
Kambhampati, Patanjali
Department
Chemistry
McGill University RGPIN A Spectroscopic Journey through Time and Space in Complex Electronic Materials 5 $48,000.00
Keillor, Jeffrey
Department
Chemistry
University of Ottawa RGPIN Chemical Biology of Transglutaminases 5 $79,000.00
Kerr, Russell
Department
Chemistry
University of Prince Edward Island RGPIN Natural Product Discovery from Marine Microbes 5 $48,000.00
Kerton, Francesca
Department
Chemistry
Memorial University of Newfoundland RGPIN Earth abundant element catalysts - Fe, B, Al not feeble compounds for polymer production and conversion of carbon dioxide 5 $36,000.00
Kitaev, Vladimir
Department
Chemistry
Wilfrid Laurier University RGPIN Nanoscale Building Blocks for Sensing 5 $24,000.00
Klassen, John
Department
Chemistry
University of Alberta RGPIN Glycan Interactions in Health and Disease 5 $79,000.00
Kornienko, Nikolay
Department
Chimie
Université de Montréal RGPIN Investigation of Metal Organic Frameworks for Renewable Energy Electrocatalysis 5 $29,000.00
Krull, Ulrich
Department
Toronto at Mississauga
University of Toronto RGPIN Upconversion nanoparticles as the basis for versatile intracellular luminescence bioassays 5 $79,000.00
Kumacheva, Eugenia
Department
Chemistry (St. George Campus)
University of Toronto RGPIN Soft Matter: from Nano to Microscales 5 $138,000.00
Kuss, Sabine
Department
Chemistry
University of Manitoba RGPIN Scanning Photoelectrochemical Microscopy and its Application to Biological Systems 5 $24,000.00
Lariviere, Dominic
Department
Chimie
Université Laval RGPIN New radioanalytical tools for the detection of naturally-occurring and anthropogenic radionuclides 5 $64,000.00
Legault, Claude
Department
Chimie
Université de Sherbrooke RGPIN Experimental-Computational Synergy to Create and Understand New Synthetic Methodologies 5 $48,000.00
Leitch, David
Department
Chemistry
University of Victoria RGPIN Chemical Cartography via High-Throughput Experimentation: Predictive Models, Catalyst Development, and New Synthetic Methodology 5 $41,000.00
Li, Liang
Department
Chemistry
University of Alberta RGPIN Development of Mass Spectrometry for Multidimensional Metabolome Analysis 5 $105,000.00
Liu, Guojun
Department
Chemistry
Queen's University RGPIN Nanostructured Polymer Coatings, Filters, Batteries, and Hydrovoltaic Devices 5 $105,000.00
Loock, Hans-Peter
Department
Chemistry
Queen's University RGPIN Instrument development in analytical spectroscopy - spectrometers, microcavities, fiber-probes 5 $94,000.00
Lu, Zhe
Department
Sciences de la mer de Rimouski, Institut des
Université du Québec à Rimouski RGPIN Sources and Environmental Fate of Contaminants of Emerging Concern 5 $24,000.00
Lubell, William
Department
Chimie
Université de Montréal RGPIN Advances in Amino Acid Chemistry and Peptide Mimicry 5 $79,000.00
Lundgren, Rylan
Department
Chemistry
University of Alberta RGPIN Synthetic Efficiency via Metal-Catalyzed Reductive and Oxidative Coupling Reactions 5 $48,000.00
MacFarlane, William
Department
Chemistry
The University of British Columbia RGPIN Development and Application of beta-detected NMR to Quantum Materials and Beyond 5 $29,000.00
Manners, Ian
Department
Chemistry
University of Victoria RGPIN New Functional Materials via Self-Assembly and Catalysis 5 $138,000.00
Marshall, John
Department
Chemistry and Biology
Toronto Metropolitan University RGPIN Biophysical and biochemical techniques for the analysis and targeting of ligand-receptor supramolecular complexes 5 $24,000.00
Martel, Richard
Department
Chimie
Université de Montréal RGPIN Electrically and Optically Active Nanostructures and Interfaces 5 $64,000.00
McDermott, Mark
Department
Chemistry
University of Alberta RGPIN Nanoparticle based measurement platforms and advanced materials 5 $29,000.00
McIndoe, Jason
Department
Chemistry
University of Victoria RGPIN Real-time analysis of catalytic reactions 5 $64,000.00
McKeague, Maureen
Department
Chemistry
McGill University RGPIN Functional nucleic acids for green biosynthesis 5 $34,000.00
McKenzie, Iain
Department
Science Division
TRIUMF RGPIN Spin-Polarized Local Probes of Soft Matter and Free Radical Chemistry 5 $24,000.00
Miller, R. J. Dwayne
Department
Chemistry (St. George Campus)
University of Toronto RGPIN Mapping Atomic Motions with Ultrabright Electrons: Fundamental Space-Time Limits to Imaging Chemistry 5 $94,000.00
