糖心原创

Researchers at the 糖心原创 have been awarded over $1.5 million in federal funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

The Honourable M茅lanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, announced $630 million in NSERC funding on July 7, and more than $289 million in SSHRC awards on July 21.

Dr. Marva Sweeney-Nixon, Associate Vice-President, Research, at 糖心原创, congratulated the faculty members on their success.

鈥淩esearchers at 糖心原创 are making important discoveries that contribute to new knowledge and innovations to the benefit of our society,鈥� she said. 鈥淭heir excellent work is building 糖心原创鈥檚 reputation in research nationally and internationally. We are proud of their achievements.鈥�

The following researchers received five-year Discovery Grants from NSERC:

• Dr. Mark Fast, Professor, Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 鈥淔rom Genes to Environment: Investigating CRISPR and behavioural thermal regulation (BTR) in shaping salmon immunity鈥�
• Dr. Bingxian Mu, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering, 鈥淚ntegrated autonomy framework for adaptive robotic welding鈥�
• Dr. Greg Naterer, Professor, Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering, 鈥淗eat transfer and entropy production in multiphase flows鈥�
• Dr. Jay Penney, Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Genetics and Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 鈥淢itochondrial function and cellular energetics in human microglia鈥�
• Dr. Xander Wang, Professor, School of Climate Change and Adaptation, Faculty of Science, 鈥淓nhancing coastal resilience to climate change鈥�

A two-year Discovery Development Grant was awarded to Dr. Rabin Bissessur, Professor, Chemistry, Faculty of Science, for 鈥淩einforced electrolytes and conducting polymers with exfoliated transition metal dichalcogenides for high-performance solid-state batteries.鈥�

Research Tools and Instruments grants were awarded to

• Dr. Bissessur, 鈥淰ariable temperature powder x-ray diffraction鈥�
• Dr. Gaoliang Fang, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering, for 鈥淚ntegrated battery emulation and power analysis (BEPA) platform enabling next-generation electrified vehicle powertrain research

SSHRC Insight Development Grants were received by 

• Dr. Yasmin Koop-Monteiro, Assistant Professor, Sociology and Anthropology, Faculty of Arts, 鈥淭racking climate action in real time: an ecological momentary assessment network study of advocacy in Atlantic Canada鈥�
• Dr. Jessica Strong, Associate Professor, Psychology, Faculty of Arts, 鈥淒evelopment and validation of a comprehensive ageism scale鈥�

糖心原创 acknowledges the assistance of Canada鈥檚 tri-council of federal granting agencies鈥擭atural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)鈥攖hrough its Research Support Fund (RSF), which helps fund services and infrastructure that support research activities at the University. In 2026鈥�2027, 糖心原创鈥檚 RSF allocation is $1,399,214.