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Two CRPuO members received renewals of their Tier 2 Canada Research Chairs to continue their leading-edge research in quantum communications and photonics

This research breakthrough related to CO₂ transformation and its future implications from lead author Dr. Jaspreet Walia, PDF at the CRPuO, will be of interest to researchers involved in the development of solar-driven chemical transformations, industrial scale catalytic processes, and reconfigurable light-emitting metasurfaces

Prof. Xiaoyi Bao is one of this year’s recipients of the 2021 Governor General’s Innovation Award which recognizes exceptional innovators from all sectors of Canadian society whose work is transformative and has a meaningful impact on the quality of life in our country

Prof. Robert Boyd was awarded the 2020 Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids and Prof. Juan Scaiano was the recipient of the 2020 Nicholas J. Turro Award in Photochemistry

Professor’s Ksenia Dolgaleva and Robert W. Boyd in collaboration with Professor Jean-Michel Ménard have debunked a decade-long myth that metals are useless in photonics research

CRPuO members Pierre Berini, Karin Hinzer and Ghassan Jabbour receive millions in infrastructure funding from the CFI’s 2020 Innovation Fund

5 CRPuO members have been awarded nearly $800,000 in funding to support collaborative research projects as part of the National Research Council’s Challenge programs

Dr. Lessard is renewed as Tier 2 Canada Research Chair for his research related to the use of novel carbon-based semi-conductor and polymeric dielectric materials, in organic electronic prototype devices

Ebrahim Karimi receives the 2020 CAP Herzberg Medal, which recognizes outstanding achievement in any field of research by an early-career Canadian physicist

The George S. Glinski Award recognizes Prof. Lessard’s contributions to research that have earned distinction for both himself and for the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Ottawa through creative scholarship.