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2020 research grants competition - results by peer review committee

Physics (RTI)
Applicant name Institution Program Title Term Amount awarded
Boyd, Robert
Department
Physics
University of Ottawa RTI Characterizing enhanced nonlinear optical responses in the mid-infrared spectrum 1 $135,259.00
Childress, Lilian
Department
Physics
McGill University RTI Spin-based probes of magnetic dynamics in the few-magnon regime 1 $148,255.00
Dahn, Jeff
Department
Physics and Atmospheric Science
Dalhousie RTI Benchtop Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer for Analysis of Lithium-ion Battery Electrolytes 1 $133,926.00
Damascelli, Andrea
Department
Physics and Astronomy
The University of British Columbia RTI Micrometer-scale time-resolved ARPES on exfoliated quantum materials and their heterostructures 1 $139,066.00
Fanchini, Giovanni
Department
Physics and Astronomy
The University of Western Ontario RTI Urgent repair and upgrade of high-vacuum variable-temperature scanning probe microscope 1 $138,624.00
Francoeur, Sébastien
Department
Génie physique
École Polytechnique de Montréal RTI Superconducting single photon detectors for quantum optics and spectroscopy up to 2.5 microns 1 $149,675.00
Gaulin, Bruce
Department
Physics and Astronomy
McMaster University RTI Neutron Powder Diffraction and Equipment Upgrades at the McMaster Nuclear Reactor: Leveraging Previous Investments in Canadian Neutron Scattering 1 $148,630.00
Gordon, Reuven
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Victoria RTI Quantum Sources of Light Based on Single Erbium Ions in a Trapped Nanocrystal 1 $147,121.00
Hall, Kimberley
Department
Physics and Atmospheric Science
Dalhousie RTI Transient Kerr Microscopy System for Studying Spin Transport in Semiconducting Hybrid Perovskite Quantum Materials 1 $150,000.00
Hill, Reghan
Department
Chemical Engineering
McGill University RTI Dynamic and static light-scattering goniometer for soft nanocomposites 1 $139,282.00
Karimi, Ebrahim
Department
Physics
University of Ottawa RTI Scintillometry for Practical Quantum Communication 1 $108,100.00
Koffas, Thomas
Department
Physics
Carleton University RTI Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy for Semiconductor Device Development 1 $147,218.00
Milner, Valery
Department
Physics and Astronomy
The University of British Columbia RTI Closed-loop cryocooler for continuing an ongoing research on helium nanodroplets 1 $58,951.00
Orgiu, Emanuele
Department
Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications, Centre
Institut national de la recherche scientifique RTI Cryogenic Probe Station With Optical Apertures to Investigate Light Interactions with Charged Matter 1 $150,000.00
Ozaki, Tsuneyuki
Department
Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications, Centre
Institut national de la recherche scientifique RTI Cutting-edge elliptically and circularly polarized terahertz technology 1 $141,942.00
Sawatzky, George
Department
Physics and Astronomy
The University of British Columbia RTI Low vibration and low temperature closed-cycle cryostat for oxide MBE and laser-ARPES 1 $150,000.00
Sciaini, Germán
Department
Chemistry
University of Waterloo RTI REPAIR OF FEMTOSECOND LASER SYSTEM 1 $150,000.00
Stafford, Luc
Department
Physique
Université de Montréal RTI New hyperspectral imager with Bragg tunable filters for multiscale and multiphase analysis of non-equilibrium plasmas 1 $140,038.00
van Lierop, Johan
Department
Physics and Astronomy
University of Manitoba RTI Atomic magnetism of skyrmion lattices: Probing Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions using advanced low temperature conversion electron Mössbauer spectroscopy 1 $83,395.00
Van Waerbeke, Ludovic
Department
Physics and Astronomy
The University of British Columbia RTI Probing the cosmic web with the Canada France Imaging Survey 1 $17,136.00
Vutha, Amar
Department
Physics (St. George Campus)
University of Toronto RTI Laser wavelength meter 1 $144,409.00
Woodside, Michael
Department
Physics
University of Alberta RTI Single-molecule mass photometry to probe the competition between protein aggregation and native folding 1 $144,301.00