Milstein, Joshua
Department
Chemical and Physical Sciences (Mississauga)
University of Toronto RGPIN Revealing the Biophysical Mechanisms Behind Gene Silencing by the Bacterial Immune System, One Transcript at a Time 5 $36,000.00
Mittler, Silvia
Department
Physics and Astronomy
The University of Western Ontario RGPIN Photonics of Surfaces and Interfaces 5 $36,000.00
Mohamedi, Mohamed
Department
Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications, Centre
Institut national de la recherche scientifique RGPIN Stoichiometry, hierarchical arrangement and kinetics of electrode reactions at novel multi-components electrocatalytic materials 5 $24,000.00
Moran-Mirabal, Jose
Department
Chemistry & Chemical Biology
McMaster University RGPIN Modular surface chemistry of green nanoparticles for the next generation of functional materials 5 $36,000.00
Morin, Jean-Francois
Department
Chimie
Université Laval RGPIN Novel Synthetic Design and Methods for Atomically Precise Nanographenes 5 $94,000.00
Mozharivskyj, Yurij
Department
Chemistry & Chemical Biology
McMaster University RGPIN Design, synthesis and characterization of responsive solid-state materials 5 $64,000.00
Murphy, Graham
Department
Chemistry
University of Waterloo RGPIN New Reactivity Mediated by Hypervalent Iodine Reagents 5 $36,000.00
Murphy, Robert
Department
Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Regina RGPIN Photoresponsive self-assembled structures 5 $24,000.00
Ozin, Geoffrey
Department
Chemistry (St. George Campus)
University of Toronto RGPIN Greenhouse Gas to Fuels - Nanochemistry Solutions 5 $94,000.00
Pawliszyn, Janusz
Department
Chemistry
University of Waterloo RGPIN High Performance Analysis of Complex Organic Mixtures 5 $105,000.00
Prosser, Robert
Department
Chemistry (St. George Campus)
University of Toronto RGPIN Functional Dynamics and Activation Mechanisms in Enzymes 5 $48,000.00
Ramogida, Caterina
Department
Chemistry
Simon Fraser University RGPIN The Design of Novel Chelating Ligands for Unconventional Radiometals 5 $29,000.00
Reven, Linda
Department
Chemistry
McGill University RGPIN Polymer and Liquid Crystal Assembled Nanomaterials 5 $36,000.00
Richeson, Darrin
Department
Chemistry
University of Ottawa RGPIN From Fundamental Investigations to Catalysis: New Motifs in Main Group and Transition Metal Complexes 5 $29,000.00
Ritch, Jamie
Department
Chemistry
The University of Winnipeg RGPIN Exploring the Molecular Chemistry of Selenium and Tellurium 5 $24,000.00
Rivard, Eric
Department
Chemistry
University of Alberta RGPIN New Paradigms in Main Group Element Assembly and Catalysis 5 $94,000.00
Rochefort, Dominic
Department
Chimie
Université de Montréal RGPIN Smart Electrolytes for a New Perspective on Electrochemical Energy Storage 5 $48,000.00
Roesler, Roland
Department
Chemistry
University of Calgary RGPIN Bi- and tridentate ligand designs incorporating N-heterocyclic carbenes 5 $24,000.00
Rost, Hannes
Department
Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research
University of Toronto RGPIN Using trapped ion mobility to synchronize ions in data-independent acquisition (DIA) mass spectrometry 5 $34,000.00
Rowley, Christopher
Department
Chemistry
Memorial University of Newfoundland RGPIN Computational Methods for Modeling Drug Kinetics 5 $48,000.00
Salahub, Dennis
Department
Chemistry
University of Calgary RGPIN Multiscale modeling of (bio)catalytic systems 5 $48,000.00
Sanche, Léon
Department
Médecine nucléaire et radiobiologie
Université de Sherbrooke RGPIN Low-energy electron induced processes in radiation damage: relationship to astrochemistry, radiobiology and radiotherapy 5 $64,000.00
Sang, Lingzi
Department
Chemistry
University of Alberta RGPIN Solid-Solid Interfacial Chemistry in Energy Storage and Conversion Systems 5 $24,000.00
Schirrmacher, Ralf
Department
Oncology
University of Alberta RGPIN Silicon-18F and Metal Chelator Radio-Chemistries for Theranostic Applications 5 $48,000.00
Schougaard, Steen
Department
Chimie
Université du Québec à Montréal RGPIN In situ methods and new materials for study of electrochemical energy storage processes 5 $36,000.00
Sham, Tsun-Kong
Department
Chemistry
The University of Western Ontario RGPIN Materials and Synchrotron Radiation 5 $79,000.00
Shi, Yujun
Department
Chemistry
