Fifteen RISE Scholarships were awarded in 2008/09. The 2009 RISE Scholars are listed below, along with their home institutions and the institutions at which their awards were held. Several of the students were also awarded NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards, while the student at NRC was awarded an NRC Summer Studentship. These awards are held concurrently with the RISE Scholarships.
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Mihaela Ceausu University of Toronto E-mail: mihaela.ceausu@utoronto.ca Fluorescent Studies Towards the Application of Functionalized BODIPY Dyes as Metal Sensors with Dr. Tito Scaiano, University of Ottawa |
| Alexander Fage Acadia University E-mail: alexander.fage@gmail.com Two-Photon Excitation
Photodynamic Therapy: Investigations with Chicken Embryos, with Dr. David Cramb, University of Calgary |
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Amani Farhat University of Ottawa E-mail: amani_farhat@hotmail.com Photochromic Reactivity of Dithienylethenes as Potential Membrane Disruptors with Dr. Scott Murphy, University of Regina |
| Ben Fregeau * McMaster University E-mail: fregeabm@mcmaster.ca Halo(Pyridinium)Carbenes: Electrophilic Reactive Intermediates with Dr. Fran Cozens, Dalhousie University |
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Adam Friedman Queen's University E-mail: 7aaf@queensu.ca Initial Excited-State Structural Dynamics of 2’-deoxyadenosine with Dr. Glen Loppnow, University of Alberta |
| Jack Guan ** McGill University E-mail: jack.guan@rogers.com Dye partitioning and fluorescence resonance energy transfer in lipid bilayers with Dr. Linda Johnston, National Research Council, Ottawa |
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Carolyn Ladd * University of Calgary E-mail: cladd@ucalgary.ca Absorption Studies of Co(H2O)62+ and Pressure-Dependent Luminescence Studies of [M(bpy)2Pt(SCN)4] Complexes with Dr. Christian Reber, Université de Montréal |
| Kiana Lahring University of Calgary E-mail: kklahrin@ucalgary.ca Preparation of Functionalized Monolayer-Protected Gold Nanoparticles (MPGNs) for Fluorescent Probe Delivery via Photo-Induced Radical Ligand Cleavage with Dr. Mark Workentin, University of Western Ontario |
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Oliver MacLean University of British Columbia E-mail: odm04w@gmailcom Fundamental Studies of Carrier Aging with Michelle Chrétien, Xerox Research Centre of Canada |
| Robyn Porterfield Concordia University E-mail: robbed.of.reason@gmail.com Fluorescence Spectroscopy and the Characterization of Phase-separated Films Doped with Nile Red with Dr. Matthew Paige, University of Saskatchewan |
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Hollis Roth * University of Victoria E-mail: hollis.m.roth@gmail.com Single Molecule and Ensemble Fluorescence Studies on Polymerase Activity with Dr. Gonzalo Cosa, McGill University |
| Jacqueline Schulman University of Western Ontario E-mail: jschulma@uwo.ca Preparing for the Molecular Movie: Growing VO2 for Femtosecond Electron Diffraction with Dr. Dwayne Miller, University of Toronto |
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Joey Sheff * University of Alberta E-mail: sheff@chem.ubc.ca S K-edge XAS of S-N bonding in compounds with varying sulfur and nitrogen oxidation states with Dr. Pierre Kennepohl, University of British Columbia |
| Gage Sonntag University of Saskatchewan E-mail: gsonntag@uvic.ca Dynamics of Pyrene Incorporation into Octa-Acid Nanocapsules with Dr. Cornelia Bohne, University of Victoria |
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Dominica Wong McMaster University E-mail: wongdh@mcmaster.ca Investigation of substituent effects on the photodecarboxylation of phenylacetic acid in aqueous solution with Dr. Matt Lukeman, Acadia University |
* RISE/NSERC Scholar
** NRC Summer Student
§ Alberta Heritage Fund Scholar
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