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Researchers at the University of Ottawa have debunked the decade-old myth of metals being useless in photonics – the science and technology of light – with their findings, recently published in Nature Communications, expected to lead to many applications in the field of nanophotonics.

Communicating science is an intrinsic part of a scientist’s career.

During his postdoctoral research training in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Saeid Molladavoudi perfected the skills required to succeed in his professional career. Today, Saeid excels as a Lead Data Scientist in the Data Science Division at Statistics Canada.

Patrick Nadeau’s background in Biology, obtained through his undergraduate degree at the University of Ottawa, has proven to be extremely valuable in his current role of Executive Director at Ottawa Riverkeeper.

Following a successful PhD in Ireland, Andrew Schaeffer joined the University of Ottawa as an NSERC Postdoctoral Scholar in 2015. He then earned a prestigious Banting postdoctoral fellowship to pursue his research on active seismic regions in Canada.

While working as a postdoctoral fellow with Professor David Bryce, Vijith Kumar built on his research experience in supramolecular chemistry by exploring organic crystal engineering with novel non-covalent interactions such as chalcogen and tetrel bonding.

Mina Ghahremani, a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Biology, is the proud recipient of the Ragai Ibrahim 2020 Award.

Ron Shah, a gifted PhD graduate who worked with Professor Derek Pratt, significantly advanced the development of antioxidant therapies for the treatment of degenerative disease.

Subduction zones are boundaries between tectonic plates where Earth’s largest earthquakes occur.

Renelle Dubosq, a doctoral student at the University of Ottawa, stands out from the ordinary not only as one of the very few Indigenous women in the geosciences, but especially for her valuable work on the atomic structure of geomaterials.