Created the Java programming language
A world expert on nerve cells
Early pioneer of nuclear physics
Major contributions to our understanding of genome size.
Cloned the Nramp gene and the mdr gene
Unlocked secrets of how the embryos of fish, frogs and chicks form from a simple egg, and how this process changes over evolution.
Expert in congenital birth defects specializing in dwarfism and other genetic factors affecting children's growth.
Studies in atomic energy and nuclear physics
Internationally famous environmentalist and meteorologist
Greatly increased our knowledge of the mammals that lived in the Canadian North during the last ice age.
Discovered the telomere clock
Applied microchip technology to chemical analysis
Established paediatric pathology as a distinct subspecialty
Developed Hebb synapse and cell assembly theory
Developed a species ID system called 'DNA barcoding', which uses a small DNA fragment to discriminate species.
Won the 1971 Nobel Prize in chemistry for using spectroscopy to discover the internal geometry and energy states in simple molecules, and in particular the structure and characteristics of free...
Electrical Engineer: Pioneered work in optical fibre communications
Famous Doctor Obstetrician Developed a simplified method for detecting cervix cancer
Co-designed the first commercially available electron microscope in North America
Researched globular star clusters and popularized astronomy
Studied natural systems and the response of predators to prey
Co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1981 for mapping the visual cortex
Developed the concept of exhalative ore deposits
World leader in the chemistry of organic free radicals and first to recognize Vitamin E as a powerful agent that targets free radicals and neutralizes their harmful effects.
Developed theory for the 3-quark model
Physicist and cosmologist: Wrote the first logically precise theory for the simplicity of black holes (1967)
Invented the APL computer programming language
Author of Classical Electrodynamics
Spectroscopist who combines physics and chemistry to help understand the dynamic characteristics of molecules
Noted for studies on electrical activity in human and animal brains
Popular writer on the origin and diversity of planetary systems and the formation of stars and brown dwarfs.
Developed the theory and built the first materials that can make optical computing a reality.
Designed Cobalt 60 units for treatment of cancer
Developed steel alloys that don’t crack in the cold of Canada’s far north
Physicist: Contributed to the theory of high temperature superconductors
Brought pharmacology and genetics together into a subspecialty called pharmacogenetics Discovered genetic variants of plasma cholinesterase
Founding father of nuclear science in Saskatchewan
Pioneered the measurements of gas-phase ion-molecule equilibria using mass spectrometry
Founded the first ultrafast laser laboratory at a Canadian university
Wrote "The C Programming Language" with Dennis Ritchie.