University of Calgary RGPIN Chemical Vapor Deposition of Si-containing Thin Films and Si Nanostructures: From a molecular-level understanding to applications 5 $36,000.00
Simine, Lena
Department
Chemistry
McGill University RGPIN Theory of soft and disordered excitonic nano-materials. 5 $24,000.00
Simpson, Andre
Department
Physical & Environmental Sciences (Scarborough)
University of Toronto RGPIN Fundamental Development of In-vivo NMR Technology to Understand Environmental Stress 5 $94,000.00
Siu, K.W. Michael
Department
Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Windsor RGPIN Gas-Phase Chemistry of Biological and Metal-Containing Ions 1 $24,000.00
Song, Datong
Department
Chemistry (St. George Campus)
University of Toronto RGPIN Organometallic chemistry and catalysis using 3d metals 5 $48,000.00
Spino, Claude
Department
Chimie
Université de Sherbrooke RGPIN Applying our synthesis skills : natural products and molecular machinery 5 $29,000.00
Steer, Ronald
Department
Chemistry
University of Saskatchewan RGPIN Photophysics and photochemistry of potentially useful materials 5 $24,000.00
Stockmann, Talia
Department
Chemistry
Memorial University of Newfoundland RGPIN Electrochemical dynamics of nanoparticles suspended in an ionic liquid or organic ionic plastic crystal 5 $29,000.00
Storr, Tim
Department
Chemistry
Simon Fraser University RGPIN New Frontiers in Ligand Design: From Electronic Structure to Novel Properties and Reactivity, to Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry 5 $48,000.00
Stradiotto, Mark
Department
Chemistry
Dalhousie RGPIN Innovations in Cross-coupling via Mechanistically Guided Base-Metal Catalyst Design 5 $105,000.00
Sutherland, Todd
Department
Chemistry
University of Calgary RGPIN Molecular Approach to Conjugated Materials 5 $24,000.00
Tanner, Martin
Department
Chemistry
The University of British Columbia RGPIN Studies on Enzyme Mechanism and Antibiotic Resistance Strategies 5 $36,000.00
Tomy, Gregg
Department
Chemistry
University of Manitoba RGPIN Identification and environmental fate of novel halogenated polycyclic aromatic compounds in Canada's Oil Sands Region 5 $29,000.00
Turculet, Laura
Department
Chemistry
Dalhousie RGPIN Silyl Pincer Transition Metal Complexes for Challenging Bond Activation and Catalysis 5 $48,000.00
Van Humbeck, Jeffrey
Department
Chemistry
University of Calgary RGPIN Design of New Catalysts and Reagents for Site-Selective Reaction of C-H Bonds 5 $34,000.00
Voznyy, Oleksandr
Department
Physical & Environmental Sciences (Scarborough)
University of Toronto RGPIN Nanomaterials for large-scale and low-cost energy storage 5 $29,000.00
Vuckovic, Dajana
Department
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Concordia RGPIN New analytical methods for global and targeted metabolomics 5 $29,000.00
Wasylishen, Roderick
Department
Chemistry
University of Alberta RGPIN Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Molecular Structure and Dynamics 5 $36,000.00
Welch, Gregory
Department
Chemistry
University of Calgary RGPIN Next Generation Photovoltaics: Single Component Organic Solar Cells 5 $48,000.00
Wheeler, Aaron
Department
Chemistry (St. George Campus)
University of Toronto RGPIN Microfluidic Tools for Bioanalysis 5 $79,000.00
Wilson, Derek
Department
Chemistry
York University RGPIN Conformational Disorder in Protein Function and Pathogenesis 5 $29,000.00
Wishart, David
Department
Biological Sciences
University of Alberta RGPIN Novel Approaches to Spectral Prediction and Spectral Deconvolution for Metabolomics 5 $79,000.00
Wisner, James
Department
Chemistry
The University of Western Ontario RGPIN Photocontrolled Molecular Recognition for Materials Applications 5 $24,000.00
Woo, Tom
Department
Chemistry
University of Ottawa RGPIN Computational high throughput screening methods and data driven materials design 5 $79,000.00
Wuest, Frank
Department
Oncology
University of Alberta RGPIN Novel Radiochemistry with Fluorine-18 5 $48,000.00
Zhang, Hongquan
Department
Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
University of Alberta RGPIN Construction of deoxyribonucleic acid motors enabling single-molecule detection 5 $36,000.00
Zhang, Peng
Department
Chemistry
Dalhousie RGPIN Shining the brightest light on functional nanomaterials 5 $64,000.00
Zhu, Julian
Department
Chimie
Université de Montréal RGPIN Green Chemistry Approach in Developing Polymeric Biomaterials 5 $64,000.00