The eleven 2015 RISE Scholars are listed
below, along with their home institutions and the institutions at which
their awards were held.
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Chuan Du University of British Columbia Assessment of Sequence-Dependent DNA
Damage Induced by UVA Activated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
using Fluorescence Spectroscopy with Dr. Glen Loppnow, University of Alberta |
Jennifer
Ham University of Ottawa Tellurophene-Functionalized
Gold Nanoparticles: Toward Thermal Reductive Elimination of
Halogens using Low Energy Light with Dr. Dwight Seferos, University of Toronto |
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Briony
Lago McMaster University Improving the Photostability of
Polyphenylene Ethynylene Conjugated Polymers using Chemical
Additives with Dr. Gonzalo Cosa, McGill University |
Robin
Liu University of Toronto Characterization
of Alexa-Labeled Cellulose Nanocrystals by Single Particle
Methods with
Dr. Linda Johnston, National Research Council of Canada |
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Hudson
Lynn University of British Columbia Comparison
of Ni(II), Pd(II), and Pt(II) Dithiocarbamate Compounds
Through Luminescence and Raman Spectroscopy Coupled with DFT
Methods with
Dr. Christian Reber, Universite de Montreal |
Moiz
Mikail McMaster University Bifunctional
Supported Palladium Catalysts: Controlling Variable Activity
Under Light and Dark Activation with Dr. Tito Scaiano, University of Ottawa |
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Alex
Polgar Western University Single-Molecule Fluorescence
Microscopy of a Nanocatalytic Chemical Reaction with Dr. Matthew Paige,
University of Saskatchewan |
Connie
Tang University of Toronto The
Nature of Halogen Bonds in Solution with
Dr. Pierre Kennepohl, University of British Columbia |
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Ryan
Woluschuk University of Victoria Taking
the Scenic Route. The Escape of Singlet Oxygen from Silica
Particles with
Dr. Belinda Heyne, University of Calgary |
Jasper
Woodard University of Calgary The
Synthesis and Photochemistry of a Dimesitylstannylene (SnIIMes2
Precursor with Dr. Willie Leigh, McMaster University |
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* RISE/NSERC Scholar
** NRC Summer Student
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