The ten 2011 RISE Scholars are listed below, along with their home institutions and the institutions at which their awards were held. Six of the students were also awarded NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards, while the student at NRC was awarded an NRC Summer Studentship. These awards are held concurrently with the RISE Scholarships.
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Rosy Fournier * University of Ottawa Electronic Effects in N-HydroxySulfonamides: Understanding the Sulfur-Nitrogen Bond with Dr. Pierre Kennepohl, University of British Columbia |
Karissa Giraldi * University of Alberta Investigating the Structure and Photopolymerization Kinetics of a Mixed 10,12-Pentacosadiyonic Acid-Perfluorotetradecanoic Acid Monolayer Film with Dr. Matthew Paige, University of Saskatchewan |
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Richard Lincoln * Acadia University Meso-Functionalized Bodipy Dyes: Effect of C2 and C6 Substitution on Electrophilicity, Photostability and Excited State Energy Levels with Dr. Gonzalo Cosa, McGill University |
Marie Malone * University of Victoria Supported and Colloidal Gold Nanoparticles as Catalysts in the Wolff Rearrangement with Dr. Tito Scaiano, University of Ottawa |
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Spencer Pitre ** University of Prince Edward Island Direct Incorporation of Short- and Long-Chain Caged Ceramide into Supported Lipid Bilayers with Dr. Linda Johnston, Steacie Institute, National Research Council |
Alex Radtke University of British Columbia Investigations of Metallophilic Interactions in Au and Ag Systems with Dr. Christian Reber, Université de Montréal |
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Laura Smith McGill University Stopped-flow Kinetic Studies of the Reactions of Tetramesityldigermene with Alcohols with Dr. Willie Leigh, McMaster University |
Cieran Tran * University of Alberta Spray-coat Application and Polymerization of Thiophene Polymers – A Dynamic Covalent Polymerization Approach with Dr. Will Skene, Université de Montréal |
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Luise Wolf McMaster University Investigating binding dynamics of guests with cucurbit[n]uril, n = 6,7 with Dr. Cornelia Bohne, University of Victoria |
Polly Yu * University of British Columbia Hydrolytic Stability of Triesters with Dr. Jordan Wosnick, Xerox Research Centre of Canada |
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* RISE/NSERC Scholar
** NRC Summer Student
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