University of Toronto Mississauga / en 12 ֱ researchers recognized with Connaught Innovation Awards /celebrates/12-u-t-researchers-recognized-connaught-innovation-awards <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">12 ֱ researchers recognized with Connaught Innovation Awards</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2023-06-01T14:09:19-04:00" title="Thursday, June 1, 2023 - 14:09" class="datetime">Thu, 06/01/2023 - 14:09</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/mississauga" hreflang="en">Mississauga</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/connaught-innovation-award" hreflang="en">Connaught Innovation Award</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-chemical-physical-sciences" hreflang="en">Department of Chemical &amp; Physical Sciences</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-chemistry" hreflang="en">Department of Chemistry</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-electrical-computer-engineering" hreflang="en">Department of Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-materials-science-engineering" hreflang="en">Department of Materials Science &amp; Engineering</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-molecular-genetics" hreflang="en">Department of Molecular Genetics</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-applied-science-engineering" hreflang="en">Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/ibme" hreflang="en">IBME</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/temerty-faculty-medicine" hreflang="en">Temerty Faculty of Medicine</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/university-toronto-mississauga" hreflang="en">University of Toronto Mississauga</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p class="MsoNoSpacing">Twelve researchers at the University of Toronto are receiving Connaught Innovation Awards to help accelerate the development and commercialization of promising technologies with strong socio-economic potential that will have a positive impact on society.</p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing">“The University of Toronto congratulates this year’s recipients, whose work is addressing some of society’s most important challenges,” said <b>Leah Cowen</b>, ֱ’s vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives. “From energy-saving windows to the use of plant hormones as appetite suppressants or the development of therapeutic targets that hold promise for a broad range of neurodegenerative diseases, these researchers’ inventions have the potential to make life-changing impacts here in Canada and around the world.”</p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing">This year's recipients are:</p> <ul> <li class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://bme.utoronto.ca/faculty-research/core-faculty/julie-audet/"><strong>Julie Audet</strong>, Institute of&nbsp;Biomedical Engineering</a>: &nbsp;A tool to optimize complex formulations based on evolutionary computation accelerated by artificial neural networks</li> <li class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://physiology.utoronto.ca/faculty/denise-belsham"><strong>Denise Belsham</strong>, department of physiology</a>: The use of a plant hormone CX as an appetite suppressant</li> <li class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://moleculargenetics.utoronto.ca/faculty/alan-cochrane"><strong>Alan Cochrane</strong>, department of molecular genetics</a>: Development of broad-spectrum, host-directed antivirals</li> <li class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://golovin.mie.utoronto.ca/"><strong>Kevin Golovin</strong>, department of mechanical and industrial engineering</a>: Reducing microplastic fibre pollution using low friction polymer brush as textile coatings</li> <li class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.eecg.utoronto.ca/~gulak/home.php"><strong>Glenn Gulak</strong>, department of electrical and computer engineering</a>: A hardware accelerator for fully homomorphic encryption-based machine learning applications</li> <li class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/cps/people/patrick-gunning"><strong>Patrick Gunning</strong>, department of chemical and physical sciences</a>, University of Toronto Mississauga: Development of an artificial intelligence-driven platform to explore the undruggable genome</li> <li class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://mse.utoronto.ca/faculty-staff/professors/hatton/"><strong>Benjamin Hatton</strong>, department of materials science and engineering</a>: Smart building facades for scalable operational energy management</li> <li class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/people/directories/all-faculty/ronald-kluger"><strong>Ronald Kluger</strong>, department of chemistry</a>: Production and evaluation of hemoglobin-bis-tetramers for oxygen transport to increase supply of lungs for transplant by enhancing ex vivo perfusion of donor lungs</li> <li