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Physicist Kenneth Burch, leader of the international team that used Scotch Tape to induce super-conductivity in a semi-conductor, is the new Canada Research Chair of Spectroscopy of Novel Materials (photo by Diana Tyszko)

Federal government invests $18.7 million in 老司机直播 research

Meet the university's 23 Canada Research Chairs

The federal government is investing $18.7 million in funding for 23 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs (CRCs) at the University of Toronto.

Researchers will use the funds to investigate everything from lung transplantation to the efficiency of wireless networks.

鈥淭he Canada Research Chairs program is a key component of the university鈥檚 efforts to attract and retain the world鈥檚 most promising researchers,鈥 said Professor Peter Lewis, 老司机直播鈥檚 associate vice-president, Research and Innovation. 鈥淲e are grateful to the government of Canada for its continuing support of this program.鈥

The new CRCs are:

鈥&苍产蝉辫;Morgan Barense, Department of Psychology, CRC in Cognitive Neuroscience
鈥&苍产蝉辫;Kenneth Burch, Department of Physics, CRC in Spectroscopy of Novel Materials
鈥&苍产蝉辫;Brian Cox, Department of Physiology, CRC in Placental Development and Maternal-Foetal Health
鈥&苍产蝉辫;Marcelo Cypel, Department of Surgery and the University Health Network, CRC in Lung Transplantation
鈥&苍产蝉辫;Jason Fish, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology and the University Health Network, CRC in Vascular Cell and Molecular Biology
鈥&苍产蝉辫;Glenn Hibbard, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, CRC in Cellular Hybrid Materials
鈥&苍产蝉辫;Ashish Khisti, Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, CRC in Wireless Networks
鈥&苍产蝉辫;David Lie, Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, CRC in Secure and Reliable Computer Systems
鈥&苍产蝉辫;Martin Pickav茅, Department of Philosophy, CRC in Medieval Philosophy
鈥&苍产蝉辫;Michael Wilson, Department of Molecular Genetics and the Hospital for Sick Children, CRC in Comparative Genomics
鈥&苍产蝉辫;Minna Woo, Departments of Medicine and Medical Biophysics and University Health Network, CRC in Signal Transduction in Diabetes Pathogenesis.

老司机直播鈥檚 total number of Canada Research Chairs is 238, the largest number of any university in the country.
鈥淥ur government is committed to attracting and retaining the world鈥檚 best and brightest researchers, supporting innovation, creating jobs and strengthening our economy,鈥 said Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology). 鈥淏y investing in programs such as the Canada Research Chairs, we are fostering cutting-edge research and the generation of new innovations for the marketplace, for the benefit of Canadians.鈥

The announcement also included the advancement of  two existing chairholders from Tier 2 to Tier 1. (Tier 1 Chairs are for outstanding researchers acknowledged by their peers as world leaders in their fields. Tier 2 Chairs are for exceptional emerging researchers.) They are:

鈥&苍产蝉辫;Brendan Frey, Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, CRC in Biological Computation
鈥&苍产蝉辫;Wei Yu, Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, CRC in Information Theory and Wireless Communications.

Finally, 10 existing chairs were renewed:

鈥&苍产蝉辫;Maydianne Andrade, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, CRC in Integrative Behavioural Ecology
鈥&苍产蝉辫;Harald Bathelt, Department of Political Science, CRC in Innovation and Governance
鈥&苍产蝉辫;George Eleftheriades, Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, CRC in Microstructured and Nanostructured Metamaterials
鈥&苍产蝉辫;Patricia L. Howell, Department of Biochemistry and the Hospital for Sick Children, CRC in Structural Biology
鈥&苍产蝉辫;Stephen Kudla, Department of Mathematics, CRC in Automorphic Forms and Arithmetic Geometry
鈥&苍产蝉辫;Jeff Meyer, Department of Psychiatry and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, CRC of Neurochemistry of Major Depressive Disorder
鈥&苍产蝉辫;Peter Newman, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, CRC in Health and Social Justice
鈥&苍产蝉辫;Laurence Pelletier, Department of Molecular Genetics and Mount Sinai Hospital, CRC in Centrosome Biogenesis and Function,
鈥&苍产蝉辫;Ren-Ke Li, Department of Surgery and University Health Network, CRC in Cardiac Regeneration
鈥&苍产蝉辫;Molly Shoichet, Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, and Institute of Biomaterials & Bioengineering, CRC in Tissue Engineering

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