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
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
Wrote "The C Programming Language" with Dennis Ritchie.
First President of the Canadian Space Agency Contributed to the advancement of science in Canada
Developed methods of simulating atoms in molecular systems to help understand the structural and dynamic behavior of complex materials
Famous for writing Ecology: The Experimental Analysis of Distribution and Abundance (now in its fifth edition), a textbook used worldwide to teach ecology, and for his work on the Fence Effect.
Endocrinologist who won the 2007 King Faisal Prize for developing a steroid hormone therapy for prostate cancer.
A pioneer in the field of chemical kinetics and activated-complex theory
World expert in asbestos chemistry and methods to make asbestos safer
Developed mathematical theories of group representations and number theory
Physicist: first person to attempt to build a fission reactor
Invented electronic musical instruments
Improved the resolution of radioautography
First to synthesize sucrose and many blood chemistry compounds
Developed early theories of computer vision and artificial intelligence
Ethnobotanist: World expert on airborne and allergenic pollen and famous for targeting medicinal plants in the tropical rain forest.
Applied the theory of Kolmogorov complexity
Medical biophysicist: Discovered the membrane transport protein P-glycoprotein
Prof. Livingston has performed research on ferromagnetic, superconducting, and mechanical properties of metals and alloys. He is now primarily occupied with teaching and writing.
Discovered the T-Cell receptor, a key to the human immune system
One of the world's leading food scientists studying the structure of fats and oils
Contributed to the theory of electron transfer reactions in chemical systems
Founded the famous Montreal Botanical Gardens
Discovered the cell growth switch
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.
Director of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. Discovered that neutrinos have mass and that they can change from one type of neutrino to another.
One of the foremost authorities in the field of paleontology, First proposed that asteroids or comets might be linked to mass extinctions of dinosaurs
Developed the gate-control theory of pain
Wrote classic text on meteorological instruments, optics, and other books on the history of meteorology instrumentation.
Geophysicist who helped establish a new branch of Earth system science linking geophysical processes with orbital dynamics and the long-term evolution of the Earth’s climate
First purified insulin.
Co-discovered a new class of infinite dimensional Lie Algebras, which are now called Kac-Moody algebras