class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.chemistry.utoronto.ca/people/directories/all-faculty/eugenia-kumacheva"><strong>Eugenia Kumacheva</strong>, department of chemistry</a>: A platform for safety evaluation of chemical agents</li> <li class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://lmp.utoronto.ca/faculty/janice-robertson"><strong>Janice Robertson</strong>, department of laboratory medicine and pathobiology</a>: Targeting TDP-43 aggregation as therapeutics for TDP-43 proteinopathies</li> <li class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://news.engineering.utoronto.ca/non-invasive-approach-for-electrical-nerve-stimulation-among-five-projects-supported-by-2023-connaught-innovation-awards/"><strong>Paul Yoo</strong>, Institute of Biomedical Engineering</a>: Novel electrodes for non-invasive electrical nerve stimulation</li> <li class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://mse.utoronto.ca/faculty-staff/professors/zou-yu/"><strong>Yu Zou</strong>, department of materials science and engineering</a>: Autonomous additive manufacturing system&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p class="MsoNoSpacing">The Connaught Innovation Award, which provides one-time seed funding to support the development and commercialization of the researchers’ innovative technologies, is backed by <a href="https://connaught.research.utoronto.ca/">the Connaught Fund</a> – the <a href="https://connaught.research.utoronto.ca/opportunities">largest internal university research funding program in Canada</a>. Established 50 years ago through the sale of Connaught Medical Research Laboratories, which is known for the discovery and production of insulin, the fund supports ֱ scholars through programs such as&nbsp;the <a href="https://research.utoronto.ca/funding-opportunities/db/connaught-new-researcher-award">Connaught New Researcher Award</a>, the <a href="https://research.utoronto.ca/funding-opportunities/community-partnership-research-program-0">Connaught Community Partnership Research Program</a>,&nbsp;the <a href="https://brn.utoronto.ca/opportunity/connaught-challenge/">Connaught Major Research Challenge for Black Researchers</a><b>,</b>&nbsp;<a href="https://research.utoronto.ca/funding-opportunities/db/mclean-award">the McLean Award</a>&nbsp;and international doctoral scholarships.</p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing">&nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Thu, 01 Jun 2023 18:09:19 +0000 lanthierj 301839 at Fiona Rawle receives 2022 3M National Teaching Fellowship Award /celebrates/fiona-rawle-receives-2022-3m-national-teaching-fellowship-award <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Fiona Rawle&nbsp;receives 2022 3M National Teaching Fellowship Award</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/teaching" hreflang="en">Teaching</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2022-05-06T16:33:44-04:00" title="Friday, May 6, 2022 - 16:33" class="datetime">Fri, 05/06/2022 - 16:33</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/mississauga" hreflang="en">Mississauga</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/3m-teaching-fellowship" hreflang="en">3M Teaching Fellowship</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-biology" hreflang="en">Department of Biology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/university-toronto-mississauga" hreflang="en">University of Toronto Mississauga</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/UofT85376_image1-crop.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="&quot;&quot;"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>(photo by Lucas Rawle)</p> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>University of Toronto Mississauga biology professor&nbsp;<b>Fiona Rawle&nbsp;</b>has been recognized with&nbsp;a 2022 <a href="https://www.stlhe.ca/award_winners/2022-3m-national-teaching-fellows/">3M National Teaching Fellowship Award </a>- Canada’s most prestigious recognition of excellence in educational leadership and teaching at the post-secondary level.&nbsp;</p> <p>“Professor Rawle’s dedication to a teaching philosophy emphasizing&nbsp;kindness, empathy and flexibility has made her an invaluable member of UTM,” says ֱ Mississauga’s Vice-Principal, Academic and Dean&nbsp;<b>Rhonda McEwen</b>. “This recognition is richly deserved.”&nbsp;</p> <p>The fellowships are sponsored by 3M Canada and the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. <a href="https://www.macleans.ca/education/introducing-the-2022-3m-national-teaching-fellowship-award-winners/"><i>Maclean’s </i>magazine, the awards’ media sponsor, announced the honours</a> May 3.</p> <p>“The 3M National Teaching Fellowship is so meaningful to me,” says&nbsp;<a href="https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/biology/people/fiona-rawle" target="_blank">Rawle</a>, who is also ֱ Mississauga's associate dean, undergraduate, and the director of the Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre (RGASC).