Trent University Scientists Receive $1,667,920 from the NSERC
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Funds to Support 15 New Studies including Mercury Contamination in the Environment and the Formation of Memories in the Brain
Thursday, May 22, 2008, Peterborough
The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) announced yesterday announced that 15 projects led by Trent University scientists would receive a total of $1,667,920 in Discovery Grants.
“This announcement will accelerate the momentum in scientific research currently taking place at Trent University,” said Dr. James Parker, associate vice president of research at Trent. “We greatly appreciate NSERC’s support which will enable our faculty to move forward on exciting new projects that are poised to make a real difference in our world.”
“Investing in our university research is also an investment in our future, since this will enhance Canada’s competitive position in the global economy,” said Minister Prentice. “This funding will help ensure that the best university professors and their students across the country can continue to engage in research that will directly contribute to our national stock of knowledge, and to our prosperity.”
Since 1999, research funding at Trent has grown 400% to just over $15 million annually in 2007 in the sciences, social sciences and humanities. This investment has enabled Trent to develop state-of-the-art facilities and support structures that nurture research excellence and in the field. The funding announced yesterday was awarded to the following researchers at Trent:
Applicant |
Department |
Title |
Total Award |
Atkinson, W.A. |
Physics and Astronomy |
Theory of inhomogenous strongly-correlated systems |
$130,840 |
Dokuchaev, N.G. |
Mathematics |
Regularity of parabolic Ito equations and applications to stochastic analysis and control |
$60,000 |
Dorken, M.E. |
Biology |
Evolution and ecology of plant sexual systems |
$125,000 |
Ellis, D.A. |
Chemistry |
The environmental fate of emerging pollutants in the Canadian environment: merging modelling and experimental techniques to create accurate predictive methods |
$30,000 |
Emery, R.J.N. |
Biology |
Cytokinins and source-sink relationships within plants |
$190,900 |
Guéguen, C. |
Chemistry |
Dissolved organic matter characterization and metal speciation in boreal streams |
$75,000 |
Hintlemann, H. |
Chemistry |
Fractionation of mercury isotopes in the environment |
$175,000 |
Kyle, C.J. |
Natural Resources |
Co-evolutionary mechanisms within vector/pathogen complexes |
$90,000 |
Lehmann, H.E, |
Psychology |
Promoting memory consolidation outside the hippocampus |
$ 124,680 |
Murray, D.L. |
Biology |
Assessment of mechanisms underlying range limit determinants in terrestrial carnivores |
$175,000 |
Pivato, M.J. |
Mathematics |
Emergent defect dynamics in cellular automata |
$80,000 |
Rafferty, S.P. |
Chemistry |
Structure-function studies on protein homodimers |
$175,000 |
Wallschläger, D. |
Environmental and Resource Studies |
Determination of redox-sensitive trace element species |
$19,800 |
Wilson, P.J. |
Biology |
Genetic structure and adaptation at a dynamic range margin |
$93,575 |
Xenopoulos, M.A. |
Biology |
Variation of stream dissolved organic carbon quantity, character and ecosystem function in a changing landscape |
$123,125 |
Total Funding |
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$1,667,920 |
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For additional information please contact:
Dr. James D. Parker, associate vice president of research, Office of Research at
