Trent University Researchers Awarded Over $3.2 Million for STEM Projects
/The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded more than $3.27 million to 14 researchers at Trent University.
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The money comes from the latest round of Discovery Grant research funding.
“These awards reflect Trent University's longstanding strength in scientific research and our extraordinary researchers,” said Dr. Stephanie Rutherford, interim vice-president of Research & Innovation at Trent University. "Trent faculty lead the way in scientific questions with real-world impact, and I am thrilled about their well-deserved recognition.”
NSERC Discovery Grants & Supplements
Total awarded: $2,930,000 over five years, plus $75,000 in Discovery Launch Supplements
Dr. Carolyn Baer, Psychology: Uncovering the Structure of Confidence Representations in Childhood
Dr. Katharine Clark, Mathematics: Robust Model-Based Clustering Methods for Complex Data
Dr. Huy Dang, Trent School of the Environment: The Ecological and Climate Implications of Rare Earth Elements as Critical Elements
Dr. Paul Frost, Biology: Lake Stoichiometry in a Changing World
Dr. Robert Huber, Biology: Lysosomal Enzyme Trafficking in Dictyostelium discoideum
Dr. Maggie MacPherson, Biology: Quantifying and Explaining Loss of Bird Migration with Global Change
Dr. Joseph Northrup, Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program: Drivers and Consequences of Habitat Selection
Dr. Makhdumabanu Farukali Saiyed, Computing & Information Systems: An Intelligent Framework for Adaptive Cyber Defense and Decision Support in Mission-Critical IoT Networks
Dr. Peter Sues, Chemistry: Controlling the Secondary Coordination Sphere in Calixpyrrole Systems: Uncovering the Effects of Catalyst Microenvironment on Small Molecule Activation
Dr. Andrew Vreugdenhil, Chemistry: Developing Sustainable Systems for Adsorption, Isolation and Destruction of PFAS
Dr. Autumn Watkinson, Trent School of the Environment: Ecological Theory for Predictable Restoration: Stress, Facilitation, and Coexistence in Plant Communities
Dr. Marguerite Xenopoulos, Biology: Patterns and Drivers of Ecosystem Metabolism in Freshwater Ecosystems
Dr. Janet Yee, Biology: Gene Expression in Giardia lamblia
NSERC Research Tools and Instruments (RTI) Grants Program
Total awarded: $274,352
Dr. Huy Dang, Trent School of the Environment: On-site High-Resolution Greenhouse Gas Emissions Monitoring Station for Environmental and Climate Research
Dr. Cheryl McKenna Neuman, Trent School of the Environment: Malvern Laser Particle Size Analyzer (LPSA) for Materials Characterization