&nbsp;“I’m really looking forward to meeting and collaborating with the other award winners. It’s a reminder to me about what is so important in scholarly work and teaching practice – relationships with colleagues, collaborators and students.”&nbsp;</p> <p>In 2018, Rawle received the University of Toronto President’s Teaching Award and the <a href="/news/meet-two-u-t-faculty-members-honoured-ocufa-outstanding-teaching">OCUFA (Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations) Teaching Award</a>. She’s also a past recipient of the E.A. Robinson Teaching Excellence Award and the University of Toronto Early Career Teaching Award.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <h3><a href="https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/main-news/utm-biology-professor-wins-3m-national-teaching-fellowship-award">Read the ֱ Mississauga story</a></h3> <h3><a href="https://magazine.utoronto.ca/people/faculty-staff/where-kindness-rules-fiona-rawle-compassionate-teaching/">Read about Rawle in University of Toronto Magazine</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Fri, 06 May 2022 20:33:44 +0000 lanthierj 174509 at David Dunlop receives John Adam Fleming Medal for lifetime achievement in geophysics /celebrates/david-dunlop-receives-john-adam-fleming-medal-lifetime-achievement-geophysics <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">David Dunlop receives John Adam Fleming Medal for lifetime achievement in geophysics</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2021-09-24T10:13:45-04:00" title="Friday, September 24, 2021 - 10:13" class="datetime">Fri, 09/24/2021 - 10:13</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/mississauga" hreflang="en">Mississauga</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/university-toronto-mississauga" hreflang="en">University of Toronto Mississauga</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/john-adam-fleming-medal" hreflang="en">John Adam Fleming Medal</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-chemical-and-physical-sciences" hreflang="en">Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/David_Dunlop-crop.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="David Dunlop"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>University of Toronto Mississauga Professor Emeritus <b>David Dunlop</b> has won <a href="https://www.agu.org/Honor-and-Recognize/Honors/Union-Medals/John-Adam-Fleming-Medal">the John Adam Fleming Medal </a>for outstanding contributions to fundamental Earth and space science from the American Geophysical Union (AGU).</p> <p>Awarded for “original research and technical leadership in geomagnetism, atmospheric electricity, aeronomy, space physics and related sciences,” the Fleming Medal recognizes Dunlop’s lifetime achievement in the field of geophysics.</p> <p>“David has been a dedicated and invaluable member of our community for many years,” says <b>Lindsay Schoenbohm</b>, chair of ֱ Mississauga’s department of chemical and physical sciences. “It is wonderful now to see this highest-level recognition for his scholarly achievements.”</p> <p>Dunlop's best-known research has been in the fundamental magnetic properties of rocks and minerals and in Precambrian paleomagnetism and plate tectonics. During a 36-year career at ֱ Mississauga and the St. George campus, Dunlop has taught and mentored countless students and early career professionals who have gone on to careers in geological and physical sciences.&nbsp;He has been the sole author of 63 papers and has co-authored more than 150 papers in scholarly journals and books. With his wife, <a href="https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/cps/people/ozden-ozdemir"><b>Özden Özdemir</b></a>, also a physics professor, he co-wrote what would become known as “the bible” in their field, <i>Rock Magnetism: Fundamentals and Frontiers</i></p> <p>&nbsp;“It’s a wonderful life we’ve had,” says Dunlop, who continues to publish research.</p> <h3><a href="https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/main-news/utm-physics-professor-david-dunlop-wins-top-award-contributions-science">Read the ֱ Mississauga story</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTM</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Fri, 24 Sep 2021 14:13:45 +0000 lanthierj 170489 at University of Toronto professors honoured with top research awards from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada /celebrates/university-toronto-professors-honoured-top-research-awards-natural-sciences-and <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">University of Toronto professors honoured with top research awards from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2020-11-11T10:55:18-05:00" title="Wednesday, November 11, 2020 - 10:55" class="datetime">Wed, 11/11/2020 - 10:55</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/nserc" hreflang="en">NSERC</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-applied-science-engineering" hreflang="en">Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/temerty-faculty-medicine" hreflang="en">Temerty Faculty of Medicine</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/university-toronto-mississauga" hreflang="en">University of Toronto Mississauga</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-computer-science" hreflang="en">Department of Computer Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-biology" hreflang="en">Department of Biology</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/nserc-group.