Pioneered research into chemical reactions and helped found university research programs in Canada
Oceanographer; Professor; Administrator: Studied turbulence spectra in oceanography
Discovered inverse Raman effect spectroscopy
forestry:remote sensing
An internationally respected authority in the field of bioelectromagnetics
Geneticist and science communicator: famous as popularizer of science and ecological issues
Shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine for the discovery of telomeres.
World expert on superconductivity
Won the Nobel prize in chemistry for studying electron transfer reactions
Won the Nobel Prize for verifying the quark theory
Pioneer in the scientific study of the Newfoundland fishery
Breakthroughs in fields of computer vision, artificial life and computer graphics
Pioneer in nuclear science; designed and built Canada's first mass spectrometer, built McMaster University to a respected research facility.
Molecular biologist; conducted pioneering research on the role genes play in the development of the mammalian embryo.
Conducted a series of experiments that would eventually result in the first proof of the existence of stem cells, a discovery that would revolutionize our understanding of human biology and disease.
Acclaimed as the "Father of GIS," Tomlinson invented Geographic Information Systems as a way to analyze geographic data.
Pioneering research in phytochemistry, world expert on herbal and medicinal plants.
Found the gene that causes cystic fibrosis
World authority on human memory function
Discoverer of key role that hyaluronic acid plays in cell migration, and mechanisms that start and stop cancer growth.
Discoverer of Tutte’s Theorem
World-famous Down syndrome researcher
First Canadian woman astrophysicist
Contributing to theories on gravity and black holes, early cosmology, and quantum phenomena
Invented the alkaline battery
Canada's most respected astronomer
Pioneer in the use of micropaleontology to map Canada's terrestrial and marine geology. The third woman to work as a scientist at the Geological Survey of Canada and one of the first two to be...
Developed dermatoglyphics, the study of skin patterns on the hands and feet.
Developed new classes of heat absorbing chemicals
Invented and developed the Prism Light Guide System
Greatest Canadian natural products chemist
Tectonics
First woman geologist in Canada, expert in paleozoic formations
Geophysicist: pioneer in the study of plate tectonics
Neuroscience, biological basis for cognition in male and femal brains
Pioneer radiochemist: world authority on counting beta-radiation; mastermind behind Canada's foremost research lab for nuclear chemistry at McGill.
World’s authority on contaminated soils and their mitigation
