Graduate Students

PhD Defense: Tropical fine root traits from the sub-individual to the community level: impacts on plant coexistence in phosphorus-limited ecosystems

patricia.lianos@mcgill.ca — Thu, 21 May 2026 23:43:14 +0000

Student: Caroline Dallstream
Supervisor: Fiona Soper
Type: Hybrid

PhD Defense: Regulation of meiotic chromosome axis morphogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans

patricia.lianos@mcgill.ca — Thu, 21 May 2026 23:41:08 +0000

Student: Amirhossein (Amir) Pezeshki Najafabadi
Supervisor: Monique Zetka
Type: Hybrid

PhD Defense: Mechanisms of cellular microtubule regulation

patricia.lianos@mcgill.ca — Thu, 21 May 2026 23:37:45 +0000

Student: Alexandra Paquette
Supervisor: Gary Brouhard
Type: Hybrid

PhD Defense: Neural, cognitive, and ecotoxicological correlates of spatial behaviour in a central-place foraging urban gull

patricia.lianos@mcgill.ca — Thu, 21 May 2026 23:34:00 +0000

Student: Anna Lippold
Supervisor: Mélanie Guigueno
Co-Supervisor: Jonathan Verreault
Type: Hybrid

Distinguished lectures in applied mathematics and statistics

admin — Tue, 19 May 2026 15:40:14 +0000

This series of conferences on topics in applied mathematics began in 2024. Each year, the CRM welcomes one or two distinguished speakers. Each edition is devoted to a different theme. The theme for 2025 was numerical analysis.

Bob Oliver (Université Sorbonne Paris Nord)

admin — Tue, 19 May 2026 15:43:22 +0000

Title: The local structure of finite groups and of their classifying spaces.

Venue: Pavillon Président-Kennedy à l’UQAM Room PK-5115

XXVIIIe Colloque panquébécois de l'ISM

admin — Tue, 19 May 2026 15:31:26 +0000

Le comité organisateur du XXVIIIe Colloque panquébécois de l'Institut des Sciences Mathématiques est heureux de vous accueillir à l'Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) en mai 2026!

Explosions, colour changes, and hands-on science: the 91ɬ�� Chemistry Outreach Group’s 24 Hours of Science Event

admin — Fri, 15 May 2026 14:07:06 +0000

On Saturday, May 2, families gathered at the Otto Maass Chemistry Building for an exciting day of discovery as the 91ɬ�� Chemistry Outreach Group held its annual 24 Hours of Science event, which welcomed 220 guests.

91ɬ��’s Bravo Gala shines a spotlight on research excellence

admin — Thu, 14 May 2026 16:18:30 +0000

At event honouring 116 winners of major awards, keynote speaker and SSHRC Gold Medal recipient Myriam Denov emphasized the importance of listening.

91ɬ�� celebrated more than 100 researchers at the 21st edition of Bravo, a gala event May 7 honouring the winners of major provincial, national and international research prizes and awards in 2025.

91ɬ�� awarded 16 new or renewed Canada Research Chairs

admin — Wed, 13 May 2026 17:51:34 +0000

From fundamental physics to child well-being, 91ɬ�� researchers advance discovery across disciplines

91ɬ�� has been awarded $18.1 million in federal funding to support 16 Canada Research Chairs – six new and 10 renewed.

Provost honours 31 91ɬ�� professors for exceptional research achievements

admin — Wed, 13 May 2026 18:00:18 +0000

The 2026 cohort of Distinguished James 91ɬ�� Professors, James 91ɬ�� Professors and William Dawson Scholars embody ‘the very best of our academic community’.

Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic) Angela Campbell has named 31 91ɬ�� professors as Distinguished James 91ɬ�� Professors, James 91ɬ�� Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements.

$1.25 million for 91ɬ�� research from the New Frontiers in Research Fund

admin — Wed, 13 May 2026 17:34:01 +0000

Federal fund will support transformative high risk, high reward research across engineering, science, and medicine at 91ɬ��.

Six Faculty of Science Professors celebrated for outstanding research achievements

admin — Wed, 13 May 2026 17:02:16 +0000

Clockwise from top left: Parisa Ariya (Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences), Bruce Arndtsen (Chemistry), Nikolaos Provatas (Physics), Hanadi Sleiman (Chemistry), Irene Gregory-Eaves (Biology), and Fiona Soper (Biology)

This year, six professors from the Faculty of Science have been recognized among the recipients of the 2026 cohort of Distinguished James 91ɬ�� Professors, James 91ɬ�� Professors and William Dawson Scholars.

91ɬ�� awarded 16 new or renewed Canada Research Chairs

admin — Wed, 13 May 2026 16:56:31 +0000

From fundamental physics to child well-being, 91ɬ�� researchers advance discovery across disciplines

91ɬ�� has been awarded $18.1 million in federal funding to support 16 Canada Research Chairs – six new and 10 renewed.

The University’s newly appointed CRCs will drive forward cutting-edge research in fields that include subatomic physics, food science and agricultural chemistry, and counselling psychology. Renewed Chairs will continue vital work in such areas as Parkinson’s disease, bioengineering, data ethics and intergenerational childhood trauma.

PhD Oral Defence; Mr. Xiao Xiao

admin — Tue, 12 May 2026 18:25:08 +0000

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