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="&quot;&quot;"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(Photos by Sylvie Li)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>University of Toronto professors are being recognized with <a href="https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Prizes-Prix/Polanyi-Polanyi/Index-Index_eng.asp">the <strong>John&nbsp;C. Polanyi </strong>Award</a>, the <a href="https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Prizes-Prix/Brockhouse-Brockhouse/Index-Index_eng.asp">Brockhouse Canada Prize</a>, two <a href="https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Prizes-Prix/Steacie-Steacie/Index-Index_eng.asp">E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowships</a>, and the <a href="https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Prizes-Prix/Herzberg-Herzberg/Index-Index_eng.asp">Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering</a> – top research prizes from <a href="https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Prizes-Prix/Index_eng.asp">the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada</a> (NSERC).</p> <p>“The University of Toronto congratulates these extraordinary researchers on this important recognition of their path-breaking work,” said&nbsp;<a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/">University Professor</a>&nbsp;<strong>Ted Sargent</strong>, ֱ’s vice-president of research and innovation and strategic initiatives. “Their leadership and dedication is having a significant impact on the lives of people across Canada and around the world.”</p> <p>The prizes were announced Nov. 10 by Governor General&nbsp;<strong>Julie Payette</strong>, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Navdeep Bains, and Professor Alejandro Adem, president of NSERC.</p> <p>“These researchers exemplify Canada’s culture of curiosity and innovation, and are making the breakthroughs that have the power to improve the lives of all Canadians,” Bains said.</p> <p>University Professor <a href="/celebrates/molly-shoichet-receives-gerhard-herzberg-canada-gold-medal-science-and-engineering"><strong>Molly Shoichet </strong>of the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering received the $1 million Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal</a> in recognition of her breakthrough invention of hydrogels which have led to game-changing applications in the areas of tissue engineering, regenerative medicine and pharmaceutical testing – and fundamentally advanced biomedical engineering research.</p> <p>Professor&nbsp;<a href="/celebrates/karen-maxwell-receives-john-c-polanyi-award"><strong>Karen Maxwell</strong> of the Termerty Faculty of Medicine received the John C. Polanyi Award </a>in recognition of her ground-breaking discovery and ongoing contributions to the field of biochemistry.</p> <p>Assistant Professor&nbsp;<a href="/celebrates/tovi-grossman-receives-ewr-steacie-memorial-fellowship"><strong>Tovi Grossman</strong> of the department of computer science</a> in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science and Associate Professor&nbsp;<a href="/celebrates/marc-johnson-receives-ewr-steacie-memorial-fellowship"><strong>Marc Johnson</strong> of the department of biology</a> at ֱ Mississauga each received an E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship, which recognizes early career achievements of promising scientists and supports their efforts to enhance their research.</p> <p><a href="/celebrates/netcare-project-receives-brockhouse-canada-prize-interdisciplinary-research-science-and">The NETCARE project led by Professor <strong>Jonathan Abbatt </strong></a>with Professor <strong>Jennifer Murphy</strong> of the department of chemistry in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science received the Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering for its contribution to climate research in Canada’s Arctic.