Two of the three UTM alumni recognized for their leadership within Toronto’s business community and named to the inaugural Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Local Toronto, are CPS’ alums Nabanita Nawar (HBSc 2017, PhD 2022) and Pimyupa Manaswiyoungkul (PhD 2021).  They are developing the first-ever disease-modifying therapy for peripheral neuropathy, a nerve-damaging disorder that can leave patients with anything from tingling pain to paralysis, affecting 30 million people worldwide.

Name: Rebecca Allan

MSc or PhD Candidate: PhD Candidate

Location of Undergraduate Education: MChem, Cardiff University, UK

Name of the Lab at CPS: Gunning Lab

Select Awards: 

2022-2023 PRiME Fellowship

2022 UTM Graduate Leadership Award

2021-2022 Max’s Big Ride – Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Fellowship

2021 & 2022 P.E.O International Peace Scholarship

2019

Name: Erica Quilates

MSc or PhD Candidate: Recent PhD Graduate

Location of Undergraduate Education: University of Toronto Mississauga

Name of the Lab at CPS: Gunning Lab

Selected Research Contributions:

We are pleased to announce that Professor Claudiu Gradinaru has been appointed as the Biophysical Society of Canada's new president for the next two years! Congratulations Professor Gradinaru on this well deserved achievement!

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Josh Wolpert joined Prof. Lindsay Schoenbohm’s tectonic geomorphology lab at the University of Toronto Mississauga as a PhD student in 2020 after completing a Master’s degree at Louisiana State University. Josh developed an interest in earth science during his undergrad experience at Hamilton College in Upstate New York, and he became particularly intrigued by geological and climatic processes that help shape earth’s surface.

A message from Prof. Lindsay Schoenbohm, Chair of CPS:

A message from Prof. Lindsay Schoenbohm, Chair of CPS:

Four of our CPS senior earth science students received their Earth Rings last Friday: Juliana Sideritz, Aneila Ghanie, Jimena Carrillo Lay, and Bartosz Bartonezz (Bartosz not present in picture). The ceremony was held at the St George faculty club, with recent earth science graduates from all three of U of T campuses.

Name: Advikaa Dosajh

MSc or PhD Candidate: MSc Candidate

Location of Undergraduate Education: University of Toronto

Name of the Lab at CPS: Ogata Lab

Selected Awards: CPS Teaching Fellowship, Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science & Technology 

Selected Research Contributions: 

1. Van Houten, J.^, Dosajh, A.^, Ogata, A.F., (in

Professor Kent Moore shares expertise on extreme weather and climate change on