particle physics
One of the finest metallurgical engineers of the twentieth century.
Won the Nobel Prize in 1994 for designing the Triple-Axis Neutron Spectroscope and his use of it to investigate Condensed Matter
Canada’s first female nuclear physicist
Designed and developed electronic filters
Designed the supergun, the GC-45 howitzer; Aerophysicist, artillery designer and ballistics expert
Researched magnetic excitations and structures of solids and liquids; first to observe the "Haldane Gap", thereby confirming a previously controversial theory in quantum magnetism.
Father of the study of human coprolites
Neurologist who first used synthetic dopamine to treat Parkinson's disease.
One of Canada's foremost soil scientists; made dryland farming more productive, profitable and sustainable
Geomatics Engineer and world expert in the research and development of satellite navigation tools using GPS
Expert on superconductivity
Vertebrate palaeontologist who recognized and described the oldest known ancestor of all reptiles birds and mammals; the origins of terrestrial vertebrates, the origin of various amphibians such as...
Inventor of the artificial cell
Builder of the Canadian space program
One of the first animal ecologists in the world and a world expert on lemmings
Pioneered surgical technique of cardiomyoplasty for failing hearts
World leader in the field of Numerical Relativity
Studied Rh disease (erythroblastosis fetalis) and developed the serum which now prevents this illness worldwide
Endocrinologist who opened up a whole new branch of biology by discovering convertases, enzymes that cleave proteins to create biologically active chemicals such as hormones
One of Canada’s leading authorities in Quaternary and environmental earth sciences
Invented mathematical bioeconomics
Pioneered the hot-water recovery process for extracting oil from tar sands.
One of the original patentees of insulin, and one of first to isolate parathyroid hormone
Developed Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Spectroscopy
An expert in understanding the weird and wonderful world of marine creatures that live deep under the Arctic ice.
The dean of electrochemistry in Canada
Discovered and named the protein calcitonin, for use in the treatment of bone disease
Pioneered biofilm microbiology
Greatest classical geometer of the 20th century
One of the world's foremost authorities in the areas of human memory and the effects of aging on learning, memory, and attention
Lipid-based drug delivery systems
Principal constructor of the Canadian numerical weather forecasting system
Ecologist who changed scientific understanding of natural and man-made ecosystems and their interactions
One of the world's leading number theorists, working on Hilbert's 12th problem.
Pioneered the application of wind tunnels to the design of wind sensitive structures and worked to create international design standards for wind engineering.
Biochemist; Discovered that the heart produces a hormone, the Atrial Natriuretic Factor (ANF)
Authority on the flow properties of molten polymers; their measurement and use in polymer science and plastics engineering
Pioneered work in heredity
Pioneered the synthesis of organic molecules