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Wed, 11 Nov 2020 15:55:18 +0000 lanthierj 166402 at Connaught Innovation Award recognizes 10 leading ֱ researchers /celebrates/connaught-innovation-award-recognizes-10-leading-u-t-researchers <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Connaught Innovation Award recognizes 10 leading ֱ researchers</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2020-03-10T07:58:44-04:00" title="Tuesday, March 10, 2020 - 07:58" class="datetime">Tue, 03/10/2020 - 07:58</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/mississauga" hreflang="en">Mississauga</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/connaught-innovation-award" hreflang="en">Connaught Innovation Award</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/donnelly-centre-cellular-biomolecular-research" hreflang="en">Donnelly Centre for Cellular &amp; Biomolecular Research</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-applied-science-engineering" hreflang="en">Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-kinesiology-physical-education" hreflang="en">Faculty of Kinesiology &amp; Physical Education</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/university-toronto-mississauga" hreflang="en">University of Toronto Mississauga</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/women-stem" hreflang="en">Women in STEM</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/connaught-group.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="headshots of all ten connaught recipients"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Ten University of Toronto researchers are receiving Connaught Innovation Awards to help accelerate the development and commercialization of their promising technologies.</p> <p>The winning projects were selected for their strong socio-economic and commercial potential and are expected to have a positive impact on society.&nbsp;</p> <p>“The Connaught Innovation Awards are building on the legacy of Connaught Labs which produced insulin, vaccines and anti-toxins that saved lives – and which continues to fund innovative research at ֱ today,” said <strong>Vivek Goel</strong>, ֱ's vice-president of research and innovation and strategic initiatives.</p> <p>“I congratulate all the winners of this year's awards for the important contributions they're making both locally and globally.”</p> <p>The ten winners are:<br> • <a href="/celebrates/assistant-professor-sanja-fidler-receives-connaught-innovation-award"><strong>Sanja Fidler</strong> of the department of mathematical and computational sciences</a> at the University of Toronto Mississauga and the Vector Institute<br> • <a href="/celebrates/professor-molly-shoichet-receives-connaught-innovation-award"><strong>Molly Shoichet </strong>of the department of chemical engineering and applied chemistry </a>and the Institute of Biomaterials &amp; Biomedical Engineering at the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering and&nbsp;the Donnelly Centre for Cellular &amp; Biomolecular Research<br> • <a href="/celebrates/professor-timothy-bender-receives-connaught-innovation-award"><strong>Timothy Bender</strong> of the department of chemical engineering and applied chemistry</a> in the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering<br> •<a href="/celebrates/professor-eyal-de-lara-receives-connaught-innovation-award"> <strong>Eyal de Lara </strong>of the department of computer science</a> in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science<br> • <a href="/celebrates/professor-benjamin-hatton-receives-connaught-innovation-award"><strong>Benjamin Hatton</strong> of the department of material science and engineering</a> in the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering<br> • <a href="/celebrates/professor-glenn-hibbard-receives-connaught-innovation-award"><strong>Glen Hibbard</strong> of the department of materials science and engineering</a> in the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering<br> • <a href="/celebrates/assistant-professor-michael-hutchison-receives-connaught-innovation-award"><strong>Michael Hutchison</strong> of the Faculty of Kinesiology &amp; Physical Education</a><br> • <a href="/celebrates/professor-hoi-kwong-lo-receives-connaught-innovation-award"><strong>Hoi-Kwong Lo</strong> of the department of electrical and computer engineering</a> in the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering and the department of physics in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science<br> • <a href="/celebrates/professor-karan-singh-receives-connaught-innovation-award"><strong>Karan Singh </strong>of the department of computer science</a> in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science<br> •<a href="/celebrates/professor-yu-sun-receives-connaught-innovation-award"> <strong>Yu Sun</strong> of the department of mechanical and industrial engineering</a> and the Institute of Biomaterials &amp; Biomedical Engineering in the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering&nbsp;</p> <p>The Connaught Fund, the largest internal university research funding program in Canada, has awarded almost $7 million in ten competitions for the Connaught Innovation Award program. This year's winners will share a total of $500,000.<br> &nbsp;</p> <h3><a href="http://connaught.research.utoronto.ca/">Read more about The Connaught Fund</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Tue, 10 Mar 2020 11:58:44 +0000 lanthierj 163244 at