Romina Piunno’s Visit to the Geophysical Institute at the University of Bergen
Romina Piunno’s Visit to the Geophysical Institute at the University of Bergen
As a PhD candidate in the Moore Lab, Romina Piunno tackles many challenges that have direct impact on climate change and one of her research interests include convective processes in the Labrador Sea.
LEAF Grant Awarded to Jess Slomka, Lindsay Schoenbohm and Interdisciplinary Team!
LEAF Grant Awarded to Jess Slomka, Lindsay Schoenbohm and Interdisciplinary Team!
An interdisciplinary team consisting of Lab Coordinators and Faculty in CPS (Earth Sciences, including Jess Slomka, Lab Coordinator, and Professor Lindsay Schoenbohm), Biology, Geography, Anthropology/Archaeology, and the Office of Indigenous Initiatives at UTM, was recently awarded a Learning & Education Advancement Fund (LEAF)
Aiyan Brown from the Gradinaru Lab receives the BSC Travel Award
Aiyan Brown from the Gradinaru Lab receives the BSC Travel Award
Aiyan Brown, MSc student in the Gradinaru Lab, receives the Biophysical Society of Canada (BSC) Travel Award to attend the 2025 Biophysical Society (BPS) annual meeting in Los Angeles this February.
The BSC Travel Award is a merit-based support for students and postdoctoral fellows whose research supervisor is a member of the BSC.
Congratulations on this achievement, Aiyan!
PhD student Minoli Dias tracks 1,000 years of sea ice
PhD student Minoli Dias tracks 1,000 years of sea ice
Minoli Dias, from the Halfar Group, and highlighted last week in Uof T news, says the baseline data she and her fellow researchers are constructing could "inform model projections that predict what future conditions will look like”. Read more here.
CPS Grad Spotlight - Mauricio Barcelos Haag
CPS Grad Spotlight - Mauricio Barcelos Haag
Name: Mauricio Barcelos Haag
MSc or PhD Candidate: PhD Candidate
Location of Undergraduate Education: BSc in Geology and MSc in Earth Sciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Name of the Lab at CPS: Schoenbohm Lab
Selected Awards: Globalink Graduate Fellowship, MITACS Canada (2021-2022); Graduate Research Award, Geo- and Thermochronology Lab, University of Calgary (2022-2023); Research Grant
Milstein & Zilman Labs Discover How Confined Bacteria Organize, Paving the Way for New Disease Treatments
Milstein & Zilman Labs Discover How Confined Bacteria Organize, Paving the Way for New Disease Treatments
Researchers at U of T, in a collaboration between the Zilman Lab and Professor Josh Milstein of UTM’s Chemical and Physical Sciences Department, have discovered that confined bacterial populations can spontaneously organize, allowing weaker bacteria to coexist with stronger ones—an insight that may lead to new treatments for certain diseases. Read more here.
CPS Grad Spotlight - B Kell
CPS Grad Spotlight - B Kell
Name: B Kell
MSc or PhD Candidate: PhD Candidate
Location of Undergraduate Education: HBSc in Biological Physics & Mathematics, University of Toronto
Name of the Lab at CPS: Hilfinger Group
Selected Awards: Faculty of Arts & Science Top Doctoral Fellowship & Ontario Graduate Scholarship
Selected Research Contributions:
- Kell, B., Ripsman, R., Hilfinger
CPS Grad Spotlight - Minoli Dias
CPS Grad Spotlight - Minoli Dias
Name: Minoli Dias
MSc or PhD Candidate: PhD Candidate
Location of Undergraduate Education: BScH, Queen's University
Name of the Lab at CPS: Climate Geology Research Group with Prof.
Kent Moore Awarded Patterson Distinguished Service Medal
Kent Moore Awarded Patterson Distinguished Service Medal
Kent Moore, who holds the position of Distinguished Professor of Theoretical Geophysics of Climate Change and Vice-Principal, Research at UTM, was honored with the 2023 Patterson Distinguished Service Medal by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). This accolade recognizes his exceptional contributions to Canadian meteorology.